Portal:Current events/2003 October 23
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- Luis A. Ferré, the third Democratically Elected Governor of Puerto Rico, dies at age 99.
- Canada: Dalton McGuinty is sworn in as the 24th premier of Ontario.[http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/23/dalton031023] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323140529/http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/23/dalton031023 |date=March 23, 2005 }}
- Occupation of Iraq: There is every sign that the international conference in Madrid at which pledges to re-build Iraq are hoped for will disappoint and e.g. Paul Bremer seeks to lower expectations.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3208647.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Europe - Fears over Iraq aid shortfall|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=34106&d=24&m=10&y=2003&pix=business.jpg&category=Business%22|title=Home - Arab News|publisher=|accessdate=22 December 2015}}
- United States Supreme Court: Before a conservative legal organization, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ridicules the recent Supreme Court decision overturning anti-sodomy laws in Texas, saying that the Court had "held to be a constitutional right what had been a criminal offense at the time of the founding and for nearly 200 years thereafter." According to news reports, Scalia adopted a mocking tone to read from the court's ruling.{{Cite web |url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=%2Fap%2F20031024%2Fap_on_go_su_co%2Fscotus_scalia_2 |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050412090823/http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=%2Fap%2F20031024%2Fap_on_go_su_co%2Fscotus_scalia_2 |archive-date=April 12, 2005 |url-status=live }}
- Kuwait AL Arabi football club beat Qadsia in the Kuwait derby 2–0.
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