Timeline November 2003

Events in November 2003 7

• 2003 Al Green releases I Can't Stop Back with Willie Mitchell A soul comeback with his old producer.
• 2003 Album "Body Language" released Genre-blending album exploring 1980s electro-funk Body Language, released in November 2003, moved away from the disco sound of Fever toward electro-funk and 1980s-inspired production, spawning the hit single "Slow." The album demonstrated her willingness to continually evolve her sound even at the peak of her commercial success.
• 2003 Declined OBE Publicly declined an OBE, writing in The Guardian that the honour reminded him of 'thousands of years of brutality' associated with the British Empire.
• 2003 Final Rugby World Cup campaign New Zealand fall to Australia in the semi-final in Sydney Lomu played in his third and final Rugby World Cup in Australia in 2003, but his form and impact were visibly diminished by his illness compared to 1995 and 1999. New Zealand were eliminated in the semi-final by host nation Australia, 22-10, at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney on 15 November 2003.
• 2003 Istanbul bombings Synagogues, British consulate and HSBC attacked Two pairs of truck bombings five days apart struck two synagogues, the British consulate and the local headquarters of HSBC in Istanbul, killing more than 50 people and wounding hundreds. A group linked to al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.
• 2003 Rose Revolution Protests force Shevardnadze from power in Georgia Weeks of protest over a disputed parliamentary election culminated in demonstrators, led by Mikheil Saakashvili, storming the Georgian parliament carrying roses. President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned the following day. Saakashvili won the presidency in January 2004 and pursued a pro-Western course.
• 2003 Rugby World Cup final England beat Australia with a last-minute drop goal England beat host nation Australia 20-17 in the final at Sydney, with Jonny Wilkinson kicking a drop goal in the last minute of extra time. It was England's first Rugby World Cup and the first won by a team from the northern hemisphere.