Average rolling-stock age — a rough indicator of passenger comfort — fell slightly from the third quarter of 2001 – 2 to the third quarter of 2003 – 4, from 20. 7 years old to 19. 3 years old.

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Image: Hong Kong Central Plaza. jpeg | Central Plaza, 20 April 2003

image: central-plaza2. jpg | Triangular shaped floor plan of Central Plaza, 20 April 2003

image: central-plaza3. jpg | Vertical shot of Central Plaza, 20 April 2003

In 20 April 2003, chancellor Schröder announced massive labor market reforms, called Agenda 2010, that cut in unemployment benefits.

The only party convention in 2003 was planned for November 2003, but about 20 % of the local organisations forced the federal party to hold a special party convention in Cottbus early to discuss the party position regarding Agenda 2010, a major reform of the German welfare programmes planned by Chancellor Schröder.

In Germany, ISDN is very popular with an installed base of 25 million channels ( 29 % of all subscriber lines in Germany as of 2003 and 20 % of all ISDN channels worldwide ).

On 20 September 2003, Latvia voted to join the European Union in a referendum.

On 20 September 2003, in a nationwide referendum, the Latvians voted to join the European Union and Latvia's EU membership took effect on 1 May 2004.

In September 2003, a new type of blue LED was demonstrated by the company Cree Inc. to provide 24 mW at 20 milliamperes ( mA ).

Violent protests broke out in Malé on September 20, 2003 after Evan Naseem, a prisoner, was killed in Maafushi jail, after the most brutal torture, reportedly by prison staff.

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In November 2002, mobile phones were introduced to North Korea and by November 2003, 20, 000 North Koreans had bought mobile phones.

Bhattarai ( 31 May 1999 – 17 March 2000 ); Girija Prasad Koirala ( 20 March 2000 – 19 July 2001 ); and Sher Bahadur Deuba ( 23 July 2001 – 2003 ).

1006: 1 – 20 ( 2003 ).

Twenty20, a curtailed form of one-day cricket with 20 overs per side, was first played in England in 2003.

It opened on 28 January 2003, and became current on 1 March 2006 ; as of 30 November 2011, 20 States have signed and ratified the Protocol, and 15 others have signed, but not yet ratified it ( including Canada and South Africa ).

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Unemployment rate: 20 % ( 2003 est.

Annually, approximately 20, 000 persons are trained in basic training for a duration from 18 to 21 weeks ( increased from 15 weeks, in 2003 ).

In October 2003, following a suicide bombing carried out by a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Haifa that killed 20 Israeli citizens, Israeli Defense Forces attacked a suspected Palestinian militant training camp 15 kilometers north of Damascus.

The romantic ballad " Forever and For Always " was released as a single in April 2003 and peaked at No. 4 on the country chart and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and made as well the Billboard Top 20.