In Iraq two more soldiers are killed and 4 wounded in an ambush in the Sadr district of Bhagdad. The troops are lured into the ambush by civilians in what could be a new tactic by hostile forces in Iraq. [2]
Camp X-ray: The United States' policy of detaining up to 600 people in Guantanamo Bay comes under fierce attack from the Red Cross and a group of American former judges, diplomats and military officers who are asking the Supreme Court of the United States to review the situation. The Red Cross criticises the policy of holding detainees without legal representation and in contravention of legal conventions; it reports a worrying deterioration in the mental health of detainees. [3]
Royalty: Prince Johan-Friso of the Netherlands, second son of Queen Beatrix and second in line of succession to the throne will lose his succession rights when he marries Mabel Wisse Smit without the Dutch Parliament's permission. Government assent was refused because the couple had been less than candid about the bride's interactions with gangster Klaas Bruisma in the late 1980s. [7]
On September 18, 2003, EPA published a direct final rule (68 FR 54790) in the Federal Register to amend the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for asbestos under 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) that was previously published in the Federal Register on November 20, 1990 (55 FR 48406).
On September 10, 2003, EPA published a proposed rule (68 FR 53432) in the Federal Register amending certain provisions of the Centralized Waste Treatment Point Source Category regulation in response to petitions it received.
On September 18, 2003, EPA published a correction to the final rule previously published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2003 (68 FR 43786), clarifying that the rule as it applies to certification of refrigerant recycling equipment is effective 90 days after the publication date or October 22, 2003.
Feeds |
Contact