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.
Beijing - Evoking bad memories of last year's outbreak, China announced yesterday it was investigating four fresh suspected SARS cases in its capital and ordered an affected southern province to brace for a coming holiday when millions of Chinese will be traveling. All of the new suspected cases have been traced back to a single patient, the government said, suggesting the problem was still tightly confined and not a general outbreak. Baghdad, Iraq - A third American has died as a result of a suicide attack on Iraqi oil facilities. A Coast Guardsman died yesterday and two Navy sailors were killed Saturday in the boat attacks off the Iraqi coast. The Coast Guardsman was part of a team sent to intercept a boat near an oil terminal. Illiopolis, Illinois - A series of explosions rocked a plastics plant in central Illinois, killing at least two people and injuring eight others. Two people remained missing yesterday, authorities said. Beijing - The Red Cross said yesterday that the death toll from the massive train explosion in North Korea last week has risen by seven to 161 in total. Miami, Florida - A radio station has been fined $4,000 after on-air hosts broadcast a crank call made to Cuban President Fidel Castro, reports said yesterday.
