Events in August 2003
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Aug. 2
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British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, becomes Britain's longest-serving Labour Prime Minister at a stretch. |
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United Nations Security Council approves multinational force for Liberia. |
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Aug. 5
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Ten killed and over 90 injured in bomb blast at a luxury hotel in Jakarta. |
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Aug. 6
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Scientists in Italy claim to have created first cloned horse. (pix.) |
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Aug. 8
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A big galaxy gobbling a tiny one snapped by Hubble Space Telescope. (pix.) |
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Aug. 10
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Russia builds world's deepest and most silent nuclear submarine nicknamed`Losharik'. |
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Aug. 11
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Liberian President, Charles Taylor surrenders power to his Vice- President Moses Blah. (pix.) |
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Aug. 12
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Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, offers conditional ceasefire along the Line of Control if India is willing to reciprocate. (pix.) |
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United States informs India and Israel that it has no objection to "transfer" of the Phalcon airborne early warning system to New Delhi. |
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Aug. 13
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Britain bans use of term 'Paki' following complaints that it has become a term of racial abuse. |
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Aug. 14
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Riduan bin Isomuddin, also known as Hambali, top ally of Osama bin Laden captured. |
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Aug. 15
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Blackout in North America. Biggest power outage in history. New Yorkers sleep on the streets. Vehicles stranded as traffic signals go dead. (pix.) |
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Aug. 16
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Power fully restored to New York city after 30 hours. |
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Blackout affects 50 million in Canada, U.S. |
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Robert Blackwill appointed Deputy Assistant to Bush. |
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Over 4,000 soldiers killed in Kargil: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif. |
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Aug. 19
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20 killed in blast at U.N. office in Baghdad |
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Saddam Hussein's former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan captured by US Kurdish allies. |
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Aug. 20
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U.S. to sell six C-130 aircraft to Pak. |
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Aug. 26
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Columbia Accident Investigative Board, investigating destruction of Space Shuttle, Colombia criticises NASA for its attitude to safety. |
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Aug. 27
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Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding to be conferred on Singapore Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong. |
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Aug. 28
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India and Australia sign MOU on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism. |
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Aug. 29
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75 killed in blast outside Iraq's holiest Shia mosque. |
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