The December 18, 2003 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 351 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 22 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, December 18, 2025, 199 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, December 18, 2026, in 165 days. You have lived for 8,235 days, or about 197,644 hours, or about 11,858,679 minutes, or about 711,520,740 seconds.
Date: 19 December 2003
By Nazila Fathi (NYT)
Nazila NYT
Islamic Republic News Agency reports that Iran has signed agreement with United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency to allow surprise inspections at nuclear sites (S)
Date: 18 December 2003
By Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder
Adam Nagourney
The New York Times/CBS News Poll finds Americans remain as polarized as they were in 2000 election, but are also, Democrats included, largely unmoved by any of nine Democratsseeking to unseat Pres Bush (M)
Date: 18 December 2003
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
The New York Times reporters Jeff Gerth and James Risen will give depositions in lawsuit filed against federal government by Wen Ho Lee, Los Alamos nuclear scientist suspected of espionage in 1999; Lee charges privacy violations in leaks of his personal information; Federal court orders depositions by other journalists as well (M)
Date: 18 December 2003
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Patrick Hagerty, associate publisher at Newsweek magazine, is promoted to US publisher; Kirt Danner is named vice president and marketing director at RPA ad agency (S)
Date: 18 December 2003
By Alison Leigh Cowan and Marc Santora
Alison Cowan
John G Rowland vows to fight to keep job as governor of Connecticut despite admissions of ethical misconduct; speech laced with references to God and faith asks voters to keep in mind 'good of nine years versus the bad'; his wife, Patricia, recites parody of Night Before Christmas that rebukes media for coverage of Rowland's misconduct and widening federal probe; photo (M)
Date: 18 December 2003
By David Rohde (NYT)
David NYT
Two Express magazine journalists from France, who were allegedly visiting Quetta (Pakistan) without appropriate visas and taking pictures of prohibited areas, are arrested and could face up to three years in prison; Pakistan has been accused of allowing Taliban insurgents to use Quetta as base for planning (S)
Date: 18 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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Date: 19 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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Date: 18 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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Date: 18 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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