February 10, 2004

of American s (2 to 1 margin) respond they do not want laws in their states that would Legal ize Same-sex Marriage s. The poll is taken after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling. {Link without Title}

A group of 200 AIDS Doctors in the United States calls for a Boycott of Pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories to protest the company's recent 401% price hike on its anti- HIV drug Norvir . {Link without Title}

An Italian intelligence report states that Italy is a departure point, as well as focus of logistic and financial support, for Suicide Bombers linked to Al-Qaida and active against United States -led forces in Iraq . The suicide bombers were drawn from Muslim youths living on the fringes of society in Western Europe . {Link without Title}

The French National Assembly votes (494 to 36) to Ban Hijab and all other conspicuous religious symbols from state schools. {Link without Title}

The White House rebuts Democrat s' accusations that Bush shirked his military responsibilities, releasing pay records for the President's National Guard service between May 1972 and May 1973 . {Link without Title}

The oil cartel OPEC announces further limits on the output of Crude by one million barrels a day beginning April 1 , 2004 . If all member states stick to the agreement, OPEC's daily output will be cut by about 10 percent. {Link without Title}

Recent violence in Haiti has spread as anti-government forces take control of eight towns in Western Haiti. 46 people are dead thus far. Government forces in Cap-Haitien (second largest city in Haiti) built flaming barricades to keep the rebel forces out of the city. The UN is urging Haitians on both sides to stop the violence. {Link without Title} {Link without Title}

Hundreds of militants and their supporters staged a protest against the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip for putting on trial four men charged in the bombing of a United States diplomatic convoy which killed three Americans. The closed military trial began on February 7 th. {Link without Title}

explodes in the central Iraqi town of Iskandariya , 25 miles (40 km) south of Baghdad , killing at least 50 people. {Link without Title}

An Iran ian airliner crashes on arrival at Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates , killing at least 35 people. A few people are thought to have survived. {Link without Title}

2004 , vice-president, and Senators starts this day with no less than six qualified candidates, half of which have no previous political experience. The current president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is seeking a full six-year term. The elections will be held on May 10 . {Link without Title}

The missing Russian politician Ivan Rybkin unexpectedly reappears in Kiev , the capital of neighboring Ukraine , and is said to be on his way back to Moscow . According to his own words he "was entitled to two or three days of private life". {Link without Title}

Canada 's Audit or-general, Sheila Fraser , releases a scathing report on a CA$ 250-millon sponsorship fund that had a major portion of its funds directed to firms friendly to the ruling Liberal Party ; the resulting Scandal and inquiry is quite likely to affect the coming Election . Alfonso Gagliano , a former cabinet minister involved in the scandal, is removed from his post as ambassador to Denmark and recalled to Canada. {Link without Title}

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