Portal:Current events/2003 May 12
- al Qaeda.
- A FSB headquarters in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, killing 59 and wounding some 200 more, in an apparent suicide attack. Official Russian sources blame the incident on Chechen separatist rebels. [1][2]
- biological weapons chief known as "Dr Germ", is taken into custody. She is not on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis because she has been out of power for several years.[3]
- UK cabinet, saying that Tony Blair had reneged on promises about the role of the United Nations in the future of Iraq. Her successor as International Development Secretary, the Baroness Amos, is the UK's first black woman cabinet minister.
- The Today Show co-host Katie Couric replaces Jay Leno as a substitute host on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Leno replaced Couric on The Today Show, hosting alongside Matt Lauer.
- ^ "Russian Compound Bombed in Chechnya". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Many killed in Chechen blast". BBC News. May 12, 2003.
- ^ "US forces arrest Iraq's 'Dr Germ'". The Guardian. London. May 12, 2003.