The Can Spam Act of 2003 makes it illegal to send spam through an open relay in the United States, but makes no provision regarding sending personal e-mail through them or regarding their operation, although the effectiveness of the act has been questioned.

The penalty provisions of the Australian Spam Act 2003 dropped Australia's ranking in the list of spam-relaying countries for email spam from tenth to twenty-eighth.

* Don't Spam This Deputy Minister, by Simon Ostrovsky, Moscow Times, July 24, 2003

In Australia, the Spam Act 2003 outlaws some forms of web harvesting, although this only applies to email addresses.

In the 1998 version, Alliaceae were a distinct family ; in the 2003 version, combining the Alliaceae with the Agapanthaceae and the Amaryllidaceae sensu stricto was recommended but optional ; in the 2009 version, only the broad circumscription of the Amaryllidaceae is allowed, with the Alliaceae reduced to a subfamily, Allioideae.

A 2003 household survey conducted by the National Statistical Survey found that the real unemployment rate is about 33 percent.

"--- what Jesus ’ immortal spirit did after His death and before His Resurrection is a mystery to all but the Latter-day Saints ---" ( Elder Spencer J. Condie, Liahona ,-Church magazine – July, 2003 ) "--- unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the unrepentant-- his voice was not raised.

The title of the 2003 movie 21 Grams is a reference to MacDougall's findings.

* 2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.

* 2003 – The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo ( now called Behchoko ).

* In the 2003 miniseries Helen of Troy, Agamemnon is portrayed by Rufus Sewell.

* 2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.

A 2003 study by TD Bank Financial Group found the corridor is the only Canadian urban centre to amass a U. S. level of wealth while maintaining a Canadian-style quality of life, offering universal health care benefits.

* 2003 – The Human Genome Project is completed with 99 % of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99. 99 %.

A systematic 2003 review of controlled clinical trials related to the Alexander Technique found two reputable studies suggesting the Alexander Technique is effective in reducing the disability of patients suffering from Parkinson ’ s disease and improving pain behaviour and disability in patients with back pain, and concluded that the evidence supporting the effectiveness of the Alexander Technique is encouraging but not convincing.

His son, Lord Downpatrick, converted to Roman Catholicism in 2003 and is the most senior descendant of Sophia to be barred as a result of his own religion.

Adrian Hilton, writing in The Spectator in 2003, defended the Act of Settlement as not " irrational prejudice or blind bigotry " but claimed that it was passed because " the nation had learnt that when a Roman Catholic monarch is upon the throne, religious and civil liberty is lost.

It is also representative of the evolution and direction of our team .” During the 2003 preseason Michael Vick broke his leg and missed the first twelve games of the season.

In the 2003 film Hitler: The Rise of Evil, British actor Robert Glenister plays Drexler, although Drexler is portrayed without his trademark spectacles and moustache.

* 2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

( 2003 ) found the average cost overrun in bridge building is 34 %.

The order is not recognized in the APG II system, of 2003, which places the plants involved in the order Poales.

The population of the Islands is around 21, 730 in 2003.

A shared border crossing point has been built and has been functioning since 2003, and is used without hindrance by either party.

* Video ( Princeton University, September 7, 2003 )-" Assembly for the Class of 2007: ' D is for Digital and Why It Matters '"

He is the only man to have reclaimed the Test record score, having scored 375 against England in 1994, a record that stood until Matthew Hayden's 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003.

The current Governor of the Bank of England is Sir Mervyn King, who took over on 30 June 2003 from Sir Edward George.

Randy Groom, now President of Groom Aviation LLC, was President from 2003 to 2007, when Raytheon sold Raytheon Aircraft to Hawker Beechcraft.

Every home game since May 15, 2003 has been sold out — a MLB record that has spanned almost nine years.

The Afghan government has reported to the UPU several times about illegal stamps being issued and sold in 2003 and 2007.

In June 2003, Bates sold Chelsea to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for £ 140 million.

The Commodore brand name resurfaced in late 2003 on an inexpensive portable MP3 player made in the People's Republic of China by Tai Guen Enterprise, sold mostly in Europe.

The Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game ( 2003 ) is sold as sets of plastic, randomly assorted, pre-painted miniatures, and can be used as either part of a standard Dungeons & Dragons game or as a stand-alone collectible miniatures game.

The Red Sox have sold out every home game since May 15, 2003 ; in 2008, the park sold out its 456th consecutive Red Sox game, breaking a Major League Baseball record.

According to Nielsen Soundscan, Napalm Death sold 367, 654 units between May 1991 and November 2003, while Carcass sold 220, 374 units in the same period.

By the time the final single " Wasting Time " was released the album had sold 7 million albums, Devil Without A Cause was certified 11 times platinum by the RIAA on April 17, 2003.

A 2003 report by the Open E-book Forum found that close to a million e-books had been sold in 2002, generating nearly $ 8 million in revenue.

By October 2003, Meteora sold nearly three million copies.

In 2003 the two countries sold a 25-year concession to run the rail line to a Canadian company, which has pledged to upgrade equipment and infrastructure.

In 2003, about $ 44 billion ( USD ) worth of microprocessors were manufactured and sold.

According to the data of the China Bicycle Association, a government-chartered industry group, in 2004 China's manufacturers sold 7. 5 million electric bicycles nationwide, which was almost twice 2003 sales ; domestic sales reached 10 million in 2005, and 16 to 18 million in 2006.

Prairie dogs that were in captivity at the time of the ban in 2003 were allowed to be kept under a grandfather clause, but were not to be bought, traded, or sold, and transport was permitted only to and from a veterinarian under quarantine procedures.

In 2003, the Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment published a disputed report finding pesticide levels in Coke and Pepsi soft drinks sold in India at levels 30 times that considered safe by the European Economic Commission.

In early 2003, Staind embarked on a worldwide tour to promote the release of the follow-up to Break the Cycle, 14 Shades of Grey, which sold two million albums and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200.

In 2003, Staind unsuccessfully sued their logo designer Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court for attempting to re-use the logo he had sold to the band.

SCI reached a $ 14 million agreement with the Florida attorney general's office in 2003 that required it to repair plots and reorganize the cemeteries to ensure all graves were properly marked and the grounds could accommodate all plots sold.

Escapology sold almost 2 million copies by the end of 2003 in the United Kingdom.

This business was sold to Visto ( USA ) in 2003.