October 19, 2003

October 19, 2003

=October 19, 2003=

* United Kingdom: A new biography, reported in "The Sunday Times", claims that the prosecution of Oscar Wilde for sodomy was ordered by the then Liberal government, in a deal with the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Lord Alfred Douglas, to prevent his exposure of a homosexual relationship between another of his sons, Viscount Drumlanrig, and British Prime Minister Lord Rosebery. According to reports, future prime minister Herbert Asquith played a key role in negotiating the deal, which led to the imprisonment of the Irish writer.
* United Kingdom: Frank Bruno leaves hospital in the UK where he has been undergoing treatment for depression. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/essex/3204772.stm]
* United Kingdom: British Prime Minister Tony Blair is rushed to hospital with heart problems. An irregular heart-beat is diagnosed. Blair is given a cardioversion in hospital, where he stays for 4 or 5 hours before going back to Number 10 Downing Street, and is ordered by his doctors to take 24 hours complete rest. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3205888.stm]
* Roman Catholicism: Pope John Paul II beatifies Mother Teresa. Hundreds of thousands attend the ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Mother Teresa, who founded the Missionaries of Charity, is now one step from sainthood. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3204362.stm]
* International relations: South Korea and the United States are reported to be discussing the possible withdrawal of thousands of US troops. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=834&ncid=731&e=10&u=/nm/20031019/wl_india_nm/india_132686]
* North Korea crisis: The United States says it is willing to give North Korea security assurances in exchange for a nuclear standdown. U.S. President Bush rules out a non-aggression treaty demanded by Pyongyang. [http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=65A4C39E-E844-4D6E-9646832630BFDC94&title=Bush%20Willing%20to%20Give%20North%20Korea%20Security%20Assurances%20in%20Exchange%20for%20Nuclear%20Standdown]
* Afghanistan: Bomb blows up a pickup truck on a dirt road in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar Province, killing four people, and two Afghan soldiers are killed in a separate land mine explosion in the country's south. The explosions come two days after the Taliban "allegedly" distributed pamphlets warning against working with the post-Taliban government of President Hamid Karzai. [http://www.redding.com/news/aptop/stories/20031019aptop101.shtml]
* Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinian gunmen attack an Israeli army foot patrol near a West Bank village, kills three soldiers and wounds a fourth, rescue services and security sources state. Gunfire attacks near the Palestinian village of Ein Yabrud, east of the town of Ramallah, not far from the Israeli settlement of Ofra. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-10-19-israel-attack_x.htm]
* Occupation of Iraq: A Fallujah roadside attack on a military convoy leaves an American armored car and munitions truck burning wrecks. No one was reported killed. Iraqis nearby were reportedly cheering. Emerging series of threats. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1020/p01s04-woiq.html]


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