April 2003

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This article covers breaking news and events in April 2003.

Daily events

Tuesday April 1, 2003

Baghdad False Color Satellite Image

Wednesday April 2, 2003

Thursday April 3, 2003

Friday April 4, 2003

Saturday 5th April 2003

  • Algeria : In the Sahara , the people accompanying a camel caravan discover an underground tunnel system near the oasis town of Illizi in search of 29 lost tourists.
  • Baghdad / Iraq : Many civilians continue to flee the city. According to US information, US troops advance into the center of the city for the first time in the morning . The Iraqi Minister of Information, Muhammad al-Sahhaf , contradicts these reports , and journalists do not confirm the report either. The US troops tighten their ring around Baghdad. The Al Jazeera TV station reports heavy fighting in a western suburb and around the airport. Iraq announced that it had partially recaptured the area through suicide bombings and other "types of combat".
  • Basra / Iraq : Two Allied fighter jets bomb the house of Iraqi General Ali Hasan al-Majid , who ordered the poison gas attack on Halabja in 1988 . British soldiers discover the remains of around 200 people who, according to Iraqi sources, were victims of the First Gulf War between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s. The former opponent recently handed over the physical remains.
  • Karbala / Iraq : According to US information, the 101st Airborne Division storms the city. Journalists report on street fighting.
  • La Ceiba / Honduras : 86 inmates are killed in a prisoner revolt in El Porvenir prison in the city ​​of La Ceiba, about 350 km north of Tegucigalpa , and many others manage to escape.
  • Mosul / Iraq : There is fighting between Kurdish and Iraqi units near the city .
  • Wiesbaden / Germany : The Hessian Landtag re- elects Roland Koch ( CDU ) as Prime Minister . The CDU is now the sole ruling party and the FDP only part of the opposition.

Sunday April 6, 2003

Monday April 7, 2003

Tuesday April 8, 2003

Wednesday April 9, 2003

In the center of Baghdad

Thursday April 10, 2003

George W. Bush

Friday April 11, 2003

Saturday April 12, 2003

Sunday April 13, 2003

Monday April 14, 2003

Tuesday April 15, 2003

Wednesday April 16, 2003

Thursday April 17, 2003

  • Algeria : The authorities are now in contact with the kidnappers of 31 hostages. Bedouins also report seeing the hostage-takers and eleven of the hostages.
  • Helsinki / Finland : Anneli Jäätteenmäki becomes Finland's head of government.
  • Switzerland : The suspects wanted in the murder case Tom and Sonja are caught in Switzerland and are to be extradited to Germany .

Friday April 18, 2003

Saturday April 19, 2003

Sunday April 20, 2003

Monday April 21, 2003

International Criminal Court logo

Tuesday April 22, 2003

Hans Blix

Wednesday April 23, 2003

  • A group of American capitalism critics started a satirical reaction on the Internet in which anyone could print out barcode labels to have them scanned at supermarket checkouts. The criticism of capitalism consists in the subversive texts that question general consumer behavior, as well as in the disruption of work processes in the branches.

Thursday April 24, 2003

Friday April 25, 2003

Saturday April 26, 2003

Sunday April 27, 2003

Monday April 28, 2003

Tuesday April 29, 2003

Wednesday April 30, 2003

See also

Web links

Lisbon in April 2003
Commons : April 2003  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Belgian Parliament defuses genocide law. In: news.ch . April 2, 2003, accessed October 24, 2017 .
  2. ^ Serbia - Member State. In: coe.int . Retrieved January 14, 2018 .
  3. Hanspeter Mattes (Ed.): Middle East Yearbook 2003: Politics, Economy and Society in North Africa and the Near and Middle East . VS Verlag , Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 978-3-8100-4160-9 , p. 83 .
  4. 1st session. In: hessen.de . April 5, 2003. Retrieved November 24, 2017 .
  5. The Oath of Revelation. In: Der Spiegel . May 19, 2003. Retrieved December 9, 2017 .
  6. ^ Plenary debates, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. In: europa.eu . Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
  7. Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 in London! In: iaaf.org . April 13, 2003, accessed August 6, 2017 .
  8. The traditional company files for bankruptcy. In: ihk-nuernberg.de. May 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2017 .
  9. Who is afraid of the EU's eastward expansion? In: univie.ac.at , material from admin.ch . 20, accessed June 9, 2019 .
  10. ^ The Controversial Actions of the ICC Prosecutor: a Crisis of Maturity? In: haguejusticeportal.net, The Hague Academic Coalition. September 15, 2008, accessed June 23, 2019 .
  11. icc-cpi.int : Chronology of the International Criminal Court ( Memento of November 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  12. From Punk Rock Anarchist To CEO. In: fastcompany.com . October 23, 2015, accessed September 20, 2016 .
  13. ^ IGA Rostock 2003. In: bundesgartenschau.de, Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft mbH. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
  14. Thailand's 'war on drugs'. In: hrw.org . March 12, 2008, accessed August 29, 2019 .