Unix Timestamp: 1064793600
Monday, September 29. 2003, 12:00:00 AM UTC

International relations: Former US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright (commenting on European Union relations to the United States), says that current transatlantic relations are in a dangerous vicious circle. She states that the European Union is not a counterweight to American power in the world. She also states that there is an American "catch-22", and that America is criticized no matter which foreign policy it adopts. //www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9aid=12837

Hurricane Juan lands at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as a category 2 storm, killing 2 directly and 5 indirectly.

Terrorism: Pakistan dismisses and condemns al-Qaida terrorist network threat against President Pervez Musharraf, saying the war against terrorism will continue. Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan states (in Islamabad) Pakistan will not be deterred by such threats. The identity of the speaker on the audio tape or the authenticity of the tape has not been verified. The message was attributed to al-Qaida's second-ranking leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, and was aired on Al Jazeera and Al-Arabiya. //www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=E6D30B0D-AFC3-4A1B-8688F94380F80B7A//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3150050.stm//www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3526177thesection=newsthesubsection=world