Portal:Current events/2003 July 22

July 22, 2003 (Tuesday)

John Manley, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, drops out of the race to succeed Jean Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister after conceding he cannot catch front-runner Paul Martin, Jr..^[1]
One of the top floors of the Eiffel Tower catches fire. No one is injured.^[2]
Fighting continues and the death toll rises in Liberia as rebels move into Monrovia to depose President Charles Taylor.
U.S.-led occupation of Iraq: In Iraq, "four key figures" in the former Iraqi regime die in a large operation by US troops. The dead included Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay.^[3]
A severe storm strikes Memphis, Tennessee, leaving several dead and as many as 300,000 without power, including extremely severe damage to the power grid in some areas.^[4]^[5]