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New mayor is eccentric, offensive London's new Mayor Boris Johnson is a maverick lawmaker loved for his eccentric wit but often maligned for his abrasive tongue
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| May. 1 |
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Jury sees video of London bombings Videos of the chaos and horrified reactions after the July 7, 2005, transit bombings were shown in the trial of 3 men charged with conspirac...
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| Apr. 30 |
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Drogba, Lampard send Chelsea through
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| Apr. 20 |
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Bank of England to detail £50bn plan |
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Pope offers prayer at Ground Zero
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| Apr. 19 |
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Stinky manure smell engulfs London |
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| Apr. 18 |
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Bank £50bn mortgage rescue plan
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| Apr.12 |
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Britain warns terror threat is worsening |
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| Apr.7 |
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Princess Diana unlawfully killed 
The inquest jury: Diana and Dodi Al Fayed were unlawfully killed due to the gross negligence of driver Henri Paul and the paparazzi
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Olympic torch extinguished
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| Apr.6 |
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Angry protests as torch reaches London |
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| Apr.4 |
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'Plotters made martyrdom videos' |
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| Mar.31 |
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Duke 'did not order Diana death' The Coroner: There is 'not a shred of evidence' that the Duke of Edinburgh ordered Diana's death or that it was organised by MI6
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Greece hands China Olympic torch
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| Mar.29 |
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T5 cancellations set to continue |
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| Mar.28 |
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Disruption at T5 enters third day |
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| Mar.27 |
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Delays, protests as Heathrow's T5 opens A protest by campaigners opposed to the expansion of the airport and luggage delivery delays have overshadowed the opening of Terminal 5
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| Mar.26 |
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Sarkozy begins state visit to UK
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| Mar.17 |
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Mills awarded £24.3m settlement
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| Mar.13 |
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Queen set for Terminal 5 opening |
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Scandal-hit governor resigns
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| Mar.1 |
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Princes greet Harry from Afghanistan |
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| Feb.23 |
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Airline in first biofuel flight |
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| Feb.21 |
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UK: CIA rendition flights used British soil |
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McCanns seek footage of Maddie sighting |
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Kosovo declares independence
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| Feb.14 |
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Pilot jailed over 9/11 can claim damages |
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| Feb.9 |
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Blaze ravages market area |
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| Feb.8 |
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PM rejects special laws for Muslims |
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Pro-Western Tadic wins new term
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| Feb.2 |
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Probe into police 'bugging' of MP |
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| Jan.28 |
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Global stocks plunge |
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| Jan.17 |
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Heathrow crash probe to begin |
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Heathrow jet lands short of runway 
The pilot of a British Airways passenger jet that crash landed appeared to be struggling to bring the plane down safely
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| Jan.16 |
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Russia warned over 'intimidation' |
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Clinton wins Democratic primary
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| Dec.13 |
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FA board give thumbs up to Capello |
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| Dec.12 |
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UK welcomes world cash injection |
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| Nov.20 |
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Bank data of 25 millions missing |
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Five ships sink in storms; 23 missing
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| Nov.1 |
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Police guilty in 'bomber' case The Metropolitan Police has been found guilty of endangering the public over the shooting of a man officers mistook for a suicide bomber
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| Oct.30 |
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Saudi king's royal meet draws fire |
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| Oct.19 |
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Lab suspends DNA pioneer Watson
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| Oct.8 |
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Brown denies polls changed mind |
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| Oct.6 |
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Brown rules out autumn election
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| Oct.4 |
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Bhutto upbeat over power-sharing |
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Anti-Syrian lawmaker dies in blast
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| Sep.1 |
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Bhutto announces Pakistan return |
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| Aug.30 |
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Sharif names Pakistan return date |
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| Aug.15 |
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World markets continue to slide |
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World markets fall after US losses
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| Jul.20 |
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Fans receive final Potter book | The seventh book in the series went on sale across the world. JK Rowling read excerpts to 500 devotees at Natural History Museum | | |
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| Jul.16 |
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UK expels four Russian diplomats
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| Jul.14 |
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Man charged over failed attacks |
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| Jul.9 |
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Three guilty over 21/7 bomb plot
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| Jul.8 |
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Federer wins historic fifth title |
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BBC reporter Alan Johnston freed
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| Jul.1 |
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Police confident in bombers hunt |
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| Jun.30 |
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UK on highest terror alert |
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Blazing car crashes into Glasgow airport
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| Jun.29 |
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Police hunting car bombers |
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2 explosive-laden cars linked A vehicle containing fuel, gas canisters and nails found near Trafalgar Square is clearly linked to another explosives-packed car
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Bomb 'packed with nails' |
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| Jun.27 |
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Brown: Let work of change begin | Gordon Brown is the UK's new prime minister after replacing the outgoing Tony Blair, following an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. The man who has been Blair's chancellor for the past 10 years. Blair had earlier rec... | |
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EU leaders agree on reform treaty
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| Jun.15 |
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Rushdie knighted in honours list Author who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa, has been knighted by the Queen
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UK jails 7 'dirty bomb' plotters |
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Hamas hails 'liberation' of Gaza
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| May.22 |
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Lugovoi charged with spy poisoning
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| May.20 |
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Fire rips through Cutty Sark
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| May.16 |
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Prince Harry will not go to Iraq |
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| May.11 |
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Blair backs Brown as next PM |
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Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election
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| Apr.30 |
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Pressure mounting for MI5 inquiry |
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British bomb plotters jailed for life
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Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies
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| Apr.6 |
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UK sailors 'were in Iraqi waters' |
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| Apr.5 |
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Blair welcomes sailors from Iran
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| Mar.12 |
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Climate bill set to be unveiled |
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Battle rages on after 25 dead
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Outspoken journalist shot dead
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| Jan.18 |
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47 dead as storm batters Europe Gale force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe, disrupting travel for tens of thousands
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| Jan.17 |
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Bollywood fury at 'Big Brother' |
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| Jan.15 |
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Six accused of bomb plot |
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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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| Dec.1 |
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Pair test positive for polonium
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| Nov.30 |
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Radiation at 12 sites; jets probed
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| Nov.23 |
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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.9 |
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MI5 tracking '30 UK terror plots'
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| Oct.30 |
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Warming 'may cause economic chaos' A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars
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Police back Katsav rape charges
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| Oct.12 |
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General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal |
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| Oct.6 |
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Big six: Iran sanctions possible |
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| Sep.26 |
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It's hard to let go, admits Blair
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Muslims blast pope's Islam speech
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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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| 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. The explosive devices to be smuggled on aircraft in hand luggage.
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Israeli airstrike hits U.N. observer post
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Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move
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| Jul.7 |
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Horror of 7/7 attacks remembered
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| May.17 |
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Lehmann sent off as Barca triumph |
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| May.5 |
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Embattled Blair axes top ministers |
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| May.4 |
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Blair suffers local poll defeat
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Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board
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| Apr.21 |
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Birthday walkabout for queen at 80 |
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Milosevic found dead in cell
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Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze
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| Sep.1 |
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Bomber in tape claim
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| Jul.30 |
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Police quiz bomb suspects |
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| Jul.29 |
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4 UK bomb suspects held
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| Jul.26 |
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Police arrest four in bomb probe |
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| Jul.22 |
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Photos released of bomb suspects |
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| Jul.21 |
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4 blasts hit transport
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Children starving to death
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| Jul.17 |
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Former UK Prime Minister Ted Heath dies |
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| Jul.14 |
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Vigil for bombing victims
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| Jul.12 |
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Police: bomber 'very likely' died |
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| Jul.9 |
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Rail blasts 'almost simultaneous' |
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G8 pledges $50 billion to Africa
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More than 50 dead in blasts |
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| Jul.7 |
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Bombs kill 52 Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/london_blasts/what_happened/html/default.stm A series of 4 'callous' and coordinated bombings in transport system. Power failed on crowded underground trains
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| Jul.6 |
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London wins 2012 Olympics. Singapore
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Gaza settler chaos strikes Israel
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| Jun.11 |
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G8 ministers back Africa debt deal Finance ministers have agreed to cancel up to $55 billion worth of debt owed by the world's poorest nations
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Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years
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| May.5 |
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Blair heads for historic third term Tony Blair is heading for an 3rd term in government but with a greatly reduced majority
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Last Syrian soldiers left Lebanon
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| Apr.9 |
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Prince Charles marries Camilla A solemn ceremony has blessed the wedding, at which the couple each pledged to be faithful to each other
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| Apr.5 |
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Blair calls election for May 5 |
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Pope John Paul II dies at 84
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| Mar.11 |
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Government's terror bill passed |
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| Oct.18 |
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Church wants gay bishop apology |
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| Aug.17 |
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8 men charged with terror offenses |
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Deadly airport roof collapse
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| Mar.30 |
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Explosives find in terror raid |
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| Feb.4 |
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Blair 'unaware' of WMD threat |
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| Jan.29 |
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BBC apologizes as Dyke quits |
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| Jan.28 |
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BBC chairman quits over Hutton |
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Hutton clears Blair, faults BBC A senior judge says the government did not act in a 'dishonorable, underhand or duplicitous' way in its handling of David Kelly
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| Jan.6 |
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Diana crash investigation ordered
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Libya to dismantle WMD programs
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| Nov.20 |
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Mass anti-Bush protest |
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| Oct.24 |
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Last Concorde flights touch down |
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| Aug.29 |
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Campbel, Blair's right-hand man, quits |
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Powerful bus bomb killed 21
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| Jun.16 |
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Inquiry into WMD claims |
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More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake
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| Feb.15 |
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Millions in peace protests European Union: In London police said the turnout was 750,000, the largest demonstration ever
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| Jan.7 |
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Terror suspects, ricin seized
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Russian troops storm theater
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| Jun.2 |
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Fire at Buckingham Palace |
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| Apr.9 |
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Poignant farewell to Queen Mother |
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Bethlehem church under siege
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| Mar.30 |
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Queen Mother dies
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| Feb.9 |
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Princess Margaret dies |
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Euro mark celebrations
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Jun.7 |
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Blair won by landslide
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| May.27 |
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Race rioters battle police |
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