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March 10,
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ROC presidential election, 2004:
Wei Chueh, one of four
Buddhist masters in
Taiwan, controversially endorses
Lien Chan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3500442.stm (BBC)*
National Hockey League hockey player
Todd Bertuzzi is suspended for the remainder of the season and for the entire
Stanley Cup playoffs for his hit on
Steve Moore, which left him with two broken vertebrae in his neck. The
Vancouver police department is also looking into the incident.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=75890 (TSN)*
Girls Gone Wild videos of
minors exposing their
breasts are not
child pornography, according to a
Florida court.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113808,00.html (FOX) http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?f0001_BC_GirlsGoneWild&&news&newsflash-financial (AP)*U.S. officials tell of their plans to impose
sanctions against
Syria under the
Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act. The Bush administration accuses Syria of sponsoring
terrorism and developing
chemical and
biological weapons.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/10/us.syria/index.html (CNN)*
Kodak sues
Sony over alleged violations of Kodak's
patents on
digital camera technology.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/techcorporatenews/2004-03-09-kodak-sony_x.htm (USA Today)*
U.S. presidential election: The
Bush reelection campaign charges that an anti-Bush ad campaign funded with "
soft money" from billionaire
George Soros funding violates
campaign finance laws. The Bush camp plans to file a complaint with the
Federal Election Commission regarding a planned anti-Bush advertising campaign by
The Media Fund.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/10/fec.ads/index.html (CNN)*
Canadian federal election:
Monia Mazigh, the wife of former
Syrian deportee
Maher Arar, announces her run for candidacy with the
NDP in the
riding of
Ottawa South.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040310/NDP10/TPNational/Canada (Globe and Mail)*
Lee Boyd Malvo is sentenced to life in prison without parole by a
Virginia judge for his role in the
Beltway Sniper Attacks.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/10/sniper.malvo/ (CNN)*
Tracy McGrady of the Orlando Magic scores 62 points against the
Washington Wizards, setting the record for most points scored in one game for the
Orlando Magic franchise.
Category:Days in 2004