June 3, 2003

A British Parliamentary committee announces it will hold an inquiry into the government's decision to go to war with Iraq.
Israel frees about 100 Palestinian prisoners before the Mideast peace summit with President George W. Bush in a sign of goodwill.
President George W. Bush meets with Arab leaders, and says that their summit is making progress on the US-backed "road-map" to Israeli-Palestinian peace. The Arab leaders announce their support for the "road map" and promise to work on cutting off funding to "terrorist groups".
Mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre is awarded the first Abel Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic wins the Miss Universe contest in Panama City, Panama. She is the first Miss Universe from the Dominican Republic.
Sammy Sosa of baseball's Chicago Cubs is ejected from a game after he is found to have used a corked bat. The Cubs went on to beat the Devil Rays, 3 to 2. Major League Baseball Officials confiscated 76 of Sosa's spare bats after his ejection, and all were found to be clean, with no cork.