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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 2003
Page
7
Saudi police said a raid on a farm where militants holed up turned into a firefight killing six suspects and two officers. The incident follows near weekly raids after mid May bombing attacks in Riyadh and suggests an extensive terrorist network in the country. U.S. lawmakers debate a report accusing Saudi Arabia of lax counterterrorism efforts.
The Vatican aims to mobilize global opposition to same sex marriage as legal acceptance grows in Europe and North America. Pope John Paul II has long condemned such proposals and this week will publish guidance for politicians and laypeople to oppose extending marriage rights.
A heat wave and drought strain Europe’s economy with crippled shipping and rising power costs. Dredgers deepened the Danube in Romania to help stalled barges, Croatia reports five tons of dead fish in a lake, and Grigore Baboianu warns about 10 percent of the Danube Delta wetlands drying up and 40 percent water evaporation.
Rebels seized Buchanan, Liberia’s second largest city, by nightfall, cutting off another port from President Charles Taylor’s forces. Gen. Benjamin Yeaten confirmed the fall as peace talks stalled and Monrovia remained under siege.
A congressional report questions General Counsel Condoleezza Rice's public statements on pre 9 11 terrorism warnings. It contrasts her May 2002 comments with briefing material noting al Qaeda planned attacks using explosives and aircraft. White House defends her disclosures as publicly stateable.
The recall election against Gov. Gray Davis on October 7 spotlights California voters governing power under an open initiative system. Analysts note the state’s history of voter mandates from 1911 to Prop 13 and beyond, with debates over defining responsibility and the cost of recalls. To place a recall on the ballot requires 12 percent of the previous governor vote, about 897,158 signatures, while a recall candidate needs 65 signatures and a $3,500 fee.
Los Angeles AP reports Rob Lowe, after a contract dispute on The West Wing, signs on to star and co execute produce The Lyons Den a Washington DC legal drama set to air Sundays on NBC this fall He sought growth by pursuing a different area of the business Kathy Griffin joins NBC reality setup Average Joe as host while Hillary Rodham Clinton tours her husband Bill Clinton's unfinished presidential library in Little Rock and refrains from censoring museum history as she surveys the 150000 square foot structure
In Murfreesboro Tennessee the North American Nude Bikers club held its first rally at Rock Haven Lodge Family Nudist Park featuring a barbecue live music bike games and a poker run. Participants stressed values of trust respect and freedom while noting safety and a family atmosphere.
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