In 2003, Armenia became a member of the WTO.

The WSF became a periodic meeting: in 2002 and 2003 it was held again in Porto Alegre and became a rallying point for worldwide protest against the American invasion of Iraq.

* In 2003, an Australian coal miner amputated his own arm with a Stanley knife after it became trapped when the front-end loader he was driving overturned three kilometers underground.

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 ).

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry ", became a catchphrase the world over ( the phrase was used again, first in Ang Lee's Hulk ( 2003 ), although in Spanish, and again in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, with an altered version in Portuguese ).

In late 2003, transgenic zebrafish that express green, red, and yellow fluorescent proteins became commercially available in the United States.

On July 1, 2003, Christopher Swain of Portland, Oregon, became the first person to swim the Columbia River's entire length, in an effort to raise public awareness about the river's environmental health.

Croatia became a World Trade Organization ( WTO ) member in 2000 and started the Accession of Croatia to the European Union in 2003.

In late 2003, new parliamentary elections were held and a reformed HDZ party won under leadership of Ivo Sanader, who became prime minister.

In 2003, Castro cracked down on independent journalists and other dissidents, which became known as the " Black Spring ".

With Hampton out of town and Neagle injured much of the year, Jennings became the centerpiece of the Rockies ' pitching staff in 2003.

Between 2003 and 2006, monitors with 16: 9 and mostly 16: 10 ( 8: 5 ) aspect ratios became commonly available, first in laptops and later also in standalone monitors.

The Cowboys became the surprise team of the 2003 season, posting a 10 – 6 record and a playoff berth by having the best overall defense in the NFL.

Little, Brown, 2003: how Dirie became a UN Special Ambassador for FGM.

The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 became Britain's latest anti-graffiti legislation.

EDGE services first became operational in a network in 2003 and the number of worldwide GSM subscribers exceeded 1 billion in 2004.

Jennifer Granholm became the first female Governor of Michigan on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded John Engler ; she served for 8 years, until January 1, 2011.

On 3 July 2005, the country became the first country in the world to give full marriage and adoption rights to homosexual couples ( Belgium has allowed same-sex marriage since 2003 and co-parenting since April 2006, and the Netherlands has allowed same-sex marriage since 2001 and now has a law in preparation to provide full adoption rights in equal conditions to opposite-sex marriages ).

Under Mahathir bin Mohamad ’ s long Prime Ministership ( 1981 – 2003 ), Malaysia ’ s political culture became increasingly centralized and authoritarian, due to Mahathir's belief that the multiethnic Malaysia could only remain stable through controlled democracy.

By summer 2003, most dual-band 802. 11a / b products became dual-band / tri-mode, supporting a and b / g in a single mobile adapter card or access point.

Cambodia became a member in 1958, withdrew its membership in 2003, and rejoined 2009.

The later Models C ( 1993 ) and D ( 2003 ) became some of the best-selling fitness equipment pieces of all time.

This became the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which sought to remove the right to trial by jury for cases involving jury tampering or complex fraud.

Between 1946 and 2003, French Polynesia had the status of an overseas territory ( French: territoire d ' outre-mer, or TOM ).

Further to the north, Saint-Barthélemy and the northern French part of Saint Martin once came under the jurisdiction of Guadeloupe but on 7 December 2003, both of these areas voted to become an overseas territorial collectivity, a decision which took effect on 22 February 2007.

On December 7, 2003, both of these areas voted to become an overseas territorial collectivity.

In the financial year 2003 / 2004 coastal cargo in New Zealand totalled around 8. 6 million tonnes, of which 85 % was still carried by local, and 15 % by overseas shipping.

Finsbury Park Mosque, London, built with Saudi government money from the overseas aid program ; headquarters of Islamist extremist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri | Abu Hamza until 2003

However, British imperial honours were discontinued in 1996, the Governor-General has taken a more active role in representing New Zealand overseas, and appeals from the Court of Appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council were replaced by a local Supreme Court of New Zealand in 2003.

In 2003 it became an overseas collectivity ( or COM ).

As a result of a constitutional revision which occurred in 2003, these regions are now to be called overseas regions.

* Josh Pace-former Syracuse University basketball guard during the school's first National Championship in 2003 ; he currently plays professional basketball overseas

In 2003, Wyden voted to bar excessive overseas deployments of members of the National Guard and Reserves.

* In French Polynesia it is the title of the representative of the French republic in the overseas territory ( restyled ' overseas collectivity ' in 2003, ' overseas country ' on 27 February 2004 ) since 13 July 1977 ( until 14 September 1984 he also presided the local council of ministers, the that got its own president, as the legislature already had )

Following the Iraq War, in 2003, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet approved a plan to send about 1, 000 soldiers of the Japan Self-Defense Forces to help in Iraq's reconstruction, the biggest overseas troop deployment since World War II without the sanction of the UN.

President Bush visited the Middle East from June 2 – 4, 2003 for two summits in an attempt to push the road map as part of a seven-day overseas trip through Europe and Russia.

The surviving radio episodes, which sometimes exist only in edited versions that have been cut for overseas sale to commercial radio stations, were released as CD box sets between 2000 and 2003 ( see below ).

In 2003, FUBU mostly left the US market and concentrated its efforts overseas.

Closing about 3. 5 months later ( November 20, 2003 ), the film had grossed a domestic total of $ 104, 565, 114 and $ 126, 884, 089 overseas for a worldwide total of $ 231, 449, 203, based on a $ 55 million budget.

The film closed on October 9, 2003 after earning $ 26, 483, 452 domestically with $ 54, 284, 432 overseas for a worldwide total of $ 80, 767, 884.

The National Security ( Legislative Provisions ) Bill was tabled in early 2003 to replace the existing laws regarding treason and sedition, and to introduce new laws to prohibit secessionist and subversive acts and theft of state secrets, and to prohibit political organisations from establishing overseas ties.

As a result of a constitutional revision that occurred in 2003, these regions are now to be called overseas regions ; indeed the new wording of the Constitution gave no precedence to the terms overseas department or overseas region, though the latter is still virtually unused by the French media.

However, he was controversially left out of New Zealand's 2003 World Cup squad, and was left with little option but to carry out his NPC season for Wellington and pursue a career overseas at only 27 years of age.