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 2000
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| May.24 |
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Israel retreat complete| Troops withdraw from Lebanese security zone after 22 years of occupation. Many of the posts were blown up | | |
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| Jun.10 |
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Bashar al-Assad succeeds late father| Son to replace deceased longest-serving Mideast ruler who led country since 1971 | |
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| Sep.30 |
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 Intifada started by Sharon visit  Palestinians and Israelis clash, spurred by visit of right-wing Israeli leader to a joint Jewish/Muslim holy site
| Al-Aqsa intifada is named after the Jerusalem mosque complex where the violence began. Ariel Sharon's visit to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and the failure of the peace process provides the sparks
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| Oct.12 |
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17 U.S. sailors on Cole die in explosion| Attack was apparently a carefully planned terrorist act carried out by suicide bombers | |
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| Nov.15 |
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 Israeli helicopters strike Fatah HQ 4 helicopters attacks targeted 3 Fatah headquarters with missiles. 3 Palestinians wounded
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| Nov.17 |
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Britons injured in Saudi blast
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Arafat tells gunmen to end shooting
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| Nov.18 |
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Military surround kidnappers
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| Nov.19 |
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USA Defense Sec. met Kuwait's leaders
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| Nov.20 |
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U.S. official met former slaves
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| Nov.21 |
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Egypt recalled ambassador to Israel Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to expressed his unhappiness
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U.S. officials barred from Sudan
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| Nov.22 |
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Israel launches rocket attacks
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3 Britons injured in Saudi car blast
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| Nov.23 |
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Meeting at border crossing
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| Nov.24 |
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Attack boat bought in Saudi Arabia
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Arafat, Barak to resume cooperation
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| Nov.25 |
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Pope names Syrian to important post
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| Nov.26 |
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 Hezbollah detonated a roadside bomb Israel launched a retaliatory air strike and would file a complaint with the U.N. Security Council
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French torturers would go on trial
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6 arrested in Cole investigation
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| Nov.29 |
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Talks on ending sanctions
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| Dec.4 |
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Terrorist to face new trial
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| Dec.5 |
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Defense in Lockerbie opens case
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U.N. extends Iraq oil, food plan U.N. Council voted to renew a 6-month extension of the Iraq humanitarian program
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Ban tripled Palestinian unemployment
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| Dec.6 |
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Suspects to be tried in attack on Cole
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| Dec.7 |
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U.S. links bin Laden and bombing
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| Dec.8 |
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Gunman kills 20 in mosque Member of the Islamic militant group was later shot to death by police
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Israel blockades West Bank
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| Dec.9 |
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Iraq oil exports to restart
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| Dec.10 |
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No extradition of USS Cole suspects
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Pakistani PM begins exile
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| Dec.11 |
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Oil-for-food deal extension Iraq has officially notified the UN of agreement to an extension of the oil-for-food deal for another 6-month
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Family connection between attacks
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| Dec.12 |
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Leaders meet with investigators A U.S.-led commission investigating Mideast violence flew to Jordan. Commission met with Egyptian President
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 Arafat, U.S. mediator hold talks Lite-night talks in Morocco, while 2 Palestinians killed in Gaza
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| Dec.13 |
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Polling slow in elections Several opposition parties are boycotting
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| Dec.15 |
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Cole suspects fled to Afghanistan U.S. and Yemeni officials said key suspects in the bombing of the USS Cole have fled to safety
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 22 die in bus accident 22 Jordanians, Syrians died when bus burst into flames
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| Dec.16 |
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 Briton hurt in blast D. Brown from Scotland, was injured when a parcel placed near the windscreen of his car exploded
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| Dec.21 |
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4 Israeli soldiers injured Palestinian rammed a truck into a West Bank checkpoint
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| Dec.22 |
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 Suicide bomber killed Bomber killed himself at a cafe in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, 3 Israeli soldiers hurt in blast
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| Dec.25 |
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 Gadhafi suggests halt oil supply Libyan leader suggested that OPEC could stop pumping oil for a year or two to keep crude prices high
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| Dec.26 |
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250 killed in Ramadan Interior Minister promised that the government would have no mercy towards responsible for the massacres
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| Dec.27 |
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Barak Cancels Talks with Mubarak| Israeli Prime Minister will not travel to Egypt for a meeting with the Egyptian president | |
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| Dec.30 |
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Assad eases up on freedoms President has ordered a toning-down of displays of posters and banners, pardoned 600 political prisoners.
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| Dec.31 |
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Gulf joint defense pact Leaders of the 6-nation Gulf Cooperation Council discussed a plan to set up a rapid deployment force
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