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| Apr.2 |
 Afghanistan |
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UK marines arrive  Map of Bagram Afghanistan 110 Royal Marine commandos arrived at Bagram airbase. Total will be 1,700 commandos, engineers and support personnel
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| Apr.3 |
 Northern England |
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Liverpool defeats Bayer Leverkusen Liverpool has the only goal in a 1-0 Champions Cup quarterfinal victory. Panathinaikos defeated Barcelona 1-0
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| Apr.5 |
London |
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Crowds honour Queen Mother| 20,000 mourners are queuing to file past the coffin, following a funeral procession through central London | |
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 Texas |
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 Blair flies in with ceasefire agenda UK Prime Minister has arrived in the US for talks at President Bush's ranch
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| Apr.6 |
England |
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Bindaree wins Grand National Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Jim Culloty completed a memorable double
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Texas |
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US and UK demand Israel pullout Map of West Texas British Prime Minister Blair and US President Bush have called for a withdrawal from cities in the West Bank without delay
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Scotland |
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Celtic claim title Celtic 5-1 Livingston claiming Scottish Premier League
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| Apr.8 |
England |
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Nation prepares for final farewell| 200,000 people have solemnly filed past Queen Mother's coffin during her lying-in-state in Westminster Hall | |
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| Apr.9 |
London |
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Poignant farewell to Queen Mother Map of Westminster United Kingdom| The coffin has made its final journey from Westminster Abbey to Windsor where she will be laid to rest alongside George VI | |
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| Apr.14 |
London |
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 Marathon: record broken Moroccan-born American Khannouchi won the men's race with a time of 2:05:38. 32,000 people are taking part
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| Apr.17 |
Northern England |
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Owen becomes youngest captain Map of Liverpool United Kingdom 22-year-old striker scored a spectacular goal at the 1998 World Cup, helped Liverpool to 3 Cup trophies
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| Apr.24 |
England |
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Leverkusen earns 2-2 draw at Man Utd A late equalizer from substitute Neuville gave Bayer Leverkusen a draw in the Champions League first-leg semifinal
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| Apr.26 |
 Greece |
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Court convicts plane-spotters| 8 of the 14 accused of spying at a military airshow have been found guilty of espionage | |
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| Apr.29 |
England |
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Web petition in right-to-die case| A terminally ill woman has launched a Web site petition to change UK law on assisted suicide after losing a legal battle | |
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| Apr.30 |
 Germany |
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Leverkusen makes final over Man Utd Keane and Neuville scored for a 1-1 draw
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