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.
Tehran, Iran - Pentagon and Pakistani officials on Saturday denied an Iranian state radio report that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan "a long time ago." There have been reports that military forces believed they had identified bin Laden's general location and had him encircled, but Pakistani officials have denied any specific knowledge of bin Laden's whereabouts. Tokyo - Japanese agricultural officials have confirmed the country's third outbreak of avian flu at a farm in southwestern Japan and news media said further tests are needed to establish if tens of thousands of birds died of the same viral strain that killed 22 people in Asia. Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and fled the country Sunday, bowing to pressure from a bloody rebellion at home and governments abroad. Gunfire rang out through the capital and black smoke billowed from the city centre. A jet carrying Aristide heads to South Africa, local radio stations report. Aristide's prime minister, Yvon Neptune, said at a press conference that the ex-leader resigned to "prevent bloodshed." Wana, Pakistan - Pakistani forces killed 11 people in an exchange of fire after a minibus failed to stop at a roadblock in a tribal region where anti-terrorism operations have been ongoing.
