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Science and Culture Organization program.
• But there are signs the battle-scarred city is not yet ready to reclaim its place among the Arab world's cultural jewels.
• Despite a staggering $500 million budget for the yearlong initiative, security remains a worry and authorities have failed to renovate several cultural buildings that were damaged or neglected following the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Friday, March 22, the 81st day of 2013. There are 284 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On March 22, 1963, The Beatles' debut album, "Please Please Me," was released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone.
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• On this date:
• In 1312, Pope Clement V issued a papal bull ordering dissolution of the Order of the Knights Templar.
• In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for defying Puritan orthodoxy.
• In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.)
• In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington, D.C.
• In 1894, hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1.
• In 1933, during Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to (Continued on page 34)
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