Week of May 15, 2004
In the face of more criticism, the Army says that it has overhauled interrogation
procedures fused for Iraqi detainees. It will no longer use techniques such as
placing hoods over the heads of prisoners or forcing them to stand naked.
A suicide car bomber assassinates the president if Iraq’s Governing Council as
his vehicle waited to enter the headquarters of the U.S. occupation.
Pentagon officials say 37 is the number of detainee deaths in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Eight are unresolved homicides that may have involved assaults
during or after interrogations.
The home and office of onetime U.S. ally Ahmad Chalabi are raided. Chalabi was
rousted from his sleep. Computers and documents were carted away.
Music news -
Las Vegas -
Celine Dion
cancels five more
shows of her nightly Caesars Palace
performances after spraining her neck earlier
this month.
Looks like they’ll be a new telephone directory -
listing cell phone users. The database is being
assembled by the Cellular Telecommuications
and Internet Assn. Look for it later this year.
With her facing a prison sentence - “Martha
Stewart Living” will be put on hiatus after this TV
season winds up.
Television news
- On Jay Leno’s “Tonight”
show - First Lady Laura Bush says the President
reads newspapers daily.
Passing - News anchor Floyd Kalber (79).
Ready to go - Regis Philbin will emcee “Super Millionaire” on ABC beginning
Sunday night. The show offers a $10 million prize.
Elizabeth Vargas will replace Barbara Walters when she exits “20/20” in
September.
