Portal:Current events/2004 March 3

March 3, 2004 (Wednesday)

Serious controversy in
Atheist who is against the Church and the national and religious symbols. (MPA) (IN.gr) (IN.gr) (MPA)

At the
Annual General Meeting, about 43% of Walt Disney stockholders, including several prominent pension funds, vote to oppose the re-election of Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner. The board of directors replaces him as Chairman with George J. Mitchell. (CNN) (TheStreet)

Researchers at Harvard University announce that they will give scientists free access to 17 human embryonic stem cell lines created without U.S. federal funding. This move is expected to boost stem cell research in the face of federal funding restrictions announced in 2001 by the Bush administration. (CNN)
A new government of Serbia, headed by Vojislav Koštunica, is approved by parliament. (BBC)
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
:
- Gaza strip with missile fire, killing three people acknowledged by Palestinian officials as members of the militant group Hamas. (BBC)
- A group of Israelis join a court challenge against the Israeli West Bank barrier out of concern it could turn their good Palestinian neighbors into deadly enemies. (Reuters) Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
In the trial of Martha Stewart and her broker, Judge Miriam Goldman gives the jury its instructions. (TheStreet)
New claims of bubble fusion are made, claiming that the results of previous experiments have been replicated under more stringent experimental conditions. (RPI press release) (NY Times)
In an interview published today, former U.S. and
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. "It's about confronting and coming clean with the American people," he said. (The Guardian)