See also March 31, 2003 - April 2003 - April 2, 2003 March 31, 2003 In Japan, farm minister Tadamori Oshima resigns. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for April 2003. ... See also April 1, 2003 - April 2003 - April 3, 2003 A satelite photograph of smoke plumes in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq caused by oil wells lit on fire. ...

• Hong Kong movie and Cantopop star Leslie Cheung commits suicide at the age of 46.
• In Japan, The Postal Services Agency becomes Japan Post, a public corporation. [1]
• In Japan, Hyosuke Kujiraoka, a former vice speaker of the House of Representatives, dies in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. He was 87.
• Air Canada, the main airline company of Canada asks for bankruptcy protection.
• The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Grutter v. Bollinger, (regarding the University of Michigan Law Schools' affirmative action admissions policy), and Gratz and Hamacher v. Bollinger, (examining the university's undergraduate admissions policy.)
• Cubana de Aviacion AN-24 airplane on a flight from the Isle of Youth in Cuba to Havana with 46 passengers on board is hijacked and directed towards the United States. After refueling in Havana the plane flew to Key West, under escort by two US jet fighters. The plane landed safely in Key West. [2]
• Prisoner of war United States Army Private Jessica Lynch is rescued by U.S. forces from Nasiriya, Iraq (BBC News).
• Square and Enix, two Japanese video game companies, announce their merger into Square Enix.

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April Fool's Day hoaxes

• Alex McLeish, manager of Scotish football club Rangers announced the signing of seventeen year old Turkish player Yardis Alpolfo in a £5 million deal. The name is in fact an anagram of "April Fool's Day" but many news sources, including Reuters, reported the story. [3]