October 13, 2003 (Monday)
- 2003 occupation of Iraq: New draft resolution being circulated at the United Nations aims at getting international aid. The resolution sets a deadline for initial steps, if only for a transitional step, toward restoring Iraqi sovereignty, giving the Iraqi Governing Council until December 15 to develop a timetable for writing a constitution and holding elections. The Bush administration proposes that the United Nations recognize the Iraqi Governing Council as a unit that "will embody the sovereignty" of Iraq until the country returns to self-rule.[1][2]
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israeli incursion leaves 1,240 Palestinians homeless, UN agency finds. The Israeli demolition of refugee shelters in Rafah camp on the southern Gaza Strip last week has left 1,240 people homeless, United Nations relief workers state.[3]
- The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, have begun talks in Downing Street on a possible restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland.[4]
- 2003 occupation of Iraq: Three more US soldiers have been killed in separate incidents.[5]
- The Public Library of Science commences publication of an open-access scientific journal, PLoS Biology and its website is immediately overwhelmed by traffic.[6]
- ↑ Archived February 5, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Seeking Support at U.N., Bush Offers Concession on Iraq - NYTimes.com
- ↑ "United Nations News Centre". UN News Service Section. 13 October 2003. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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- ↑ "Three U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq". Fox News. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Traffic overwhelms new online science journal". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 22 December 2015.