September 14, 2003

[edit] September 14, 2003

• EU enlargement: Swedish voters reject the Euro in a popular referendum. [1]
• Revolution: A military coup d'état is reported in Guinea-Bissau. [2]
• EU enlargement: Estonians vote in a plebiscite to join the European Union. [3]
• WTO: World Trade Organization talks collapse in Cancún, Mexico. Rich and poor countries are unable to find common ground. The meetings have been the subject of anti-globalization protests. [4]
• Natural disaster: Some of the severe wildfires in British Columbia have been contained, including the one threatening Kelowna. The one near Kamloops is still threatening structures. This has been the worst wildfire season in BC in fifty years. [5]
• Yetunde Price, the eldest sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams was shot and killed just outside Compton, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. [6]