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August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07 ) (Thursday)
2003 California recall :
Republican
Darrell Issa , the person behind the effort of
recall election of
Gray Davis , quickly and without warning dropped out of the
gubernatorial race .
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Convicted
terrorist ,
Real IRA leader
Michael McKevitt , found guilty yesterday by the
Republic of Ireland 's
Special Criminal Court of "membership of an illegal organisation" and "directing terrorism", is sentenced to twenty years in prison.
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An
Indonesian
court sentences
Amrozi bin Nurhasyim to
death for his role in the
2002 Bali terrorist bombing . The court found Amrozi guilty of planning and carrying out the attack. The verdict comes two days after another attack outside Marriott Hotel in
Jakarta .
Jemaah Islamiyah is linked with both of the attacks.
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Occupation of Iraq : A
car bomb explodes near the Jordanian
Embassy in
Baghdad , Iraq. At least 10 people are killed and more than 30 are injured. The bomb, hidden in a
minibus , is believed to be detonated remotely.
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Liberian crisis : President
Charles Taylor resigns as Nigerian peacekeepers entered
Liberia . Taylor names his vice president,
Moses Blah , as his successor. Peacekeepers intercepted an arms shipment to Liberia from
Libya . Taylor, who is indicted for
war crimes , indicates that he will seek
political asylum in
Nigeria .
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