Portal:Current events/2003 October 17

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October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17) (Friday)
  • Bolivian Gas War
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  • Occupation of Iraq: Four US troops and at least two police officers are killed in an ambush in Karbala and another incident in Iraq.[1]
  • China's economy grows at 9% in the latest period, on course to become the largest economy in the world by 2050.[2]
  • A 197 ft (60 m) spire is inserted on Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, unseating Malaysia's Petronas Towers as the world's tallest building.[3]
  1. ^ "BBC NEWS - Middle East - US combat deaths pass 100". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "BBC NEWS - Business - China's growth races ahead". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. ^ [1] [dead link]
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