U.S. Representative Henry Waxman sends a scathing letter to President George W. Bush , accusing the administration of having withheld until after the election a damaging audit regarding overcharges by Halliburton for services in Iraq (such as charging $27,000,000 for transporting $82,000 worth of fuel from Kuwait to Iraq). (Guardian)(Philadelphia Daily News)
OPEC announces that it's unable to control Oil prices. (MSNBC)
The dedication of the new of the UNKofi Annan attend inauguration of Holocaust museum. President Of IsraelMoshe Katzav said that the new museum serves as "an important signpost to all of humankind, a signpost that warns how short the distance is between hatred and murder, between racism and genocide." (Haaretz)
The government of Italy announces that it will begin to withdraw its troops from Iraq in several months. (BBC)
In Niger , thousands of protesters demonstrate violently outside parliament against rising prices and high Tax increases. Some of them call for resignation of the president Mamadou Tandja(AllAfrica)(Reuters SA)(BBC)