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| Jul.1 |
Washington |
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Americans face July 4 warning |
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Afghanistan |
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U.S. bomb hits wedding party At least 20 people were killed and more than 60 injured when a plane dropped a bomb as celebrants fired into the air | |
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North Korea |
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N Korea blames U.S. for clash |
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Afghanistan |
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Probe into wedding party bombing |
| Jul.2 |
Australia |
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Balloonist Fossett clinches global record
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Washington |
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U.S. calls off talks with N. Korea |
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Washington |
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Bush offers condolences to Afghans |
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Texas |
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Doctors deciding fate of conjoined twins |
| Jul.3 |
UN Tribunal |
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Deadline looms for war court deal |
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Australia |
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Winds keep balloonist aloft |
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USA |
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Air patrols to guard U.S. on Fourth |
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Florida |
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Saddam Hussein's Stepson Arrested
| Jul.4 |
USA |
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U.S. celebrates first Fourth after 9/11
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Southern California |
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LA airport shooting kills 3 The airline guard returned fire and the gunman was killed near the ticket office of the Israeli airline El Al
| Jul.5 |
Southern California |
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L.A. airport gunman was Egyptian
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Florida |
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Ted Williams dead at 83 |
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Washington |
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Iraq invasion report |
| Jul.6 |
London |
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Serena takes Wimbledon title Serena Williams beat big sister Venus in straight sets 7-6 (4), 6-3 for her first Wimbledon championship and 3rd major title
| Jul.8 |
U.S. Congress |
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Bush wants new laws on corporate abuse Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers and ex-CFO Scott Sullivan take Fifth on Capitol Hill | |
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Tehran |
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American convicted for teaching dance |
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USA |
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$36 million AIDS vaccine trial
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Washington |
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Bush: Will use all means to oust Hussein |
| Jul.9 |
Washington |
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Bush called for integrity in corporations
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California |
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Videotaped police beating |
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USA |
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All-Star Game ended in tie |
| Jul.10 |
New York |
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Dow plunges below 9,000 The Dow Jones index has lost more than 3% as investors failed to recover their nerve after a string of corporate scandals
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FBI |
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FBI: Hijackers duped banks |
| Jul.11 |
House of Representatives |
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House votes to allow guns in cockpit |
| Jul.12 |
Spain |
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Clinton and Mandela rally AIDS fight |
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Washington |
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Arafat sent letter to Powell
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UN Security Council |
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U.S. peacekeepers exempted Security Council voted to exempt U.S. peacekeepers from prosecution by an international war crimes court for one year
| Jul.13 |
Washington |
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Pentagon warns of China threat
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European Union |
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Europe edgy on U.S. war court deal |
| Jul.14 |
Kurdistan |
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US rules out Kurdish state |
| Jul.15 |
Washington |
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Taliban John Pleads Guilty to 2 Charges John Walker Lindh pleaded guilty in a surprise deal that will spare him from spending the rest of his life in prison
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New York |
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Dow drop 400 and rebound Fears over corporate scandals and poor profits caused Dow dropped more than 400 points, nearly 5%, before rebounding
| Jul.16 |
Manhattan |
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Ground Zero plans unveiled
The first plans for redeveloping the site where the World Trade Center stood have been made public
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New York |
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Greenspan wants crackdown on CEOs |
| Jul.17 |
House of Representatives |
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Congress damns intelligence agencies The Congress has released a damning report listing serious failings by CIA, FBI and NSA before last September's terror attacks
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Iraq |
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Defiant Saddam spurns U.S. threats President Hussein has mocked attempts to end his grip on power. He said the U.S. never be able to bring his government down
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Washington |
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Bush condemns suicide attack in Tel Aviv |
| Jul.18 |
France |
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Armstrong win mountain |
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Washington |
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Moussaoui guilty plea rejected Judge Brinkema wanted to give him more time to consider his decision to enter the guilty plea
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Afghanistan |
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U.S. breaks up Afghan firefight |
| Jul.19 |
California |
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Police Make Arrest in Killing of 5-year-old Police arrested Alejandro Avila, 27, in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Samantha Runnion
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Alaska |
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Glaciers melting at higher rate |
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New York |
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Dow down 4.6% to 8,019 Profits fears at hi-tech and telecoms firms and a criminal investigation at drug firm Johnson & Johnson rattled nerves
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Kansas |
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Anti-missile plane makes first test flight |
| Jul.20 |
China |
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Anger over U.S. sanctions |
| Jul.21 |
USA |
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US condemned for Afghan blunders |
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New York |
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Public pans WTC plans |
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New York |
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WorldCom files largest bankruptcy ever Nation's No. 2 long-distance company in Chapter 11, largest with $107 billion in assets, after it improperly booked $3.9 billion
| Jul.22 |
UN |
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U.S. to withhold family planning funds
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Afghanistan |
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U.S. called in to help guard Afghan head
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Afghanistan |
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Pentagon refutes wedding bomb report
| Jul.23 |
Florida |
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4 arrested for stealing moon rocks
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Washington |
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Indictments against Abu Sayyaf members
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USA |
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Enron scandal hits US banks Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase stand accused by US congressional investigators of helping Enron hide billions in debt
| Jul.24 |
USA |
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Hunt for bin Laden goes online
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New York |
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Dow saw its second-biggest gain ever Dow Jones index added 488.95 points to 8,191.29. The buying was spurred by the arrest of offenders in Adelphia scandal | |
| Jul.25 |
Washington |
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Concern over weapons' use sold to Israel
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Washington |
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House gives Traficant the boot
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Washington |
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Moussaoui drops guilty plea Man charged over the 11 September terror attacks has withdrawn a guilty plea - shortly after making it
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Pennsylvania |
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Rescuers drill to reach trapped miners
| Jul.26 |
USA |
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Navy joins in as new drilling starts
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Cuba |
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Castro to Wall Street: I told you so
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Afghanistan |
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Pentagon denies report of U.S. casualties
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Washington |
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US to host anti-Saddam talks The Bush administration has invited six Iraqi opposition groups
| Jul.27 |
France |
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Armstrong wins time trial |
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USA |
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Rescuers near trapped miners
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Pennsylvania |
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All 9 pulled alive from mine
Map of Quecreek Pennsylvania One by one, miners, their faces blackened with dust, were pulled from a flooded coal mine after being trapped for 3 days | |
| Jul.28 |
Paris |
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Armstrong wins 4th Tour de France The Texan is claiming one of his biggest and smoothest victories to date in the grueling 3-week event | |
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Thailand |
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Powell arrived Secretary of State is making a 9-country Asia tour focussing on reducing tensions between India and Pakistan
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Pennsylvania |
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Teamwork helped miners survive
| Jul.29 |
Washington |
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6 critically injured in train derailment
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Philippines |
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1,300 U.S. troops begin pull-out
| Jul.30 |
Washington |
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Bush signs bill to stop 'book cooking'
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Ohio |
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Congressman Traficant jailed
| Jul.31 |
U.S. Senate |
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Senat debates Iraq war fears The Foreign Relations Committee is examining the possible danger Baghdad poses to US troops and war plans
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U.S. Senate |
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Defector: Iraq could have nukes by 2005