Milestones

DIED. PER ANGER, 88, Swedish diplomat who worked with Raoul Wallenberg to save thousands of Jews from Nazi death camps by issuing Swedish identity documents; in Stockholm. Wallenberg, who worked with Anger at the Swedish legation in Budapest, was arrested by the advancing Soviet army in 1945 and never heard from again. After the war, Anger led the effort to determine Wallenberg's fate, visiting Moscow in 1989 to make a personal appeal for information to Mikhail Gorbachev. Anger served as Sweden's ambassador to both Australia and Canada and was made an honorary Israeli citizen in 2000.

REMOVED. Dallas Mavericks center WANG ZHIZHI, 25, from the lineup of the Chinese national basketball team; by the Chinese Basketball Association in Beijing. Officials issued a statement criticizing Wang for his lack of patriotism, citing his failure to return to China for training ahead of this year's World Basketball Championship and his refusal to represent China at the upcoming Asian Games. The loss of the 7 ft. 1 in. star—who has denied rumors of impending defection to the U.S.—opens a gap in the Chinese team's "Walking Great Wall," which also includes this year's top nba draft pick, Yao Ming.

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SENTENCED. TOM GREEN, 53, outspoken Mormon polygamist who until recently lived with his five wives and 30 children in Utah's remote West Desert; to five years to life in prison for child rape; in Nephi, Utah. Green, who is already in prison for bigamy and failure to pay child support, is accused of raping his wife Linda Kunz, now 30, with whom he conceived a child when she was 13. Although the Mormon church renounced polygamy in the 1890s, about 30,000 people continue the practice in Utah and neighboring states.

SENTENCED. MICHAEL SKAKEL, 41, to 20 years to life in prison for the 1975 murder of his teenage neighbor Martha Moxley; in Norwalk, Connecticut. Skakel, nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow Ethel, testified for the first time on the day of sentencing, tearfully saying he was innocent. During the trial, a prosecution witness testified that Skakel had told him: "I'm going to get away with murder, because I'm a Kennedy."

INDICTED. Seattle-based Islamic activist JAMES UJAAMA, 36, for conspiring to recruit, train and provide facilities for al-Qaeda terrorists in the United States; by a federal grand jury in Seattle. Ujaama, who denies any wrongdoing, has alleged that the U.S. government "knew about the events of Sept. 11 prior to the attack on New York, and refused to intervene in lieu of economic and political gains." He is in federal custody at an undisclosed location.

CONVICTED. CARY STAYNER, 41, of the 1999 slayings of three female tourists at Yosemite National Park; in San Jose, California. The former motel handyman, who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, is currently serving a life sentence for murdering a Yosemite guide.

DIED. WILLIAM WARFIELD, 82, acclaimed baritone best known for his portrayal of Porgy in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess; in Chicago. The son of an Arkansas Baptist preacher, Warfield first sang the part in a 1952 European tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

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Numbers
2,952 tons of opium will be produced in Afghanistan this year, the U.N. estimates, making the country the world's single largest producer

$100 billion is how much damage road accidents cost developing nations each year. That's twice the amount they receive in international aid, according to the Switzerland-based Road Traffic Injury Research Network

$159 million was the construction cost of nasa's contour spacecraft, believed to have broken apart on its way to study two passing comets

70,000 Australian prank-sters professed in a recent census to be practitioners of the "Jedi" faith, a pseudo religion inspired by the Star Wars movies

$10,000 will be awarded to the first child born on Sept. 1 whose parents agree to name it "Turok" as part of an American video-game promotion

$23,000 is the amount actress Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly paid for a handmade, crystal-encrusted cell phone

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Omen
If the Arctic ice pack continues to melt at the current rapid rate, a northwest passage allowing ship traffic between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans could open up within 10 years, scientists say