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Ship launched to space station M-44 cargo ship is carrying equipment, food and fuel
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| Apr.28 |
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First Tourist Blasts Off for Space American Dennis Tito, 60-year-old Los Angeles millionaire, is aboard a Russian rocket. He paid $20-million
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Tourist Tito lands safely Dennis Tito becomes the world's first paying space tourist
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| Sep.22 |
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Pope brings message of peace| John Paul has starts visit to Kazakhstan with a call for negotiation to settle conflicts | |
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Pope urges harmony between faiths John Paul II in the Kazakhstan capital Astana calls for harmony between Christians and Muslims
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| Oct.5 |
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US begins ground deployment| The elite 10th Mountain Division, 1,000 US troops are on their way to Uzbekistan. Rumsfeld met Karimov | | |
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| Oct.28 |
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Targets hit along Tajikistan border| There is no sign of an assault against the 6,000 Taleban soldiers | | |
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| Nov.3 |
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Rumsfeld in Uzbekistan To meet some of the 1,000 US troops
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| Dec.5 |
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Uzbek warlord rejects Afghan deal| Abdul Dostum intends to boycott new interim government since his faction had been treated unfairly under accord | |
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Key bridge to reopen to Afghanistan| Bridge will speed up aid to war refugees | |
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