Unix Timestamp: 1060214400
Thursday, August 7. 2003, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Convicted terrorist, Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt, found guilty yesterday by the Republic of Ireland's Special Criminal Court of membership of an illegal organisation and directing terrorism, is sentenced to twenty years in prison. //www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-12712116,00.html

Liberian crisis: President Charles Taylor resigns as Nigerian peacekeepers entered Liberia. Taylor names his vice president, Moses Blah, as his successor. Peacekeepers intercepted an arms shipment to Liberia from Libya. Taylor, who is indicted for war crimes, indicates that he will seek political asylum in Nigeria. //edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/07/cnna.taylor/