California legislature passes expanded domestic partnership bill. The state assembly approved a measure to extend nearly all the legal rights of married couples to people in same-sex partnerships. If signed by the governor, the bill will become law in 2005.[2]
The right wingBritish National Party (BNP) candidate Nicholas Geri, who is of Italian descent, wins a surprise victory in a local government by-election to Thurrock Borough Council in Essex. The Labour Party, which has a 21 seat majority on the Council, sees its candidate pushed into third place, behind the BNP and the Conservative Party. Turnout in the by-election was 22%. [3]
Singapore drops its 21-year ban on Cosmopolitan magazine and slightly relaxes its film censorship policy. Despite this move, the censorship board's surveyors found the Singaporean public largely does not want the country's tough censorship rules liberalized. [4]
Natural disaster: The Booth and Bear Butte forest fires in the Cascade Mountains, which had been 45% contained, explodes to burn an additional 20,000 acres (80 km²). Estimates of the size of this fire vary between 62,000 and 80,000 acres (250 and 320 km²). The resort community of Camp Sherman, where authorities allowed residents to return, is once again evacuated. [5]
A Dutch court rules that Karin Spaink's publication of the Fishman Affidavit on her website is legal in the Netherlands. [6]
September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kim Jong-il (born February 16, 1941) is the leader of North Korea. ... The Supreme Peoples Assembly is the parliament of the North Korea (DPRK). ... U.S. propaganda poster, depicting a Nazi stabbing a Bible. ... For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... This article is about vulcanized rubber stamps. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... Domestic partner or domestic partnership identifies the personal relationship between individuals who are living together and sharing a common domestic life together but are not joined in any type of legal partnership, marriage or civil union. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... The British National Party (BNP) is the largest political party of the far right in the United Kingdom. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Thurrock is a unitary authority in England. ... This article is about the county of Essex in England. ... The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... Cosmopolitan, or simply Cosmo, is a magazine published monthly from New York City by the Hearst Corporation. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A natural disaster is the consequence or effect of a hazardous event, occurring when human activities and a natural phenomenon (a physical event, such as a volcanic eruption, earthquake, landslide etc. ... Fire in San Bernardino, California Mountains (image taken from the International Space Station) A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, or bushfire (in Australasia), is an uncontrolled fire in wildland often caused by lightning; other common causes are human carelessness and arson. ... Mount Adams in Washington The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ... Camp Sherman is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Oregon. ... Karin Spaink (born December 20, 1957 in Amsterdam) is a journalist, writer and feminist. ... The Fishman Affidavit is a set of court documents submitted by ex-Scientologist Steven Fishman in 1994 containing criticisms of the Church of Scientology and, controversially, substantial portions of the Operating Thetan course materials. ...
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