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August 1, 2003 - Suicide bomber rams truck filled with explosives into a military hospital near Chechnya, killing 50 people, including Russian troops wounded in Chechnya.
August 2, 2003 - The United Nations authorizes an international peacekeeping force for Liberia.
August 10, 2003 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK - 38.5°C (101.3°F) at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/2003/. It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
August 11, 2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
August 11, 2003 - Jemaah Islamiah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
August 14, 2003 - Widespread power outage affects northeast United States and Canada.
August 14, 2003 - 6.4 Richter scale earthquake near the Greek Ionian island of Lefkada - 24 injured
August 15, 2003 - The Cheetah Girls, a Disney Channel Original Movie premieres at 8:00pm.
August 22, 2003 - 21 killed at the Brazilian rocket complex in Alcântara due to a premature ignition of a solid rocket booster.
August 25, 2003 - 52 killed in two bomb blasts in Mumbai, India.
August 27, 2003 - Perihelion of Mars
August 30, 2003 - Top fashion designer Stella McCartney, third daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney marries publisher Alasdhair Willis in a private Roman Catholic chapel at Mount Stuart House, the stately home of the Marquess of Bute.

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August 1, 2003 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962)

August 4, 2003 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916)

August 9, 2003 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (cancer) (b. 1946)

August 11, 2003 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)

August 11, 2003 - Herb Brooks, coach of 1980 Miracle on Ice US Hockey team

August 14, 2003 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)

August 16, 2003 - Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator

August 19, 2003 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)

August 19, 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)

August 23, 2003 - Bobby Bonds, baseball player and manager (b. 1946)

August 29, 2003 - Vladimir Vasicek, Czech painter (b. 1919)

August 30, 2003 - Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)

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April 1, 2003 - Hong Kong movie and Cantopop star Leslie Cheung commits suicide at the age of 46.

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See also July 31, 2003 - August 2003 - August 2, 2003

A truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok in Southern Russia, near Chechnya, killing 41 and wounding at least 76. The Russian government blames the attack on Chechen separatists.

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The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom claims attempts by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) to destroy allegedly important documents about its treatment of BBC source Dr.

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August 3, 2003

At least 52 people have died in a series of explosions in northern Pakistan (BBC) .
Sir Richard Dearlove announces his retirement from MI6 amid speculation about differences of opinion over the war in Iraq (BBC) .

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See also August 3, 2003 - August 2003 - August 5, 2003

Construction workers of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China accidentally dig out five Japanese mustard gas bombs from the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).

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See also August 4, 2003 - August 2003 - August 6, 2003

A powerful car bomb explodes outside the Marriott Hotel http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=AMMJR , killing at least fourteen people and injuring about 150 in downtown Jakarta, a popular

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See also August 5, 2003 - August 2003 - August 7, 2003

2003 California recall: Arnold Schwarzenegger announces he will run for Governor of California in the recall election of Gray Davis. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2997304,00.html http://www.

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See also August 6, 2003 - August 2003 - August 8, 2003

2003 California recall: Republican Darrell Issa, the person behind the effort of recall election of Gray Davis, quickly and without warning dropped out of the gubernatorial race. http://www.guardian.co.

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See also August 7, 2003 - August 2003 - August 9, 2003

Hezbollah, a militant Lebanese group backed by Syria and Iran, fires artillery toward Israeli border posts, drawing return fire. It was the first such exchange in eight months.

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See also August 8, 2003 - August 2003 - August 10, 2003

A historic heat wave continues to afflict Europe and is expected to continue for another week. Spain and Portugal are particularly hard hit; forest fires in Portugal are declared a national disaster, with damages

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See also August 9, 2003 - August 2003 - August 11, 2003

100,000 attend a rally in the French countryside to condemn next month's round of trade liberalisation talks being held under auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Cancún in Mexico. http://news.bbc.

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See also August 10, 2003 - August 2003 - August 12, 2003

Liberian president Charles Taylor resigns. He is replaced by vice-president Moses Blah. http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030811.

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See also August 11, 2003 - August 2003 - August 13, 2003

War on Terrorism: An exclusive BBC report says a joint United States, Russia and United Kingdom "sting" halted a plot to shoot down Air Force One using an Igla surface to air missile.

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See also August 12, 2003 - August 2003 - August 14, 2003

Ivan Jovović and Bogdan Bukomirić, both 16 years old, from Goraždevac near Peć die after two attackers fired from AK-47 on group of children from Goraždevac who were bathing in the river

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See also August 13, 2003 - August 2003 - August 15, 2003

A major power outage due to a power grid failure affects more than 50 million people in the northeast of North America, including New York City, New Jersey, Cleveland, Ottawa, Toronto and Detroit http://www.

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See also August 14, 2003 - August 2003 - August 16, 2003

Power is restored to many, but not all areas of the north-eastern United States and Canada affected by the previous day's blackout http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1019512,00.html .

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