May 2003

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Thursday the 1st er May 2003

  • In France:
    • the trade-union processions of May 1st, with like first watchword “the defense of the retirements”, gather between 160  000 and 300  000 people.
    • the political annual procession of the Front National, in homage to work and with Jeanne d' Arc gathers between 8  000 and 12  000 people. Jean-Marie Le Pen declares: “ Between the world islamo-Moslem and the world américano-capitalist, France has a role to play, but for that it is necessary that she takes again conscience of itself ”.
  • With the regional elections and local British, the Labor of the Prime Minister Tony Blair undergoes a reverse with only 30% of the voices, 34% for the conservatives and 30% for the liberals.
  • the president George W. Bush, on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) carrying the banner “ Mission accomplished ”, announces the end of the “ major operations of engagements ”.
  • With Falloujah, close to Baghdad, seven navy is wounded by two grenades.
  • Seism of 6,4 in the Turkish province of Bingöl in the south-east of the Anatolia: 180 dead.
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Friday May 2nd 2003

  • a “charter Adriatic” is signed with Tirana, capital of the Albania, between the American Secretary of State Colin Powell and the representatives of the Albania, the Macedonia and the Croatia, in order to facilitate “euro-Atlantic integration” of these countries.
  • the governments Indian and Pakistan board announce the re-establishment of the diplomatic relations and the air links. The exchange of the ambassadors is made the 13 and the May 27th.
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Saturday May 3rd 2003

  • pontifical Visit of Jean-Paul II with Madrid, it meets 600  000 young people. 4, in front of a million faithful, canonization of five founders of religious orders, of which the father Pedro Poveda, shot by the republicans during the civil war.
  • the American Secretary of State Colin Powell, in visit with Damas, capital of the Syria, nap the president Bachar el-Assad to show by acts which it seized “new realities” of the Middle East.
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Sunday May 4th 2003

  • the vice-chancellor of the Mosquée of Paris becomes president of the French Conseil of the Muslim cult.
  • the capsule Soyuz brings back two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut of the International space station (ISS), in space since April 26th.
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Tuesday May 6th 2003

  • the American government names “sent presidential for Iraq” Paul Bremer, former expert of the “counter-terrorism” at the American State Department. It arrives on May 12th at its station.
  • the Israeli government formula fifteen objections with the “roadmap” of the four-bit byte, published on April 30th.
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Thursday May 8th 2003

  • a Avion of the type Iliouchine 76 has an accident in full flight above the Democratic republic of Congo, between Kinshasa and Lubumbashi: at least 200 people would have perished, aspired in the vacuum after the rupture of a backdoor of the apparatus. There would be forty survivors, but the figures remain badly known. The authorities do not seem to know how much people had embarked on board this apparatus.
  • the high-adviser of the new Iraqi ministry for Justice American Clint Williamson, announces “the emergence of a special court within the framework of the Iraqi system” to judge 55 people of the deposed mode.
  • Festivities for the birth of the crown prince to the Morocco Moulay Hassan.
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Friday May 9th 2003

  • 5th top of the Heads of States and governments of the Triangle of Weimar (France, Germany, Poland), with Wrocław in Poland. Support for the president Alexandre Kwasniewski and the Polish government for the victory of “yes” with the next referendum of adhesion of the Poland to the European Union.
  • In front of the Safety advice of the United Nations, the US governments and British, presents a draft Resolution envisaging the lifting of all the sanctions striking the Iraq since 1990, except for the embargo the weapons.
  • the president George W. Bush presents her global level for the the Middle East which envisages the establishment in the ten years of a Free exchange zone between the whole of the area and the the United States.
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Saturday May 10th 2003

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Monday May 12th 2003

  • In France, in the Business Alegre, the Patrice Alegre serial killer, condemned in February 2002, with the life imprisonment, is suspected of the murder of a prostitute in 1992. The investigators suspects it of being protected by Toulouse personalities (police officers, magistrates and politicians) in exchange of its services (supply of drug and prostitutes) for their sadomasochistic evenings.
  • Attack-suicide against an administrative building with Znamenskoe, the north of Grozny in Chetchnia: 59 dead. New attack the 14: 15 dead.
  • Three attack-suicide, by nine kamikazes, in the residential districts of Riyadh where resident of many Westerners. The day before the arrival of the American Secretary of State Colin Powell, these murder attempts are allotted to Al-Qaida and make 34 dead (including 8 American) more 9 kamikazes.
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Tuesday May 13rd 2003

  • In France, “national Day of defense of the retirements” which sees ravelling between 1 and 2 million demonstrators.
  • Release of 17 European hostages out of the 32 retained in the the Sahara since the months from February-March.
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Wednesday May 14th 2003

  • From May 14th to 25th, 56e Cannes festival, whose jury is chaired by the French realizer Patrice Chéreau. The gold palm is allotted to American film Elephant of Gus Van Sant.
  • Visit of the American Secretary of State Colin Powell in Moscow to discuss with the president Vladimir Poutine.
  • the surveys largely giving it beaten, the president Carlos Menem (24% of the voices), announces her withdrawal of the second turn of the presidential elections in Argentine. The candidate Nestor Kirchner, with 22% of the voices to the first turn, automatically is proclaimed elected and will take up duty on May 25th.
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Thursday May 15th 2003

  • In France, after one night of negotiation, the minister Francois Fillon ends up rejoining the CFDT and CGC with its reform project. New strikes and demonstrations May 19th and 25th.
  • In full general countryside anti-Frenchwoman of the American media, the Ambassadeur of France Jean-David Levitte protests in a letter with the US government against a “misinformation campaign which aims at tarnishing the image of France”.
  • Visit of the American Secretary of State Colin Powell in Berlin to discuss with the chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
  • the “envoy presidential in Iraq” Paul Bremer announces that its priority is “ to remove this country (...) of the baassists and the saddamists ”. As of the 16, decree prohibiting to the former executives Left Baath, the access to all “ decision-making jobs or responsibilities ”.
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Friday May 16th 2003

  • From May 16th to 18th, 17th congress of the PS French to Dijon (Coast-with Or). Resolution requiring the withdrawal of the reform project of the retirements and “Ferry measurements” on State education. The 22, François Holland are re-elected first secretary with 84,74% of the voices. 19 federations out of 102 pass to the opposition.
  • From May 16th to 17th, in Slovakia, referendum on adhesion with the European Union: 92,46% of yes (52,15% voters).
  • With Casablanca with the Morocco, five attack-suicide are made by 14 islamist Morrocans, of which 8 would belong to the islamist group prohibited Assirat Al-Moustaqim . Two Kamikaze S survived and are stopped.
    • the 17 and 18, about thirty arrests are made in the islamist mediums.
    • 19, the Minister of Interior Department confirms a “ connection with the international Terrorisme ”.
    • 25, great demonstration against terrorism.
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Saturday May 17th 2003

  • Meeting of the Ministers for Finance of the countries of G8, with Deauville.
    • the redefinition of the “dollar extremely” made the American secretary with the Treasury John Snow betrays how much the United States, whose economy flirte with deflation, decided to put this policy between brackets. Its definition of the policy of the strong dollar is not limited to the only value of the currency, but to the fact that it must be at the same time a good means of exchange, a good placement, something that people want to preserve and a currency reflecting fundamental supply and of currencies.
    • “ the United States clearly indicated that they would not make any effort to try to support the currency ”, estimated Robert Sinche , economist chief of the Citibank group.
    • “Snow was perfectly clearly, the policy of the strong dollar was given up and that will last as much as the American financial markets will not be obstructed by the prospect for a weaker dollar”, added John Lonski , economist chief in Moody' S Investors Services. John Snow endorsed a process amounting exporting in Europe inclinations of Déflation. “ a weaker dollar should make climb the prices with the the United States, but in Europe that will have the opposite effect ”,
    • For the moment, the risks for the US economy are, of the opinion of the analysts, rather limited, since the principal disadvantage of such a weakening of the currency would be a risk of inflation, which really does not threaten.
  • a couple of colonist Jews is seriously wounded with Hebron in the West Bank by 2 Palestinian.
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Sunday May 18th 2003

  • In France, within the framework of the Business Alegre, the former mayor of Toulouse, Dominique Baudis, current president of SCUMS, reveals that its name is quoted in the investigation, and denounces one “frightening machination”, which would be according to him related “to the mediums related to pornographic industry”.
    • the same day another prostitute confirms the remarks of the first.
    • 19, Dominique Baudis load her lawyer of the continuations in slandering.
    • the 22, the 2 women confirm their remarks in front of the judges, and a male prostitute, under the pseudonym of “Djamel” affirms that there were “deaths”.
  • legislative Elections in Belgium: Victoire of the liberals (49 seats) and the Socialists (48 seats), the greens which formed also part of the outgoing coalition breaks down (4 seats), the social Christians confirm their fall of 1999, progression in Flandres of populist identity of the Vlaams Blok (18 seats).
  • the pope Jean-Paul II, at the time of the mass of its 83 years, proceeds to four canonizations, in the presence of more 50  000 faithful.
  • Two attack-suicide in Jerusalem: one in a bus (7 killed passengers), the other close to a stopping of safety (only the kamikaze is killed). The Prime Minister Ariel Sharon defers his visit envisaged to Washington on May 20th.
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Monday May 19th 2003

  • Two attack-suicide; one in the Gaza Strip (of the Israeli soldiers are wounded) and the other with Afoula in the north of Israel (3 killed Israelis).
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Tuesday May 20th 2003

  • In France, hardening of the strike of the teachers with respect to the Reform towards a decentralization of the education, suggested by Luc Ferry and that of the retirements proposed by Francois Fillon.
  • the Central African Republic, by the voice of its new president (the general François Bozize), lance a “ call to the help ”: “ we have a vital need of assistance” and “ it is necessary to fly to the help of the Central African Republic before it is too late”.
  • the appreciation of the Euro vis-a-vis the Dollar divides the Fifteen. This day there, the European currency found and exceeded its level of launching on the worldwide markets, is 1 euro for 1,17 dollar. According to the “experts” the appreciation of the Euro seems disconnected from European economic reality and, of the blow, leads its economy.
  • Toyota announces the creation of 500 Valencian jobs to (France). Against all waitings, a study of Toyota shows that the factory of Valencians is most productive of the group, however established in countries with low costs of labor.
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Wednesday May 21st 2003

  • From May 21st to 24th, official visit of the Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, in Canada, from the point of view of the next top of G-8 in Evian.
  • In Paris, the president Jacques Chirac, the Foreign Ministers Dominique de Villepin, Joschka Fischer and Igor Ivanov, announces that the France, the Germany and the Russia, will vote the draft Resolution américano-British on the Iraq.
  • an earthquake of magnitude 7,5 shook with 18:44 GMT is of Algiers and the department close to Boumerdes in Algérie. Its epicentre was located between Thénia and Zemmouri and made more 2  200 died and 10  000 wounded, in particular in the department of Boumerdes and that of Algiers. Counterparts take place of the 26 to the 29. Many plunderings and assassinations occurred.
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Thursday May 22nd 2003

  • the Safety advice of the United Nations vote the resolution 1483, presented by the governments of the the United States and the the United Kingdom, which raises the sanctions against the Iraq, ratifies the takeover of the country, the exploitation as of its oil resources by the principal occupying power called “authority”) and associates UNO with the organization and the installation of a political process having to lead to elections and the formation of a government.
  • In Brussels in Belgium, opening of the lawsuit of 23 alleged members to belong to the terrorist network Al-Qaida and implied in the organization and the assassination of the Commander Massoud in Afghanistan, on September 9th, 2001.
  • From May 22nd to 23rd, with Warsaw, meeting behind closed doors of the representatives of about fifteen country, to organize the deployment of a “force of stabilization” between Baghdad and Al Basra.
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Friday May 23rd 2003

  • In France, death of the French actor Jean Yanne, at the 69 years age.
  • In Iraq:
    • Decree of the provisional administration of Paul Bremer, dismantling the army and the old Iraqi security services.
    • Brazilian the Sergio Vieira of Mello is named Special representative of UNO.
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Saturday May 24th 2003

  • From May 24th to 25th, national Days of the autism , 100  000 people are concerned in France.
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Sunday May 25th 2003

  • In France, demonstration gathering between 350  000 (police force) and 800  000 (trade unions) demonstrators of the Public service and the private Service with Paris against the projects of Misters Fillon and Ferry concerning the increase in the duration of the contributions retirements and the decentralization of the staff management of State education (except teachers).
  • With the municipal elections and regional in Spain, the Spanish Popular party of the Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar carries it in the majority of the big cities (with an absolute majority on Madrid). But for the first time for 10 years, the Socialists of PSOE have carried it of a short head of many voices.
  • From May 25th to 26th, local by-elections in Italy, at the time which the opposition of center-left regains ground, in particular by carrying the province of Rome.
  • the “Sunday newspaper” reveals that the chief of the Iraqi Republican guard and cousin of Saddam Hussein, Maher Soufiane Al-Tikriti , would have given the order to his troops not to defend Baghdad against the payment of very a money large sum by the Americans.
  • Israel-Palestine:
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Monday May 26th 2003

  • In France:
    • In the Business Alegre, the gendarmes say to detect an imposture and put the male prostitute “Djamel” as a police custody.
    • Whereas producers of pornographic industry rise against the charge. A message campaign of Net surfers is organized to defend the producers, as in 2002, when they had been threatened by the bill of Dominique Baudis and family associations, which aimed at prohibiting “the scenes of pornography and free violence”.
  • an earthquake of magnitude 6,7 took place with 18:24 local time (9h24 GMT) with broad of the large metropolis of Sendai to the Japan. The epicentre was located at 60 km under the surface of the ground. It was felt with Tōkyō where the scrape-sky wavered.
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Tuesday May 27th 2003

  • In France, within the framework of the Business Alegre, the prosecutor of Toulouse, announces that it is blamed in the business. It is replaced the 28.
  • Début of the development with the the United States of a polemic on the reality of the existence or not, in Iraq, of weapons of massive destruction.
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Wednesday May 28th 2003

  • In France, adoption in the Council of Ministers of the reform project of the retirements. The 29, the government decides the carryforward with the autumn of its reform project of the universities.
  • the Saoudi government announces the arrest of the presumed head of the three attack-suicides of May 12th which had made 43 died.
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Thursday May 29th 2003

  • In France, first manifestations of the altermondialists against the next top of G-8 with Evian-the-Baths in Haute-Savoie.
  • Visit with Al Basra in Iraq of British the Prime Minister Tony Blair.
  • Entretien enters the Israeli first minisitre Ariel Sharon and Palestinian the Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas.
  • 50e birthday of the first rise of the Everest
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Friday May 30th 2003

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Saturday May 31st 2003

  • a annular eclipse of sun was visible in the north-eastern quarter of the hexagon to a line the Small rock-Béziers in south-west. It was necessary to awake before five hours of the morning to be able to observe it.
  • Last commercial flight of Harmony under the colors of Air France.

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