Mars Express lifts off

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• Tuesday June 3, 2003
• Coronation anniversary stamps released
• Oil spill in Sweden
• Christopher Columbus' resting place to be confirmed
• Jean-Pierre Serre awarded first ever Abel prize
• Anti-ETA demonstrators in Spain
• Mars Express lifts off
• Preparations for the 2004 Olympics
• 700th anniversary of the birth of St Brigid
• China begins filling Three Gorges dam project reservoir
• Monday June 2, 2003
• Italian air force flies over Rome
• G8 summit in France
• Charlie's Angels hit Japan
• Prince Michael of Kent drives Bentley into St Petersburg
• Richard Gere visits Israel
• River pollution in India
• Anniversary of the Queen's coronation
• Montoya wins Monaco Grand Prix
• Hair-raising dinner in Australia
• Friday May 30, 2003
• Queen Rania takes part in charity race
• Concorde makes last flight
• St Petersburg anniversary celebrations continue
• Severe drought in India
• Sea lions invade dock in Monterey
• Guatemalan twin diagnosed with meningitis
• Preliminary competition for Miss Universe
• European Synchronised Swimming Cup
• Thursday May 29, 2003
• Tony Blair arrives in Iraq
• AC Milan win Champions League in Manchester
• Tracy Shaw goes off her trolley at Kwik Save
• Rachel Stevens at sexiest women awards
• Bob Hope birthday celebrations underway
• Chanel Art Exhibition opens in London
• Robbie Williams arrives back in UK
• Unlikely friends snuggle up in India
• Wednesday May 28, 2003
• Helicopter crashes during Everest celebrations

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