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April 15, 2003 (Tuesday)

Abu Abbas captured by United States forces in Iraq.^[1]
Parliament of Finland elects Anneli Jäätteenmäki as the nation's first woman Prime Minister.^[2]
In New York, Omar Portee, founder and leader of the United Blood Nation, receives a sentence of 50 years in jail. He had been convicted in August of racketeering, murder conspiracy, credit card fraud and drug selling.^[3]
10 Iraqis are reported killed and 16 injured in the city of Mosul. Marines insist they were fired at, survivors say demonstrators only threw stones.^[4]

^ "U.S. captures mastermind of Achille Lauro hijacking - Apr. 16, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
^ "Europe | Finnish female duo in top jobs". BBC News. 2003-04-15. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-20. Retrieved 2019-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-07-03. Retrieved 2017-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] "U.S. captures mastermind of Achille Lauro hijacking - Apr. 16, 2003". CNN.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

[2] "Europe | Finnish female duo in top jobs". BBC News. 2003-04-15. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-20. Retrieved 2019-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-07-03. Retrieved 2017-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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 * [[Abu Abbas]] captured by United States forces in [[Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news|author= |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/15/sprj.irq.abbas.arrested/index.html |title=U.S. captures mastermind of Achille Lauro hijacking - Apr. 16, 2003 |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=2015-09-26}}</ref>
 * Parliament of Finland elects [[Anneli Jäätteenmäki]] as the nation's first woman [[List of Prime Ministers of Finland|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2949423.stm |title=Europe &#124; Finnish female duo in top jobs |publisher=BBC News |date=2003-04-15 |accessdate=2015-09-26}}</ref>
 * In [[New York City|New York]], [[Omar Portee]], founder and leader of the [[United Blood Nation]], receives a sentence of 50 years in jail. He had been convicted in August of [[racketeering]], [[murder conspiracy]], [[credit card fraud]] and [[drug dealing|drug selling]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=%2Fap%2F20030415%2Fap_on_re_us%2Fbloods_gang_2 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220052321/http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=%2Fap%2F20030415%2Fap_on_re_us%2Fbloods_gang_2 |archive-date=2005-02-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 * 10 Iraqis are reported killed and 16 injured in the city of [[Mosul]]. Marines insist they were fired at, survivors say demonstrators only threw stones.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=34947&section=NEWS&subsection=AMERICA_AT_WAR&year=2003&month=4&day=16 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030703174616/http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=34947&section=NEWS&subsection=AMERICA_AT_WAR&year=2003&month=4&day=16 |archive-date=2003-07-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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