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See also July 31, 2003 - August 2003 - August 2, 2003 July 31, 2003 The Israeli parliament passed a law preventing Palestinians married to Israelis from gaining Israeli citizenship or residency rights. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for August, 2003. ... See also August 1, 2003 - August 2003 - August 3, 2003 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. David Kelly in the weeks before his suicide were foiled by a...

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. A media spokesman for rebel political leader, Aslan Maskhadov, denied any connection with the incident. [1]
North Korea agrees to multilateral talks in its nuclear standoff with Japan, South Korea, Russia, The United States, and the People's Republic of China. [2]
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health plans to propose an amendment to Finnish tobacco legislation which would make retail sales of tobacco products subject to a licence. [3]

Category: Days in 2003 A car bomb is a bomb that is placed in a car or truck and is intended to be exploded while there. ... Map of North Ossetia, Russia Mozdok (Russian: ÐœÐ¾Ð·Ð´Ð¾ÌÐº, Ossetian ÐœÃ¦Ð·Ð´Ã¦Ð³) is a town in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in southern Russia. ... Capital Grozny Area - total - % water 78th - 15,500 kmÂ² - negligible Population - Total - Density 49th - est. ... The Second Chechen War is part of an ongoing conflict in the Chechen Republic (Chechnya) and Russia. ... Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: ÐÑÐ»Ð°Ð½ ÐÐ»Ð¸ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐœÐ°ÑÑ…Ð°Ð´Ð¾Ð²) (September 21, 1951 â€“ March 8, 2005) was a leader of the separatist movement in the republic of Chechnya. ... North Korea has been attempting to obtain nuclear weapons since the late 1970s. ... Species N. glauca N. longiflora N. rustica N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005 Tobacco (, L.) refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America, or to the dried and cured leaves of such plants. ...