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| Jan.1 |
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Ukraine gas row hits EU supplies |
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| Jan.2 |
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Rink collapse kills 15 Up to 50 people were inside the ice rink in the town of Bad Reichenhall when the roof caved in under heavy snow
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| Jan.12 |
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Europeans: Refer Iran to U.N. |
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| Jan.19 |
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Slovak military plane crashes. 42 die
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| Jan.22 |
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Cavaco Silva won presidential election |
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| Jan.28 |
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Hall collapse traps many. 66 died 
The roof of a trade hall near the city of Katowice has collapsed with up to 500 people inside the building
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| Jan.30 |
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Iran 'must face Security Council' |
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| Feb.2 |
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Gunmen shut EU office over cartoons
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| Feb.3 |
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Muslim anger on cartoons spreads |
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| Feb.4 |
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Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze 
Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators stormed the Danish Embassy in Damascus and set fire to the building in protest at the cartoons
| Protesters scaled the Danish mission amid chants of 'God is great', before moving on to attack the Norwegian site. Denmark and Norway urged their citizens to leave and condemned Syria for failing international obligations. Palestinians protest in Gaza and the West Bank
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| Feb.5 |
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Danish consulate in Beirut ablaze |
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| Feb.7 |
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PM described cartoons row as global crisis |
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| Feb.10 |
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Torino Olympics open in spectacular style The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way with an opening ceremony to showcase Italian culture
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| Feb.11 |
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Deadly bird flu spreads in Europe The deadly H5N1 strain that has killed at least 88 people around the world has been detected in Italy and Greece
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Denmark withdraws more diplomats |
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| Feb.17 |
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10 die in cartoon clash at consulate |
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| Feb.20 |
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Holocaust denier Irving jailed |
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| Feb.22 |
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Robbers take $44M to $88M in heist Map of Kent United Kingdom| Authorities in Kent have appealed to the public for help in solving the armed robbery of a security company. The Securitas depot manager was stopped by an unmarked police car as he drove home from work.
A passenger spoke to the manager who got back into the car with him wher... | |
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| Feb.26 |
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Spectacular ceremony closes Games |
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| Feb.27 |
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EU to fill Palestinian funds gap |
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| Mar.11 |
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Milosevic found dead in cell Former Yugoslav President has been found dead in Hague where he was being tried on war crimes charges
| He was 64.
Milosevic was found dead for several hours.
He rose to the top of Yugoslav politics in the 1980.
Elected Serbian president in 1990, Milosevic ruled with an iron grip until his overthrow in 2000.
Next year he was transferred to the Hague and went on trial in 2002.
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| Mar.18 |
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Labor law protests turn violent The clashes resulted in 4 injured police officers and 12 hurt protesters.49 people were detained
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| Mar.22 |
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ETA declares permanent cease-fire
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| Mar.31 |
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Unions reject Chirac 'compromise' |
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| Apr.1 |
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Rice and Straw arrive |
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| Apr.4 |
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More than 1 million protest jobs law |
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| Apr.5 |
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Unions press for law repeal |
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| Apr.7 |
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EU suspends aid to Palestinians |
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| Apr.10 |
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France to replace youth job law
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Prodi ahead of Berlusconi in vote |
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| Apr.11 |
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Prodi hails Italy poll 'victory' Centre-left leader says he has won the right to become the prime minister following a narrow victory
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| Apr.16 |
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Benedict leads first Easter Mass as pope |
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| Apr.19 |
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Supreme court confirms Prodi poll victory |
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| Apr.21 |
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Birthday walkabout for queen at 80 |
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| May.2 |
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Berlusconi hands in resignation |
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| May.3 |
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EU halts Serbia talks over Mladic |
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| May.4 |
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Blair suffers local poll defeat |
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| May.5 |
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Embattled Blair axes top ministers |
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| May.6 |
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UK troops attacked after copter crash
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| May.9 |
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Cannibal guilty of murder, gets life |
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| May.16 |
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Lawmaker quits in asylum row |
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EU 'to offer reactor to Iran' |
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| May.17 |
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Lehmann sent off as Barca triumph |
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| May.23 |
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Greek, Turkish fighter jets crash |
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| May.28 |
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Pope meets Auschwitz survivors |
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| Jun.6 |
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Europe 'connived in CIA flights'
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| Jun.18 |
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PM concedes election defeat |
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| Jun.21 |
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Bush-EU talks focus on Iran, Iraq |
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| Jun.23 |
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Swedish cameraman shot dead |
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| Jun.28 |
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Bodies of missing girls found |
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| Jun.29 |
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Dutch government collapses |
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| Jul.1 |
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Vintage France beat holders Brazil
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| Jul.3 |
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Subway crash: 41 dead
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| Jul.4 |
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Late double puts Italy into final
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| Jul.7 |
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Horror of 7/7 attacks remembered |
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Berlusconi to be tried for fraud |
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| Jul.9 |
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Italy wins World Cup over France| Italy wins by penalties, 5-3: .Zidane scores on 7 min. Materazzi atones for giving away the penalty. Zidane red-carded. Henry eluded 3 defenders and almost set up Malouda. I... | |
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| Jul.10 |
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Zidane blames Materazzi insults |
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| Jul.26 |
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Mideast talks fail to reach cease-fire |
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| Jul.27 |
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Landis gives positive drugs test
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| Jul.28 |
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Bush talks with Blair |
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| Aug.9 |
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'Plot to blow up planes' foiled Scotland Yard: A plot to blow up planes in mid-flight from the UK to the US has been disrupted
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| Aug.10 |
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Police probe flights terror plot |
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| Aug.11 |
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Plotters met alleged al Qaeda bomber |
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| Aug.18 |
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Plea for European peacekeepers |
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| Aug.21 |
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Italy steps in with Lebanon offer |
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| Aug.23 |
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Girl 'found' after years
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Jet turns back; passengers arrested |
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| Aug.24 |
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Pluto loses status as a planet International Astronomical Union's (IAU) general assembly voted to strip Pluto of its status as a planet
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France boosts Lebanon peace force |
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| Aug.25 |
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Chirac doubts Lebanon force size |
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Annan: EU living up to Lebanon promise |
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| Aug.30 |
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Aid donation bid for Lebanon |
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| Sep.2 |
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14 Britons die in NATO crash |
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| Sep.7 |
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Blair: I will resign within a year Prime Minister has refused to set a date for his departure
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| Sep.9 |
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Nato seeks Afghan troops boost |
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Blair meets Israeli leader |
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| Sep.14 |
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Poland to boost Nato Afghan force |
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Muslims blast pope's Islam speech Muslim leaders have condemned Benedict over comments he made about Islam in Germany and demanded he apologize
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| Sep.17 |
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Narrow win for opposition |
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| Sep.18 |
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Budapest hit by wave of violence Thousands are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister follow an admission that the government lied
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| Sep.22 |
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Magnetic train crashes
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| Sep.23 |
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Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak
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| Sep.25 |
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Pope: My respect for Muslims
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| Sep.26 |
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Bulgaria, Romania for EU on Jan. 1
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It's hard to let go, admits Blair
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| Oct.4 |
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'IRA campaign is over' says Blair |
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| Oct.6 |
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Big six: Iran sanctions possible |
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| Oct.12 |
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French in Armenia 'genocide' row French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks
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General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal
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| Oct.20 |
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Putin firm on EU energy charter |
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| Oct.25 |
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Skull scandal 'disgusts' Germany Chancellor Merkel called photos of soldiers in Afghanistan playing with a skull 'shocking and disgusting'
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| Oct.30 |
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Warming 'may cause economic chaos'
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| Nov.4 |
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Power cuts strike western Europe |
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| Nov.6 |
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Madrid train bombs suspect jailed |
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| Nov.9 |
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MI5 tracking '30 UK terror plots'
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| Nov.13 |
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Blair challenges Iran and Syria to help |
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| Nov.17 |
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Netherlands to propose burqa ban
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Blair accepts 'disaster' in Iraq |
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| Nov.18 |
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Ex-KGB officer 'poisoned in UK' |
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| Nov.21 |
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Mine blast kills eight; 15 missing |
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| Nov.22 |
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Kidnapped British oil worker dies in rescue |
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No survivors in mine blast
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| Nov.23 |
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France issues Rwanda warrants |
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Poisoned former KGB spy dies| Alexander Litvinenko, the longtime critic of the Russian government, died in a hospital 3 weeks after his suspected poisoning. The doctors unable to determine the cause of his illness. Litvinenko and his friends blamed Russian government for his sudden illness. Kremlin have denied any role in... | |
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| Nov.24 |
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Former spy poisoned by radiation |
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| Nov.28 |
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NATO eyes Afghan handover in 2008
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| Nov.29 |
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NATO signals Afghan reinforcements |
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| Nov.30 |
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Radiation at 12 sites; jets probed
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| Dec.1 |
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Pair test positive for polonium
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| Dec.8 |
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Tests 'prove' Diana driver drunk
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| Dec.12 |
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5 prostitutes killed British police were racing against time to find the killer. The naked bodies have been found in and around Ipswich
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| Dec.14 |
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Diana: No murder, no pregnancy The official Scotland Yard inquiry: Claims that Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed were murdered were unfounded
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EU backs strict expansion rules
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| Dec.17 |
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Tony on Middle East tour
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| Dec.18 |
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Man held over 5 prostitute deaths |
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| Dec.19 |
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HIV medics condemned to death A court convicted 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of deliberately infecting 400 children with the virus
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| Dec.24 |
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Dead spy's Italy contact arrested |
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UK troops storm Iraqi police HQ More than 1,000 troops demolished the Jamiat police station to rescue 178 prisoners
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| Dec.30 |
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Madrid bomb shatters ETA cease-fire Spain has blamed a powerful bomb explosion at the country's busiest airport on Basque separatist group
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.19 |
Slovak military plane crashes. 42 die
|
| Feb.2 |
Gunmen shut EU office over cartoons
|
| Mar.22 |
ETA declares permanent cease-fire
|
| May.6 |
UK troops attacked after copter crash
|
| May.23 |
Greek, Turkish fighter jets crash |
|
| Jul.26 |
Mideast talks fail to reach cease-fire |
|
| Aug.18 |
Plea for European peacekeepers |
|
| Aug.21 |
Italy steps in with Lebanon offer |
|
| Aug.24 |
France boosts Lebanon peace force |
|
| Aug.25 |
Chirac doubts Lebanon force size |
|
| Sep.2 |
14 Britons die in NATO crash |
|
| Sep.9 |
Nato seeks Afghan troops boost |
|
| Sep.14 |
Poland to boost Nato Afghan force |
|
| Oct.12 |
French in Armenia 'genocide' row French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks
|
| Oct.12 |
General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal
|
| Oct.25 |
Skull scandal 'disgusts' Germany Chancellor Merkel called photos of soldiers in Afghanistan playing with a skull 'shocking and disgusting'
|
| Nov.17 |
Blair accepts 'disaster' in Iraq |
|
| Nov.28 |
NATO eyes Afghan handover in 2008
|
| Nov.29 |
NATO signals Afghan reinforcements |
|
| Dec.24 |
UK troops storm Iraqi police HQ More than 1,000 troops demolished the Jamiat police station to rescue 178 prisoners
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Jan.2 |
Rink collapse kills 15 Up to 50 people were inside the ice rink in the town of Bad Reichenhall when the roof caved in under heavy snow
|
| Jan.19 |
Slovak military plane crashes. 42 die
|
| Jan.28 |
Hall collapse traps many. 66 died The roof of a trade hall near the city of Katowice has collapsed with up to 500 people inside the building
|
| Feb.11 |
Deadly bird flu spreads in Europe The deadly H5N1 strain that has killed at least 88 people around the world has been detected in Italy and Greece
|
| May.6 |
UK troops attacked after copter crash
|
| May.23 |
Greek, Turkish fighter jets crash |
|
| Jul.3 |
Subway crash: 41 dead
|
| Sep.2 |
14 Britons die in NATO crash |
|
| Sep.22 |
Magnetic train crashes
|
| Oct.30 |
Warming 'may cause economic chaos'
|
| Nov.4 |
Power cuts strike western Europe |
|
| Nov.21 |
Mine blast kills eight; 15 missing |
|
| Nov.22 |
No survivors in mine blast
|
| Dec.1 |
Pair test positive for polonium
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.10 |
Torino Olympics open in spectacular style The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way with an opening ceremony to showcase Italian culture
|
| Feb.26 |
Spectacular ceremony closes Games |
|
| May.17 |
Lehmann sent off as Barca triumph |
|
| Jul.1 |
Vintage France beat holders Brazil
|
| Jul.4 |
Late double puts Italy into final
|
| Jul.9 |
Italy wins World Cup over France| Italy wins by penalties, 5-3: .Zidane scores on 7 min. Materazzi atones for giving away the penalty. Zidane red-carded. Henry eluded 3 defenders and almost set up Malouda. I... | |
|
| Jul.10 |
Zidane blames Materazzi insults |
|
| Jul.27 |
Landis gives positive drugs test
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Jan.1 |
Ukraine gas row hits EU supplies |
|
| Apr.4 |
More than 1 million protest jobs law |
|
| Aug.9 |
'Plot to blow up planes' foiled Scotland Yard: A plot to blow up planes in mid-flight from the UK to the US has been disrupted
|
| Oct.20 |
Putin firm on EU energy charter |
|
| Oct.30 |
Warming 'may cause economic chaos'
|
| Nov.22 |
Kidnapped British oil worker dies in rescue |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.4 |
Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators stormed the Danish Embassy in Damascus and set fire to the building in protest at the cartoons
| Protesters scaled the Danish mission amid chants of 'God is great', before moving on to attack the Norwegian site. Denmark and Norway urged their citizens to leave and condemned Syria for failing international obligations. Palestinians protest in Gaza and the West Bank
|
| |
|
| Feb.5 |
Danish consulate in Beirut ablaze |
|
| Feb.20 |
Holocaust denier Irving jailed |
|
| Feb.22 |
Robbers take $44M to $88M in heist Map of Kent United Kingdom| Authorities in Kent have appealed to the public for help in solving the armed robbery of a security company. The Securitas depot manager was stopped by an unmarked police car as he drove home from work.
A passenger spoke to the manager who got back into the car with him wher... | |
|
| Mar.11 |
Milosevic found dead in cell Former Yugoslav President has been found dead in Hague where he was being tried on war crimes charges
| He was 64.
Milosevic was found dead for several hours.
He rose to the top of Yugoslav politics in the 1980.
Elected Serbian president in 1990, Milosevic ruled with an iron grip until his overthrow in 2000.
Next year he was transferred to the Hague and went on trial in 2002.
|
| |
|
| Mar.18 |
Labor law protests turn violent The clashes resulted in 4 injured police officers and 12 hurt protesters.49 people were detained
|
| May.9 |
Cannibal guilty of murder, gets life |
|
| Jun.23 |
Swedish cameraman shot dead |
|
| Jun.28 |
Bodies of missing girls found |
|
| Jul.7 |
Berlusconi to be tried for fraud |
|
| Aug.9 |
'Plot to blow up planes' foiled Scotland Yard: A plot to blow up planes in mid-flight from the UK to the US has been disrupted
|
| Aug.10 |
Police probe flights terror plot |
|
| Aug.11 |
Plotters met alleged al Qaeda bomber |
|
| Aug.23 |
Girl 'found' after years
|
| Aug.23 |
Jet turns back; passengers arrested |
|
| Sep.23 |
Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak
|
| Nov.6 |
Madrid train bombs suspect jailed |
|
| Nov.9 |
MI5 tracking '30 UK terror plots'
|
| Nov.18 |
Ex-KGB officer 'poisoned in UK' |
|
| Nov.22 |
Kidnapped British oil worker dies in rescue |
|
| Nov.23 |
France issues Rwanda warrants |
|
| Nov.23 |
Poisoned former KGB spy dies| Alexander Litvinenko, the longtime critic of the Russian government, died in a hospital 3 weeks after his suspected poisoning. The doctors unable to determine the cause of his illness. Litvinenko and his friends blamed Russian government for his sudden illness. Kremlin have denied any role in... | |
|
| Nov.24 |
Former spy poisoned by radiation |
|
| Nov.30 |
Radiation at 12 sites; jets probed
|
| Dec.8 |
Tests 'prove' Diana driver drunk
|
| Dec.12 |
5 prostitutes killed British police were racing against time to find the killer. The naked bodies have been found in and around Ipswich
|
| Dec.14 |
Diana: No murder, no pregnancy The official Scotland Yard inquiry: Claims that Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed were murdered were unfounded
|
| Dec.18 |
Man held over 5 prostitute deaths |
|
| Dec.19 |
HIV medics condemned to death A court convicted 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of deliberately infecting 400 children with the virus
|
| Dec.24 |
Dead spy's Italy contact arrested |
|
| Dec.30 |
Madrid bomb shatters ETA cease-fire Spain has blamed a powerful bomb explosion at the country's busiest airport on Basque separatist group
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Jan.12 |
Europeans: Refer Iran to U.N. |
|
| Jan.22 |
Cavaco Silva won presidential election |
|
| Jan.30 |
Iran 'must face Security Council' |
|
| Feb.3 |
Muslim anger on cartoons spreads |
|
| Feb.4 |
Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators stormed the Danish Embassy in Damascus and set fire to the building in protest at the cartoons
| Protesters scaled the Danish mission amid chants of 'God is great', before moving on to attack the Norwegian site. Denmark and Norway urged their citizens to leave and condemned Syria for failing international obligations. Palestinians protest in Gaza and the West Bank
|
| |
|
| Feb.5 |
Danish consulate in Beirut ablaze |
|
| Feb.7 |
PM described cartoons row as global crisis |
|
| Feb.11 |
Denmark withdraws more diplomats |
|
| Feb.17 |
10 die in cartoon clash at consulate |
|
| Feb.27 |
EU to fill Palestinian funds gap |
|
| Mar.11 |
Milosevic found dead in cell Former Yugoslav President has been found dead in Hague where he was being tried on war crimes charges
| He was 64.
Milosevic was found dead for several hours.
He rose to the top of Yugoslav politics in the 1980.
Elected Serbian president in 1990, Milosevic ruled with an iron grip until his overthrow in 2000.
Next year he was transferred to the Hague and went on trial in 2002.
|
| |
|
| Mar.18 |
Labor law protests turn violent The clashes resulted in 4 injured police officers and 12 hurt protesters.49 people were detained
|
| Mar.31 |
Unions reject Chirac 'compromise' |
|
| Apr.1 |
Rice and Straw arrive |
|
| Apr.4 |
More than 1 million protest jobs law |
|
| Apr.5 |
Unions press for law repeal |
|
| Apr.7 |
EU suspends aid to Palestinians |
|
| Apr.10 |
France to replace youth job law
|
| Apr.10 |
Prodi ahead of Berlusconi in vote |
|
| Apr.11 |
Prodi hails Italy poll 'victory' Centre-left leader says he has won the right to become the prime minister following a narrow victory
|
| Apr.16 |
Benedict leads first Easter Mass as pope |
|
| Apr.19 |
Supreme court confirms Prodi poll victory |
|
| Apr.21 |
Birthday walkabout for queen at 80 |
|
| May.2 |
Berlusconi hands in resignation |
|
| May.3 |
EU halts Serbia talks over Mladic |
|
| May.4 |
Blair suffers local poll defeat |
|
| May.5 |
Embattled Blair axes top ministers |
|
| May.16 |
Lawmaker quits in asylum row |
|
| May.16 |
EU 'to offer reactor to Iran' |
|
| May.28 |
Pope meets Auschwitz survivors |
|
| Jun.6 |
Europe 'connived in CIA flights'
|
| Jun.18 |
PM concedes election defeat |
|
| Jun.21 |
Bush-EU talks focus on Iran, Iraq |
|
| Jun.29 |
Dutch government collapses |
|
| Jul.7 |
Horror of 7/7 attacks remembered |
|
| Jul.7 |
Berlusconi to be tried for fraud |
|
| Jul.26 |
Mideast talks fail to reach cease-fire |
|
| Jul.28 |
Bush talks with Blair |
|
| Aug.18 |
Plea for European peacekeepers |
|
| Aug.21 |
Italy steps in with Lebanon offer |
|
| Aug.24 |
Pluto loses status as a planet International Astronomical Union's (IAU) general assembly voted to strip Pluto of its status as a planet
|
| Aug.25 |
Chirac doubts Lebanon force size |
|
| Aug.25 |
Annan: EU living up to Lebanon promise |
|
| Aug.30 |
Aid donation bid for Lebanon |
|
| Sep.7 |
Blair: I will resign within a year Prime Minister has refused to set a date for his departure
|
| Sep.9 |
Blair meets Israeli leader |
|
| Sep.14 |
Muslims blast pope's Islam speech Muslim leaders have condemned Benedict over comments he made about Islam in Germany and demanded he apologize
|
| Sep.17 |
Narrow win for opposition |
|
| Sep.18 |
Budapest hit by wave of violence Thousands are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister follow an admission that the government lied
|
| Sep.23 |
Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak
|
| Sep.25 |
Pope: My respect for Muslims
|
| Sep.26 |
Bulgaria, Romania for EU on Jan. 1
|
| Sep.26 |
It's hard to let go, admits Blair
|
| Oct.4 |
'IRA campaign is over' says Blair |
|
| Oct.6 |
Big six: Iran sanctions possible |
|
| Oct.12 |
French in Armenia 'genocide' row French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks
|
| Oct.20 |
Putin firm on EU energy charter |
|
| Nov.13 |
Blair challenges Iran and Syria to help |
|
| Nov.17 |
Netherlands to propose burqa ban
|
| Nov.17 |
Blair accepts 'disaster' in Iraq |
|
| Nov.18 |
Ex-KGB officer 'poisoned in UK' |
|
| Nov.28 |
NATO eyes Afghan handover in 2008
|
| Nov.29 |
NATO signals Afghan reinforcements |
|
| Dec.14 |
Diana: No murder, no pregnancy The official Scotland Yard inquiry: Claims that Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed were murdered were unfounded
|
| Dec.14 |
EU backs strict expansion rules
|
| Dec.17 |
Tony on Middle East tour
|
| Dec.19 |
HIV medics condemned to death A court convicted 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of deliberately infecting 400 children with the virus
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