March 12, 2003

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March 12, 2003

Elizabeth Smart is found alive, nine months after her disappearance.

Lech Wałęsa , 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner, urges the UN Security Council to back the US led War On Iraq .

Zoran Đinđić , Prime Minister of Serbia , is assassinated.

Vicente Fox , president of Mexico , undergoes emergency back surgery for a Herniated Disc .

The CAC 40 Paris Index Of Stock Exchange hits a five year low, closing at 2.403,04.

The DAX 30 index of Frankfurt stock exchange hits an eight year low, closing at 2.202,96.

The Nikkei Stock Average of Tokyo Stock Exchange hits a 20-year low, closing at 7,862.43.

An Indonesia n court convicts Brig.-Gen. Noer Moeis of crimes against humanity and sentences him to five years in prison for failing to prevent massacres in East Timor . {Link without Title}

The European Court Of Human Rights rules that the Turkish trial of Kurd ish leader Abdullah Öcalan was not fair.