News of the Day: Late Edition
The U.S. is under renewed pressure to close its Guantanamo prison camp after three suicides there over the weekend and some insensitive remarks from a deputy assistant secretary of state. The Austrian foreign minister, Ursula Plassnik, said the E.U. would raise the issue at a meeting next week with President Bush in Vienna.
A weakened Tropical Storm Alberto touched land today about 50 miles southeast of Tallahassee. State officials report no deaths or serious injuries, and the Tallahassee Democrat is providing frequent updates of the storm’s progress.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) pleaded guilty today to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs when he crashed his car in the middle of the night near the U.S. Capitol last month. The Providence Journal lists the terms of Kennedy’s probation.
The trial for Zhao Yan, a New York Times researcher, is set to begin Friday in Beijing. The accusation that he disclosed “state secrets” (the definition of which is extremely broad under Chinese law) stems from a September 2004 Times article on Jiang Zemin’s eventual resignation as head of the military.
Yahoo Inc. announced it has contained the malicious “Yamanner” worm that infected more than 200 million e-mail accounts yesterday. Unlike many worms that require an attachment to be opened, this one infected a recipient’s computer as soon as the e-mail was opened.
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