November 3, 2004

Sudanese Troops Attack and Destroy Camp in Darfur Washington Post - Gripping a pair of pliers, a doctor pried a bullet from Amina Kharim's swollen and bleeding left arm. Eight hours earlier, at dawn Tuesday, she had been asleep in a shelter of grass and sticks when government soldiers and police stormed into this camp of 5,000 in South Darfur. Residents and relief workers said the troops burned shelters, smashed water pipes, fired tear gas and beat people as they fled half-asleep from their huts. Within five hours, they said, the camp was reduced to ashes and about 100 residents were crammed into the makeshift clinic, seeking first aid for gunshot wounds, burns and bruises. Annan: There's Proof of Sudan War Crimes (Miami Herald subscription) 10:19:54 PM

Jury Finds 2 Guilty of Felony Spam Washington Post - Two North Carolina residents yesterday became the first people in the nation to be convicted on felony spamming charges after a Loudoun County jury found that they flooded tens of thousands of America Online e-mail accounts with unsolicited e-mail, prosecutors said. Jeremy Jaynes, 30, and his sister Jessica DeGroot, 28, both of the Raleigh area, were found guilty of three felony charges each for using phony Internet addresses to send large volumes of e-mail ads through an AOL server in Loudoun. 10:18:10 PM

Arafat's health worsening, aides in Paris say CTV, Canada - Speaking from France, Palestinian officials say leader Yasser Arafat took a turn for the worse late Wednesday. 10:16:49 PM

'Extremist' held over film-maker's murder Independent - The man suspected of murdering a Dutch film-maker who criticised Islam was known by security services who viewed him as a possible Islamic extremist. 10:15:40 PM