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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 2003
Page
7
Gunmen occupy rooftops and trade grenades in Monrovia as Charles Taylor vows to fight to the last man until peacekeepers arrive. Bush weighs sending US troops while Taylor promises resignation after an orderly transition. Rebels push into northern suburbs as residents flee with belongings.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi arrives at President Bush's Crawford ranch for a weekend visit that signals continued European support for the Iraq war. The trip frames EU leadership as broader than France and Germany, highlighting allied ties and diplomacy.
In the United States only about six percent of vehicles include electronic stability control a system proven in Germany to prevent rollovers and crashes. European cars often feature it in about one of every three models, prompting an eight city Washington tour by suppliers to spur demand over added costs. The system brakes specific tires and decelerates to keep a vehicle from fishtailing when a driver swerves.
A chartered Fairchild turboprop carrying three American families and two South African pilots crashed on Mount Kenya's Lenana peak, 16,450 feet high. All 14 aboard died as rescuers faced bad weather and rugged terrain. eight passports recovered, bodies not fully recovered.
A twin engine plane carrying 12 American tourists and two South African crew members crashed into Mount Kenya near sunset Saturday. All on board are believed dead. The incident signals a total loss for the travelers and crew with rescue teams dispatched to the high altitude site.
Two U S soldiers died near Tal Afar as their convoy was hit by rocket grenades and small arms fire. An Iraqi UN relief worker was also killed while a World Health Organization convoy faced attack./U.N. staff and IOM workers were targeted as Baghdad faces ongoing violence.
In Cape Town Nelson Mandela officially opens a new Johannesburg bridge named for him hours after hosting 1600 guests for his 85th birthday. He is joined by President Thabo Mbeki and other dignitaries as the bridge is hailed as a symbol uniting a post apartheid nation.
Racine Art Museum will display John Dillinger's Thompson submachine gun as the centerpiece of a historical exhibit marking the 1933 bank robbery. Organizers say the exhibit aims to educate about history, not glorify violence, with dates November 9 to January 4.
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