Portal:Current events/August 2003

In today's world, Portal:Current events/August 2003 has become an increasingly relevant and present topic in society. With the advancement of technology and globalization, Portal:Current events/August 2003 has become a fundamental element in people's daily lives, impacting different aspects such as the economy, politics, culture and the way we relate to others. In this article, we will explore in detail the importance of Portal:Current events/August 2003, its implications and how it has evolved over time. In addition, we will analyze its influence in various areas to better understand its relevance today.

August 2003 was the eighth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Friday, ended on a Sunday after 31 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2003.

August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01) (Friday)
  • A truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok in Southern Russia, near Chechnya, killing 41 and wounding at least 76. The Russian government blames the attack on Chechen separatists. A media spokesman for rebel political leader, Aslan Maskhadov, denied any connection with the incident.
  • North Korea agrees to multilateral talks in its nuclear standoff with Japan, South Korea, Russia, The United States, and the People's Republic of China.
  • The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health plans to propose an amendment to Finnish tobacco legislation which would make retail sales of tobacco products subject to a license.
August 2, 2003 (2003-08-02) (Saturday)
August 3, 2003 (2003-08-03) (Sunday)
  • At least 52 people have died in a series of explosions in northern Pakistan (BBC).
  • Sir Richard Dearlove announces his retirement from MI6 amid speculation about differences of opinion over the war in Iraq (BBC).
August 4, 2003 (2003-08-04) (Monday)
  • Construction workers of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China accidentally dig out five Japanese mustard gas bombs from the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Two of the bombs are damaged, and the gas poisons 43 (one died 19 days later). Japan a week later accepts responsibility and sends doctors and compensation to China.
  • The clergy and lay people of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, by a comfortable margin, vote in favor of the appointment of an openly gay bishop. The vote is thought likely to get confirmation from the bishops' collegium, which however is delayed due to last minute independent allegations of misconduct and intense conservative opposition.
  • SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit: Reuters have reported that Red Hat intends to start legal action against SCO to establish that SCO's claims against the Linux operating system are invalid.
August 5, 2003 (2003-08-05) (Tuesday)
August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06) (Wednesday)
August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07) (Thursday)
August 8, 2003 (2003-08-08) (Friday)
  • Hezbollah, a militant Lebanese group backed by Syria and Iran, fires artillery toward Israeli border posts, drawing return fire. It was the first such exchange in eight months. AP story
  • A Ma'ariv opinion poll shows 37% of his supporters think Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is involved in corruption, with 52% saving he will have to resign if he behaved illegally. The controversy is over a $1.5 million loan given in January 2002 to Sharon's son, Gilad that was the loan originated from Cyril Kern, a friend of Ariel Sharon.
  • Occupation of Iraq: At his ranch in Crawford, Texas, President Bush noted the 100th day since overt military action in Iraq ended, saying that the United States has made "good progress" in helping Iraq's democratic processes, overall national security, and economy.
  • US v. EU on GM food: The European Union expresses their disapproval over the American, Canadian and Argentinian effort to launch a World Trade Organization formal challenge against its decision to keep the policy of banning genetically modified crops.
  • SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit: IBM furnishes more information on their SCO countersuit and states that they have Novell support.
  • War on Terrorism: According to the latest disclosed analysis of the cockpit recordings by the United States investigators, the September 11 terrorist-pilot Ziad Jarrah got instructions to crash the United Airlines flight 93 into the Pennsylvania farmland because of the passenger uprising in the cabin trying to seize the plane's controls.
  • It is reported that the Canadian Grand Prix is dropped from the 2004 Formula One calendar as a result of its anti-tobacco laws. The Montreal race was given a grace of seven years before the introduction of the new law, announced in 1997. This comes a week after it was announced that the Belgian GP will be re-introduced in the 2004 season. However, Formula One director general Bernie Ecclestone says that no such decision has been made.
  • The draft EU constitution could lead to the establishment of foreign-owned private health care and educational services.
August 9, 2003 (2003-08-09) (Saturday)
  • A historic heat wave continues to afflict Europe and is expected to continue for another week. Spain and Portugal are particularly hard hit; forest fires in Portugal are declared a national disaster, with damages estimated at €1 billion. Other fires are reported on Majorca and in the Canary Islands. Temperatures of 49 °C are recorded in Andalusia. Scotland records its highest temperature in history, 32.9 °C (91.2 °F) at Greycrook, near Newtown St. Boswells, Borders, the previous record had stood since 1908. The cause of the heat wave is believed to be a stagnant air mass over the Sahara sending hot air as far north as Sweden.
  • Occupation of Iraq: United States Central Command military officials confirm that Mahmoud Diyab al-Ahmed, the Iraqi Minister of Interior was in its custody. He occupies the number 29 position on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis. The Iraqi Minister of Interior surrendered to coalition forces yesterday. He was the seven of spades on the deck of cards distributed to U.S. troops.
  • SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit: Aduva, Inc., a Linux developing company, releases this week a tool to allow companies to replace any offending Linux code, if it exists, with code that does not infringe on SCO's intellectual property rights. It is unknown how this tool will work, as SCO has not disclosed which code it considers infringing.
  • The city of Vyborg commence the 600-years anniversary of King Eric of Pomerania establishing the town's trading privileges in a Royal Charter.
August 10, 2003 (2003-08-10) (Sunday)
  • One hundred thousand people attend a rally in the French countryside to condemn next month's round of trade liberalisation talks being held under auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Cancún in Mexico.
  • Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens gives British police in London "shoot-on-sight" orders to deal with possible suicide bombers as expectations rise of an Al-Qaeda attack on the British capital.
  • War on Terrorism: The Sunday Times reports that Al-Qaeda terrorists have infiltrated Iraq from surrounding Arab countries and have aligned themselves with former intelligence agents of Saddam Hussein to fight the Coalition forces. Their attacks have killed Coalition soldiers and Iraqi police officers, among others.
  • Pope John Paul II urges Catholics to pray for rain in Europe as the heat wave continues. The heat wave in Britain reaches 100 Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) at Heathrow, for the first time in history. Warnings of avalanches are issued in the Alps, as mountain glaciers melt.
  • Liberian President and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor, who is to step down tomorrow, has appealed to rebels to "submit to the democratic process'". He also accuses the United States of funding the rebels who have besieged the capital, Monrovia, for a week.
  • The British Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith demands that Prime Minister Tony Blair apologise for the comments of his press secretary, Tom Kelly, in which Kelly compared Dr. David Kelly, the BBC source who took his own life after his identity was revealed by the Ministry of Defence, to the fictional Walter Mitty character.
  • A 16-year-old Israeli was killed and five people were injured in Hezbollah shelling of the northern Israeli town of Shlomi. Israeli planes attacked Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in response. Some sources claim Hezbollah's attack was a response to Israel's car-bomb assassination of Hezbollah member Ali Hussein Saleh in Beirut on August 3 in which two passersby were injured.
  • While retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his successor, Archbishop Njongonkulu Winston Ndungane, fail to see what "all the fuss" is over the ordination of a gay bishop, other African Anglicans suggest that their churches may sever relations with the American dioceses that supported the election of a gay priest as bishop if what they called the "path of deviation" is not changed.
  • The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK – 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
August 11, 2003 (2003-08-11) (Monday)
  • Liberian president Charles Taylor resigns. He is replaced by vice-president Moses Blah.
  • 2003 California recall: New California voter survey finds nearly two-thirds of the state's voters want a new governor.
  • Herb Brooks, the coach of the 1980 US gold medal ice hockey team that beat the Soviet Union in a game that was called The Miracle on Ice, dies in a car accident.
  • African church leader, Archbishop Bernard Malango, states that the leaders of 600,000 Anglicans in Malawi, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe informed him they would could cut ties with the United States organization unless the appointment of an openly gay bishop is overturned. The Anglican Church in Kenya also demanded a reversal.
  • European heat wave: Parisian health authorities charge that fifty people have died in Paris owing to the heat wave, particularly elderly people, and that the government is ignoring the crisis. In Catalonia, five people from one family are killed by a wildfire that encircles their home. Four villages are evacuated in the Algarve.
  • Doctors in Montreal successfully deliver by Caesarean section a healthy baby who grew in an ectopic pregnancy. Such a pregnancy, which begins outside the uterus, is all but invariably fatal to the fetus and is extremely dangerous to the mother. The woman and her doctors were unaware of the ectopic pregnancy until she went into labour.
  • Lord Hutton's inquiry into the death of British scientist Dr. David Kelly begins in London.
  • The Spirit of Butts Farm becomes the first radio-controlled model aeroplane to cross the Atlantic.
  • NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year history.
  • Jemaah Islamiah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12) (Tuesday)
  • War on Terrorism: An exclusive BBC report says a joint United States, Russia and United Kingdom "sting" halted a plot to shoot down Air Force One using an Igla surface-to-air missile. According to the BBC, the plot, initially unearthed by the Russians, led President Vladimir Putin to request that an FBI agent go to Saint Petersburg, where the agent posed as an Islamic extremist and met the British arms dealer supplying the missile. The missile was shipped from Saint Petersburg to Baltimore in the United States. The British arms dealer "arranging" the deal was arrested when he arrived in Newark, New Jersey, in the United States today. The White House has publicly denied that Air Force One was to be the target of the missile. However Tom Mangold, the BBC veteran investigative reporter who broke the story, claims the British dealer supplying the missile recommended to the undercover FBI agent that the President's jet, rather than a commercial jet, be the target, saying that he could get another 60 Ingla missiles which could then be used to launch a co-ordinated attack on Air Force One.
  • Occupation of Iraq: The Associated Press is reporting that troops in Iraq should expect to serve for at least a year according to the commander of United States forces.
  • George W. Bush nominates former NGA chairman and current governor of Utah, Michael O. Leavitt for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Two Israelis killed and about a dozen wounded in two separate suicide bombings by Palestinian terrorists in the towns of Rosh-Ha'ayin and Ariel. Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attacks. The IDF retaliated on Wednesday by demolishing the house in Nablus where the bomber in the Rosh Ha-Ayin attack lived with his family.
  • The Serbian government has indicated that it wants to retake control of the province of Kosovo, arguing that the United Nations, which currently has control, has failed to reestablish the rule of law.
  • Sir Jocelyn Gore-Booth announces the sale of the historic Lissadell estate in County Sligo in Ireland, the childhood home of early 20th-century Irish republican Constance Gore-Booth (Constance Markievicz) and which had major associations with the poet W.B. Yeats. Critics condemn the Irish government for failing to buy the estate; Sir Jocelyn had offered it first refusal. The identity of the buyer has not yet been revealed but rock singer Bono had shown major interest in the property.
  • The remains of a viking warrior are found at a building site in Dublin. The warrior had been stabbed to death during a 9th-century Viking raid on Dubhlinn monastery. The dagger was still attached to his body when his remains were found. The archaeological dig is expected to continue at the site for six months.
  • The Rev. Peter Short is elected Moderator of the United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant denomination, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
  • Microsoft has decided to appeal a verdict to pay $520.6 million from a Chicago federal jury that affirms the Internet Explorer web browser violated Intellectual Property rights of Eolas Technologies (concerning Patent US 5838906).
August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13) (Wednesday)
  • Ivan Jovovic and Bogdan Bukomiric, both 16 years old, from Goraždevac near Pec die after two attackers fired AK-47s on a group of children from Goraždevac who were bathing in the river Bistrica. Four children were injured in the attack, two of which are in critical condition. UNMIK and KFOR claimed that they transferred one of them, Marko Bogicevic, to Belgrade, but he is actually in a German military hospital at Prizren, against his parents' wishes. An Italian KFOR patrol refused to lend fuel for the car which was transporting wounded children to hospital in Pec, when it ran out of fuel, and took no action when car was stoned by local Albanians. After finally arriving at Pec, doctors there refused to treat the children. KFOR claims that it is researching the location of the incident with 300 men.[citation needed]
  • Discovery of a Saudi Arabia airplane plot. Intelligence agencies producing alerts and relaying them to Washington, D.C., and London of a specific threat to airlines flying around Riyadh international airport. The plan to shoot down a British Airways plane was discovered after a member of the plot drove his car through a checkpoint in Riyadh. In response to the threat BA cancels all flights to Saudi Arabia until further notice. The United States issues a travel alert for Saudi Arabia citing the threat of terrorism including potential attacks against civil aviation.
  • Iraq's northern oil fields resumes exports.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger names Warren Buffett as his economic adviser on Wednesday. Mr Buffett will help the actor build a team to lead the state out of its fiscal crisis.
  • Disgraced Irish former Taoiseach Charles Haughey sells his historic home and estate, Kinsealy, in north Dublin to a property developer for 35 million euro. The former taoiseach, whose financial dealings and tax-evasion is the subject of a judicial inquiry and which have largely destroyed his reputation, bought the palatial mansion for £120,000 in the 1960s. Haughey, who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer, will not be allowed to remain in the house as a sitting tenant for the rest of his life, a demand of his which scuppered past attempts to sell.
  • Same-sex marriage in Canada: At its convention in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, the United Church of Canada votes overwhelmingly to ask the federal government to allow same-sex marriage.
  • A National Geographic team releases the discovery of a new species of large dinosaur, Rajasaurus Narmadensis, native to the Indian subcontinent. The research effort was made by a joint Indo-American group, including members from the University of Michigan, University of Chicago, and the Punjab University of Northern India.
August 14, 2003 (2003-08-14) (Thursday)
  • A major power outage due to a power grid failure affects more than 50 million people in the northeast of North America, including New York City, New Jersey, Cleveland, Ottawa, Toronto and Detroit ABC BBC CNN. According to U.S. authorities, the cause is still unclear; according to the Canadian Department of National Defense, the chain reaction was started by a lightning strike in the Niagara Falls region on the U.S. side of the border. A press release with some technical details of the event is available at. The NRC reports that all nine affected nuclear power plants have been safely shut down.
  • Heat wave: French health officials estimate that as many as 3,000 people may have died in France as a result of the heat wave. Fatalities and illnesses are swamping the French health system. The city of Paris launches its Plan blanc emergency response procedure. However, temperatures in Paris have now dropped from 40 °C to 30 °C.
  • SARS: Public health officials are investigating seven deaths and several infections in an outbreak that resembles, but is not believed to be, SARS in a nursing home in Surrey, British Columbia (a suburb of Vancouver). However, until more is known about the disease, the home will be treated as a SARS site for safety's sake.
  • A single-celled microbe, of the domain Archaea, is found to be able to survive at 121 °C (250 °F), making it the life form that can tolerate the highest temperature. The microbe, temporarily named Strain 121, which was found 200 miles (320 km) away from Puget Sound in a hydrothermal vent, may provide clues to when and where life first evolved on Earth. It metabolizes by reducing iron oxide. August 030815075108.htm
  • Terrorism: Hambali, an important leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, is in U.S. custody after being captured in Thailand.
  • Liberian crisis: News services are reporting that Moses Blah met with Sekou Conneh of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) group and Thomas Nimley of a smaller faction known as Model. Meanwhile, the Pentagon expands the United States' military presence by adding a "quick reaction" force of 150 combat troops to back up Nigerian peacekeepers.
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israel frees another 76 prisoners, a week after releasing more than 300 people. Israel argues that it is a gesture of goodwill and in accordance with agreements. The Palestinian authority disagrees and says that most were not arrested for terrorist activities, and that it was the people arrested for the latter that Israel originally agreed to release. Palestinian officials want the release of 6000 prisoners, many of whom it claims were wrongly arrested, to obtain public support for the US-backed road map for peace.
  • 6.4 Richter scale earthquake near the Greek Ionian island of Lefkada – 24 injured
August 15, 2003 (2003-08-15) (Friday)
  • Power is restored to many, but not all areas of the north-eastern United States and Canada affected by the previous day's blackout. Investigations into the root cause of the grid collapse are currently focusing on transmission lines circling Lake Erie.
  • Libya formally accepts responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. It consists of general language that lacks expression of remorse for lives lost. Although some claim the acceptance is just a business deal and not a true admission of guilt.
  • Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein announces that he will abdicate the throne in 2004, in favor of his son, Prince Alois.
August 16, 2003 (2003-08-16) (Saturday)
August 17, 2003 (2003-08-17) (Sunday)
August 18, 2003 (2003-08-18) (Monday)
August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19) (Tuesday)
August 20, 2003 (2003-08-20) (Wednesday)
  • War on Terrorism – Canal Hotel: US officials comment terror group linked to al Qaeda, Ansar al-Islam, is emerging as a top suspect in the U.N. headquarters bombing in Baghdad. "It's part of a global war against terrorism that was officially declared on us on September 11. It's quite clear we do have terrorists inside Iraq now."
  • Natural disaster: French undertakers state that 10,000 more French people died during the early August summer heatwave than the first two weeks of August in 2002. It had previously been suggested that the number was 3,000. President Jacques Chirac demands reports from cabinet ministers on the crisis, while in Italy the newspaper La Repubblica suggests that Italy had 2000 more deaths than normal due to the heatwave.
  • One of the holiest sites in Jerusalem, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif or the Noble Sanctuary, is re-opened to controversy. Jerusalem's police chief, Mickey Levey says the decision was taken before the most recent suicide bombing. However the decision is condemned by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, who says the re-opening was done without the agreement of the Waqf, the Muslim authority that oversees the site. Palestinians from outside Jerusalem who are under the age of 40 are currently barred from entering. The compound includes the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
  • A computer worm called W32.Welchia.Worm infects computers across the Internet. The virus has been labeled "good" by some, because it attempts to remove W32.Blaster.Worm, and downloads the Windows security patch which prevents W32.Blaster.Worm infections before spreading to other computers. It will also remove itself once the date hits 2004.
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, breaks negotiations with the Islamic militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad in response to the bombing in Jerusalem. Israel notifies the public that it will retaliate with military strikes for bus bombing. There are conflicting reports that Israel will hold off on the attacks to see if the Palestinian administration takes action against terrorist groups.
  • Fighting persists in Chechnya, with six Russian servicemen killed and 11 others wounded in the war-ravaged region.
  • Pauline Hanson, former leader of the Australian anti-immigration One Nation Party, is sentenced in Queensland to three years in prison for electoral fraud.
  • Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's spokesman comments that the issue of Taliban crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan will be discussed during Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's visit to Kabul. Afghanistan claims Pakistani based Taliban have killed many Afghan soldiers.
August 21, 2003 (2003-08-21) (Thursday)
August 22, 2003 (2003-08-22) (Friday)
  • A Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 space rocket explodes on its launch-pad at Alcântara space base, killing at least 21 people. It is thought that one of the rocket's four motors caught fire; the subsequent explosion destroyed the rocket, its cargo of two satellites, and the launch-pad, as well as the deaths of many of Brazil's space-specialists, causing an estimated US$12 million worth of damage. This ends Brazil's third attempt since 1997 at becoming a space power.
  • Natural disaster: Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano sends a column of smoke and ash three kilometres into the air.
  • Natural disaster: Wildfire forces around 10,000 people from their homes in Kelowna, British Columbia. This is Western Canada's worst fire season in decades.
  • Occupation of Iraq: United Nations Security council members are split on the issue of Iraq. France, Russia, People's Republic of China, and Germany are proposing differing ways to expand the United Nations mandate in Iraq beyond humanitarian aid and reconstruction. Secretary of State of the United States Colin Powell states that there is no plan to cede authority to the United Nations from the Coalition forces. Powell also sought a new Security Council resolution that would involve other nations to contribute troops and aid in securing and rebuilding Iraq.
  • War on Terrorism – Canal Hotel: Investigators focus on the possibility that former Iraqi intelligence agents working as security guards may have assisted the attack.
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinian militants and the Israeli Government vow to continue attacks on each other after the terrorist attacks and bloodshed. Hamas and Islamic Jihad release an official joint statement on their participation ending in the peace plan. They urge militant cells in Palestine to strike. Israeli security officials state this is "only the beginning" of responses to Palestinian attacks.
  • War on Terrorism: President of the United States George W. Bush announces a freeze on the assets of the Palestinian militant leaders of Hamas and organizations financially supporting the "terrorist organization". The action is taken because Hamas officially claims responsibility for the act of terror on August 19.
  • Separation of church and state: Alabama's Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended by a Judicial Ethics Panel over his refusal to remove a monument listing the Ten Commandments which he had installed in the state Supreme Court building. Moore had been ordered to remove the controversial monument by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, who in a judgment in 2002 said the monument "violates the constitution's ban on government promotion of a religious doctrine". Thompson's judgment was upheld by eight Associate Justices. Their ruling was criticised by Moore and the Christian Defense Coalition, who have threatened to block the court building to prevent the monument's removal.
August 23, 2003 (2003-08-23) (Saturday)
August 24, 2003 (2003-08-24) (Sunday)
August 25, 2003 (2003-08-25) (Monday)
August 26, 2003 (2003-08-26) (Tuesday)
August 27, 2003 (2003-08-27) (Wednesday)
August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28) (Thursday)
  • 9/11: Nearly two years after the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, transcripts of World Trade Center emergency calls are released. Voices of victims are identified on emergency calls and radio transmissions.
  • United Kingdom – London blackout: A 34-minute power outage causes major disruptions in rail and Tube services in London and the South East when one of the National Grid circuits that feeds south London fails at about 6.15 pm.
  • Nuclear program: North Korea announces that it is in possession of nuclear weapons, has the means to deliver them, and will soon be carrying out a nuclear test to demonstrate this capability.
August 29, 2003 (2003-08-29) (Friday)
  • Najaf, Iraq: A car bomb explodes during prayers outside the holiest shrine for Shiites, Imam Ali Mosque (Tomb of Ali), just as main weekly prayers are ending. More than 125 people are killed, including the influential cleric Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shiite leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). Dozens are injured.
  • Israel is alleged to have contingency plans to bomb an Iranian nuclear power plant if it begins producing weapons grade material.
  • Tensions flare again over the main religious site in Jerusalem, the location of both the Temple Mount and the Noble Sanctuary. The holy site had been closed to non-Muslims since September 2000. Israeli officials say they are maintaining calm over a site sacred to three religions. But Muslim authorities say the Israeli government is risking a backlash here and throughout the Muslim world.
  • Occupation of Iraq: General in Iraq says more soldiers are not needed. The American Coalition commander encouraged Muslim allies like Turkey and Pakistan to send peacekeepers and said accelerating the training of a new Iraqi army should be considered.
  • Tony Blair's communications director, Alastair Campbell, resigns, leaving Blair with none of the three key players he has relied on for the last decade left.
  • The Inuit of Labrador sign an agreement with the Canadian federal government, giving them self-government in a 72,500 km2 region of northern Labrador called Nunatsiavut.
  • Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, remove a woman's heart, rebuild its upper chambers from bovine and human tissue, and reinstall it in her body.
  • Congressman William J. Janklow, the only Representative from the state of South Dakota, is charged with vehicular manslaughter for an accident on August 16 in which Janklow's speeding car ran a stop sign and hit and killed a motorcyclist.
August 30, 2003 (2003-08-30) (Saturday)
  • Software patents: After protests, the European Parliament has postponed its decision about legality of patents on software in the European Union from September 1 to September 22.
  • WTO deal to allow poor countries to bypass drug patents and import cheap copies to treat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
  • Natural disaster: French official first report from the Institut de Veille Sanitaire was presented to Jean-François Mattei (Health Minister). It reports 11,500 more deaths than the previous three years would be due to the heat wave of early August. It had previously been suggested that the number was 3,000.
  • Russian nuclear submarine of K-159 November class sinks in the Barents Sea. The sub was decommissioned and it had 10 crew on board. The incident comes three years after Russia's worst peacetime naval disaster when all 118 crew of the nuclear submarine Kursk died when it sank in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000. Environmental organizations say that the submarine could be dangerous for fishes, because radioactive material could leak to the sea from its two nuclear reactors.
  • Top fashion designer Stella McCartney, third daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney marries publisher Alasdhair Willis in a private Roman Catholic chapel at Mount Stuart House, the stately home of the Marquess of Bute.
August 31, 2003 (2003-08-31) (Sunday)
August 2003
SMTWTFS
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
Deaths

edit sidebar

Ongoing events

edit sidebar

Ongoing armed conflicts

edit sidebar

Elections

edit sidebar

Ongoing trials

edit sidebar

References

  1. ^ [dead link]
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Finland". Helsinki-hs.net. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  4. ^ "Militant group suspected of torching condo project". SignOnSanDiego.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  5. ^ "Official accuses Sharon's son Gilad". Washington Times. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-08-21. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Willy Wo-Lap Lam (2003-08-18). "CNN.com - WWII chemical bombs add to Japan damages call - Aug. 18, 2003". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  8. ^ Gene-Robinson. "Gene-Robinson". News.google.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  9. ^ "Americas | US Church approves gay bishop". BBC News. 2003-08-04. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  10. ^ "Hotels Amman - Hotels in Amman | Amman Marriott Hotel". Marriott.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ [dead link]
  12. ^ Archived August 26, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "UK | Politics | Blair under pressure over Mitty remark". BBC News. 2003-08-05. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  14. ^ Matthew Tempest and Julia Day. "No 10 apology for Kelly blunder | Politics | The Guardian". Politics.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  15. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-10-05. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ "Gay Bishop Says Confirmation Shouldn't Split Church". Fox News. 2003-08-06. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  17. ^ [dead link]
  18. ^ "Latest US news, world news, sports and opinion from the Guardian | theguardian.com". The Guardian. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  19. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-12-12. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "Nation & World". PennLive.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ [dead link]
  22. ^ Archived October 9, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. ^ "Science News". Reuters.com. 2015-09-21. Archived from the original on 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  25. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-08-27. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-06. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  27. ^ "North Korea, Iran May Cooperate on Nuclear Arms, Sankei Reports - Bloomberg". Quote.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  28. ^ "Cape Argus". Cape Argus. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  29. ^ "McKevitt likely to appeal guilty verdict - RTÉ News". Rte.ie. 2003-08-06. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  30. ^ "Latest US news, world news, sports and opinion from the Guardian | theguardian.com". The Guardian. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  31. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  32. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  33. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  34. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  35. ^ "CNN.com - Taylor: 'I will step down and give peace a chance' - Aug. 7, 2003". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  36. ^ "The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion". Timesonline.co.uk. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  37. ^ [dead link]
  38. ^ [dead link]
  39. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  40. ^ [dead link]
  41. ^ "Americas | EU 'regrets' US action on GM crops". BBC News. 2003-08-08. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  42. ^ "USA: US launches WTO case against EU over GM foods | Food Industry News". just-food. 2003-08-08. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  43. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  44. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  45. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2017-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  46. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-11-19. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  47. ^ Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  48. ^ "Sept 11: Fate of Flight 93". Rediff.com. 2003-08-08. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  49. ^ "Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago : News : Politics : Things To Do : Sports". Suntimes.com. Archived from the original on 2003-08-09. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  50. ^ "BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Confusion over Canadian GP". BBC News. 2003-08-08. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  51. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  52. ^ "Finland". Helsinki-hs.net. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  53. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  54. ^ "Breaking News, Top News & Latest News Headlines". Reuters.com. 2009-02-09. Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  55. ^ "Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader". SABC News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.[permanent dead link]
  56. ^ [dead link]
  57. ^ "InternetWk Financial News | Keep Yourself Up To Date With Finance". Internetwk.com. 2014-02-20. Archived from the original on 2003-12-05. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  58. ^ "Aduva's Tool Searches And Replaces SCO Code". InformationWeek. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  59. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  60. ^ "Finland". Helsinki-hs.net. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  61. ^ Schofield, Hugh (2003-08-10). "Europe | French rally against WTO talks". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  62. ^ Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  63. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  64. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  65. ^ "Taylor gives farewell address in Liberia - RTÉ News". Rte.ie. 2003-08-10. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  66. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  67. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-10-22. Retrieved 2019-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  68. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  69. ^ [dead link]
  70. ^ "Climate summaries". Met Office. Archived from the original on 2003-02-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  71. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-10-11. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  72. ^ [dead link]
  73. ^ Mark Martin (2003-08-11). "Campaign's opening salvo / THE FACES:Schwarzenegger takes heat from other candidates". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  74. ^ "Davis, Bustamante build strategies to beat Schwarzenegger - Aug. 12, 2003". CNN.com. 2003-08-12. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  75. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  76. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  77. ^ [dead link]
  78. ^ "Al Mohler Christian News Articles". Crosswalk.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  79. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-04-08. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  80. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-08-12. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  81. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  82. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-04-06. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  83. ^ "UK | Politics | Key points at-a-glance". BBC News. 2003-08-11. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  84. ^ "Americas | Briton arrested in 'terror missile' sting". BBC News. 2003-08-13. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  85. ^ "Dunn County News". Dunnconnect.com. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  86. ^ [dead link]
  87. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  88. ^ "World news and comment from". The Guardian. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  89. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  90. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  91. ^ [dead link]
  92. ^ "CNN.com - Suicide bombings in Israel, West Bank - Aug. 12, 2003". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  93. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  94. ^ [dead link]
  95. ^ "Taisce regret at sale of Lissadell House - RTÉ News". Rte.ie. 2003-08-12. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  96. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  97. ^ "Technology News". CRN. Archived from the original on 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  98. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  99. ^ "Middle East | Warnings after Saudi 'air threat'". BBC News. 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  100. ^ Brian Whitaker. "Saudi plane plot uncovered by chance | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  101. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  102. ^ "Iraq's northern oil fields resume exports - Washington Times". Washtimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  103. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-03. Retrieved 2019-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  104. ^ "Meet Rajasaurus". smh.com.au. 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  105. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  106. ^ [dead link]
  107. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  108. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-15. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  109. ^ "NERC". NERC. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  110. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  111. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  112. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  113. ^ "Unboilable bug points to hotter origin of life | UK news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  114. ^ "Science and technology news │New Scientist". Newscientist.com. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  115. ^ [dead link]
  116. ^ "CNN.com - Ressa: Hambali the al Qaeda, Jemaah Islamiyah link - Aug. 14, 2003". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  117. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-15. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  118. ^ [dead link]
  119. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  120. ^ "Power returning to US east coast | US news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  121. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-12. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  122. ^ Barringer, Felicity (2003-08-16). "Libya Admits Culpability in Crash of Pan Am Plane". Libya: NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  123. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  124. ^ [dead link]
  125. ^ "W. Virginia fears slayings work of serial killer - Aug. 16, 2003". CNN.com. 2003-08-16. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  126. ^ "Charleston Gazette-Mail |". Wvgazette.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  127. ^ "Inside Bay Area". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  128. ^ "Elevator Decapitation". snopes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  129. ^ "Las Vegas Tourist Electrocution". snopes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  130. ^ "Power on, blackout investigations off and running - Aug. 17, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  131. ^ "Croatia ends blockade of border, Serbia lifts countermeasure - News - on". B92.net. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  132. ^ "Middle East | Iraq recovery 'at risk from sabotage'". BBC News. 2003-08-18. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  133. ^ "Breaking News, Top News & Latest News Headlines". Reuters.com. 2009-02-09. Archived from the original on 2004-12-10. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  134. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  135. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  136. ^ "Science News". Reuters.com. 2015-09-21. Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  137. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  138. ^ "Al-Qaeda tape says bin Laden alive, urges Iraqis to fight". theage.com.au. 2003-08-19. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  139. ^ "ONE News Now | Daily & Breaking New Zealand News from TVNZ". Onenews.nzoom.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  140. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-10-09. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  141. ^ [dead link]
  142. ^ [dead link]l
  143. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  144. ^ "Middle East | Blast hits UN building in Baghdad". BBC News. 2003-08-19. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  145. ^ a b c Roberts, Joel (2003-02-24). "Iraqi PM Appeals For Reconciliation". CBS News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  146. ^ "Huge explosion rocks U.N. headquarters in Iraq". Usatoday.Com. 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  147. ^ "Breaking News | Latest News | Current News". FoxNews.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  148. ^ "Breaking News, Top News & Latest News Headlines". Reuters.com. 2009-02-09. Archived from the original on 2003-09-09. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  149. ^ "Breaking News, Top News & Latest News Headlines". Reuters.com. 2009-02-09. Archived from the original on 2003-09-09. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  150. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  151. ^ Archived August 21, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  152. ^ "Truck bomb kills chief U.N. envoy to Iraq - Aug. 20, 2003". CNN.com. 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  153. ^ "Middle East | Saddam deputy captured". BBC News. 2003-08-19. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  154. ^ "World News Detail". deepikaglobal.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  155. ^ "Pentagon: Possible al Qaeda link in Baghdad blast - Aug. 20, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  156. ^ "Europe | Chirac promises health changes". BBC News. 2003-08-21. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  157. ^ Little, Jane (2003-08-20). "Middle East | Flashpoint Jerusalem site reopens". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  158. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-27. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  159. ^ Archived December 8, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  160. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  161. ^ [dead link]
  162. ^ "News - Latest breaking UK news". Telegraph. Retrieved 2015-09-26.[permanent dead link]
  163. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  164. ^ Grace, Francie (2003-08-12). "Abbas Orders Hamas Arrests". CBS News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  165. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-15. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  166. ^ "Eidul Azha celebrated across Pakistan". PakTribune. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  167. ^ "News - Latest breaking UK news". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  168. ^ "U.S.: 'Chemical Ali' in custody - Aug. 21, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  169. ^ Archived August 3, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  170. ^ O'Sullivan, Arieh (2003-08-21). "Militants say truce now dead". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  171. ^ [dead link]
  172. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  173. ^ "Palestinian militants declare end to cease-fire - Aug. 21, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  174. ^ "Middle East | Palestinian fury after Gaza strike". BBC News. 2003-08-21. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  175. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-10-09. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  176. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-01-13. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  177. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-06-30. Retrieved 2017-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  178. ^ "Americas | Fatal blast hits Brazil space hopes". BBC News. 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  179. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-03-08. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  180. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  181. ^ "Middle East | Security council split on Iraq". BBC News. 2003-08-22. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  182. ^ Barringer, Felicity (2003-08-22). "U.S. Presses U.N. Members to Bear More of Iraq Burden". Iraq: NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  183. ^ "U.N. bombing probe focuses on security guards". Usatoday.Com. 2003-08-22. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  184. ^ "Middle East | How Mid-East truce was built and broken". BBC News. 2003-08-22. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  185. ^ "Both sides vow revenge as peace plan collapses". smh.com.au. 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  186. ^ [dead link]
  187. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  188. ^ Malo, Sebastien (2009-02-09). "Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com". Asia.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 2005-05-05. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  189. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  190. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-12-22. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  191. ^ "UK | Politics | Hutton documents released". BBC News. 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  192. ^ "Personal Injury UK | Advice on making personal injury or accident claims in the UK". The-hutton-inquiry.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  193. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-06-04. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  194. ^ "Palestinians seek new cease-fire to head off more violence". Usatoday.Com. 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  195. ^ [dead link]
  196. ^ "Uutiset - Helsingin Sanomat" (in Finnish). Helsinginsanomat.fi. Archived from the original on 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  197. ^ [dead link]
  198. ^ [dead link]
  199. ^ Eeles, Miranda (2003-08-23). "Americas | Iran cuts ties with Argentina". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  200. ^ Grace, Francie (2003-07-30). "Guards Told Of Geoghan Slay Plot?". CBS News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  201. ^ "Priest in sex abuse scandal killed in prison - Aug. 23, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  202. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-15. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  203. ^ "Science/Nature | Nasa launches Universe probe". BBC News. 2003-08-26. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  204. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  205. ^ "South Asia | Twin blasts cause Bombay carnage". BBC News. 2003-08-25. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  206. ^ "Abbott set up slush fund to ruin Hanson - National". smh.com.au. 2003-08-26. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  207. ^ "Viva free speech as Bishop joins battler's bandwagon - National". smh.com.au. 2003-08-26. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  208. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  209. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-14. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  210. ^ Stout, David (2003-08-26). "Bush, Speaking to Veterans, Says Iraq May Not Be Last Strike". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  211. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-06-30. Retrieved 2017-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  212. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  213. ^ [dead link]
  214. ^ Benedetto, Richard (2003-08-27). "With nod toward WWII, Bush urges patience in Iraq". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  215. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  216. ^ "Concerns raised that changes in NASA won't last - Aug. 26, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  217. ^ Vries, Lloyd (2003-08-26). "Shuttle Board Member: Not Enough". CBS News. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  218. ^ "Investigators say flawed NASA culture led to Columbia deaths". Usatoday.Com. 2003-08-26. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  219. ^ "alifornia Supremes issue DVD crack setback". Theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  220. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-08-27. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  221. ^ "Playboy Magazine Subscriptions | Get Playboy in Print or Digital". Playboy.com. Archived from the original on 2006-08-24. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  222. ^ "Connecticut Local News, Weather, and Breaking News | NBC Connecticut". Nbc30.com. 2015-09-17. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  223. ^ Archived December 7, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  224. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  225. ^ Sarah Hall. "Heath in hospital after being flown home from holiday by air ambulance | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  226. ^ "Don't forget, 7.51pm Wednesday, we have to look straight up". smh.com.au. 2003-08-24. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  227. ^ "Mars Watch: Complete Viewing Guide". Space.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  228. ^ Benedetto, Richard (2003-08-28). "Most say Iraq war was worth fighting". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  229. ^ "Middle East | Arafat calls for new ceasefire". BBC News. 2003-08-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  230. ^ "Americas | US commandments monument moved". BBC News. 2003-08-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  231. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-10-11. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  232. ^ "Ten Commandments monument moved - Nov. 14, 2003". CNN.com. 2003-11-14. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  233. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  234. ^ "Co Louth remains are those of female - RTÉ News". Rte.ie. 2003-08-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  235. ^ "WTC transcripts include haunting pleas". Usatoday.Com. 2003-08-28. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  236. ^ "World News Tonight With David Muir - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Archived from the original on 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  237. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-11-17. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  238. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  239. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-10-12. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  240. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  241. ^ "No agreement at N Korea nuke talks - Aug. 29, 2003". CNN.com. 2003-08-29. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  242. ^ [dead link]
  243. ^ "BreakingNews.ie | Irish News | Breaking News from Ireland". Breaking News. Archived from the original on 2004-12-25. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  244. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  245. ^ "19 arrested in Najaf shrine blast". Usatoday.Com. 2003-08-31. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  246. ^ Archived August 30, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  247. ^ "Massive Blast Kills 85 at Mosque in Iraq". Fox News. 2003-08-30. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  248. ^ "Middle East | Iraq holy city blast kills scores". BBC News. 2003-08-29. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  249. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-06-30. Retrieved 2017-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  250. ^ "News: Latest Webhosting News, innovative information, articles". Ananova.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  251. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  252. ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Story.news.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  253. ^ "UK | Politics | Alastair Campbell quits". BBC News. 2003-08-29. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  254. ^ Matthew Tempest, political correspondent (29 August 2003). "Campbell quits | Politics | The Guardian". Politics.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  255. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  256. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-07. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  257. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-10-13. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  258. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-07. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  259. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2017-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  260. ^ "Europe | Russian submarine sinks in Arctic". BBC News. 2003-08-30. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  261. ^ "Middle East | Thousands mourn murdered Iraq cleric". BBC News. 2003-08-31. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  262. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  263. ^ "U.S. and the Iraqis Discuss Creating Big Militia Force". TheLedger.com. 2003-08-31. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  264. ^ [dead link]
  265. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to August 2003.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia