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2001 |
| Aug.3 |
Argentina |
IMF to accelerate $1.2 billion loan |
| Sep.12 |
New York |
Insurers face claims up to $15bn |
| Oct.3 |
Washington |
Bush package to boost economy |
| Dec.19 |
Argentina |
Argentina plunges into turmoil |
| Dec.23 |
Argentina |
Debt payments suspended |
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2001 |
| Aug.24 |
Paris |
French Concorde makes test flight |
| Nov.7 |
Paris |
Concorde back in business
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2001 |
| Dec.19 |
Argentina |
Argentina plunges into turmoil |
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2001 |
| Nov.10 |
Qatar |
China joins WTO Trade ministers have unanimously approved China's entry after 15 years of negotiations
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2001 |
| Aug.7 |
Washington |
Human cloning conference |
| Nov.25 |
Boston |
Human embryo clone created
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2001 |
| Mar.20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
World's biggest oil rig sinks |
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2001 |
| Jan.3 |
Washington |
Fed cut rate, stocks up |
| Apr.18 |
New York |
Fed cuts rates, markets rally |
| Apr.21 |
Microsoft |
Gates toppled as world's richest |
| Sep.17 |
New York |
Wall Street reopens, Stocks plummet Dow Jones was down by 600 points or 6% and the Nasdaq by 5%. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% to 3% | |
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2001 |
| Jul.26 |
England |
Beatle Paul to remarry
| Nov.17 |
USA |
Harry Potter sets box office record |
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2001 |
| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV
| Apr.3 |
Moscow |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV
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2001 |
| Aug.20 |
Japan |
Fujitsu to cut workforce by 16,400 |
| Aug.28 |
Japan |
Jobless rate hits record 5% |
| Sep.18 |
Seattle |
Boeing slashing up to 30,000 jobs |
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2001 |
| Dec.2 |
Texas |
Enron in bankruptcy filing Energy-trading company filed for Chapter 11 protection | |
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2001 |
| Oct.23 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
iPod: New digital music player
| Oct.25 |
Microsoft |
Windows XP hits the streets |
| Nov.2 |
Washington |
Microsoft reaches anti-trust deal
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2001 |
| Mar.20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
World's biggest oil rig sinks |