Portal:Current events/2003 August 26
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- War on Terrorism: President Bush, speaking to American Legion veterans convention, defends the Iraq policy, declaring the United States had hit terrorism in overthrowing the government of Saddam Hussein. President Bush vows "no retreat" from Iraq. President Bush also states that the United States may carry out other pre-emptive strikes.{{cite news|last=Stout |first=David |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/politics/26CND-BUSH.html?ex=1062561600&en=a67d20396725c83f&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE |title=Bush, Speaking to Veterans, Says Iraq May Not Be Last Strike |publisher=NYTimes.com |date=2003-08-26 |accessdate=2015-09-26}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5US0G1FK0PWPECRBAELCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3340445 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050630031338/http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml |archive-date=2005-06-30 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/26/politics/main570110.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023022951/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/26/politics/main570110.shtml |archive-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.msnbc.com/news/957431.asp?0si=-]{{dead link|date=September 2015}}{{cite web|last=Benedetto |first=Richard |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-08-26-bush-speech_x.htm |title=With nod toward WWII, Bush urges patience in Iraq |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=2003-08-27 |accessdate=2015-09-26}}
- Space Shuttle program: Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) releases 200 page final dossier over the space shuttle Columbia's destruction (and the death of its seven astronauts). It states the cause is from NASA's cultural traits, lack of funds, and insufficient safety program.{{Cite web |url=http://www.caib.us/news/report/default.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314081400/http://www.caib.us/news/report/default.html |archive-date=2019-03-14 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/26/sprj.colu.shuttle.report/index.html |title=Concerns raised that changes in NASA won't last - Aug. 26, 2003 |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=2015-09-26}}{{cite web|last=Vries |first=Lloyd |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/26/columbia/main570101.shtml |title=Shuttle Board Member: Not Enough |publisher=CBS News |date=2003-08-26 |accessdate=2015-09-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-08-26-shuttle-report_x.htm |title=Investigators say flawed NASA culture led to Columbia deaths |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=2003-08-26 |accessdate=2015-09-26}}
- Technology: California Supreme Court rules that publishers could be barred from posting DVD descrambling code (DeCSS) online without infringing on free speech rights.{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32482.html |title=alifornia Supremes issue DVD crack setback |publisher=Theregister.co.uk |accessdate=2015-09-26}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/5067665.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030827205320/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/5067665.htm |archive-date=2003-08-27 |url-status=dead }}
- O.J. Simpson, giving an interview to Playboy, states that he is still innocent, but says "dream team" lawyers saved him. Without the money to pay for a "dream team" of lawyers, he says he would not have prevailed by being acquitted. In the interview, he also states that after his acquittal he smoked marijuana to get to sleep.{{cite web |url=http://www.playboy.com/magazine/interview.html |title=Playboy Magazine Subscriptions | Get Playboy in Print or Digital |publisher=Playboy.com |accessdate=2015-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824020338/http://www.playboy.com/magazine/interview.html |archive-date=2006-08-24 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nbc30.com/news/2433282/detail.html |title=Connecticut Local News, Weather, and Breaking News | NBC Connecticut |publisher=Nbc30.com |date=2015-09-17 |accessdate=2015-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927180025/http://www.nbc30.com/news/2433282/detail.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0803/26ojay.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207004055/http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0803/26ojay.html |date=December 7, 2003 }}{{Cite web |url=http://u.redlandsdailyfacts.com/Stories/0,1413,217~24250~1585969,00.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051112033957/http://u.redlandsdailyfacts.com/Stories/0,1413,217~24250~1585969,00.html |archive-date=2005-11-12 |url-status=dead }}
- Former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath is flown home from his holiday in Salzburg, Austria, to receive treatment in London for pulmonary embolism.{{cite web|author=Sarah Hall |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1029928,00.html |title=Heath in hospital after being flown home from holiday by air ambulance | Politics |publisher=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=2015-09-26}}
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