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Clyde Haberman column deplores Judge John E Sprizzo's ruling that Giuliani administration violated First Amendment rights of two firefighters and a police officer who were dismissed for riding on racist float in Labor Day parade in Queens in 1998 (M)
Chiron Corp and Roche Holding settle complaints made to European Commission by German Red Cross and others that two diagnostic companies fixed prices for blood-screening kits for hepatitis and HIV (S)
Highlands region, which stretches from Connecticut through New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is under Congressional consideration to be designated first national stewardship area; land is desirable to both conservationists and developers, who are wrangling over issues of wildlife, water, and needs for urban expansion and available housing; pros and cons of stewardship are given; use of Geographical Information Systems or GIS to map population density and forest coverage lend invaluable insight into trends and potential threats to environment; Highlands Coalition executive director Tom Gilbert stresses need to act quickly, citing New York-New Jersey area could be entirely developed in 20 to 30 years with population increase of almost 50%; photo; maps (L)
Iraqis working with Americans face some of same dangers as allied soldiers do, but they refuse to quit; Iraqi translators have been victims of sniper attacks, homes of professors helping to restore university system have come under fire, and bomb recently exploded in Ramadi, killing seven young Iraqi police recruits; Iraqis say they are being harassed, accused of treason and sent death threats; most workers say they would keep their jobs because they view Americans as positive force for Iraq; corollary reason is sheer need for job in country that does not have many; photos (M)
Witold Rybczynski reviews new National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pa, designed by Henry N Cobb; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 2, 2003, covering July 8, 2003.
Monica
Luther Vandross
Metallica
Radiohead
Annie Lennox
2003Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.[†]
Sudan Airways Flight 139 was a Sudan Airways passenger flight that crashed on 8 July 2003 at Port Sudan. The Boeing 737 aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Port Sudan–Khartoum passenger service. Some 15 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft lost power in one of its engines, which prompted the crew to return to the airport for an emergency landing. In doing so, the pilots missed the airport runway, and the airplane descended until it hit the ground, disintegrating after impact. Of the 117 people aboard, 116 died.
In 2003, the world population was approximately 6,420,361,634 people[†]