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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 2001
Page
6
Washington AP The Senate voted 100 to 0 to end GOP delaying tactics and, by voice vote, approved a $60.1 billion transportation bill for next year that includes strict requirements on Mexican trucks entering the United States. Republicans pledged to resume efforts to dilute the veto-threatened standards in the fall.
A Granma web edition was frozen for three days following a hacker attack. The pirate page bearing the tag Own3d by CrimimaL 70n3 appeared on Saturday and was erased later that day, with the site remaining inaccessible until the newspaper's daily version was posted on Wednesday.
On Mount Etna in Sicily a river of lava paused for a day as ash, rock, and sand showers fell. Emergency officials warned the volcano remained volatile after two weeks of eruptions and the Rifugio Sapienza tourist base stayed at risk. About 70 bulldozers worked halfway up the cone to reinforce the last barrier between lava and Sapienza.
Palestinians mourn eight killed in Nablus airstrike as protests erupt across West Bank cities. Amid clashes, Israel defends targeted attacks, saying they are acts of self defense following Hamas leader Jamal Mansour’s death and a string of bombing attacks.
In Alexandria Egypt the new seven story Biblioteca Alexandrina opens April 23 2002 near the believed site of the ancient library founded by Ptolemy I Soter. The first book placed is Ibn al Bawab’s handwritten Quran with officials observing the ceremony.
Washington AP Secretary of State Colin Powell would join the United Nations anti racism conference only if objectionable phrases and anti Zionist language are removed from the preparatory document. White House aides signaled opposition to compensation demands tied to slavery and colonialism. Israel reports no progress on language removal as Durban hosts the August 31 conference.
In Ohrid Macedonia negotiators reached a rough outline on making Albanian an official language with U S envoy James Pardew and EU counterpart Francois Leotard presenting a general framework. The deal hinges on progress on broader ethnic Albanian autonomy and is conditional on completing the full framework agreement.
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