- December 13, 2003
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December 13 ,2003 =* was a
Saturday
*Saddam Hussein is captured and arrested by U.S. forces inTikrit ,Iraq .
*Spain has announced an agreement withMorocco to proceed with plans to build a railtunnel beneath theStrait of Gibraltar , linking Europe and Africa. Assuming the project is technically and financially feasible, digging would start in2008 . [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=421709§ion=news] , [http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1107136,00.html]
* At theEU summit,EU Commissioner Chris Patten describes theUnited States ' method of awarding contracts for the rebuilding ofIraq as politically "maladroit". [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/13/1071125715026.html]
* TheEuropean Union fails to reach agreement on a new constitution. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3315447.stm]
*Opera tic singer (tenor )Luciano Pavarotti marries his partner and producer Nicoletta Mantovani at a ceremony in NorthernItaly . [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1009496.htm] [http://newsobserver.com/24hour/entertainment/story/1086978p-7593243c.html]
*California legislators approveArnold Schwarzenegger 's $15 billion bond issue. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3312341.stm]
*Chad 's government signs acease-fire with the rebelMovement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT) inBurkina Faso . [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031214/ap_on_re_af/chad_cease_fire] [http://www.irinnews.org/Report.asp?ReportID=38409]
* Wanderley Carlos Stringhini, retired partner of Ernst Young, dies at age 51, of suicide. During his life, he was partly responsible for the founding ofErnst Young offices inCuritiba ,Blumenau , andPorto Alegre .
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