The October 28, 2003 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 300 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 22 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 251 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, in 113 days. You have lived for 8,287 days, or about 198,911 hours, or about 11,934,699 minutes, or about 716,081,940 seconds.
Date: 28 October 2003
By Jim Rutenberg (NYT)
Jim NYT
Chris Wallace, longtime correspondent at ABC News, is named as host of Fox News Sunday, Fox's Sunday morning public affairs program; succeeds Tony Snow, who is going to devote much of his time to new syndicated radio talk show for Fox News (S)
Date: 28 October 2003
By Michael Wines (NYT)
Michael NYT
Publisher Samuel Sipepa Nkomo and 4 directors of Daily News, Zimbabwe's largest newspaper, are arrested by police despite recent court order allowing newspaper to resume publication after six-week police shutdown for alleged license violations; paper is highly critical of President Robert G Mugabe's government; photo (S)
Date: 29 October 2003
By Heather Timmons
Heather Timmons
Some Succession Questions
Date: 29 October 2003
By Richard W. Stevenson
Richard Stevenson
News analysis of Pres Bush's sudden decision to hold full-scale news conference as part of effort to calm American public in face of wave of deadly bombings in Iraq; polls show diminished support for his postwar leadership, making it urgent for White House to keep public opinion about Iraq from deteriorating to point that it could limit Bush's policy options and threaten his re-election chances; Iraq at center stage also means Bush may struggle to focus public on rapidly improving economy, subject on which he got not single question at news conference; Bush is also addressing Iraqis who might question US commitment (M)
Date: 29 October 2003
By Liz Robbins
Liz Robbins
New York Knicks newly acquired players Keith Van Horn and Dikembe Mutombo, who have been criticized by media, fans and former teams for underperforming, are now depended on by Knicks to help keep ailing team improve record (M)
Date: 29 October 2003
By David Johnston and Eric Lichtblau
David Johnston
Justice Department and FBI tighten secrecy in probe of leak of identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose husband, Joseph C Wilson 4th, has criticized Bush administration's Iraq policies; Michael A Mason, director of FBI's Washington office, will not have access to case (S)
Date: 28 October 2003
By Steven Lee Myers and Erin E. Arvedlund
Steven Myers
Russian stocks, bonds and currency plummet after arrest of country's richest man, Yukos Oil chairman Mikhail B Khodorkovsky, on charges of fraud, tax evasion and forgery; Pres Vladimir V Putin's call for end to 'hysteria and speculations' does little to calm fears about his policy or financial jitters as leading market indexes plunge sharply, dragged down by Yukos, which loses fifth of its value before recovering slightly; Putin seeks to portray investigation as isolated criminal matter, but Russian newspapers as well as analysts and some prominent politicians depict arrest as politically motivated assault on outspoken opponent; Putin faces parliamentary elections in Dec and presidential election in Mar; graph (M)
Date: 28 October 2003
By Mike Wise
Mike Wise
Los Angeles Lakers players Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant quarrel in press and off court as Bryant's sexual assault hearings progress; photo (M)
Date: 29 October 2003
Excerpts from Pres Bush's news conference on situation in Iraq
Date: 29 October 2003
By Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar
Egyptian government-owned newspaper trumpets latest bombings in Iraq as 'martyrdom operations,' but both Foreign Min Ahmed Maher and Arab League condemn attacks, particularly one against Red Cross; Arabs say they hope US suffers for intervening, but also fear regional chaos if US fails; most call for quick handover of Iraq to UN supervision (M)