October 23, 2003

October 23, 2003

=October 23, 2003=

*Luis A. Ferré, the third Democratically Elected Governor of Puerto Rico, dies at age 99.
*Canada: Dalton McGuinty is sworn in as the 24th premier of Ontario. [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/23/dalton031023]
*Occupation of Iraq: There is every sign that the international conference in Madrid at which pledges to re-build Iraq are hoped for will disappoint and e.g. Paul Bremer seeks to lower expectations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3208647.stm] [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6&section=0&article=34106&d=24&m=10&y=2003&pix=business.jpg&category=Business%22]
*United States Supreme Court: Before a conservative legal organization, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ridicules the recent Supreme Court decision overturning anti-sodomy laws in Texas, saying that the Court had "held to be a constitutional right what had been a criminal offense at the time of the founding and for nearly 200 years thereafter." According to news reports, Scalia adopted a mocking tone to read from the court's ruling. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031024/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_scalia_2]
*Kuwait AL Arabi football club beat Qadsia in the Kuwait derby 2-0.


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