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August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01) (Friday)
  • A truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok in Southern Russia, near Chechnya, killing 41 and wounding at least 76. The Russian government blames the attack on Chechen separatists. A media spokesman for rebel political leader, Aslan Maskhadov, denied any connection with the incident.[1]
  • North Korea agrees to multilateral talks in its nuclear standoff with Japan, South Korea, Russia, The United States, and the People's Republic of China.[2]
  • The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health plans to propose an amendment to Finnish tobacco legislation which would make retail sales of tobacco products subject to a license.[3]
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  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2017-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Finland". Helsinki-hs.net. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
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