Portal:Current events/2003 September 28
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- Nuclear Weapons: Iran remains defiant about nuclear program. Iran states it will not give up its nuclear program (including uranium enrichment). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have given Iran until October 31 to prove it has no secret nuclear arms program and told it to halt enrichment activities. Iran states international pressure will not deter its nuclear plans.{{cite web|url=http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3519377|title=Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News - Reuters.com|accessdate=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050526024249/http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3519377|archive-date=26 May 2005|url-status=dead}}[http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=7B14F972-545E-42D3-B641EE69657BFE6C ]{{dead link|date=December 2015}}
- Blackout: In Italy and a small part of Switzerland {{Nowrap|57 million}} people were without power from late Saturday night until Sunday noon. The power outage was more extensive than the North American blackout in August.{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,267558,00.html|title=Italien ohne Strom: Frankreich bestreitet Verantwortung für Stromausfall|author=SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany|date=28 September 2003|work=SPIEGEL ONLINE|accessdate=17 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3202370,00.html|title=World news and comment from the Guardian - The Guardian|work=the Guardian|accessdate=17 October 2015}}
- Natural disaster: Hurricane Juan is expected to make landfall near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Space: Europe has launched its first mission to the moon, using SMART-1, an unmanned probe.{{cite web|url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030928/wl_nm/space_europe_dc_6|title=Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines|work=Yahoo News|accessdate=17 October 2015}}
- Pope John Paul II names 30 new cardinals, including Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada. The Pope also created a 31st Cardinal in pectore, which means his identity is kept secret and he will not be made a Cardinal if the Pope dies before revealing his name.{{Cite web |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/111686.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204073451/http://www.iht.com/articles/111686.html |archive-date=2005-02-04 |url-status=dead }}
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