- November 10, 2003
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November 10 ,2003 =* The
World Trade Organization declaresUnited States tariff s onsteel imports inconsistent withfree trade , opening the way for theEuropean Union to impose punitive tariffs on goods of US origin. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3256197.stm] [http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=B0B066D9-AE0C-473A-97DAEB321A1C79D3]
*War on Terrorism : TheUnited States Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals by 16 people detained at Guantanamo Bay. The Supreme Court will consider whether allegedillegal combatant s held by the United States since the War in Afghanistan can use Americancourts to challenge their detainment. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3258017.stm] [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=2LK45WXG2ZZQICRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3791927] [http://www.citizenonline.net/citizen/archive/article26C1BAA15E574B1185A8EC2D67CF555D.asp] [http://www.iht.com/articles/117176.html]
* InIndia , heavy rain boosts economic growth forecasts for the Indian economy. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3256743.stm]
* In theUnited Kingdom ,Michael Howard , new leader of the Conservative Party, announces his firstShadow Cabinet ; membership is trimmed down to 12 from 26. [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=462619] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3255441.stm]
*Alliance Capital Management , owned byAXA , fires 2 senior executives as a result of enquiries into mutual fund abuses. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=3789383]
*Occupation of Iraq :
** An array of senior figures in theUnited States criticize the case the Bush administration used to go to war withIraq ; they state that there never was aclear and present danger . [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3533304&thesection=news&thesubsection=world]
**Paul Bremer says that attacks on coalition forces in Iraq will get worse unless intelligence improves; he says several hundred terrorists have entered Iraq from neighbouring countries. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=5&u=/nm/20031110/ts_nm/iraq_dc]
* Security officials inSaudi Arabia order 4600 extra troops intoMecca to provide increased security duringRamadan , saying that additional attacks could occur at any moment. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/09/saudi.explosion/index.html]
* Questions surroundYasser Arafat after further allegations about money moved out of theWest Bank to secret bank accounts. [http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/bu/financing/articles/where/where.htm]
* Researchers report that some patients who recovered fromSARS have developed bone disease, possibly as a result of drugs used to fight the infection. [http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/11090002aaa06120.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=LATEBRKN&Type=News&Filter=Late%20Breaking]
*Toronto municipal election, 2003 : David Miller is elected mayor ofToronto . [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/11/10/torontovotes031110]
* In theUnited Kingdom , thePrince of Wales returns from a foreign trip to confront enormous media interest in rumours of homosexual acts involving him and a former aide arising from allegations made by another former royal servant, George Smith. Charles is considering legal action, but his staff have ruled out the possibility of a televised statement or interview. [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=462282]
* Survivors of the massacre ofSrebrenica , the worst European atrocity since World War II, are to sue theUnited Nations and theNetherlands for almostUSD $850 million for failing to protect theMuslim enclave. [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/10/1068329489680.html]
*Fine arts : A striking piece of art, the life-like sculpture of the Nazi leaderAdolf Hitler kneels in an empty room in aMunich art museum,Germany (where the Nazi past have made it taboo to display Hitler in any form except in documentary films). The exhibition is at the neo-classical museum, which the Nazi leader ordered built in1937 . [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/hitler_dc]
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