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Three leading airlines--Continental Airways, American Airlines and US Airways--increase nearly all their fares by $10 each way; move, most significant attempt at fare increase since last summer, is effort to establish pricing power as fares have hit record lows; Continental says increase is necessary to help offset 'dramatically higher' fuel expenses (M)
New York Rangers defeat Pittsburgh Penguins, 1-0; photos (M)
Kirk Gorman is ousted as chief financial officer of Univeral Health Services after company's auditor, KPMG, demands his removal as condition for its certification of company's financial statements; Gorman, who is not accountant, pressed KPMG for formal acknowledgment of his reliance on its expertise in attesting to accuracy of results he was asked to sign, apparently causing KPMG to question whether he had requisite knowledge for job; dismissal outrages some analysts and prompts 16.6 percent decline in company's share price; Alan B Miller, chief executive, says company had no choice; photo (M)
Stocks Rally as Inspectors Ask for More Time in Iraq Stocks rallied, sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to its biggest gain in almost six weeks, as United Nations weapons inspectors pressed for more time to work in Iraq. The S.& P. 500 rose 17.52 points, or 2.1 percent, to 834.89, its largest gain since Jan. 6. The Dow Jones industrial average added 158.93 points, or 2.1 percent, to 7,908.80. The Nasdaq composite index climbed 32.73 points, or 2.6 percent, to 1,310.17. [Page C4.]
Patrick E Tyler analysis of timing of US military strike against Iraq in light of French suggestion that United Nations Security Council give arms inspectors month more before convening again on March 14; notes that while some American military officials favor moonless nights of early March as time to begin bombing campaign, others believe that beginning of combat operations could slide to middle or latter part of month; says attempt to win support of France and other Security Council members may thus be worth the extra time (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 12, 2003, covering February 15, 2003.
Dixie Chicks
Norah Jones
Zwan
Avril Lavigne
Jennifer Lopez
2003Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million and 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.[†]
On 15 February 2003, a coordinated day of protests was held across the world in which people in more than 600 cities expressed opposition to the imminent Iraq War. It was part of a series of protests and political events that had begun in 2002 and continued as the invasion, war, and occupation took place. The day was described by social movement researchers as "the largest protest event in human history".
In 2003, the world population was approximately 6,420,361,634 people[†]