Portal:Current events/2003 January 7

January 7, 2003 (Tuesday)

Jon Johansen was acquitted of all charges in the Norwegian DeCSS trial, in an important test case for copyright law.
Kobe Bryant breaks NBA record for most 3-point field goals in a single game.
War on Terrorism: British police announced details of the discovery of traces of the toxin ricin in a flat in Wood Green in North London in the wake of the arrest of six terrorist suspects. The timing of this news coincided with a major speech by Prime Minister Tony Blair dealing with the threat of terrorism and Britain's relationship with the U.S.A.
British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon announced details of the call-up of reservists in the military build-up calculated to increase pressure on Iraq.
French President Jacques Chirac, in a New Year's message to French forces, stated that French forces should be prepare to be activated if the United Nations decides on military action in Iraq.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee told an educational conference in Mumbai: "Our scientists are now talking of going to the Moon."
Astronomers at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton have found the most distant extrasolar planet, OGLE-TR-56b, by a new technique of observing the intensity of light as a planet transits its sun, rather than by gravitational perturbation.