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.

* 2003 – The Human Genome Project comes to an end two and a half years earlier than expected.

* 2003 – U. S. troops capture Baghdad ; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.

* In 2003, 27-year-old Aron Ralston amputated his forearm using his pocketknife and breaking and tearing the two bones, after the arm got stuck under a boulder when hiking in Utah.

A limited edition release included two bonus tracks on a separate disc recorded in the early 1960s, and two years later, on September 16, 2003, this album was one of fifteen Dylan titles reissued and remastered for SACD hybrid playback.

United Nations sanctions against Yugoslavia and Iraq ( 1990 – 2003 ), two of the country's most significant trading partners, took a heavy toll on the Bulgarian economy.

After two years of negotiations, the United States and Chile signed an agreement in June 2003 that will lead to completely duty-free bilateral trade within 12 years.

Arias thus remained barred from a second term as president ; however, in April 2003 – by which time two of the four judges who had voted against the change in 2000 had been replaced – the Court reconsidered the issue and, with the only dissenters being the two anti-reelection judges remaining from 2000, declared the 1969 amendment null and thus opened the way to reelection for former presidents – which in practice meant Arias.

Charles most notably presented the cult TV hit Robot Wars on BBC2 ( 1998 – 2003 ) and Channel 5 ( 2003 – 2004 ), from series 2 until its conclusion at series 7, which included two Extreme series and numerous ' specials '.

In August 1997, Charles married his second wife, Jackie, with whom he has two daughters Anna-Jo ( born 1997 ) and Nellie ( born 2003 ).

It is most known perhaps, for the 2003 Divisional Playoff matchup between the two teams, which Carolina won 29-23 in double overtime.

* John R. Hale, et al., " Questioning the Delphic Oracle: When science meets religion at this ancient Greek site, the two turn out to be on better terms than scholars had originally thought ", in Scientific American August 2003

After being for three years ( 2003 – 06 ) in the interregnum between two constitutions, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now under the regime of the Constitution of the Third Republic.

Three regional electricity distribution systems were privatized in 1998 via sale of 50 % of shares to foreign operators ; the Mejía administration repurchased all foreign-owned shares in two of these systems in late 2003.

In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of " Romanian expansionism ," rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Moldovan-Romanian dictionary was published, purporting to show that the two countries speak different languages.

A few exceptions include Guided by Voices ' 1994 album Bee Thousand, which was re-released as a three disc vinyl LP Director's cut in 2004, and Fall Out Boy's 2003 album Take This to Your Grave, which was re-released as a Director's cut in 2005 with two extra tracks.

Starting 2003, Nile Radio Production a private company was given license to operate two radio stations, Nile FM and Nogoom FM.

In 2000, he hosted two summits at Sharm El-Sheikh and one at Taba in an effort to resume the Camp David negotiations suspended in July 2000, and in June 2003, Mubarak hosted President George W. Bush for another summit on Middle East peace process.

With the progressive lifting of UN and US sanctions from 2003 – 2008, the two countries have been working together to jointly develop their oil and natural gas industries.

According to the International Monetary Fund, in 2003 foreign reserves were just US $ 17. 2 million, sufficient to cover only two weeks of imports.

A protocol concerning Ethiopian access to Port Sudan was signed between the two countries 5 March 2000 in Khartoum, and this protocol and its subsequent amendment were ratified by the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 3 July 2003.

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 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 – David Greene, British director ( b. 1921 )

Other British comedies examined the role of the Asian community in British life, including Bhaji on the Beach ( 1993 ), East Is East ( 1999 ), Bend It Like Beckham ( 2002 ), Anita and Me ( 2003 ) and Death at a Funeral.

In 2003, another British publisher, Wandering Star, made an effort both to restore Howard's original manuscripts and to provide a more scholarly and historical view of the Conan stories.

Coronation Street was the last British soap to make the switch to 16: 9 ( Take the High Road remained in 4: 3 until it finished in 2003 ).

Dense sponsored the British University Snowsports Council in 2002 and the British Snowboard Junior team in 2002 and 2003.

* 2003 – Alan Davidson, British author ( b. 1924 )

* 1927 – Denis Quilley, British actor ( d. 2003 )

Gordon Onslow Ford ( 1912 – 2003 ), a leading British surrealist painter, attended the Royal Naval College.

He declined the royal honour of Commander of the British Empire in 2000, and turned down a knighthood in 2003, stating: " I would never have any intention of accepting anything like that.

The British film This is Not a Love Song ( 2003 ) was the first to be streamed live on the Internet at the same time as its cinema premiere.

* 1921 – David Greene, British director ( d. 2003 )

During this period it was the title sponsor for the Australian GP ( 1986 – 1993 and 2002 – 2006 ), the British GP ( 1990 – 1993 and 2000 – 2006 ) and the San Marino GP ( 2003 – 2006 ).

In the UK, the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 outlawed the procedure in Britain itself, and the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation ( Scotland ) Act 2005 made it an offence for FGM to be performed anywhere in the world on British citizens or permanent residents.

In 2003, after the American and British invasion, Iraq was occupied by Coalition forces.

* 1932 – Peter Redgrove, British poet ( d. 2003 )

* 1941 – Colin Gunton, British theologian ( d. 2003 )

He was made a Knight Commander ( KBE ) of the Order of the British Empire in 2003.

He became a Commander of the British Empire CBE in 1990, and a member of the Companions of Honour in 2003.

The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, amalgamated within the Council for British Research in the Levant ( CBRL ) in 1998, was officially renamed the Kenyon Institute on 10 July 2003 in honour of Kathleen Kenyon.

Another notable retrospective praise came in 2003 from the British magazine, NME, which rated Forever Changes No. 6 on their list of greatest albums of all time.

The British television station Channel Four commissioned a documentary Leonardo's Dream Machines, for broadcast in 2003.