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 Berlin |
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Germany's first gay couple wed| Angelika and Gudrun Pannier made Germany's first legal homosexual union | |
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England |
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Queen Mother in hospital |
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Northern Ireland |
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Car bomb defused |
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| Aug.2 |
England |
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Australia shot out England for 185 |
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 London |
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6 injured in explosion| A suspected car bomb went off 100 yards from the Ealing Broadway station. Police blamed Northern Irish group | |
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Northern Italy |
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G8 police chiefs lose jobs
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Netherlands |
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2 dead in blast
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| Aug.3 |
Northern Ireland |
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Parties denounce UK bomb Both sides in Northern Ireland have condemned a car bomb in London
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England |
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England paceman stops Australia |
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Sicily |
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Etna ash closes airport
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Poland |
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EU offers Poland flood aid
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| Aug.4 |
England |
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Australia beats England by 7 wickets |
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| Aug.5 |
 Macedonia |
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Solana arrives for peace drive EU foreign policy chief was accompanied by Ukrainian Foreign Minister
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England |
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Skipper Waugh injured |
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| Aug.6 |
Basque |
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Police attacked in Basque country
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Northern Ireland |
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IRA makes dramatic weapons move
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Sicily |
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Etna eruption visible from space
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| Aug.7 |
Northern Ireland |
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Trimble demands more from IRA
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Romania |
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Mine blast kills 13
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| Aug.8 |
Canada |
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Szabo won 1,500 meters |
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Naples |
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Police admit G8 brutality
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England |
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2 die in power station blast
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| Aug.9 |
 Northern Italy |
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Bomb blast rocks Venice No one was seriously injured in the blast in the boiler room of the courthouse
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Northern Ireland |
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Trimble rejects IRA arms statement
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Canada |
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Riedel wins fifth discus title |
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| Aug.13 |
Northern Ireland |
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3 injured in Belfast blast
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| Aug.14 |
Northern Ireland |
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IRA retracts arms offer The Irish Republican Army withdraws offer to put its weapons beyond use
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United Kingdom |
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Man arrested in hacking case
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| Aug.15 |
England |
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Air chiefs push for Concorde return
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| Aug.16 |
London |
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Diana butler charged with theft| Paul Burrell has been charged with 3 counts of theft of 342 items belonging to Princess of Wales | |
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Germany |
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32 U.S. paratroopers injured Training exercise involved a large-scale parachute jump
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| Aug.17 |
France |
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Top Corsican nationalist killed
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Northern Ireland |
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Police reform plan
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| Aug.18 |
Spain |
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Resort rocked by blast
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| Aug.19 |
Hungary |
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Schumacher wins Grand Prix |
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| Aug.20 |
Basque |
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Bomb in toy kills woman
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United Kingdom |
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Woman fights for right to die
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Northern Ireland |
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Police plan gets Catholic backing
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England |
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England defeats Aussies by 6 wickets |
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| Aug.21 |
Northern Ireland |
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Protestants miss reform deadline
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Colombia |
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Colombia charges IRA members
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Northern England |
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Liverpool, Barca qualified |
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| Aug.22 |
Basque |
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Car bomb found in ETA swoop
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Scotland |
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Celtic in Champions League. Ajax out |
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| Aug.23 |
Scotland |
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Lockerbie bomber granted appeal
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Spain |
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9 immigrants drown
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| Aug.24 |
 Paris |
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French Concorde makes test flight| Concorde took off from Paris and flew out over the Atlantic to verify technical systems | |
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 Barcelona |
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6 ETA suspects seized Police seized a large quantity of explosives when making the arrests near Barcelona
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 Portugal |
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9 hurt in emergency landing 
The Air Transat Airbus 330 flying from Toronto to Lisbon made an emergency landing in Azores Islands
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England |
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Australia in control at The Oval |
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England |
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New foot-and-mouth case
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| Aug.25 |
England |
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Warne joins 400 club |
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| Aug.26 |
England |
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Rain delays Aussie push |
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France |
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Balloon disaster kills 6 Minutes after taking off balloon hit a power line and burst into flames
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| Aug.27 |
Macedonia |
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British soldier killed Ian Collins killed by youths who throw the lump of concrete. Rebels begin arms surrender
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Madrid |
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Car bomb at Madrid airport Man on behalf of ETA had phoned an hour before the explosion
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England |
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Australia retains the Ashes| Australians wins 4-1. Warne took a match-haul of 11-229 | |
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France |
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GM protest 2 cornfields was destroyed by protestors led by the Peasants Confederation
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London |
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Diana fund to help dying patients A charity is launching a $7.5 million initiative to help ease the suffering of the dying in the Third World
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| Aug.28 |
Barcelona |
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More ETA suspects arrested 3 suspects, 2 men and a woman, were arrested in Barcelona
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France |
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Jospin outlines economic battle Restrictions on the national working week will be curbed to boost the economy
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| Aug.29 |
Spain |
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3 killed in plane crash 27 injured after CN-235 twin-engine passenger aircraft crash-landed. 17 escaped unharmed
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| Aug.30 |
European Union |
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Euro officially launched European Central Bank says euro will unify Europe
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France |
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Refugees attempt Channel walk 44 asylum seekers walked 7 miles along the Channel Tunnel. They were escorted back to France
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| Aug.31 |
England |
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Army fights foot-and-mouth Soldiers are trying to stop the spread of disease after 3 new cases were confirmed
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Main Event: 6 injured in explosion
French Concorde makes test flight
