Portal:Current events/2003 November 11

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The US Senate backs legislation imposing sanctions on Syria; the bill allows the president to adjust sanctions as a function of Syria's co-operativeness.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3262413.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Americas - US Senate backs Syria sanctions|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
Following yesterday's WTO decision, the People's Republic of China and Japan indicate that they will retaliate against US tariffs on steel imports if the U.S. fails to amend its policy.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3259761.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Business - Asian steelmakers take aim at US|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
U.S. Presidential election, 2004: George Soros pledges USD {{Nowrap|$15.5 million}} to help defeat President George W. Bush in 2004. Soros says a "supremacist ideology" guides the White House and describes the US under the Bush administration as a danger to the world.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A24179-2003Nov10?language=printer|title=Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis|work=Washington Post|accessdate=22 December 2015|archive-date=5 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105171216/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A24179-2003Nov10?language=printer|url-status=dead}}
War on Terrorism: An Arab magazine claims to have received an e-mail from a member of the Al Qaeda group claiming responsibility for Saturday's bombing in Riyadh that killed 17 people and injured over 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102733,00.html|title=Report: Al Qaeda Claims Riyadh Bombings|work=Fox News|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
Occupation of Iraq:
The Coalition detains about 20 people suspected of links to al-Qaida.{{cite web|url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/iraq_al_qaida|title=Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines|work=Yahoo News|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
Mayor of Fallujah says a US general threatens stern measures unless attacks on coalition forces stop.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102612,00.html|title=General: Harsh Measures Unless Attacks Stop|work=Fox News|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
The British government and foreign policy establishment pushes privately for an early handover of sovereignty to Iraqis; they say the US shows too little sense of urgency.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/11/wirq11.xml|title=News|work=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=22 December 2015|archive-date=13 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313082109/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F11%2F11%2Fwirq11.xml|url-status=dead}}
An Annenberg Public Policy Center poll, taken during widespread publicity over army helicopter shootdowns, says there has been a shift in US public opinion, now split about evenly over whether the war in Iraq is worthwhile.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-war-opinion,0,546630.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines|title=National & World News on Newsday.com|work=Newsday|accessdate=22 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1519868|title=Survey: more Americans don't believe war in Iraq worth fighting than do|date=11 November 2003|accessdate=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211141643/http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1519868|archive-date=11 December 2015|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.news-leader.com/today/1111-Americansv-213879.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051117122249/http://www.news-leader.com/today/1111-Americansv-213879.html |archive-date=2005-11-17 |url-status=dead }}
There is a rising trend of complaints from returning National Guardsmen and reservists as they return to work after assignments.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24036-2003Nov10.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2015}}
The Control Risks Group reports that London is the leading terrorist target in Western Europe due to British involvement in Iraq and the UK's large Muslim population.{{cite web|url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3259337.stm|title=BBC NEWS - UK - London 'is top terrorist target'|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
Large parts of central London are to be sealed off during US President George W. Bush's state visit to the United Kingdom next week. Due to security concerns Bush is to be denied the traditional state ceremonial carriage-ride up the Mall to Buckingham Palace normally accorded to heads of state.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3259005.stm|title=BBC NEWS - UK - England - London - 'Exclusion zone' for Bush visit|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
Toyota nudges out Ford in Q3 to become the world's second-largest manufacturer of automobiles behind General Motors.{{cite web|url=http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1066565782245&p=1012571727088|title=Financial Times|accessdate=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051128003129/http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com%2FStoryFT%2FFullStory|archive-date=28 November 2005|url-status=dead}}
Pornographer Larry Flynt states that he has bought topless photos of famous Iraq war soldier Jessica Lynch and was planning to publish them in January 2004; later, he says he bought them to prevent them from ever being published. The photos reportedly show Lynch frolicking with male soldiers prior to her deployment to Iraq.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/10513.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918032137/http://nypost.com/news/nationalnews/10513.htm/ |archive-date=2013-09-18 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102736,00.html|title=Larry Flynt Buys Purported Nude Photos of Jessica Lynch|work=Fox News|accessdate=22 December 2015}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/135799p-120870c.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309142032/http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/135799p-120870c.html |archive-date=2007-03-09 |url-status=dead }}
Negotiations break down between Montréal 2006 and the Federation of Gay Games on having the Gay Games in Montreal in 2006. Montreal 2006 insist that they will still have an event in 2006, while the FGG mull moving the Games to a different city. The two parties were unable to agree on the size of the event.http://www.planetout.com/pno/health/hiv/news/splash.html?2003/11/10/1

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