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December 30, 2003
(
2003-12-30
)
(Tuesday)
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The
European Union
is investigating a series of
parcel bombs
targeting the
European Central Bank
in
Frankfurt
and
Europol
headquarters at
The Hague
. Investigators state that it is too early to draw any connections between these bombs and the letter bomb sent two days ago to the
Bologna
home of
Romano Prodi
, the head of the
European Commission
.
[1]
The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration
announces a ban on the sale of
dietary supplement
ephedra
, citing "an unreasonable risk of illness or injury" from the use of the
drug
.
[2]
U.S. Attorney General
John Ashcroft
recuses
himself and his office from the
CIA
leak scandal, in which the identity of
Valerie Plame
, a CIA operative, was leaked by
Washington
insiders.
Democratic
political leaders had been calling for Ashcroft's recusal.
[3]
The man who was convicted of breaking into
mainland China
cable television networks and broadcasting footage of the banned
Falun Gong
, an alleged
cult
, reportedly dies in prison. Pro-Falun Gong groups and the
Hong Kong
-based
Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
claim he was beaten to death.
[4]
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