Portal:Current events/2003 July 9
July 9, 2003 (Wednesday)
- The ferry MV Nasrin-1 capsizes and sinks near Chandpore in Bangladesh. The whereabouts of most of the approximately 700 passengers is unknown.[1]
- The U.S. government announces that two more officials of the defeated Iraqi government on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis were taken into custody on Tuesday. Mizban Khadr al-Hadi was a high-ranking member of Iraq's Baath Party Regional Command and Revolutionary Command Council, and Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad was a former Interior Minister. As to al-Ahmad this turns out to be an error - he surrenders to the American forces in August.
- Nike announces an agreement to purchase Converse; for US$305M.
- ^ "News24, South Africa's premier news source, provides breaking news on national, world, Africa, sport, entertainment, technology & more". News24. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2015.