October 30, 2003

October 30, 2003

=October 30, 2003=

* Security: A plastic toy gun, used as part of a Halloween costume, sparks a two-hour-long terrorism scare at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101712,00.html]
*Economics: The U.S. Commerce Department reports that U.S. gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 7.2% in the third quarter, the fastest growth rate since 1984. [http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/30/news/economy/gdp/index.htm]
* Russia: Vladimir Putin removes his Chief of Staff as the political battle with the "Russian oligarchs", and between hard-liners and liberals, continues. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3229107.stm] [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/30/international/europe/30RUSS.html?th] Russian judicial authorities have seized control of Yukos, the giant oil company. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3221079.stm]
* Occupation of Iraq: Officials postpone awarding two contracts to repair Iraq's oil refineries and pipelines (primarily because of sabotage and dilapidated conditions). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38036-2003Oct29.html] An investigation has been started on the high price that the US is paying to Kellogg, Brown and Root for oil imported from Kuwait. nl: [http://nu.nl/news.jsp?n=225670&c=20] . A US research organization, the Center for Public Integrity, says that firms awarded contracts in Iraq have tended to be big donors (in the past) to the United States Republican Party. [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-contracts,0,5572269.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines] The UN announces that it is withdrawing its remaining international staff from Baghdad, perhaps temporarily. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3227751.stm]
* Malaysia: After 22 years in power, Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad retires. He is succeeded by Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3226343.stm]
* Israel: Israel is to train pigs to do guard work in Israeli settlements. The pigs have a better sense of smell than dogs and can be trained to walk towards perceived threats (e.g. explosives). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3221079.stm]


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