* 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.

In her 2003 book, Un cri dans le silence (" A Scream in the Silence "), she warned of an “ Islamicization of France ”, and said of Muslim immigration: In May 2003 the Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples ( MRAP ) announced they would sue Bardot for the comments.

These archaeologists suggested that defensibility was never a major concern in the siting of a broch, and argued that they may have been the " stately homes " of their time, objects of prestige and very visible demonstrations of superiority for important families ( Armit 2003 ).

The Gallup Organization reported that " In 2003, 42 % of U. S. adults said they were born-again or evangelical ; the 2004 percentage is 41 %.

The forces assisting Bozizé in seizing the power in 2003 were not paid what they were promised and started looting, terrorising and killing ordinary citizens.

Many films enjoy cult status because they may be seen as ridiculously awful, for example Plan 9 from Outer Space ( 1958 ) or The Room ( 2003 ).

The helmets are silver, and in 2003, they changed the helmet color slightly to a more metallic shade.

* 8th November 2003 ( The ' of ' and ' the ' may be included in speech ; they are omitted in all but the most formal writing.

The intention was that these facilities would provide extra revenue to support the football side of the business, but they were less successful than hoped and before the Abramovich takeover in 2003 the debt taken on to finance them was a major burden on the club.

The band claims on their website that they still pay close attention to an anti-corporate ideology, despite performing on September 5, 2003 at a festival in Turkey that was sponsored by Coca-Cola, noting that they have since pulled out of a show in Los Angeles when they found that it was being sponsored by Coors.

The club remained competitive, however they could progress no further than the second week of the finals each year for the years of 2002, 2003, and 2004.

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.

The Marlins have the distinction of winning a World Series championship every year they qualified for the postseason, doing so in 1997 and 2003 — both times as the National League wild card team.

Torborg's successor, 72-year-old Jack McKeon, improbably led them to the National League's wild card berth in the playoffs ; they defeated the New York Yankees four games to two in the 2003 World Series.

In plotlines mirroring the negative reaction of non-commercial artists to the commercialization of the art form by companies like IBM ( and, later, Sony itself ) the Rakugaki Ōkoku series ( 2003 – 2005 ) for Sony's PlayStation 2 revolves around an anonymous hero and his magically imbued-with-life graffiti creations as they struggle against an evil king who only allows art to be produced which can benefit him.

In 2003, after his ashes were rediscovered in the United States, they were buried in the Dorotheenstädtischer cemetery in Berlin.

The Colts won their first two playoff games against the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens to return to the AFC Championship Game for the first time since the 2003 game, and they would face the same opponent in the New England Patriots.

In essence, Puerto Rican rap became the voice of Puerto Rican youth like dancehall and rap music are methods of expression for their Jamaican and lower-class U. S. youth counterparts as they made it in France too since 2003 " 1492 Army ".

On March 7, 2003, the war tribunal Special Court for Sierra Leone ( SCSL ) decided to summon Charles Taylor and charge him with war crimes and crimes against humanity, but they kept this decision and this charge secret until June that year.

* An official from China stated in September 2003 that production has ceased there, since they have an ample stockpile.

Formally, these failed when they were rejected by the Church of England's General Synod in 1972 ; conversations and co-operation continued, however, leading in 2003 to the signing of a covenant between the two churches.

Michael and his younger brother Ralf Schumacher are the only brothers to win races in Formula One, and they were the first brothers to finish 1st and 2nd in the same race, in Montreal in 2001, and there again ( in switched order ) in 2003.

When Gianfranco Fini visited Israel in late November 2003 in the function of Italian Deputy Prime Minister, he labeled the racial laws issued by the fascist regime in 1938 as " infamous ", as also Giorgio Almirante, historic leader of MSI, had done before.

Bartók, who had made some recordings in Hungary, also recorded for Columbia Records after he came to the US ; many of these recordings ( some with Bartók's own spoken introductions ) were later issued on LP and CD ( Bartók 1994, 1995a, 1995b, 2003, 2007, 2008 ).

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

As of April 2011, the only definitional statement issued by the IAU that pertains to exoplanets is a working definition issued in 2001 and modified in 2003.

In 2003, the Israeli government issued a plan for total withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the northern West Bank by late 2005.

In October 2003 Amnesty International issued a report which stated that their trial had been a miscarriage of justice.

From 1990 until 2003, Stephenson's portrait appeared on the reverse of Series E £ 5 notes issued by the Bank of England.

In June 2003, the Department of Justice issued its Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies forbidding racial profiling by federal law enforcement officials.

In March 2003 the Special Court for Sierra Leone issued its first indictments.

In July 2003 the Governor General of Solomon Islands issued an official request for international help, which was subsequently endorsed by a unanimous vote of the parliament.

A 2003 Vatican stamp issued on the anniversary of the Saint's death depicts an armoured Saint George atop a white horse, killing the dragon.

Although the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists issued risk-based guidelines in 2003 ( due for review 2006 ), the implementation of these guidelines has been patchy.

Heavy metal band Slough Feg issued a Traveller based concept album, appropriately titled Traveller in 2003.

In 2003, Mexico issued a proposal that would require all Mexican-made tequila be bottled in Mexico before being exported to other countries.

On Wednesday, December 10, 2003, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that upheld the key provisions of McCain-Feingold ; the vote on the court was 5 to 4.

The ensuing report, created by Trent Lott and Christopher Dodd, issued in May 2003, cautioned that " It is too soon to determine the extent to which the goals of Maine ’ s and Arizona ’ s public financing programs are being met ... We are not making any recommendations in this report.

Global issue of high-yield bonds more than doubled in 2003 to nearly $ 146 billion in securities issued from less than $ 63 billion in 2002, although this is still less than the record of $ 150 billion in 1998.

Blunden can also be heard on Memorial Tablet, an audiobook of readings by Sassoon issued in 2003.

Kilmore also had a previous restraining order issued against Koppell in 2003 after Koppell allegedly spat in his face.

From 2001 to 2004, two full series were produced, along with three one-off hour-long specials ; Gay ( retitled and issued as Absolutely Fabulous in New York for the United States ) in 2002, Cold Turkey, a Christmas special in 2003, and White Box ( which included the tying-up of loose-ends and past semi-regular characters appearing in cameos in what seemed an ironic finale for Saffy, Patsy, and Edina ), which aired in 2004.

In 2003, the ROC Foreign Ministry issued a new passport having the word " Taiwan " printed in English on its cover.

The DVD issued in 2003 features scene-specific commentary by Roy Scheider and interviews with Scheider and Bob Fosse.

* Fünfzehn neue D. A. F-Lieder ( 2003 on Superstar Recordings, also issued on Subspace Communications )

A series of controversial interest rate swaps, initiated in 2002 and 2003 by former Commission President Larry Langford ( removed as the mayor of Birmingham after his conviction ), were intended to lower interest payments, but have, in fact, had the opposite effect, increasing the county's indebtedness to the point that officials have issued formal statements doubting the county's ability to meet its financial obligations.