There is concern over the fact that São Tomé and Príncipe ( STP ) has a history of instability, with two attempted coups, in 1995 and 2003.

São Tomé and Príncipe's army is a tiny force with almost no resources at its disposal and would be wholly ineffective operating unilaterally ; infantry equipment is considered simple to operate and maintain but may require refurbishment or replacement after 25 years in tropical climates ; poor pay, working conditions, and alleged nepotism in the promotion of officers have been problems in the past, as reflected in the 1995 and 2003 coups ; these issues are being addressed with foreign assistance aimed at improving the army and its focus on realistic security concerns ; command is exercised from the president, through the Minister of Defense, to the Chief of the Armed Forces staff ( 2005 )

Road space rationing based on license numbers has been implemented in cities such as Athens ( 1982 ), México City ( 1989 ), São Paulo ( 1997 ), Santiago, Chile, Bogotá, Colombia, La Paz ( 2003 ), Bolivia, and San José ( 2005 ), Costa Rica.

In 2003 alone roughly 2, 000 people were killed in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with Amnesty international claiming the numbers are likely far higher.

Since she started dating Brazilian professional showjumper ( and two-time Olympic medalist ) Alvaro Miranda Neto, more commonly known as " Doda ", in March 2003, Athina moved to São Paulo, in Brazil, where the couple now live.

In 2003, São Paulo made a deal with Spanish amateur side Santangelo Club Aficionado that resulted in the Spanish club changing its name to São Paulo Madrid.

Doherty was shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize in 1994 and 2003, and has represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 1993, Great Britain at the São Paulo Art Biennial in 2003 and Northern Ireland at the 2007 Venice Biennale.

According to experts, this is due to the accelerated rate of motorization occurring since 2003, in São Paulo the fleet is growing at a rate of 7. 5 % per year, with almost 1, 000 new cars bought in the city every day, and the limited capacity of public transport.

Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes ( born March 21, 1942 ) was the President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2003 to 2011.

For example, the MCI Worldphone calling service blocks usage from the pay phones in international airports ( Rio and São Paulo ) and many downtown pay phones due to " excessive fraud " from those phones ( July 2003 ).

1996-2004 was considered the golden years of the city that was awarded as the most dynamic city of São Paulo due to its growth in 2003, won awards for the creation of agenda 21 ( Design for Environment ) through the local and regional RMCG.

He was elected as a Vice-President of the Socialist International at its 22nd Congress, held from 27 to 29 October 2003 in São Paulo, Brazil.

* Best Director, São Paulo International Film Festival 2003

Potrč's work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the Americas, including in such important international shows as the São Paulo Biennial ( 1996 and 2006 ), and the Venice Biennial ( in the exhibitions The Structure of Survival, 2003, and " Making Worlds ", 2009 ).

In 2003, AJC established the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels, aimed at fostering improved relations between Europe, Israel, and the U. S. Other offices were opened in Paris, Rome, Mumbai, and São Paulo.

Copa Estado de São Paulo 2003

The following meetings were held in Managua ( 1992 ), Havana ( 1993 ), Montevideo ( 1995 ), San Salvador ( 1996 ), Porto Alegre ( 1997 ), Mexico City ( 1998 ), Managua ( 2000 ), Havana ( 2001 ), Antigua Guatemala ( 2002 ), Quito ( 2003 ), São Paulo ( 2005 ), San Salvador ( 2007 ), Montevideo ( 2008 ), Mexico City ( 2009 ) and Buenos Aires ( 2010 ).

* São Vendelino ( Brazil ), since 2003

With a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, he served as state deputy from 1987 to 1991 ( SP-PT ) and federal deputy from 1991 to 1995 ( SP-PT ) and, again, from 1999 to 2003 ( SP-PT ).

* Rebirth World Tour – Live in São Paulo live album and video ( BMG / Victor Entertainment, recorded in 2001 and released in 2003 )

São Paulo, 2003 )

During a 2003 Copa Sudamericana match for São Paulo against River Plate of Argentina, a fight between the players broke out.

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.

On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its short-lived ( 2003 until 2006 ) county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden ( i. e. the Copenhagen Capital Region ).

This issue arose in 2003 when Hideki Matsui narrowly lost the AL award to Ángel Berroa.

The Chinese government in 2003 acknowledged that it had lost track of 121 tons of ivory between 1991 and 2002.

Having lost their academic home in May 2003, they increasingly cross genres and print write-ups of all books and media received, as well as of events that feature creative works that imaginatively challenge gender such as intentional communities, performance events, and film festivals.

Buma / Stemra lost its appeal before the Dutch Supreme Court in December 2003.

After Wimbledon in 2003, Hewitt lost in the final of the tournament in Los Angeles, the second round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal, and the first round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Cincinnati.

After losing the conference championship in 2001 to the St. Louis Rams, in 2002 to the eventual Super Bowl Champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2003 to the Carolina Panthers, the Eagles advanced to Super Bowl XXXIX at the end of the 2004 season, where they lost to the New England Patriots, 24 – 21.

In the 2003 and 2004 regular-season home finales, the team wore the green road pants with the black alternate jerseys, but lost each game.

While he has two championship rings with the 1999 – 2000 Yankees, Clemens has also been on the losing end of four World Series ( 1986 Red Sox, 2001 and 2003 Yankees, and 2005 Astros ), which is tied with Tom Glavine and John Smoltz ( who were both on the Braves when they lost the ' 91, ' 92, ' 96 and ' 99 World Series ) for the most among active players.

Sosa finished the season with 40 home runs, and he hit two more in the 2003 NLCS against the Florida Marlins, but overall, the Cubs lost the series in seven games.

By 2003, the Natural Law Party had so weakened that it endorsed Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat, for President, rather than try to achieve ballot status for a candidate of its own, having lost all but 10 ballot lines.

The case, Eldred v. Ashcroft, lost in 2003.

* Columbia – lost approximately 16 minutes before its expected landing, STS-107, February 1, 2003

In a referendum on March 16, 2003, Prince Hans-Adam, who had threatened to leave the country if he lost, won a large majority ( 64. 3 %) in favour of overhauling the constitution to effectively give him more powers than any other European monarch.

By the following year, the party had lost support, winning only eight seats in the 2003 elections.

In 2007, O ' Toole was nominated for an eighth time ( and subsequently lost ), for Venus ( however, O ' Toole received an Academy Honorary Award in 2003 ).

One 419 scam that ended in murder occurred in February 2003, when Jiří Pasovský, a 72 year old scam victim from the Czech Republic, shot and killed 50 year old Michael Lekara Wayid, an official at the Nigerian embassy in Prague, and injured another person, after the Nigerian Consul General explained he could not return $ 600, 000 that Pasovský had lost to a Nigerian scammer.

Cambyses's lost army also appears in the 2003 Hellboy novel The Lost Army by Christopher Golden ( ISBN 9781840235692 ).

In the 2003 elections, Wouter Bos managed to regain almost all seats lost in the previous election, and the PvdA was once again the second largest party of the Netherlands, only slightly smaller than the CDA.

A 2003 study put the average lifetime cost for people with CP in the US at $ 921, 000 per individual, including lost income.

He lost the Democratic primary election in March 2002 to his former aide, then-Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza, and left Congress at the end of his term in January 2003.

From late 1998 – 2003, The Sedán Clásico was discontinued and the Sedán City lost its prefix and gained disc brakes, automatic seat belts and optional metallic colors.

At the same time, however, they lost one of their brightest stars, as Heatley requested a trade in an attempt to leave behind memories of his tragic 2003 car accident.

Volume II was nominated for the 2003 award, but lost to The Sandman: Endless Nights.