An Italian laboratory announces the birth of the world's first
cloned horse,
Prometea.[7]
The United States
Pentagon establishes that a unit of military personnel has arrived in
Liberia, coordinating support for the West African peacekeepers in the country.[8][9]
North Korea and
Iran are planning to form an alliance to develop long-range ballistic missiles with
nuclear warheads. Under the plan, North Korea will transport missile parts to Iran for assembly at a plant near
Tehran, Iran.[10][11]
Real IRA leader
Michael McKevitt is convicted in the
Republic of Ireland's
Special Criminal Court of two
terrorist offences, "directing terrorism" and "membership of an illegal organisation". One of the key witnesses was
David Rupert, an
FBI agent who posed as a member of the Real IRA to get close to McKevitt. The three judges of the SCC will sentence McKevitt later.[12]