October 13, 2003

October 13, 2003

=October 13, 2003=

* 2003 occupation of Iraq: New draft resolution being circulated at UN aims at getting international aid. The resolution sets a deadline for initial steps, if only for a transitional step, toward restoring Iraqi sovereignty, giving the Iraqi Governing Council until December 15 to develop a timetable for writing a constitution and holding elections. The Bush administration proposes that the United Nations recognize the Iraqi Governing Council as a unit that "will embody the sovereignty" of Iraq until the country returns to self-rule. [http://www.iht.com/articles/113570.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/13/international/middleeast/13CND-NATI.html?ex=1066708800&en=32c2d9e8470660f5&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE]
* Mass media: Rush Limbaugh's drug addiction revealed by housekeeper. Newsweek reports Limbaugh’s exposure as a pain-pill addict began when Wilma Cline (who had worked at Limbaugh from 1997 to July 2001) showed up at the Palm Beach County state attorney's office late last year eager to sic the cops on her former boss. Cline had delivered enough pills to Limbaugh "to kill an elephant", she stated to The National Enquirer. [http://www.msnbc.com/news/979355.asp?0ql=c7p&cp1=1]
* Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israeli incursion leaves 1,240 Palestinians homeless, UN agency finds. The Israeli demolition of refugee shelters in Rafah camp on the southern Gaza Strip last week has left 1,240 people homeless, United Nations relief workers state. [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=8533&Cr=unrwa&Cr1=]
* Ireland: The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, have begun talks in Downing Street on a possible restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland. [http://www.rte.ie/aertel/p104.htm]
* 2003 occupation of Iraq: Three more US soldiers have been killed in separate incidents. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99861,00.html]
* Medicine-The conjoined twins do well after their first night apart. They are in drug-induced comas, and will be for several more days, to aid their recovery. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3188734.stm]
* Science and publishing: The Public Library of Science commences publication of an open-access scientific journal, "PLoS Biology" and its website is immediately overwhelmed by traffic. [http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5091337.html]


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