1.A rocket or mortar round struck the Italian embassy in Baghdad late on Wednesday causing structural damage but no injuries, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
意大利安莎通讯社报道，意大利驻巴格达大使馆周三晚些时候遭到一枚火箭或是迫击炮弹袭击，使馆建筑被破坏，但没有人员受伤。

2.In 2003 the HIV/AIDS pandemic took the highest number of lives and produced the highest number of new infections since surveillance of the disease started, according to a new global report released on Wednesday from the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO). 联合国艾滋病规划署与世界卫生组织周三联合发表报告指出，自从对艾滋病进行监控以来，2003年是全球艾滋病死亡和新感染人数最多的一年。

3.Reuters: Fighter jets were scrambled at Miami airport to escort the plane on Tuesday after an elderly woman threw a fit on an American Airlines plane and flight attendants thought she would attack them, police said. 路透社：警方表示，一名老妇女周二在美国航空公司一架飞机上大发脾气，乘务员以为她要袭击他们。事后，美军战机紧急起飞前往迈阿密机场护航。

4.Action film idol Fernando Poe has announced he will run for the Philippines presidency in May 2004 elections, CNN reported Wednesday. 美国有线新闻网周三报道，菲律宾著名动作影星费尔南多·波宣布，他将参加明年5月举行的总统竞选。