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Bush to attend opening of Beijing Olympics |
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U.S. may push UN sanctions on Zimbabwe |
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North Korea declaration 'verifiable' |
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U.S. admiral urges caution on Iran |
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9/11 detainees face separate hearings
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| Jun. 28 |
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Bush calls for Zimbabwe sanctions |
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| Jun. 26 |
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Clinton and Obama in unity talks |
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Court overturns DC handgun ban |
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| Jun. 24 |
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US to ignore Zimbabwe poll result |
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| Jun. 23 |
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Violence down in Iraq since 'surge' |
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| Jun. 18 |
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Bush calls for offshore drilling President George W Bush has called on Congress to end a 27-year ban on drilling for oil in coastal waters, to reduce dependence on imports
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Irish reject EU treaty
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| Jun. 12 |
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Major Guantanamo setback for Bush U.S. Supreme Court: Foreign suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in civilian courts
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| Jun. 9 |
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Danger of US downturn 'has faded' |
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Bush heads to Europe for six-nation tour |
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| Jun. 7 |
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Clinton backs Obama and bows out 
Hillary Clinton has told her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama as she suspended her campaign to become the nominee for the president
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Oil price soars as US woes mount
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| Jun.5 |
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Surprise Obama-Clinton talks held Democratic hopeful Barack Obama has had an unannounced meeting with his defeated rival Hillary Clinton to bring their campaigns together
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9/11 suspects on trial
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| May.31 |
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Democrats reach delegate deal
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US Democrats hold key poll talks |
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Historic pictures sent from Mars
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| May.1 |
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Bush offers $770m for food crisis
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| Apr.30 |
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CIA: China is not an 'inevitable enemy' |
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Further cut in interest rates |
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| Apr.16 |
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Pope in landmark White House trip |
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| Apr.15 |
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Warm US welcome for Pope Benedict Pope received an unprecedented presidential greeting from Bush as he arrived for his first official visit to the US
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Billionaire Berlusconi wins election
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| Apr.8 |
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IMF may sell 400 tons of gold |
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Princess Diana unlawfully killed
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Olympic torch extinguished
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| Mar.31 |
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US plans finance system overhaul |
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Protest as Olympic torch is lit
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| Mar.21 |
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US candidates' records breached |
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| Mar.20 |
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Firings over Obama file breach |
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| Mar.18 |
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Federal Reserve slashes rates by 0.75 The Federal Reserve has cut US interest rates to 2.25% to restore confidence to nervous financial markets and boost the ailing economy
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US admits economy is in downturn |
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Scandal-hit governor resigns
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| Feb.12 |
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Obama, McCain sweep Potomac primaries
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| Feb.11 |
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US 'to charge six 9/11 suspects' |
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| Jan.28 |
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Bush addresses US economy fears. U.S. Congress
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| Jan.24 |
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Deal reached on US economic plan. U.S. Congress
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Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
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| Jan.22 |
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Fed slashes rates in shock move |
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| Jan.19 |
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Clinton wins tight Nevada caucus |
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Baseball 'rife' with drug use Dozens of players have been linked to taking performance-enhancing substances in a report on Major League Baseball that alleges a drug cultu...
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| Dec.6 |
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CIA 'wiped' interrogation tapes The CIA has confirmed that it destroyed at least 2 video tapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects
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| Dec.3 |
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U.S.: Iran's nuclear weapons work halted A U.S. intelligence report: Iran halted work toward a nuclear weapon under international scrutiny in 2003
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Voters reject Chavez's referendum
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| Nov.27 |
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New Mid-East peace drive launched 
Map of Annapolis Maryland USA President W Bush has said the Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to make every effort to reach a peace agreement before the end of 2008
| Bush said a joint statement had been agreed by the Israeli and Palestinian leaders at a peace conference
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Syria to attend Mideast summit |
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Transport 'sabotage' hits France
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| Nov.13 |
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Hidden costs 'raise US war price' |
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Floods strand 300,000; more rain ahead
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| Oct.25 |
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Vote on Armenian genocide put off |
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US imposes new sanctions on Iran |
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500,000 flee wildfires
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US bill on Armenia moves forward U.S. Congress: A bill recognising the killing of Armenians in Ottoman times as genocide passed through the House Foreign Affairs Committee by 27 votes to 2...
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Bush pledges Iraq troop reduction
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| Sep.10 |
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Gen. Petraeus: 'Surge' is working U.S. Congress: U.S. commander told a fractious congressional hearing that the 30,000 troops deployed to Iraq in January could come home by next July
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Bin Laden says US should convert Early analysis indicates the voice on a recently released videotape is that of bin Laden
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Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71
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| Aug.27 |
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Attorney General Gonzales resigns
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63 died from forest fires
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Mortgage concerns hit US markets
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| Jul.20 |
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Bush signs order banning 'torture' |
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| Jul.2 |
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Bush spares Libby from jail term
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| Jun.28 |
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Vote dashes Bush immigration plan |
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Brown: Let work of change begin
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| May.24 |
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Congress backs Iraq funding bill. U.S. Congress
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| May.17 |
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World Bank head Wolfowitz to quit After lengthy talks with the bank's board, Paul Wolfowitz said he would quit the global lending body on 30 June
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| May.15 |
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Wolfowitz pleads case before board |
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Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election
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| Apr.26 |
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Congress backs Iraq pull-out plan |
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33 students massacred in class
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| Mar.27 |
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Senate votes for Iraq deadline |
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| Jan.23 |
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Bush urges unity in speech |
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| Jan.20 |
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Hillary Clinton joins 2008 race |
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| Jan.10 |
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Bush boosts troop numbers in Iraq
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Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled
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| Dec.20 |
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Bush: Army need to increase in size |
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| Dec.6 |
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Iraq Study Group: Situation grave
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Chavez wins by wide margin
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Poisoned former KGB spy dies
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| Nov.9 |
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Democrats secure sweeping win |
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| Nov.8 |
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Bush replaces Rumsfeld by Gates
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| Nov.7 |
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Democrats seize control of House  USA: The Dems has won control of the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections. Senate hangs on 2 races. The Democrats had picked up the 15 seats needed to wrest power. The Democratic Party focused on voters' anger over the Iraq, while the Republicans ... | |
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| Oct.26 |
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Bush signs Mexico fence into law |
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| Oct.20 |
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Bush holds Iraq strategy talks |
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Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak
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| Sep.21 |
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'U.S. threatened to bomb us' |
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| Sep.14 |
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Senators defy Bush on tribunals |
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| Sep.11 |
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US remembers 9/11 five years on. New York
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Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off
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| Sep.6 |
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Bush admits to CIA secret prisons |
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| Jun.22 |
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Study: Earth 'likely' hottest in 2,000 years |
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| Jun.6 |
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Europe 'connived in CIA flights' |
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| May.31 |
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US to join Iran talks |
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| May.16 |
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US releases 9/11 Pentagon video
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| May.9 |
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Ahmadinejad letter attacks Bush |
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| May.3 |
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Jury spares 9/11 plotter Moussaoui |
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Immigrants stage boycott day
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| Apr.13 |
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Moussaoui: 'No remorse' for 9/11 |
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| Apr.12 |
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Jurors hear Flight 93 cockpit tape
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Prodi hails Italy poll 'victory'
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| Feb.21 |
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Bush faces pressure to block port deal |
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Blast traps 66 in mine
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| Jan.31 |
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Bush made State of the Union address |
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| Jan.25 |
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Report: Army stretched to breaking point |
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| Jan.13 |
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Airstrike targeted al-Zawahiri. West Pakistan
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| Dec.16 |
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Secret U.S. spy powers sparks anger |
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| Nov.30 |
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Bush outlines Iraq 'victory plan' |
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| Nov.16 |
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U.S. admits using white phosphorous |
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| Nov.15 |
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'Secret CIA flights' probed |
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Government declared state of emergency
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| Nov.1 |
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Bush unveils pandemic flu strategy |
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| Oct.28 |
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Lewis Libby quits Cheney office
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Boys' electrocution starts riots
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| Sep.29 |
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Roberts confirmed as chief justice U.S. Congress: The Senate voted on the appointment of John Roberts as the next US Supreme Court chief justic
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| Sep.12 |
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Emergencies chief steps down
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| Sep.3 |
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Chief Justice Rehnquist dies |
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Massive airlift rescues thousands
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| Jul.19 |
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Bush names Roberts to Supreme Court |
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| Jul.1 |
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Supreme Court justice O'Connor retires. U.S. Supreme Court
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| Jun.27 |
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File-sharing suffers major defeat |
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Michael Jackson cleared on all counts
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| May.15 |
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Newsweek backs off Quran story |
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Ratzinger elected as new Pope
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| Feb.2 |
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President speaks on state of nation
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| Jan.20 |
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Bush sworn in for second term Bush vows to fight world tyranny. President's closest political allies around the world moved to congratulate him
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| Jan.3 |
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US presidents in tsunami aid plea |
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| Dec.8 |
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Congress Approves Intelligence Bill |
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| Nov.15 |
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Rice to replace Colin Powell
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Arafat died
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| Nov.2 |
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Bush re-elected Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/americas/04/vote_usa/map/html/default.stm| USA: In Ohio Kerry trailed Bush by about 104,000 votes out of just over 5 million cast -- 48% to 51%. George W Bush projected himself during the campaign as th... | |
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Glittering opening for Olympics
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| Jul.22 |
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911 panel report: 'Failure of imagination' The 570-page, 14-chapter report offers recommendations for reforming security agencies to fight terrorism
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| Jun.11 |
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World bids farewell to Reagan |
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Ronald Reagan dead at 93
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| Jun.3 |
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Tenet resigns as CIA director
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| Apr.30 |
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Iraq prison abuse sparks outrage A coalition military spokesman is 'disgusted' by photographs that apparently show U.S. soldiers abusing detainees
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| Apr.8 |
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Rice: Al Qaeda not flagged as threat |
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| Mar.24 |
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Former terror chief slams Bush |
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Rail blasts: 200 dead
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Aristide quits, flees Haiti
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| Feb.6 |
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Bush launches Iraq WMD commission
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| Jan.14 |
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Bush unveils vision for moon and beyond |
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NASA rover lands safely on red planet
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Major power outage
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Jul.11 |
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CIA chief takes blame for Bush speech |
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| Mar.19 |
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U.S. Launches War Against Iraq Map| After air raid sirens went off across Baghdad, anti-aircraft fire and explosions were heard. Blair ordered British forces to take part in the action to protect against a new threat of 'disorder and chaos'. Saddam that denounced the U.S.-led military campaign as... | |
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| Mar.17 |
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Bush: Saddam has 48 hours to leave Iraq |
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Space shuttle and crew lost
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| Nov.5 |
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Congress falls to Republicans |
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| Oct.24 |
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Two arrested in sniper shootings |
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| Sep.20 |
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Bush addresses nation in Congress. U.S. Congress
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| Sep.13 |
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5,000 people remain missing |
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| Sep.11 |
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Terror attacks hit U.S. Map New York: 3 commercial jets crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon. Both towers collapsed. United Airlines plane crashed
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| Jan.20 |
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Bush sworn in as president
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| Dec.13 |
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Gore conceded race
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World News Atlas started
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| Nov.7 |
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Closest Presidential election Map of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ElectoralCollege2000-Large.png Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state
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Y2K bug fails to bite
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