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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 2003
Page
13
In Petit-Goave Haiti a 2,500 volt wire sparked and fell onto spectators during a Monday night game, electrocuting 15 people as hundreds watched. Witness Fitzgerald Douge 63 described victims collapsing one after another while the court was draped in black on Tuesday.
Blair says talks to resolve the nine month nuclear stand off between Washington and Pyongyang could begin in a few weeks. He notes discussions with leaders in Tokyo Seoul and Beijing and observes China's hands off approach to Hong Kong amid its political crisis.
In Vienna a 42 year old man with tongue and jaw cancer recovered after a 14 hour operation in which his tongue was removed and a donor tongue attached. Surgeons said no prior human tongue transplant had been recorded and that early signs show good blood flow and no rejection.
Infant Korean sisters Sa Rang and Ji Hye, connected at the lower back, were successfully separated at Singapore's Raffles Hospital. The four month olds underwent plastic and reconstructive surgery and were reported in stable condition in intensive care after the 2 40 p m procedure.
Rebels announced a cease fire in Monrovia after some of the bloodiest clashes in three years of civil war. Mortars and shelling persisted near bridges to the port and near the U S Embassy where three people died, fueling calls for a United Nations peacekeeping force and potential U S deployment as 2000 Marines and 2500 sailors moved toward the Mediterranean for orders.
Jessica Lynch arrives in Elizabeth and then Palestine in a five mile motorcade amid 2000 cheering residents. The rescued 507th Maintenance Company private first class thanks supporters and honors fellow soldiers including Lori Piestewa while praising her boyfriend Sgt Ruben Contreras.
Jackson urged Congress to avoid laws that could jail music fans for online downloading as a bill to criminalize obtaining copyrighted works without permission gains traction. Oprah Winfrey tops VH1’s 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons list, with Superman Elvis Presley Eminem and JFK in top rankings. In New York, Rocco DiSpirito notes the realities of restaurant life beyond glamour, including routine kitchen grease trap checks on NBC’s The Restaurant.
Cornell Jackson 29 was convicted after his insanity plea ended with him shouting cuckoo cuckoo and mooning the jury. Bailiffs dragged him from the courtroom before sentencing proceedings continued in a holding cell.
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