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.
Punta Gorda, Florida - After getting a first look at the widespread damage left behind by Hurricane Charley, Florida residents were faced with the arduous task of sorting through the wreckage, and for some, starting over again. President Bush planned to visit the state Sunday to assess the damage, two days after declaring the state a major disaster area. Charley killed at least 13, including a man who was crushed outside his home when a tree fell on him. Baghdad - Surging violence in Iraq this month has disrupted reconstruction work in parts of the country, but plans are still on track for a tenfold increase in the number of projects, U.S. General Thomas Bostick said Sunday. Hundreds of people have been killed during an 11-day uprising led by radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the southern city of Najaf, Baghdad's slums and other areas in the worst fighting in Iraq since a similar rebellion in April. Lourdes, France - Pope John Paul wound up an emotional visit to this miracle shrine Sunday and struggled with determination to finish a sermon in order to encourage others suffering around him. Rome - Italy will not be intimidated by threats from Muslim militants but cannot dismiss the possibility of an eventual attack, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu has said. His comments on Sunday came after a group claiming al Qaeda links vowed to strike.
