Grenada switches recognition from the Republic Of China (Taiwan) to the People's Republic Of China following a million dollar aid deal from the PRC. This brings the number of countries that officially recognize the ROC to 25. (BBC)
i soldiers shoot dead a 13 or 14 year old Palestinian boy, after he points a ToyRifle at them, and kill another 13 year old boy walking with his parents near Rafah. (BBC)
--- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney blames Saddam Hussein for the slow pace of the Iraqi Reconstruction : "I think the hundreds of thousands of people who were slaughtered at the time, including anybody who had the gumption to stand up and challenge him, made the situation tougher than I would have thought." (AP)
--- Pilgrims on Hajj celebrate Eid Ul-Adha in Saudi Arabia , and prepare to stone the Pillars that represent Satan , and eat meat of a newly killed animal, while giving meat to those less fortunate as ''qurbani''. Hajj Celebrations will also be held around the world, but some will wait until Friday. (BBC)
--- The most senior Islamic cleric in Saudi Arabia , Sheik Abdul-Aziz al-Sheik, again uses his Hajj sermon to speak out against Terrorism , saying that the militants "were lured by the Devil ", and also states, "''Faith does not mean killing Muslim s or non-Muslims who live among us, it does not mean shedding blood, Terror ising or sending body parts flying.''" (Chicago Sun-Times)(The Guardian)
