September 11, 2003

ever on its shores, the State Department warns that it is seeing "increasing indications that Al-Qaida is preparing to strike United States interests abroad." The State Department issues a worldwide warning of possible al-Qaida attacks against United States interests. The United States State Department urges U.S. Citizen s and Employee s overseas to take special caution on the second anniversary of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks amid growing indications that al-Qaida is planning bigger attacks, "possibly involving Nonconventional Weapon s such as Chemical or Biological Agent s." [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3134360,00.html [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/11/national/main572664.shtml]

Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh has died in hospital from stab wounds inflicted while she was shopping in a department store in the centre of Stockholm . In the wake of the incident, both the Yes and No Euro campaigns suspended their activities. {Link without Title}

i Security Cabinet votes in principle to expel Yasser Arafat , the chairman of the Palestinian Authority , from the West Bank . According to one source, the cabinet decided to ask the Israeli Defense Force to draw up a plan to expel Arafat. No timeline was specified, and Israeli government sources say that the decision was not to expel him immediately. The United States State Department criticises such a move as "unhelpful". Thousands of Palestinians travel to the presidential compound in Ramallah to protest at the Israeli decision. The Palestinian prime minister-designate, Ahmed Qurei , announces in response to the Israeli decision that he is halting efforts to form a government. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov states an international force may be needed to end spiraling violence in the Palestinian territories. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3098656.stm [http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0911/mideast.html]

Scientists at MIT have achieved the lowest Temperature ever recorded, Half A Billionth Of A Kelvin (0.5 Nanokelvin) above Absolute Zero , in Sodium gas. At that speed, atoms move about 12 cm/second. {Link without Title}

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