Iranian asylum-seeker
Abas Amini sits
with his eyes, mouth
and ears sewn up,
at his home in Nottingham
in northern England,
May 27, 2003. Amani,
a political poet
and communist activist
who fled Iran
for Britain two years
ago, is on hunger
strike and refusing
all medical
attention after Britain's
Home Office
said it would appeal
a decision
to grant him asylum
in the UK.
REUTERS/Darren Staples
|
A Palestinian girl
looks at Israeli army bulldozers flatten the area during army activity
to secure the area in the
Gaza Strip city of
Rafah.
The US warned of
possible plots
to abduct US citizens
in the Gaza Strip.(AFP/Mohammed Abed) |
Stephen Myers of
Berkeley, Calif.,
gags his mouth while
protesting
in front of Clear
Channel Communications offices, Thursday, May 29, 2003,
in San Francisco.
Protesters in more
than a dozen cities
urged federal regulators
Thursday to reject
changes
that would allow
large media companies
to own television
and radio stations
and newspapers in
the same cities.
Protesters say Clear
Channel
stifles diverse points
of view
by programming local
stations
with national shows.
(AP Photo/Ben Margot) |
The Aaron's Dream
Team pit crew,
the first all-female
team to compete
in a NASCAR touring
series, performs a
pit stop at Texas
Motor Speedway in
Ft. Worth, Texas,
on
Tuesday May 27, 2003.
The team and driver
Shawna Robinson
are scheduled to
compete
in three NASCAR Truck
Series races.
(AP Photo/Mike Fuentes) |
Former undisputed
world heavyweight
champion Mike Tyson
denied
in a television interview
that he had raped
Desiree Washington
in 1991 but added
he would like
to rape her and her
mother now
(AFP/File/Tannen
Maury) |
Sultaana Freeman
(L)
and her husband Abdul-Maalik
Freeman
speak during a break
in
Orange County court
May 29, 2003
in Orlando, Florida.
Freeman, a Muslim,
is battling
for her right to
wear a veil
in her Florida driver's
license photo.
Her license was revoked
by state officials
who said
allowing hidden faces
on licenses is a
security risk.
Freeman believes
that taking
a photograph of her
face would
violate the Quran,
the Muslim holy book. Arguments in the suit have
concluded and Circuit
Judge
Janet Thorpe is expected
to rule
on the matter next
week.
REUTERS/Red Huber-POOL |