December 6, 2003

December 6, 2003

=December 6, 2003=

* Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett stands aside after allegedly assaulting Liberal Jeannie Ferris on the floor of Parliament. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1005103.htm]
* Occupation of Iraq:
** George W. Bush asks James Baker to oversee the reconstruction of Iraq's USD $125 billion foreign debt. [http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1069493769017&p=1012571727102]
** US soldiers in and returning from Iraq are affected by "Baghdad Boil" (Leishmaniasis) that can cause disfiguring skin lesions. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&ncid=676&e=1&u=/usatoday/20031205/ts_usatoday/12058219]
** Japan mourns the two Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20031207a1.htm]
* The USA admits that at least nine children have been mistakenly killed in a bombing attack near Ghazni, Afghanistan. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3297575.stm] [http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/12060000aaa06ae9.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=LATEBRKN&Type=News&Filter=Late%20Breaking]
* Delegates representing the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada vote 90% to 10% in favour of forming a union with the Canadian Alliance. The Alliance approved the measure even more overwhelmingly yesterday, with 96% support. The new party is to style itself the Conservative Party of Canada. [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/06/tories_vote031206]
* The first major winter storm strikes the North East United States. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=U2L1QQTAK433OCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3949879]
* Experts say that the US flu season will be worse than average, but they are not yet ready to say how bad it will be. [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-flu-severity,0,4102867.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines] The USA is running out of the injectable version of the vaccine and is encouraging people to use the nasal spray. [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-flu-vaccine,0,5012242.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines]
* Zimbabwe fails to find supporters at the Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference in Nigeria. [http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1069493769766&p=1012571727169]
* George Clinton, founder of P-Funk, is arrested for cocaine possession in Tallahassee, Florida. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=2&u=/ap/20031209/ap_en_ot/george_clinton_arrest_2]


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