PETA releases a video of gross cruelty to chickens taken at Pilgrim's Pride, one of KFC's suppliers in West Virginia. The supplier will investigate the claims. (The Independent) (FOX News)
Gloria Arroyo, President of the Philippines, confirms that hostage Angelo de la Cruz has been freed by his captors after their demands for a one-month-early withdrawal of all 51 Filipino troops from Iraq were met. (Reuters)
Ahmed Qurei, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, agrees to withdraw his resignation, three days after tendering it. Qurei is maintaining a threat to quit "because he has no powers". (Reuters)
The EU approves a 50-50 merger between BMG and Sony. (CNN)
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On October 21, the assembly passed a resolution, the draft of which was proposed by Italy on behalf of the European Union, demanding the cessation of the wall's construction.
About ten days before the ICJ issued its opinion, on June 30, 2004 Israel's high court had ruled that the barrier infringes on the lives of some 35,000 Palestinians, and that the government should therfore reroute a 30km segment of the wall.
July 9, 1999 (18 Tir, 1378 in Persian calendar, this year on July 8) was a day of shock and disbelief in the student community of Iran and the society at large.
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