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This article covers breaking news and events in February 2003.

Daily events

Saturday February 1, 2003

• Houston / United States : During the landing approach, the Columbia space shuttle breaks apart at a height of around 60  km over Texas and partially burns up. The debris is falling over the southern United States. The seven crew members of the STS-107 mission have no chance of survival.
• New York / United States : Germany takes over the presidency for a month in the Security Council of the United Nations . Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder issued the guideline in advance that Germany would under no circumstances take part in an Iraq war that other members of the Security Council are promoting.
• Zimbabwe : 40 people die when a passenger train collides with a freight train in north-west Zimbabwe.

Sunday February 2, 2003

Christian Wulff

• Baikonur / Kazakhstan : From Baikonur Cosmodrome an unmanned launches of Russian Progress transporter at the top of a Soyuz - rocket to the International Space Station .
• Hanover / Germany : In the Lower Saxony state election , the SPD loses its government majority with Prime Minister Sigmar Gabriel . The designated successor is the CDU top candidate Christian Wulff . He is aiming for a coalition with the FDP .
• Lisbon / Portugal : For the first time in 25 years that plays German Handball - National Men to winning the World Cup . The team of national coach Heiner Brand loses the final of the World Cup in Portugal with 31:34 against Croatia and is thus vice world champion.
• Prague / Czech Republic : Václav Havel's term of office as President has expired after two five years. A successor has not yet been determined.
• Wiesbaden / Germany : The CDU wins the absolute majority in the Hessian state elections . The previously co-governing FDP goes into opposition.

Monday February 3, 2003

• Jakarta / Indonesia : A building and two cars are damaged in a bomb attack on the police headquarters. People are not harmed.
• Venezuela : The opposition officially declares the end of the 63-day general strike.

Tuesday February 4, 2003

This new flag is an option for Serbia and Montenegro

• Belgrade / Serbia and Montenegro : As of today, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is a so-called "State Union of Serbia and Montenegro". This means that Montenegro and Serbia are henceforth "independent", but not sovereign states under international law . Montenegro was independent between 1878 and 1916. Many politicians in the country continue to strive for this status. The Serbian-Montenegrin Parliament also decides to introduce a new flag for the State Union and wants to vote on the proposals received this year.
• Berlin / Germany : Martina Gedeck and Jürgen Vogel are awarded the Golden Camera as best German actors .
• Düsseldorf / Germany : The FDP parliamentary group in the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament just voted against the expulsion of Jürgen Möllemann . 15 MPs voted for exclusion, 16 votes would have been required.
• Le Touquet / France : British Prime Minister Tony Blair fails in the seaside resort of Le Touquet when attempting to convince French President Jacques Chirac to change his stance on the Iraq conflict. Chirac continues to advocate continuing the UN inspections.

Wednesday February 5, 2003

• New York / United States : At the meeting of the UN Security Council on the Iraq crisis, US Secretary of State Colin Powell presents the panel with eavesdropping protocols and satellite photos that are supposed to prove that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction from the UN inspectors.
• Nuremberg / Germany : The Federal Labor Office announces that unemployment rose to more than 4.6 million in January, the highest level in five years.

Thursday February 6, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : The 53rd Berlin International Film Festival opens with the film Chicago by American director Rob Marshall .

Friday February 7, 2003

• Munich / Germany : Start of the 39th international security conference , in which the US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld also takes part.
• Moscow / Russia : Despite strong pressure, the Russian government speaks out against a UN resolution in favor of a war in Iraq .
• Washington, DC / United States : US President George W. Bush orders the second highest alert level "Orange" because of the increasing terrorist threat.

Saturday February 8, 2003

• Australia : Around 750 naked women demonstrate against an Iraq war. They form the words "No War" from their bodies.
• Hamburg / Germany : According to Der Spiegel magazine , Germany and France are working on an alternative plan to completely disarm Iraq . To this end, UN blue helmet soldiers are supposed to take control of the country.
• London / United Kingdom : According to Channel 4 News, the dossier submitted on February 3rd by the British Blair administration to document the imminent threat posed by Iraq is based in parts verbatim on a twelve-year-old paper by a California student .
• Munich / Germany : With the words "I am not convinced" ( German  "I'm not sure" ) established German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer on the Security Conference the unwillingness of the Federal Republic, the United States at a invasion of Iraq to support.

Sunday February 9, 2003

• Belgium , Russia : Both states want to support the Franco - German push to disarm Iraq . It is to be presented to the UN Security Council on Friday .
• Berlin / Germany : The President of Russia Vladimir Putin is visiting to open the “German-Russian Cultural Encounters 2003/2004” together with Federal President Johannes Rau .
• India : The Indian government begins a large-scale vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis , in which around 160 million people are to be vaccinated within six days.

Monday February 10, 2003

• Afghanistan : Germany and the Netherlands take command of the International Protection Forces in Afghanistan ISAF .
• Brussels / Belgium : Even in a second special meeting, the NATO Council was unable to agree on plans to protect Turkey in the event of a war in Iraq . Belgium and France maintain their veto on the United States' motion , the objection is supported by Germany ; thus the silence procedure initiated on February 6th has been stopped.

Tuesday February 11, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : The parliamentary group of the FDP excludes Jürgen Möllemann from the party with 39 of 45 votes.

Wednesday February 12, 2003

• France , United States : The French proposal to increase the number of UN weapons inspectors in Iraq is rejected by the United States. The proposal also included stronger air surveillance in Iraq and a permanent UN coordinator in Baghdad .
• Iraq : Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan accuses the United States of plunging the world into a "great catastrophe" with its war plans.
• Vienna / Austria : The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) calls in the UN Security Council because of the dispute over North Korea's nuclear program .
• Washington, DC / United States : The Senate and the United States House of Representatives have both spoken out in favor of not using the TIA ( Total Information Awareness ) monitoring program planned by the Department of Defense against their own citizens. However, it is intended to be used outside of the United States. The legal conditions of other countries play no role.
• The news channel Al Jazeera released a tape recording that apparently contained the voice of Osama bin Laden .
• BerliOS Open Facts, the free knowledge database about open source - software that based on a wiki works is, the Internet provided.

Thursday February 13, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag votes on a motion for a resolution by the opposition Union parties on military support for the United States in the Iraq war . The majority of parliamentarians rejects the motion and strengthens the Iraq and foreign policy of Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder ( SPD ), who criticizes the Iraq invasion of the United States.
• Brussels / Belgium : The Federal Parliament equates the registered partnerships of homosexual couples with civil marriage . The right to adopt children is not given to homosexuals.
• London / United Kingdom : According to the Times newspaper , an investigation by United Nations weapons experts revealed that the range of the Iraqi Al-Samoud-2 missile type is beyond the permitted 150 km.

Friday February 14, 2003

• Bolivia : The protests against President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's austerity policies appear to have come to an end after the president changed course. The police strike and the ensuing military operation left 22 dead and 102 injured.
• Korea : For the first time in decades, South Koreans can travel to North Korea by land . 20 buses with almost 500 passengers go north. The opening was decided in 2000, but repeatedly delayed.
• Melbourne / Australia : In Melbourne, well over 100,000 people take to the streets against George W. Bush's Iraq policy.
• New York / United States : Hans Blix's report to the UN Security Council does not reveal any violations of Resolution 1441 ; Blix also expresses concerns about the February 5 presentation by US Secretary of State Powell, while at the same time he urged Iraq to provide the missing evidence of the whereabouts of its weapons. Russia and France reaffirm their peace course and Russia speaks out again against a further resolution.
• United States : The investigative commission of the Columbia accident announced as a preliminary result of its previous investigation that a crack or break in the heat shield of the left wing was the cause of the accident.
• United Kingdom : Dolly clone sheep is euthanized at the age of six. The animal suffered from a lung disease.

Saturday February 15, 2003

Central London on February 15, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : Nicole Kidman , Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep received the Golden Bear at the 53rd Berlinale for the British war drama “In this World” . As best actor is Sam Rockwell excellent.
• Germany : A data protection investigation is ongoing against Hewlett-Packard . The company claims the rights to the consumption and status data of the printer in a "declaration" that is displayed when the driver is installed . The user is not asked whether he or she agrees to the data being transmitted over the Internet .
• Kourou / French Guyana : The last launch of an Ariane 4 rocket was successful. The successor Ariane 5, however, still causes problems and crashes.
• Worldwide: In anti-war demonstrations in over 600 cities worldwide, the organizers count one million participants in Rome and 500,000 in Berlin and London .

Sunday February 16, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : The jury of the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival awards the film In This World by director Michael Winterbottom with the Golden Bear as the best contribution of the festival .
• Cancún / Mexico : The Doha Round talks on world trade issues end without result.
• Vienna / Austria : Failure of coalition negotiations between the conservative People's Party ÖVP and the Greens . So the country is waiting for a new government three months after the parliamentary elections.
• According to the organizers, a total of 11 million people took part in yesterday's global demonstrations . The date was set months in advance.

Monday February 17, 2003

• Brussels / Belgium : The dispute that threatens to split NATO is coming to an end. Turkey is promised defensive weapons and the United Nations should maintain the leadership role in the Iraq conflict .
• Canberra / Australia : Conclusion of a free trade agreement with Singapore
• Chicago / United States : At least 21 people were killed in a mass panic in a nightclub. Security guards had sprayed pepper spray to settle a dispute between guests. Other guests assumed it was a terrorist attack and a mass exodus broke out.
• London / United Kingdom : The Congestion Charge is introduced and drivers wanting to drive into the city center must pay a fee of £ 8 per day.
• Milan / Italy : The American intelligence service CIA kidnaps the Islamic clergyman Osama Mustafa Hassan from Milan, where he works as an imam , and flies him out of the country. After a stopover in Germany , the kidnapping ends in Hassan's native Egypt .
• North Korea : North Korea threatens the truce of 1954 to break. The reason given is the reinforcement of the US armed forces on North Korea's coasts.

Tuesday February 18, 2003

• Ankara / Turkey : The country expects the United States to provide specific services in return for support for the US policy on Iraq . Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called the current course “changeable”.
• Daegu / South Korea : Over 197 people are killed in a subway fire .
• New York / United States : In a compromise between the EU states , which is also supported by Germany , a war against Iraq is no longer ruled out as a last resort. The evaluation of the work of the weapons inspectors should be left to the UN Security Council . France rejects a new UN resolution .
• United States : Hackers have obtained access data to more than five million credit card accounts via the Internet , as reported by radio station NDR4. This affects 2 million MasterCard customers and around 3.4 million Visa customers. There are still no indications of abuse or financial damage.

Wednesday February 19, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : The federal government decided yesterday to exempt tax evaders from punishment. Black money can be claimed this year at a tax rate of 25 percent, up to June 30, 2004 at 35 percent. After that, the current practice will apply again. In addition, banking secrecy is to be abolished and the interest tax to be fundamentally changed.
• Hamburg / Germany : The Moroccan Mounir al-Motassadeq was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the world's first trial for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 .
• Iran : 275 people (257 Revolutionary Guards and 18 crew members) are killed in the crash of an Iranian military aircraft of the Russian type Ilyushin Il-76 .
• New York / United States : Eight million customers are now affected by the theft of their credit card data after AmericanExpress has been identified as a target in addition to Visa and Mastercard.

Thursday February 20, 2003

• Ankara / Turkey : The head of the ruling AKP party, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , is allowed to run for a by-election in the Siirt district and can take over from Prime Minister Abdullah Gül if he wins .
• Berlin / Germany : The budget committee of the Bundestag provides 80 million euros for the 2003 budget for the planned Metrorapid magnetic levitation train in North Rhine-Westphalia .
• The organization "gatswatch" distributes the secret and confidential list of offers for the current GATS negotiations of the WTO on the Internet despite strict EU confidentiality guidelines .

Friday February 21, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : Defense Minister Peter Struck wants to maintain conscription despite new international tasks . To reduce operating costs, up to 90 tornadoes are to be abolished and the purchase of 30 Eurocopter Tiger helicopters is to be canceled. The Bundeswehr is to be developed into a multinational task force.
• Berlin / Germany : The Bundestag has passed the red-green tax package against the bitter resistance of the opposition. The Union wants to bring it down again in the Federal Council .
• Brussels / Belgium : Croatia applies to start negotiations on its accession to the European Union .
• Germany : The Kirch Group had several secret contracts worth millions. Not only FC Bayern Munich , but also Fedor Radmann , the deputy president of the World Cup organizing committee, was on the media company's fee list.
• New York / United States : An oil tanker explodes in a loading terminal of the ExxonMobil oil company in the Staten Island district . Two people are killed.
• Washington, DC / United States : George W. Bush wants to send several hundred men from special forces of the US Army to the Philippines to eliminate the Islamist terrorist organization Abu Sajaf .
• Washington, DC / United States : US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announces that troops in Iraq are ready for war . According to the Washington Post , the United States wants to take complete control of the country. A US administrator is to head a newly formed government.
• West Warwick / United States : The second accident in a music club in the United States within a few days claimed at least 65 lives at a concert by the hard rock band “ Great White ”. More than 160 people were injured. Fireworks in the club had lit the stage.

Saturday February 22, 2003

Bust of Sophie Scholl

• Cologne / Germany : The peace movement continues its protests against an Iraq war. 10,000 demonstrators form a human chain in the form of the peace sign.
• New York / United States : UN weapons inspector Hans Blix demands the destruction of the Al-Samoud-2 rockets . The Iraq should begin by March 1.
• Regensburg / Germany : The German resistance fighter against National Socialism Sophie Scholl is honored 60 years after her execution with a bust in the Walhalla . She was a co-founder of the " White Rose ".
• Saint-Die-des-Vosges / France : An earthquake of intensity 5.4 with epicenter in St. Die in the Vosges shaken at 21:41 Eastern France, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Switzerland . People are not harmed.

Sunday February 23, 2003

Oil spill in Galicia

• Beit Chanun / Palestinian Autonomous Territories : When Israeli troops march into the small town near Gaza , at least seven Palestinians are killed and 15 injured, some seriously.
• Iran : Employees of the International Atomic Energy Agency find facilities that could be used to develop nuclear weapons.
• Madrid / Spain : Several hundred thousand people are calling for political consequences in a large demonstration because of the crisis management of the Spanish government after the sinking of the oil tanker " Prestige ".
• New York / United States : In this year's ceremony of the Grammy Awards wins Norah Jones , the most important awards, u. a. for the single of the year and as the newcomer of the year .
• Telgte / Germany : The police arrest a 21-year-old suspect who confessed to the murder of three cleaning women with targeted head shots in front of a fitness studio in Telgte. He acted on behalf of the husband of one of the victims.

Monday February 24, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder announces a speech to the nation on March 14th in which he will not only present a reform package, but also address foreign policy.
• Berlin / Germany : The review of conscription promised by Defense Minister Peter Struck seems to trigger resistance from the Bundeswehr headquarters . However, a decision is still left to the federal government .
• Berlin / Germany : Because she let her two-year-old son starve and die of thirst, a 22-year-old mother is sentenced to life imprisonment.
• China : At least 261 people are killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the densely populated northwest of the country. Almost 1,000 more people are injured.
• The Hague / Netherlands : The Serbian politician Vojislav Šešelj , who has been charged with war crimes, has surrendered to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He is charged with crimes against humanity in Croatia , Bosnia-Herzegovina and the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina between 1991 and 1993 .
• Jerusalem / Israel : The new government will consist of the right-wing conservative Likud party, the center party Shinui and the National Religious Party . 61 out of 120 mean a slim majority for Ariel Sharon’s government .
• Washington, DC / United States : The White House announces the design for a new Iraq - Resolution on. UN weapons inspector Hans Blix denies the credibility of the Iraqi government in Baghdad .

Tuesday February 25, 2003

Kurdish settlement areas according to the CIA intelligence service

• Baghdad / Iraq : In an interview with CBS, Saddam Hussein indicates resistance to the destruction of the Al-Samoud-2 missiles and calls on US President George W. Bush to a television duel. In contrast, UN chief inspector Hans Blix announced in New York that Baghdad has been cooperating with the UN in the past few days. Iraq has informed weapons inspectors that they have discovered 1991 weapons of mass destruction documents.
• Bonn / Germany : In response to an urgent application from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, the Federal Testing Office for Media Harmful to Young People indexes the computer game “ Command & Conquer: Generals ” from the manufacturer Electronic Arts . The strategy game may not be advertised or sold to young people under the age of 18 until further notice.
• Germany : The White Ring criticizes the debate about state-approved torture . In a modern constitutional state , torture is not acceptable. The police union is against the torture and calls for an end to the discussion.
• Germany : According to the investigators with the case of the takeover of the cell phone company Mannesmann by Vodafone, the allegations are more concrete. The excessive severance payments caused damage of up to 57 million euros .
• Iraqi part of Kurdistan / Iraq : The two most important parties of the Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan declare that they would oppose an invasion of Turkish troops in the event of a war in Iraq with armed force.
• Middle East : A snow storm hits several countries. In Jordan , several international flights delayed, many drivers remained on the streets of the capital Amman stuck.
• North Korea : A few hours before the introduction of the new South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun , North Korea is testing a missile . She sinks in the Sea of ​​Japan .
• Republic of the Congo : The number of victims of the Ebola virus has risen to 76. The epidemic broke out at the beginning of the year in the area of ​​the villages of Kele and Mbou, around 800 kilometers north of the capital Brazzaville .
• United Kingdom : The country tabled a draft new Iraq resolution yesterday evening , which was developed jointly with the United States and Spain . It states that Iraq has missed its last chance to disarm. There is an alternative proposal from France , Russia and Germany , which is also supported by the People's Republic of China .

Wednesday February 26, 2003

• Berlin / Germany : The German government decides for trucks a toll from an average of 15 cents per kilometer.
• Germany : The Deutsche Bahn ticket offices are checked for efficiency. By 2005 press reports on the 300 series are to be closed. 1,800 jobs are at stake.
• North Korea : According to a report by the South Korean news agency Yonhap, North Korea has urged its people to prepare for war as the United States was planning an attack on the country.
• Ottawa / Canada : The government presents a compromise proposal to mediate in the dispute over Iraq . It stipulates that Iraq must disarm by March 28 . Otherwise the country must expect a war.
• Saarbrücken / Germany : A suspected child molester gang confesses to the murder of five-year-old Pascal. Twelve members are in custody.
• Stuttgart / Germany : A law firm files criminal charges against Deutsche Telekom and the Federal Republic. There is suspicion of fraud in the third IPO. The charge of taking over Voicestream is dropped.
• United States : More than three weeks after the crash of the Space Shuttle Columbia , a heat protection tile was discovered with mysterious orange marks and on the second day of the space shuttle's flight , an unidentified part about 30 cm on the edge moved away from the Columbia.
• Washington, DC / United States : Opponents of the war block telephone lines in the White House . They protest against the US government's Iraq policy with a flood of phone calls, faxes and e-mails .
• Vienna / Austria : The federal government decides to hand over the care of asylum seekers to a private company.

Thursday February 27, 2003

• Baghdad / Iraq : According to the Egyptian news agency MENA , the government wants to approve the destruction of the controversial Al-Samoud-2 missiles . The government wants to respond in writing within 48 hours.
• The Hague / Netherlands : The UN tribunal has sentenced the 72-year-old politician Biljana Plavšić , the former president of the Bosnian Republika Srpska , to eleven years in prison for crimes against humanity. In December 2002 she confessed to her guilt for the expulsion and murder of Muslims and Croats in 1991 and 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina .
• Germany : Deutsche Bahn is headed for heavy labor disputes . The first warning strikes are expected on Saturday .
• Germany : The proceedings surrounding the ban on the right-wing extremist NPD are expected to be closed by the Federal Constitutional Court on March 18 without a judgment , according to trial observers .
• Doha / Qatar : At least two people are injured in an attack.
• Lefkoşa / Cyprus : Rauf Denktaş , President of the Turkish Cypriots, rejects the UN plan to unite the two parts of Cyprus.
• United States : After weeks of tug-of-war, the governments of the United States and Turkey have agreed to station around 62,000 US soldiers in Turkey. For this, Turkey receives loans and guarantees in the billions.
• United States : According to the “ New York Times ”, Daniel Libeskind's team of architects from Berlin was awarded the contract for the new World Trade Center (WTC). The company's proposal also includes new super high-rise buildings.
• United States : Investigators into the explosion of the space shuttle " Columbia " have come across a video tape that ends at 2:48 pm, about 15 minutes before the explosion and shows the astronauts shortly before their death.
• United States : After the accident of the Space Shuttle Columbia , NASA announced that the crew of the International Space Station will be reduced to two people and that further expansion will be stopped for the time being.

Friday February 28, 2003

• Germany : Because the long-term care insurance cannot cover the costs incurred in the long term, the Rürup Commission proposes a radical restructuring. All taxpayers should finance long-term care insurance instead of only those with compulsory insurance, as was previously the case.
• Hamburg / Germany : The wage dispute between the ground and cabin staff of the airline Lufthansa is settled after months of negotiations with the arbitrator Klaus von Dohnanyi .
• Jerusalem / Israel : The new government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is confirmed by parliament.
• Karachi / Pakistan : In a terrorist attack in front of the US consulate, three police officers are shot dead by strangers. A few months ago, twelve people were killed in an attack at the same location.
• Prague / Czech Republic : 61-year-old Václav Klaus is elected as the new president.
• Stuttgart / Germany : The car maker DaimlerChrysler calls 50000 City coupés of the brand Smart from the years 1999 to 2000 in the workshops back. According to the company, the vehicle's steering column lever is prone to defects, which can lead to the failure of the speedometer lighting and the taillights.
• Washington, DC / United States : The NASA released almost four weeks after the explosion of the space shuttle " Columbia " a video tape on which Commander Rick Husband , Pilot William McCool , mission specialist Kalpana Chawla and the physician Laurel Clark are to see how they Prepare routinely for the approach for landing .
• Vienna / Austria : The new federal government Schüssel with members from ÖVP and FPÖ is sworn in. Both parties have formed a coalition since the year 2000. Since the FPÖ is nationalist , protests in the streets of Vienna take place as with the swearing-in in 2000, but to a lesser extent.

See also

• Nekrolog February 2003 for deaths that month
• List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in February
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in February

Web links

Canton of Bern in February 2003

Commons : February 2003  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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2. ^ German chairmanship in the World Security Council. In: n-tv.de . February 28, 2003. Retrieved July 29, 2019 . 
3. ^ State elections: Lower Saxony. In: Wahlen-in-deutschland.de, Valentin Schröder. Retrieved November 2, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Koch mourns black and yellow. In: spiegel.de . February 4, 2003, accessed September 18, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Montenegro independent again. In: wasistwas.de . May 29, 2006, accessed on October 4, 2018 : "since February 4, 2003" 
6. ↑ 38th award. In: goldenekamera.de . Retrieved March 21, 2018 . 
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