7 oktober 2003 was een dinsdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♎. Het was de 279e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
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Date: 08 October 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Maria Shriver, who has at times acted as a shock absorber for her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his campaign for governor, plans to return to her job at "Dateline NBC."
Date: 08 October 2003
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Atlantic Monthly introduces new college ranking system as alternative to popular US News & World Report's well-studied rankings; chart; photo (M)
Date: 08 October 2003
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Russian Orthodox priest, who secretly married two men last month in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), is defrocked; marriage is reported by woman who initially participated in setting up ceremony and who is journalist for daily newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda (S)
Date: 08 October 2003
By Sarah Kershaw
Sarah Kershaw
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC television news program, makes early announcement of Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory in California recall election (S)
Date: 08 October 2003
By Timothy L. O'Brien
Timothy O'Brien
Federal Bureau of Investigation says Justice Department is probing conduct of FBI agents in Phoenix for possible improprieties related to their use of front companies to gather data on China, Middle East and activities of Palestinian militant group Hamas in response to charges by former FBI operative Harry Ellen; probe apparently concerns whether agents enriched themselves through front companies; Ellen broke with his Phoenix handler, Kenneth Williams, after becoming involved with Joanne Xie, Chinese citizen seeking asylum in United States; told immigration hearing for her that he refused Williams's bid to transfer money to Hamas and other Palestinian organizations for 'violent purposes' so FBI could monitor money trail; he and Xie filed complaint with FBI in 1999 accusing Phoenix office of leaking his identity to news media, improperly probing Xie and allowing Chinese operatives to penetrate office's counterintelligence unit (M)
Date: 08 October 2003
By Nazila Fathi (NYT)
Nazila NYT
Trial begins for intelligence agent Muhammad Reza Aghdam Ahmadi, who is accused of involvement in death of Iranian-Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi; journalist, arrested for taking pictures outside Evin prison (Tehran), died in custody from brain hemorrhage caused by suspect head injury (S)
Date: 08 October 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Major television networks name Arnold Schwarzenegger winner of California recall election as soon as polls close (S)
Date: 07 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Taubman Centers Inc rejects bid by Simon Property Group and Westfield America Inc after they extend their unsolicited offer for at least fourth time in year; $20-a-share offer for Taubman has garnered 19.6 million, or 24 percent, of 81 million shares outstanding, less than two-thirds needed to make successful bid (S)
Date: 08 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Duke Energy Corp names Paul M Anderson, former chief executive of BHP Billiton, to succeed Richard B Priory as chairman and chief executive (S)
Date: 08 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals study fails to find significant benefit from its experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug, IL-1 Trap (S)
Date: 07 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co will close Huntsville, Ala, factory by Dec 5, cutting about 1,100 jobs as part of reductions allowed under labor contract approved last month (S)
Date: 07 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, real estate investment trust that owns 33 shopping centers, and Blackstone Group acquire nine factory outlets from Charter Oak Partners for $304 million and assumption of $187 million in debt (S)