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  • ian officials gave signals that they do not intend to comply with a resolution passed by the United Nations 's nuclear watchdog giving Tehran until the end of next month to come clean on its atomic programme. Parliamenetary speaker Mehdi Karrubi , a close ally of President Mohammad Khatami , said the IAEA resolution was "political" and that "the Iranian people will not accept giving in to the logic of force." {Link without Title}

  • Hurricane Isabel makes landfall on the east coast of the United States near Kill Devil Hill , North Carolina .

  • Canadian gay couple's marriage is not recognized in border crossing: Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, two men married in Ontario, are prevented from using a family customs declaration form when attempting to board a plane at , Same-sex Marriage ).

  • A passenger aboard a South African Airways jet tries to break into the cockpit during a flight from Cape Town to Atlanta . The passenger, James Drake, is arrested upon arrival. He had also been arrested in 1987 after trying to break into another airplane's cockpit.