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Henin-Hardenne beating Davenport Fifth seed ended her winless skid, beating the former world No. 1 7-5, 5-7, 9-7 in a classic
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| Feb.17 |
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EU summit hunts Iraq unity France would oppose any effort to draft a new U.N. resolution authorizing force
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 EU moves to heal Iraq divisions| Leaders have ended an emergency summit, saying force should only be used as a 'last resort' | |
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| Feb.18 |
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Belgium's 'biggest diamond heist' Thieves cleared out 123 vaults in the maximum-security cellars of Antwerp's Diamond Centre
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| Feb.21 |
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Henin-Hardenne, Seles advance to final Tournament top seed Henin-Hardenne of Belgium was given a torrid time by Capriati but finally won 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
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| May.18 |
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PM wins, far-right gains Verhofstadt was set to form a new centre-left government after the Liberals and Socialists won a general election
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| Jun.5 |
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Clijsters reached French Open final Kim Clijsters beat unseeded Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1
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| Jun.7 |
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Henin-Hardenne wins French Open Justine Henin-Hardenne won her first major title, beating Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-4 in the first all-Belgian Grand Slam final
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| Jul.6 |
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 Clijsters and Sugiyama win doubles title Belgian-Japanese duo picked up the Wimbledon women's doubles title, defeating Suarez and Ruano Pascual 6-4, 6-4
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| Jul.12 |
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War crimes law scraped| A new government is repealing a law which gives the power to try cases no matter where they were committed | |
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| Aug.20 |
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  Falun Gong sues ex-president Jiang Members of the spiritual movement have filed a lawsuit against former Chinese President for human rights abuses
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| Sep.5 |
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Clijsters, Henin-Hardenne reach final Henin-Hardenne won a pulsating night match against Jennifer Capriati. Clijsters had brushed aside Lindsay Davenport
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| Sep.6 |
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Henin-Hardenne takes US Open Justine picked up her second Grand Slam title of the year with a rousing performance against Belgian compatriot Clijsters
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| Sep.30 |
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 Footballer jailed at terror trial| A Tunisian-born Nizar Trabelsi has been jailed for 10 years for plotting to attack a NATO base on behalf of al Qaeda | |
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| Oct.17 |
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EU Leaders End Low-Key Summit| Berlusconi insisted that leaders had made progress on a new constitution and an economic growth initiative | |
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| Dec.12 |
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Tough battle dominates EU summit In the summit to agree a first constitution, leaders battled over their nations' voting rights
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 Berlusconi warns against bad deal Italy's prime minister: It is better to have no deal on an EU constitution than to have a bad one
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| Dec.13 |
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 European summit ends in failure| Leaders have failed to reach agreement on a constitution after the talks broke down over the voting rights states | |
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| Dec.23 |
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 Clijsters and Hewitt plan to marry World No. 2 has announced her engagement to Australian Lleyton Hewitt, a twice grand slam champion
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