Mowaffaq al-Rubaie says that
Saddam Hussein will be tried in Iraq by an Iraqi court. Mowaffaq, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, denies reports that the prisoner has been taken out of Baghdad.
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Stephen Kenny, the first civilian lawyer to visit any of the former Afghan war suspects in
Guantanamo Bay, describes it as a physical and moral black hole. He says prisoners are not treated equally and that there is a pecking order with Americans being treated best. (In fact there are no Americans being held at Guantanamo Bay.)
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Occupation of Iraq: A fuel tanker explodes in downtown
Baghdad, killing 10 and wounding 15. Initially believed to be caused by a bomb, officials later conclude that a traffic accident was responsible.
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The head of the Greek terrorist group
Revolutionary Organization 17 November and their chief hitman are jailed for life, along with four other members of the organisation.
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Thomas Kean, chairman of the independent commission investigating the
September 11, 2001 attacks, says that the attacks could have been prevented and that public officials were to blame for not anticipating and pre-empting the threat. The commission's report is due in May, 2004.
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Taiwan reports the first confirmed
SARS case in 5 months, a medical researcher who had studied the virus.
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The
United StatesNational Weather Service warns of "excessive heat" after the
Earth reportedly breaks out of its orbit and begins falling into the
sun. Fortunately, it turns out to be a mistakenly published test message.
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Former
Governor of IllinoisGeorge H. Ryan is indicted on corruption charges for receiving payoffs, gifts and vacations in return for government contracts and leases while he served as the Governor and Secretary of State of
Illinois.
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Governor of ConnecticutJohn G. Rowland announces that he will not resign, despite allegations of corruption involving the receipt of free modifications to a vacation cottage, and the indictments of several of his top aides.
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