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| Feb.1 |
Japan |
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U.S. Navy settles over Ehime Maru |
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Texas |
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Space shuttle and crew lost Columbia broke up as it descended toward a planned landing, showering debris across southeastern Texas
Those killed on the flight were commander Rick D. Husband; pilot William C. McCool; payload commander Michael P. Anderson; mission specialists David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark; and Israel's astronaut, Ilan Ramon. The loss was caused by damage sustained during launch when a piece of insulation broke off
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Texas |
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NASA mourns, seeks answers
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Texas |
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Remains found among shuttle debris
| Feb.2 |
Texas |
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Clues sought for shuttle disaster
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Texas |
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Sensors: rising temperatures on Columbia In the final minutes something occurred on the craft's left side, significant enough to make the space craft roll to the right
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Florida |
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West beats East in All-Star game |
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Texas |
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NASA probe progressing, assessing data
| Feb.3 |
Washington |
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Powell will offer no 'smoking gun' on Iraq
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Los Angeles |
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Rock legend Spector charged with murder |
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Washington |
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Aircraft move sends signal to N. Korea |
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Texas |
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Nasa extends shuttle search Experts have extended their search for debris and crew remains across the western United States
| Feb.4 |
Texas |
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NASA memo warned of tile damage
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North Korea |
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N. Korea hits out at U.S. military moves |
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New York |
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Powell to Iraq: 'Prove it'
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New York |
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World Trade Center finalists chosen |
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Texas |
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NASA remembers 'Columbia seven' |
| Feb.5 |
Washington |
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Video captured shuttle breakup |
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USA |
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Iraq could be pretense for terror attack |
| Feb.6 |
Turkey |
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Turkey to let U.S. upgrade bases |
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Switzerland |
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Miller grabs men's combined world title |
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Washington |
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Bush to Iraq: 'The game is over'
| Feb.7 |
Washington |
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Bush to raise terrorism threat level President will raise the national terrorism threat level from an elevated risk of terrorist attacks to a high risk
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Italy |
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Rumsfeld warns Iraq against attacks
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Washington |
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Bush: 'Defining moment' for Sec. Council
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New York |
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Computer Holds Kasparov to Match Tie
| Feb.8 |
Washington |
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U.S. warns of soft targets attack |
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UN |
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Annan: U.S. should seek consensus
| Feb.9 |
Texas |
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Shuttle recovery teams redeployed |
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Washington |
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White House dismisses inspectors' optimism
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US Georgia |
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West wins first double-OT All-Star Game |
| Feb.10 |
Washington |
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U.S. attacks NATO war plan veto
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North Korea |
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U.S. warns of N. Korea missile tests |
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Washington |
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Bush 'disappointed' by NATO stalemate
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Detroit |
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Hull becomes sixth player with 700 goals |
| Feb.11 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Niners name Erickson head coach |
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France |
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Yahoo boss cleared over Nazi sales |
| Feb.12 |
CIA |
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Tenet: messages followed by attacks
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North Korea |
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CIA: North Korea missile could reach U.S. CIA Director George Tenet: North Korea has an untested ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States
| Feb.13 |
U.S. Senate |
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Enron 'bribed tax officials' |
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Washington |
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NASA email warned of disaster |
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Washington |
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U.S. to broker N. Korea's deal
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Texas |
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NASA: puncture may be to blame
| Feb.14 |
Washington |
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Navy group chief sacked |
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Washington |
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U.S.: Tape 'almost certainly' bin Laden |
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California |
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Hearst gangsters sentenced |
| Feb.15 |
Manhattan |
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Huge crowds of anti-war demonstrators
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Moscow |
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U.S., Russia push peaceful Korea solution
| Feb.16 |
Washington |
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US warns UN against Iraq delay
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U.S. Congress |
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McCain urges China role on N. Korea |
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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San Francisco ends world peace rallies |
| Feb.17 |
Baltimore |
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Snow blankets U.S. East Coast A deadly winter storm dumped up to 3 feet of snow edging Baltimore toward a record snowfall | |
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Chicago |
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Club stampede kills at least 21 Hundreds of panicked nightclub patrons rushed to escape after a disturbance. 19 critically injured
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USA |
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Million of credit cards hacked into |
| Feb.18 |
Turkey |
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Turkey: Don't assume Iraq support |
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Washington |
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US draws up new Iraq resolution |
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New York |
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Northeast begins digging out |
| Feb.19 |
Germany |
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15 years for 9/11 conspirator A court has jailed Mounir Motassadeq, a 28-year-old Moroccan man, for aiding the suicide hijackers | |
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Washington |
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Rumsfeld: War 'not inevitable' |
| Feb.20 |
Turkey |
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Turkey demands pledges in writing Washington had made its final offer of economic aid in exchange for securing access to Turkish bases
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Southern Philippines |
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U.S. troops may fight in Philippines Some 350 special operations troops will take part in a mission to 'disrupt and defeat' the Abu Sayyaf rebels
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Florida |
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FBI charges professor with terrorism University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian said to be a top leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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New England |
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96 killed in nightclub inferno
Map of Rhode Island USA Band's pyrotechnics display igniting soundproofing material. Fire engulfed the wooden structure in 3 minutes | |
| Feb.21 |
New York |
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Blast hits oil plant
Map of Staten Island New York A massive explosion has struck an Exxon Mobil facility on Staten Island. The blast started a huge fire
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New England |
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Death toll rises to 65 in club inferno Search for bodies continuing. 160 people injured. Fire was breaking out during a pyrotechnics display at a rock concert
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New England |
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Nightclub fire: Death toll at 95 Only a handful of the bodies have been identified. 25 people in critical condition
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Washington |
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Mid-March targeted for U.N. vote The Bush administration hopes that the Security Council will vote on a second resolution on Iraqi disarmament
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New England |
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At least 96 killed in nightclub inferno |
| Feb.22 |
Colombia |
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FARC rebels 'hold Americans' Left-wing group has said that it is holding three US citizens who vanished when their plane crash-landed
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Washington |
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U.N. resolution will be 'clear and simple' President Bush said resolution should address just one question: Is Saddam Hussein complying with a November resolution
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Mexico |
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Mexico refuses to bend to U.S. on Iraq |
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USA |
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Tyson win over Etienne after 49 seconds |
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Colombia |
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U.S. adds to military presence |
| Feb.23 |
Turkey |
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U.S. presses Turkey on war deal |
| Feb.24 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Aids vaccine only limited success |
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UN |
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U.S., U.K., Spain introduce new resolution Resolution designed to clear the way for military action against Iraq on the grounds that it has failed to disarm | |
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Colombia |
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Missing US men 'prisoners of war' Left-wing rebels of FARC say hostages will only be freed in return for the release of several fellow militants
| Feb.25 |
South Korea |
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Powell: Missile test 'no surprise' U.S. Secretary of State was in South Korea for the swearing in of President Roh Moo-hyun
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Washington |
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Rumsfeld: Iraq military may still be potent |
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Texas |
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NASA: debris part of shuttle wing |
| Feb.26 |
Washington |
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Bush: Democratic Iraq could be 'example' Creating a 'free and peaceful' country will be a difficult task requiring a 'sustained commitment'
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New York |
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New WTC plan is chosen
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Texas |
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Engineers warned of shuttle wing burning
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New England |
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Suspicious blaze kills 10 at nursing home |
| Feb.27 |
Microsoft |
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Bill Gates again richest man in world
| Feb.28 |
Washington |
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Poll: Bush re-election support below 50%
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House of Representatives |
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NASA chief blasted over shuttle memos
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Philippines |
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U.S. revises Philippines combat role The Pentagon has not yet made a final decision on allowing troops to join a combat offensive against Muslim rebels
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Washington |
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3 Chechen groups on terrorist list