November 15, 2003

November 15, 2003

=November 15, 2003=

*Two car bombs explode outside synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, at about 0700 UTC (1000 local time), killing at least 20 people and injuring another 250. A radical Islamist group, the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front, claims responsibility. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3272815.stm]
* In Louisiana, conservative Democrat Kathleen Blanco defeats Republican Bobby Jindal to become the first woman governor elected from that state. Jindal is the son of immigrants from India. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103178,00.html]
* One hundred thousand people of various organisations demonstrate in Paris on occasion of the last day of the European Social Forum [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A3D63756-9075-4659-AB4B-1735A8029DA7.htm] .
* Occupation of Iraq:
** Iraq's Governing Council announces that sovereignty is to be restored to Iraq in June 2004, with full elections to be held in 2005. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=DHJLTD45APUIUCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3828097] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3272721.stm]
** Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters crash near Mosul in northern Iraq. Reports suggest one helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and it then collided with the other helicopter. Latest reports suggest 17 dead and 5 injured. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=SAHKFYUKJA40WCRBAEKSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3828842] [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/15/sprj.irq.crash/index.html] [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12927788,00.html] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3273895.stm]
** One U.S. soldier is killed and 2 are injured in a roadside blast in northern Baghdad. [http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/11150000aaa02f3f.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=LATEBRKN&Type=News&Filter=Late%20Breaking]
* Former United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Robin Cook expresses puzzlement as to why George W. Bush should have been invited for a state visit to the UK. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3272951.stm] Opinion polls suggest that 60% of the British people think President Bush is a threat to world peace. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3828725]
* Police in Hebei province, People's Republic of China, arrest a suspected serial killer alleged to have killed at least 65 people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3273585.stm]
*In Saint-Nazaire, France, 15 people, including 2 children, die and 32 are injured or missing when a gangway falls off the "Queen Mary 2" cruise ship, which has just finished construction. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3274171.stm] [http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20031115101109990001]
* 2003 Rugby Union World Cup: In the semi-finals Australia defeats New Zealand by 22 points to 10 to win a place in next weekend's final. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/3263711.stm]
*Country Music Legend Speedy West passes away at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 79.


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