31
July: UN Security Council 13-0 vote threatens
sanctions against Sudan if militia killings do
not halt within 30 days (30,000 killed so far): Sudan
says it will
comply with UN resolution requirement to suppress
militia, stop ethnic killing in Darfur; French troops
move to secure Chad-Sudan border... FT
reports US economy slowed beyond expectations
in second quarter, Greenspan suggests no "cumulative
weakness"... In Ohio, Bush adopts Kerry language,
saying American workers can compete globally in trade,
if rules are fair, reiterates his feeling that the
economy is "turning the corner"; Kerry announces
in response he seeks "to
climb the mountain"... Report by Environmental
Working Group finds CA air-pollution
fines too low to dissuade big polluters, pay-the-fine
policy prevails: 2 refineries cited 120 times in 5
years...
30
July: Israeli,
US embassies in Uzbekistan were targetted by bomb
attacks... Pakistan's PM-designate escapes suicide
bomber's assassination attempt; Pakistan
detains key suspect in 1998 African embassy bombings
(announced 4 days after capture, timing
is questioned in light of prior revelations about
pressure to announce high-value capture in late July)...
Senate hearings probe for clarity on proposals made
by 9/11 Comm. report; Comm. tells Senate excess secrecy,
lack of public scrutiny part of intel flaws... Bush
attacks Kerry's character and campaign, seeks to grab
education, tax issues; offers strength in continuity
as challenge to Kerry's promise of strength, wisdom,
Constitutional principle... Kerry/Edwards launch nationwide
"Believe in America" tour; Kerry calls for
Bin
Laden trial in US...
29
July: Bangladesh pleads for international aid to deal
with massive
floods submerging 40% of Dhaka, leaving 30 million
homeless... Sen.
John Kerry formally accepts the nomination of
his party for President... At least 68 die in Baquba
car bombing, in Iraq... Spanish
judge to consider charges against Riggs Bank for
alleged concealed Pinochet accounts... Fmr.
Interior Min. Acebes tells Spain's 11-M Commission
he never lied in wake of Madrid bombing, believing
"shadow of ETA" could be source of "inspiration",
and for that reason, he sought further investigation...
4 Afghans, 2 UN staff killed in bombing
of Afghan mosque registering voters for coming
election... Bush
campaign aide suggests disillusioned workers "go
on Prozac"... Obama address seen as sign of new
politics
of affirmation, unity...
28
July: PM
Qurei withdraws resignation at Arafat's urging,
gets compromise permitting moves against administrative
corruption... Senate
to hold hearings on 9/11 Comm. report recommendations;
Cheney says 9/11 Comm. report backs Iraq war implicitly,
citing extremist quest to "rid the world of religious
and political pluralism"... Candidate Kerry arrives
in Boston, comes by sea with fellow vets... Sen. Edwards
accepts VP nom., says "reject the tired old hateful
negative politics", says Dem security policy
will be "destroy" Al Qaeda, refrains "hope
is on the way"; DNC formally nominates Kerry/Edwards
ticket...
27
July: Barack
Obama makes resounding national debut, calling
for restoration of American values; Sen. Kennedy evokes
memory of patriots who fought for freedom on New England
soil, the marches in Selma, Birmingham, cites new
struggle against "politics of fear"; 13-year-old
Ilana Wexler says VP needs "a long time out"
for cursing Sen. Leahy; Teresa Heinz Kerry evokes
anti-apartheid struggle, moral principle of Lincoln...
Navy
reservist sues defense contractor, former employer,
saying they refused to take him back after tour of
duty... Karzai
drops warlord from Afghan re-election ticket,
selects brother of Ahmed Shah Massoud... Same-sex
marriage ban qualifies for Oregon ballot in November...
Kerry calls for extension
of 9/11 Commission's mandate by 18 months... Evidence
Alaska's average temperature now 4
degrees higher than just 50 years ago (major climate
shift), summer temp. 8 degrees higher than 30 years
ago...
26
July: Malaysian court frees woman suspected
of torturing Indonesian worker; Indonesia gov't
objects... Indonesian court will prosecute
Bali suspects without new anti-terror laws previously
ruled unconstitutional... 1st night of Democratic
Convention features 2 Clintons, Gore, Carter; fmr.
Pres. Clinton urges voters to "send John Kerry",
praising courage, leadership; Carter says "John
Kerry will strengthen the global coalition against
terror"... NYC Mayor Bloomberg
visits Haiti, following up on postponed January
trip...
25
July: Tank-like armored military vehicles are deployed
in Boston, gunboats on Charles River; CBS news reports
security forced correspondent to throw away coffee
before entering convention compound... John Kerry
holds "front-porch" gatherings with neighborhoods
in Ohio, other swing states, on journey to Boston...
24
July: Some of Bush's "accidentally
destroyed" National Guard pay-records have
turned up, others still missing; 3-month gap in service
still apparent... Indonesian court rules anti-terror
laws were used illegally in wake of 2002 Bali nightclub
bombing... 9/11 Commission report clears Saudi government
of direct involvement in terror plot; Senate committee
says it still has suspicions... House passes bill
to refuse
courts right to order states recognize same-sex
marriages from another state, even with pressure to
act on 9/11 Commission recommendations... Aggressive
snakehead fish may have spread to Delaware, Schuykill
rivers...
23
July: Boston erects fenced-in,
covered pen, or "designated free-speech area"
including barbed wire, to contain demonstrators during
DNC... NPR reports Sadr's Mehdi militia (not openly
bearing arms) still controls area around Ali Mosque
in Najjaf... Philadelphia area woman alleges 15 people
died of CJD (Mad Cow disease) contracted during 1990s
from meat eaten at now closed racetrack (NJDoH, CDC
say no proof)... Kerry calls for tough policy against
gang violence...
22
July: 9/11
Commission reports 40 references to Bin Ladin
threat in President's Daily Briefs prior to 9/11 attacks;
commissioners say they assign no blame, call for imagination
at high levels... Bush promises full, open investigation
of accounts at Riggs Bank which may have been
used to launder money for fmr. Chilean dictator, Augusto
Pinochet... Sandy Berger steps down as informal adviser
to Kerry, after flare-up over copies of security documents;
CNN reports all originals in place, no information
lost, 9/11 report had full access, incident apparent
oversight... New push to change corporate secrecy
laws barring FDA from revealing data showing serious
health threats related to major drugs to public...
21
July: China
frees Dr. Jiang (who revealed SARS cover-up in
2003) from 7 weeks of detention without charges; military
source suggests he will continue to be pursued...
Philippine
hostage freed after Philippines pulls personnel
from Iraq, coalition critical... Argentina rated first
in development among Latin American nations by UN
report, despite economic crisis, Chile next; Haiti
ranks as least developed nation in Americas... Chilean
deputies allege Pinochet corruption after US Congress
finds secret accounts in DC bank...
20
July: UN General Assembly votes 150 to 6 with 10 nations
abstaining to approve resolution
calling for Israel to dismantle security barrier,
pay reparations to Palestinians harmed by its construction...
Brazilian tropical savannah
will disappear by 2030, if agricultural clearing
doesn't stop, says new study... Microsoft announces
it will disburse $75
billion to shareholders over 4 years: largest
corporate payout in history... Singer Linda Rondstadt
fired from Las Vegas contract after praising Michael
Moore as "great American patriot"...
19
July: Indian court orders payment of remaining balance
of $470 million owed to victims of Bhopal
toxic gas release... Militant faction attacks
Palestinian police station in wake of PM resignation,
growing doubts about leadership, internal criticism...
ABA president urges President, Congress to renew
Federal Assault Weapons Ban... UN Development
report
urges cultural freedom be adopted as universal
basic human right, for multiethnic societies to institute
"'asymmetric' federalist structures"...
18
July: NYC to limit
No Child Left Behind school transfers due to high
costs, increased strain on education system (using
most needy principle)... ABA reports US prison population
of 2.1 million constitutes 1/4 of the entire global
prison population, costing $49 billion per year; recitivism
in IL at 54%, Americans 5x more likely than Europeans
to be imprisoned; prison
population quadrupled since 1980... Iraqi-authorized
US airstrike on suspected terrorist base in Fallujah
kills 12; local MD says women, cildren among dead...
17
July: 90 die in school fire in rural Kumbakonam, India;
dangerous roofing material scrutinized... Palestinian
PM announces resignation in letter to Arafat, possible
Arafat will refuse to accept... US government study
shows child poverty increased in 2002 for 1st time
since 1991... Parts of south NJ declared federal disaster
area due to flooding... Philippine troops begin pulling
out of Iraq...
16
July: Los
Álamos lab suspends classified nuclear projects,
because vital data has been lost or stolen... Libya
agrees to open desert terrain to Darfur aid... Pending
transportation bill contains amendment restricting
public access to information about transport-related
health risks, overriding state open-access laws, sealing
currently public info... Kerry launches 4-month "front
porch tour" of neighborhoods across the country...
15
July: Nelson Mandela, himself cured of tuberculosis
while in prison, says combatting TB is major part
of AIDS fight... Darfur refugee camps suffer flooding
from heavy rains; raw sewage spills into drinking
water, raising fears of cholera outbreak; floods posing
grave obstacles to foreign aid... John Kerry says
Darfur crisis is genocide, at speech to NAACP, warns
AIDS creates failed states, combatting AIDS top "moral
obligation" of our time... Senators Corzine,
Brownback introduce bill to officially recognize
crisis as genocide... PM Allawi says new Iraqi
security force will "annihilate" insurgents...
ICRC reports not all detainees accounted for by US
DoD, CIA; Sen. Warner said Geneva Conventions were
violated at Guantánamo... Perú's Pres.
Toledo
praises strike organizers for peaceful day of
protest, no major casualties... GOP discusses stripping
courts of jurisdiction over same-sex marriage...
14
July: Constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage
rejected by Senate... 60 killed in 8 days of flooding,
landslides in Nepal... UK inquiry (Butler report)
finds no
evidence of WMD in Iraq, criticizes analysis,
but makes no accusation of manipulation; Blair claims
personal responsibility for presentation of flawed
intelligence, but says "No one lied; no one made
up the intelligence"... Iraqi provincial governor
killed by roadside gunmen... Nationwide strike in
Perú fails to halt business; many go to work
after gov't docks day's pay for strikers; polls had
shown 90% support for strike...
13
July: Philippine government says it will pull 51 military
personnel out of Iraq "as soon as possible",
hoping to save life of hostage, father of 8... Suspected
Al Qaeda conspirator surrenders to Saudi officials
(after Saudis offer amnesty to Al Qaeda militants;
paralyzed Al-Harbi will be held at hospital for treatment)...
"Computer
Ate My Vote" day of awareness nationwide...
Iraqi Industry minister shot dead... W.H.O.
reports world "failed miserably" in
delivering AIDS assistance to poor countries... Slowing
in US, Chinese economies, looks to produce slowing
growth in Chile as well... IHT reports informal UN
list: most under-reported crises worldwide...
12
July: Newsweek, Boston
Herald report administration crafting plan
to postpone November election in event of terrorist
incident... E-voting skeptics gain momentum, plan
nationwide rallies for verifiable
hard-copy ballots... Global AIDS
Summit underway in Bangkok, Thailand; focus heavy
on need for cheaper drugs, education/support to kids...
Darfur militia reportedly destroying
food sources to harm refugee populations...
11
July: Meet the Press cites Bob Woodward reporting
that in Dec. 2002, Pres. and staff were unimpressed
with CIA WMD evidence, believing it didn't show proof...
RFE reports Kosovar Albanians seek more
local autonomy... Pentagon says Bush Nat'l Guard
payroll records
damaged beyond repair, in response to Freedom
of Information request... New attack in Tel Aviv as
Sharon
decries ICJ advisory opinion...
10
July: Tom Ridge announces launch of 24/7 nationwide
terror-threat information "nerve-center"...
'Fahrenheit 9/11' seen by 8 million people, grossing
over $60 million to date (nearly 3x any previous
documentary)... July
Harpers Index reports $9M for Pentagon research
of "low-yield nuclear weapons", 6 nations
with life expectancy below 40 in 2002...
9
July: Sen.
Intelligence Cmte. report finds admin. based prewar
assumptions on intel
which excluded contrary evidence, inflated threat;
report specifies no "reconstitution" of
nuclear prog., no biochem development, no connection
to Al Qaeda... Int'l Court of Justice at Hague rules
Israeli security fence violates int'l law; non-binding
opinion expands Israel's own Supreme Court's ruling
that sections straying into Palestinian land must
be rerouted; Sharon, NY
Senators denounce ruling... British authorities
turn over investigation of murder of 6 MPs to Iraqi
authorities...
8
July: Enron founder Kenneth Lay indicted for crimes
related to company's fraud, collapse... US House considers
barring funding for UNESCO... UNESCO seeks to preserve
cultural heritage of ancient civilizations, cites
35 sites as being in danger of destruction worldwide...
Allawi signs legislation granting him extraordinary
powers, authority to ban groups he considers threat,
prohibit public assembly; some fear new powers will
exacerbate unrest, turn political opponents to violence...
7
July: Austrian
president Thomas Klestil died yesterday at 71
of multiple organ failure, possibly precipitated by
chronic lung problems... UNHCR classifies displacement
of Colombian refugees as worst humanitarian crisis
in Western Hemisphere... UN reports 5
million new HIV infections in 2003, largest annual
increase since virus was discovered... US Marine
Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun reportedly phones family,
requests US embassy pickup in Lebanon... Hague tribunal
rules Milosevic not ill enough to stall proceedings,
requests new medical report, explores replacement
attorney...
6
July: Kerry
officially picks Edwards to be his running mate...
New
York Times reports CIA may have had intelligence
saying Iraq no longer had WMD, prior to start of invasion...
Spanish parliamentary inquiry hears testimony from
witness
who spotted 11-M Atocha bombers, said police did
not suspect ETA as then government had initially claimed...
Regional elections shift balance toward PRI
in México, posing potential threat to Fox
party, PAN... Australia urged to severely cut
greenhouse gas emissions to forestall economic
hardship...
5
July: African
Union announces it will send 300 peacekeepers
to Darfur region... Insurgent group announces kidnapped
Marine still alive, "in safe place"
after agreeing not to fight against them... Boston
Globe reports case of Sibel Edmonds, FBI translator
fired after discovering pre-9/11 security lapses;
Justice Dept. has retroactively classified materials
relevant to her work... Top legal adviser to British
Foreign Office questions
legality of Iraq occupation... Bush ad will feature
Sen.
John McCain, despite clamor from independents,
Democrats for his split from party...
4
July: Cornerstone of 'Freedom Tower' laid at WTC site;
178 years ago Presidents Adams, Jefferson both died
on 50th anniversary of Declaration of Independence...
Swedish
government announces support for African Union
attention to Darfur, will send military observer,
SEK 1 million in aid...
2
July: Arab leaders announce plans to create first
international body to combat
money laundering across Middle East, North Africa...
UNEP urges global action to protect
coral reefs, hidden deep sea natural treasures...
U.S. joins Latin American, Carribean nations in San
Juan declaration on population, development: to
reduce poverty, promote reproductive rights, healthcare...
1
July: New
travel restrictions permit Cuban-Americans to
visit family in Cuba only once every 3 years... Saddam
Hussein in Iraqi custody, appears in court to face
charges, declares himself Iraq's president, calls
Bush criminal... Remains of 2 prehistoric giant 7-ton
hippopotamus found in England... Tomb of Askia,
in Mali,
assigned World Heritage status, along with 13
major sites, 2 other cultural sites, and various natural
heritage sites...
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