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Encyclopedia > January 5, 2003

January 5, 2003

  • The flood in Germany turns out to be less severe than expected in the last few days. Exception is Wertheim, where a 100-year-high is expected.
  • Terrorist incident: A double suicide bombing shatters a busy area of Tel Aviv, Israel. 23 people are killed and about 100 are wounded. Both the Islamic Jihad and Hamas claim to be responsible for the double bombing.
January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Flood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ... Wertheim is the name of a German town, located at the river Main, see Wertheim am Main Burg Wertheim is the name of a castle nearby the town Wertheim Wertheim is the name of some German department stores, the Wertheim group was founded by Georg Wertheim Kreuzwertheim is a market... The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered terrorism. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... The emblem of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad shows a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) superimposed on the images of the Dome of the Rock, two fists and two rifles. ... The Hamas emblem shows two crossed swords, the Dome of the Rock, and a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). ...


 

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