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Gunman-businessman surrenders| Businessman who had threatened to blow himself up was demanding compensation for a television report | |
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| Jan.7 |
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 Kosovo uranium sites probed Portuguese scientists are examining uranium sites suspected of causing Balkan Syndrome
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| Jan.14 |
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President re-elected| Jorge Sampaio of the ruling Socialist Party was re-elected for a 2nd 5-year term | |
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| Jan.22 |
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EU anger over uranium Germany, Portugal and Spain has accused the U.S. of failing to inform NATO of the potential contamination.
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| Jan.29 |
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6 die in floods Towns and villages remain stranded. Hundreds of homes were evacuated
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| Mar.4 |
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70 Dead As Bridge Collapses| A bus and the 2 cars fell 50 metres into the river after the 116-year-old bridge gave way. Public Works Minister resigned | |
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Lisbon accepts bridge deaths blame Government has accepted responsibility for the collapse of a bridge which killed 70. Only 2 bodies had been recovered
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  NATO asked to join river search Portugal has asked its NATO for help in retrieving 67 bodies from a river after bus and 2 cars fell into the Douro River
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| Mar.24 |
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Bus crash kills 12 Bus careered off a highway and plunged into a ravine
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| Apr.25 |
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France thrashes Portugal 4-0 3 goals in a 15-minute period gave France an unbeatable lead
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| Aug.24 |
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9 hurt in emergency landing  Map of Azores Portugal The Air Transat Airbus 330 flying from Toronto to Lisbon made an emergency landing in Azores Islands
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| Sep.5 |
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 Dutch cannot qualify for World Cup Netherlands, Estonia 5-0 in consolation game after Portugal's victory in Cyprus
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| Oct.30 |
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Liverpool, Boavista make round 2 Liverpool win over Borussia Dortmund 2-0. Boavista qualified despite 1-0 loss to Dynamo Kiev
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| Oct.31 |
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Porto wins, Celtic out Porto advanced to the second phase of the Champions League. Celtic win 4-3 over Juventus
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| Dec.5 |
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United trounce Boavista 3-0 Nistelrooy scored twice. Beckham sits out of game
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| Dec.16 |
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PM to resign after defeat Antonio Guterres's ruling Socialist Party suffered a crushing defeat in the municipal elections
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| Dec.17 |
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Figo best in world by FIFA| Real Madrid's Portuguese midfielder has been named 2001 World Player of the Year. He fended off Beckham and Raul | |
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| Dec.28 |
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Early elections| President has dissolved parliament and called a general election for 17 March, following the resignation of PM | |
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