The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
London - Tony Blair is under increasing pressure to apologize for misrepresenting intelligence about Saddam Hussein's weapons, but the British prime minister continued to hold his ground against attacks from his political opposition. On Tuesday, Britain's MI-6 intelligence agency formally retracted statements that Iraqi troops could deploy weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes. The British government used the information to support its decision to join the United States in the attack on Iraq last year. Seattle - Hot volcanic rock has reached the surface of Mount St. Helens, creating a new lava dome following weeks of seismic activity. "The fact that we see stuff at the surface that hot means it's new rock," said Willie Scott, a volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. While officials say they don't believe Mount St. Helens will erupt on a scale anywhere near the 1980 eruption, the immediate area around the Washington state volcano remains closed. Abuja, Nigeria - Unions in Nigeria are threatening to expand a nationwide general strike over rising oil prices, which has entered its third day. The government has increased oil prices in Africa's leading oil-producing nation by 25 per cent, and labour unions are calling for a roll back because the average Nigerian can't afford to pay the higher prices. Nigeria is the world's seventh-largest oil exporter.
