Following
Beagle 2's expected landing, US probe
Mars Odyssey (already in
Martian orbit) listens for the lander's distinctive musical callsign. A further scan for the lander is conducted using the
Jodrell Bankradio telescope. No signal is detected.
[2][3]
An Israeli helicopter gunship attacks a car in
Gaza City, killing
Islamic Jihad commander
Mekled Hameid and two fellow militants, together with two bystanders.
[4]
A suicide-bomber strikes a bus stop
Tel Aviv, killing four civilians and himself.
[5]
A
UK lab confirms the presence of
BSE in samples taken from a cow in Washington
[7].
Mexico joins the list of countries which have banned imports of US beef.
Reports emerge of a major leak of
natural gas in a gas field near the south-western
Chinese city of
Chongqing. Over 100 people are believed dead and up to 40,000 people have been evacuated from the area surrounding the leak.
[8]