The writer and Holocaust survivor Hajo Meyer criticized Israel for treating the Palestinian people in the same way the Nazis treated Jews during the Second World War. (palestine-info.co.uk)
In an piece on the Israel i state-run radio, deputy minister Zeive Boim asked "is it genetic defect that explains the continuing criminality of the Palestinians?" (palestine-info.co.uk)
Dozens of schoolchildren in the town of Beitonia in the district of Ramallah have fainted or suffocated as a result of excessive inhalation of teargas fired by IDF soldiers at their secondary school. (palestine-info.co.uk)
George W. Bush announces his support for a Constitutional Amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Bush did not explicitly endorse the Federal Marriage Amendment , proposed by Representative Marilyn Musgrave ( R - Colorado ), which has been criticised for potentially also denying States the ability to recognise same-sex Civil Union s and Domestic Partner ships. However, he said that the FMA "''meets his principles''" in protecting the "''sanctity of marriage''" between men and women. (CNN) [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-02-24-bush-marriage_x.htm (USA Today)
At least 564 people are killed in Morocco , in an Earthquake of 6.1-6.5 Richter magnitude, occurring outside the tourist resort Al Hoceima in the middle of the night (0227 UTC ). (BBC)
have wrested large parts of the island from government control. The capital, Port-au-Prince is still held by supporters of the President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide . Supporters of the president vowed to defend the city and fight to the death.
