Portal:Current events/2003 August 23
August 23, 2003 (Saturday)
- In an unprecedented move, the British government submit thousands of official documents (many of which would not normally be seen by the public for 30 years) to the Hutton Inquiry, and publication on the Internet.[1][2]
- Natural disaster: Wildfires sweep into the southern suburbs of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, destroying more than 200 homes. One-third of the city's population, or 30,000 people, have been evacuated.[3]
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinian leaders state they will try to negotiate a new ceasefire by extremist groups and urge Israel to stop their action against top militants.[4][5]
- Power outage happens all of Southern Finland for 30 to 60 minutes, because one underground line in Central Helsinki short circuits. The lack of electricity begins at 20:20 and causes radio broadcasts, public lights, elevators, trains, trams and metro traffic to stop. Also people have to be evacuated in Linnanmäki amusement park.[6] August 182357
- California recall: Republican Bill Simon drops out of the California gubernatorial recall race.[7]
- Iran makes protest and cuts diplomatic ties with Argentina over the arrest in Britain of its former ambassador with the United Kingdom and Argentina for the alleged bombing Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires in 1994 in which 85 people died.[8][9]
- John Geoghan, a defrocked Roman Catholic priest and convicted child molester, dies following an attack in prison. Initial reports say that he was strangled to death.[10][11][12]
- ^ "UK | Politics | Hutton documents released". BBC News. 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Personal Injury UK | Advice on making personal injury or accident claims in the UK". The-hutton-inquiry.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-06-04. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Palestinians seek new cease-fire to head off more violence". Usatoday.Com. 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Uutiset - Helsingin Sanomat" (in Finnish). Helsinginsanomat.fi. Archived from the original on 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ [3][dead link]
- ^ Eeles, Miranda (2003-08-23). "Americas | Iran cuts ties with Argentina". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ Grace, Francie (2003-07-30). "Guards Told Of Geoghan Slay Plot?". CBS News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Priest in sex abuse scandal killed in prison - Aug. 23, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-15. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
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