Portal:Current events/2003 November 15
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- Two car bombs explode outside synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, at about 0700 UTC (1000 local time), killing at least 20 people and injuring another 250. A radical Islamist group, the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front, claims responsibility.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3272815.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Europe - Turkey blasts 'threat to peace'|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
- In Louisiana, conservative Democrat Kathleen Blanco defeats Republican Bobby Jindal to become the first woman in that state to be elected governor. Jindal is the son of immigrants from India.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103178,00.html|title=FoxNews.com - Breaking News - Latest News - Current News|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
- One hundred thousand people of various organisations demonstrate in Paris on occasion of the last day of the European Social Forum.{{Cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A3D63756-9075-4659-AB4B-1735A8029DA7.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103205418/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A3D63756-9075-4659-AB4B-1735A8029DA7.htm |archive-date=2006-01-03 |url-status=dead }}
- Occupation of Iraq:
- Iraq's Governing Council announces that sovereignty is to be restored to Iraq in June 2004, with full elections to be held in 2005.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=DHJLTD45APUIUCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3828097 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050630031338/http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml |archive-date=2005-06-30 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3272721.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Middle East - Timetable set for Iraq transfer|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
- Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters crash near Mosul in northern Iraq. Reports suggest one helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and it then collided with the other helicopter. Latest reports suggest seventeen dead and five injured.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=SAHKFYUKJA40WCRBAEKSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3828842 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050630031338/http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml |archive-date=2005-06-30 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/15/sprj.irq.crash/index.html|title=CNN.com - Black Hawks crash death toll rises to 17 - Nov. 16, 2003|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12927788,00.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040810005843/http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12927788,00.html |archive-date=2004-08-10 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3273895.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Middle East - US helicopters crash over N Iraq|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
- One U.S. soldier is killed and two are injured in a roadside blast in northern Baghdad.http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/11150000aaa02f3f.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=LATEBRKN&Type=News&Filter=Late%20Breaking
- Former United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Robin Cook expresses puzzlement as to why George W. Bush should have been invited for a state visit to the UK.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3272951.stm|title=BBC NEWS - UK - Cook attacks state visit for Bush|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}} Opinion polls suggest that 60% of the British people think President Bush is a threat to world peace.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3828725|title=World News|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041208160804/http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3828725|url-status=dead}}
- Police in Hebei province, People's Republic of China, arrest suspected serial killer Yang Xinhai alleged to have killed at least 65 people.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3273585.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Asia-Pacific - Chinese 'serial killer' arrested|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
- In Saint-Nazaire, France, 15 people, including 2 children, die and 32 are injured or missing when a gangway falls off the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship, which has just finished construction.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3274171.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Europe - Inquiry into cruise liner deaths|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20031115101109990001
- 2003 Rugby Union World Cup: In the semi-finals Australia defeats New Zealand by 22 points to 10 to win a place in next weekend's final.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/3263711.stm|title=BBC SPORT - Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - Australia shock New Zealand|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
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