* 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.

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

* 2002 – 2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $ 35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.

It reported at least $ 95. 4 million in recruiting costs and at least $ 95. 1 million for training replacements for the 9, 488 troops discharged from 1994 through 2003, while noting that the true figures might be higher.

The large Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported that during BdV meetings in 2003, publications using hate-language to describe Poles butchering Germans were available for sale, as were recordings of Waffen SS marches on compact disks, including those glorifying the Invasion of Poland.

An example is the long-awaited crystal structure of a voltage-gated potassium channel, which was reported in May 2003.

In 2003, Human Rights Watch reported that FARC-EP shows no leniency to children because of their age, assigning minors the same duties as adults and sometimes requiring them to participate in executions or witness torture.

On June 16, 2009 the New York Times reported Sosa was on a list of players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.

Lawyer and author Claude Duchesnay has reported in May 2003 that a document on the Quebec attorney general ’ s intranet contains the name of 58 persons who must obtain permission prior to instating proceedings before the courts.

* On December 26, 2003, the massive 2003 Bam earthquake devastates southeastern Iran ; over 40, 000 people are reported killed in the city of Bam.

He reported the Northern Ireland troubles in the 1970s, the Portuguese Revolution in 1974, the Lebanese Civil War, the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Iran – Iraq War, the Gulf War, the Bosnian War, the Algerian Civil War, the Kosovo War, the 2001 international intervention in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

On 14 February 2007 it was reported that the Nine Network would record a new Here's Humphrey series for the first time since 2003.

In 2003, clinical researchers reported that profound relaxation in a float tank triggers the production of endorphins.

The New South Wales State Government reported in 2003 that it was " more likely than not " that there was a colony of exotic big cats living in the bush near Sydney.

Two further atoms were reported by the institute during their second experiment between April – May 2001 .< ref name = 03Pa01 >" Confirmed results of the < sup > 248 </ sup > Cm (< sup > 48 </ sup > Ca, 4n )< sup > 292 </ sup > 116 experiment ", Patin et al., LLNL report ( 2003 ).

In the October 2003 presidential elections, İlham Aliyev was announced winner while international observers reported several irregularities.

" In 2003 it was reported that armed groups were active in government armed forces, Janjaweed militias, and opposition groups.

Also in 2003, Del Naja was arrested on child porn allegations, which were reported widely in the media.

The Average Wage per job reported for 2003 was $ 26, 650.

Hormel and Cargill are both reported to use this meat-packing process, and meat treated this way has been in the consumer market since 2003.

In 2003, JR Central reported that the Shinkansen's average arrival time was within six seconds of the scheduled time.

For example, there were just 30 homicides reported in 2003 out of a population of over 1 million people.

The highest and lowest temperatures reported in the past decade are during August 2003, and during January 2010 ..