Editing 2003 (section)

==Events==
*February 3 - Actress Lana Clarkson is [[murder]]ed by [[Phil Spector]] at Spector's mansion in Alhambra, California.
*February 15-16 - [[Leonardo Notarbartolo]], [[Speedy|and]] [[The Monster|four]] [[The Genius|men]] [[The King of Keys|led]] by the latter, robs Antwerp Diamond Centre. only 4 were arrested except for the King of Keys.
*February 23 - Beginning of the [[Darfur Genocide]].
*February 24 - The [[Bogoro Massacre]] takes place.
*March 1 - [[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]] is captured in Rawalpindi, Pakistan by the CIA and the Pakistani ISI.
*March 3 - [[Sam Bockarie]] is indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone for [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]].
*March 12 - Elizabeth Smart is recovered safely after a year in captivity. Her captors, [[Brian David Mitchell]] and [[Wanda Barzee]], are taken into custody.
*March 14 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is elected Prime Minister of Turkey.
*March 15 - [[Ange-Félix Patassé]] is deposed as the President of the Central African Republic by General [[François Bozizé]], who declares himself president.
*March 18 to 20 - [[Fidel Castro]] launches a crackdown on the Cuban dissident movement, resulting in the imprisonment of 75 people, including 29 journalists.
*March 20 - The United States invades Iraq to overthrow the [[Ba'ath Party|Ba'athist]] regime of [[Saddam Hussein]], beginning the [[Iraq War]].
*April 3 - Kidnapper and serial rapist [[John Jamelske]] is apprehended while taking one of his captives on a public outing.
*April 21 - 17-year-old Amanda Berry is [[Kidnapping|kidnapped]] by [[Ariel Castro]] after leaving her job at a Burger King at West 110th Street and Lorain Avenue in Cleveland.
*April 30 - [[Hamas]] member [[Asif Hanif]] carries out a [[Suicide Bombing|suicide bombing]] at Mike's Place in Tel Aviv, killing 3 and injuring over 50.
*July 18 - End of the Second Congo War.
*August 11 - [[Charles Taylor]] resigns as President of Liberia after being indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He subsequently flees into [[exile]] in Nigeria.
*August 18 - End of the Second Liberian Civil War.
*August 18 - Andrew Turner was killed by his [[Shirley Turner|Mother]] as in a murder suicide. 
*September 11 - [[Farzana Ahmed and Iftikhar Ahmed|Murder of Shafilea Ahmed]] 
*September 24 - [[John McLaughlin]] shoots up his high school, killing Seth David Bartell and Aaron Michael Rollins.
*October 31 - [[Heydar Aliyev]] steps down as President of Azerbaijan, appointing his son [[Ilham Aliyev|Ilham]] as his successor.
*October 31 - [[Mahathir Mohamad]] steps down as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
*December 7 - [[Arnoldo Alemán]] is found guilty of [[money laundering]], corruption, and embezzlement, and is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
*December 10 - [[Thomas Whitaker|Thomas Bartlett Whitaker]], sends in [[Chris Brashear|two]] [[Steven Champagne|men]] to kill his family, only Kevin Whitaker and Patricia Whitaker were killed, while the father survived.
*December 13 - Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. Special Forces in his hometown of Tikrit, Iraq.
*Unknown - [[Jundallah]] is founded by [[Abdolmalek Rigi]].