- October 24, 2003
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October 24 ,2003 =*
Mining : 49miner s are trapped in aRussia n mine as water began seeping into the mine, disabling electrical systems [http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7654094%255E1702,00.html] .
*Israeli-Palestinian conflict : The body of the Hamas militant killed in the attack on an Israeli military camp (that killed 3 Israeli soldiers) returns to his family in their refugee camp. [http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/10240000aaa00601.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=LATEBRKN&Type=News&Filter=Late%20Breaking]
*2003 invasion of Iraq : The US Senate Committee on Intelligence finalizes its report on pre-war intelligence and is highly critical e.g. ofGeorge Tenet and the quality of US intelligence about Iraq's weapons. [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=34114&d=25&m=10&y=2003&pix=world.jpg&category=World%22]
*Space weather : Earth was hit by a solarion storm , disrupting somesatellite communications but notelectric power transmission grid s as was predicted.Canada , the northern US northernEurope were treated to an exceptional display ofaurora borealis . [http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_storm_031023.html] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3210901.stm] [http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/24/solar.forecast/index.html]
*Aircraft : The final flights ofConcorde , from New York, Edinburgh, and a loop around the Bay of Biscay, touch down atHeathrow International Airport around 1600 BST, marking the end of 27 years of commercial supersonic flight. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3211053.stm]
*Same-sex marriage : Three same-sex couples inSpain , including aMadrid city councilman, apply for marriage licenses. They state that if the registry judge does not grant them the licenses, they will appeal to Spain's constitutional court, and as far as theEuropean Court of Human Rights if necessary. They describe their actions as inspired by the recent rulings on same-sex marriage inCanada . [http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=10276&sd=10/23/03]
*Computing :Mac OS X v. 10.3 (Panther) is released.
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