Template:In the news
- **Palestinian Yasser Arafat dismisses Israeli threat to kill him. American representatives, and other world leaders, criticize Israel's prime minister for the suggestion.
- As police in Leganes, Spain move in to arrest a group of suspects in the recent terrorist attacks in Madrid, the suspects blow themselves up, killing a special forces agent and injuring 11 police officers.
- The Korea Train Express high-speed rail line opens, connecting Seoul to Busan and Mokpo.
- The White House says it will allow Condoleezza Rice to testify publicly and under oath on the investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks.