- August 13, 2003
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* Ivan Jovović and Bogdan Bukomirić, both 16 years old, fromGoraždevac nearPeć die after two attackers fired fromAK-47 on group of children from Goraždevac who were bathing in the riverBistrica . Four children were injured in the attack, two of which are in critical condition.UNMIK and KFOR claimed that they transferred one of them, Marko Bogićević, toBelgrade , but he is actually in a German military hospital atPrizren , against his parents' wishes. An Italian KFOR patrol refused to lend fuel for the car which was transporting wounded children to hospital in Peć, when it ran out of fuel, and took no action when car was stoned by localAlbanians . After finally arriving at Peć, doctors there refused to treat the children. KFOR claims that it is researching the location of the incident with 300 men.
* Discovery of aSaudi Arabia airplane plot. Intelligence agencies producing alerts and relaying them toWashington, D.C. , andLondon of a specific threat to airlines flying aroundRiyadh international airport. The plan to shoot down aBritish Airways plane was discovered after a member of the plot drove his car through a checkpoint in Riyadh. In response to the threat BA cancels all flights to Saudi Arabia until further notice. The United States issues a travel alert for Saudi Arabia citing the threat ofterrorism including potential attacks againstcivil aviation . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3149469.stm] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,11599,1018243,00.html] [http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=areZazlnvDaA&refer=uk]
* Iraq's northern oil fields resumes exports. [http://www.washtimes.com/business/20030813-093520-6203r.htm]
* Arnold Schwarzenegger namesWarren Buffett as his economic adviser on Wednesday. Mr Buffett will help the actor build a team to lead the state out of its fiscal crisis. [http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059478997932]
* Disgraced Irish formerTaoiseach Charles Haughey sells his historic home and estate, "Kinsealy", in northDublin to a property developer for 35 million euro. The former taoiseach, whose financial dealings andtax-evasion is the subject of a judicial inquiry and which have largely destroyed his reputation, bought the palatial mansion for £120,000 in the1960s . Haughey, who is suffering from terminalprostate cancer , will not be allowed to remain in the house as a sitting tenant for the rest of his life , a demand of his which scuppered past attempts to sell.
*Same-sex marriage in Canada : At its convention inWolfville, Nova Scotia , theUnited Church of Canada votes overwhelmingly to ask the federal government to allowsame-sex marriage .
* ANational Geographic team releases the discovery of a new species of largedinosaur , "Rajasaurus Narmadensis ", native to the Indian subcontinent. The research effort was made by a joint Indo-American group, including members from theUniversity of Michigan ,University of Chicago , and thePunjab University of Northern India. [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/14/1060588493623.html]
* SumDumBoi joined [http://www.airhawkalliance.com Airhawk Alliance] and the world was never the same since.
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