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| Dec.4 |
Washington |
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Bush: Al Qaeda linked to Kenya attacks |
| Dec.5 |
USA |
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United Airlines faces bankruptcy |
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Washington |
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Bush meets leaders of Kenya, Ethiopia |
| Dec.6 |
Washington |
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Treasury chief O'Neill, Lindsey resigned
Both men were asked to resign by the White House, continuing the house cleaning of the Bush's economic team
| Dec.8 |
California |
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Catholics face financial crisis |
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Japan |
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U.S. courts Asia on Iraq |
| Dec.9 |
New York |
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United flies into bankruptcy United Airlines filed for the largest bankruptcy in airline history, succumbing to continued losses and debt payments
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Washington |
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Bush taps Snow for Treasury |
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Qatar |
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U.S. kicks off war games |
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Washington |
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U.S. upbeat after China military talks |
| Dec.10 |
Norway |
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Nobel winner Carter's Iraq warning
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Qatar |
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U.S. irons out Gulf HQ blips |
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Iraq |
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Iraq accuses U.S. of 'blackmail' |
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Washington |
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U.S. warns it has nuke option
| Dec.11 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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eBay hit by credit card scam |
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Yemen |
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U.S. lets Scud ship sail to Yemen U.S. officials allowed a freighter to proceed after the Yemeni government said it purchased the missiles from North Korea
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Washington |
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Smallpox vaccinations for military ordered
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New York |
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FBI: 9/11 hijackers may have used spray |
| Dec.12 |
Spain |
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U.S. apologises over Scud ship |
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Sydney |
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U.S. envoy talks terror |
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Washington |
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Mideast aid plan aims to bridge gap |
| Dec.13 |
Boston |
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Cardinal Law quits over sex scandal
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Washington |
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U.S.: Iraq report 'far short' of complete
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North Korea |
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North Korea attacks U.S. 'piracy' |
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Washington |
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Kim, Bush: N. Korea move 'unacceptable' |
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Iraq |
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Iraqi jet tried to trap U.S. jets |
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Washington |
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Kissinger quits as 9/11 inquiry chief |
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Washington |
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U.S.: Iran working on nuclear weapons |
| Dec.14 |
North Korea |
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Paper: 'Burning hatred' for U.S.
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Southern California |
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Palmer wins Heisman Trophy |
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USA |
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US calls up 27,000 reserve troops
| Dec.15 |
Japan |
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Sub skipper on Japan apology trip
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Washington |
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Gore will not run for president in 2004 Former US Vice President only last month re-iterated that he was the true winner of the 2000 presidential race | |
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Washington |
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Clinton planned to attack N. Korea reactor
| Dec.16 |
Washington |
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Powell: Iraq declaration has 'problems' Secretary of State say that 'there are problems' with declaration to the United Nations about weapons programs
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Washington |
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INS to register Saudi, Pakistani men
| Dec.17 |
Washington |
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Bush gives go-ahead to missile defence President has ordered the United States military to begin deploying a national missile defence system by 2004
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USA |
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Spam suit wins $7m for AOL
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U.S. Senate |
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Lott denies racism
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USA |
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Conseco in third biggest bankruptcy
| Dec.18 |
Washington |
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Officials: Bush to declare Iraq in violation President is poised to declare that Iraq has fallen far short of its requirement to provide a complete accounting
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China |
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China hits out at U.S. missile plans
| Dec.19 |
Los Angeles |
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Philip Morris gets break in damage award
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Washington |
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Powell: Declaration 'fails totally' U.S. Secretary of State laid out the path for the United States as it continues to increase pressure on Iraq to disarm
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Washington |
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Bush to speak on Iraq 'violation' President is due to make his first public comments on Iraq's weapons declaration since America announced material breach
| Dec.20 |
U.S. Senate |
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Lott stepping down as majority leader Wounded by the controversy over his racially divisive comments, Lott stepping down as Senate Republican leader | |
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Iraq |
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US moves towards war footing The United States is almost doubling the number of troops near Iraq. 50,000 troops next month to join the 60,000
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Washington |
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Bush: 'A disappointing day' for peace President said the Iraqi arms declaration 'was not encouraging' and that the U.S. 'will fulfill the terms' of the U.N. resolution
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Washington |
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US agrees to share Iraq intelligence The United States will share intelligence data about Iraq with UN weapons inspectors following a request from Hans Blix
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Washington |
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President Bush postpones trip to Africa
| Dec.21 |
U.S. Senate |
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Frist has votes to succeed Lott
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Washington |
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Key Mideast peace plan agreed
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South Africa |
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Oprah responds to a 'higher calling'
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USA |
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US calls for tougher Iraq inspections Condoleezza Rice wanted the number of inspectors to be increased to 250 or 300 from a current total of just over 100
| Dec.22 |
Northern Italy |
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American wins giant slalom |
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USA |
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Whistleblowers are Persons of the Year
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Washington |
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US rebuffs Iraq's CIA invitation
A White House official has dismissed as a stunt offer to admit CIA agents to assist United Nations arms inspectors
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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Raiders wrap up AFC West |
| Dec.23 |
Southern Iraq |
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U.S. drone shot down The unmanned Predator was reported missing after being fired upon by Iraqi military aircraft, Gen. Myers said
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USA |
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Microsoft ordered to carry Java
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U.S. Senate |
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Frist elected Senate leader
| Dec.24 |
California |
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Pregnant woman missing Police said that she was taken against her will. Scott Peterson, her husband, remains a suspect
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Chicago |
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Emotional reunion for freed dissident Chinese dissident Xu Wenli has arrived to a reunion with his daughter
| Dec.25 |
U. S. Midwest |
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Freak snowstorm hits US
| Dec.26 |
Afghanistan |
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CIA using 'stress and duress' interrogation
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Washington |
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'Inaccuracies' in reports of interrogations
| Dec.27 |
Florida |
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Cloned baby birth claim Clonaid, company linked to a philosophical sect, says that it has produced the world's first cloned human baby | |
| Dec.29 |
Washington |
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US rules out strike on N Korea Powell has said US has no immediate plans to attack North Korea to force it to abandon its nuclear programme
| Dec.30 |
Yemen |
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3 U.S. aid workers killed A suspected Islamic extremist shot dead 3 humanitarian workers and wounded a fourth at a missionary hospital | |
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FBI |
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FBI seeks 5 men in U.S. illegally
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Yemen |
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US seeks justice over murders US has promised to work closely with the authorities to investigate the murders of 3 American missionaries
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Washington |
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U.S. tracking ships linked to al Qaeda
| Dec.31 |
New York |
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3rd consecutive year of stock losses World markets are making the current share price slump one of the longest on record | |