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2001
Sports (11)
Disasters (10)
Politics (14)
War & Army (2)
Crime (2)
Business (1)
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| Jan.6 |
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Fulke, Stricker in Match Play finals
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| Jan.9 |
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Coach of champion resigned
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| Jan.12 |
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Eriksson becomes England coach
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| Mar.4 |
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Foot-and-mouth fears hit Denmark
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| Mar.10 |
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Maier ties World Cup record
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| Mar.23 |
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EU summit
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| Mar.24 |
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EU summit ends on high European leaders aim to boost competition and lower consumer prices
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| Mar.29 |
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Oil slicks threaten coast 2,000 tonnes of oil spilled between Denmark and Germany when a tanker collided with a freighter
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| Apr.1 |
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Half of Baltic oil spill cleaned up A freighter collided with the oil tanker sending 2.9 million liters into the sea. Danish beaches has been scooped up
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| Apr.10 |
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EU hope foot-and-mouth contained European Union agriculture ministers meet at the 3-day talk in Sweden
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| May.3 |
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Royal romance Frequent sightings of Crown Prince and Norwegian fashion model have triggered speculation of an imminent engagement
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| May.9 |
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Red Cross pilot killed A Danish pilot was killed when the plane he was flying came under fire over Sudan
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| Jun.11 |
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EU summit ends on high To boost competition and lower prices. France resists opening up state monopolies in gas and electricity
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| Jun.14 |
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Bush met European leaders| Thousands of demonstrators hurled bottles in a protest against globalisation | |
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| Jun.15 |
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3 shot in EU summit riots Police had opened fire on anti-EU protesters battled riot police near the EU summit. 43 were hospitalized
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| Jun.16 |
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EU reassures would-be members European Union leaders have assured the 13 applicants for membership, best qualified can hope for end of 2002
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| Jul.1 |
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Ferry on fire A passenger ferry with 237 people on board is 20 miles south of Sweden in the Baltic sea
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| Jul.15 |
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Hakkinen wins British Grand Prix
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Divers prepare for Kursk mission Norwegian ship with deep-sea divers have arrived in the Barents Sea to prepare for lifting the sunken sub
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| Aug.25 |
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Wild child weds prince| Crown Prince Haakon and former party girl Hoiby, both 28, have married in presence of 800 guests and TV | |
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| Sep.1 |
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Poland qualify for World Cup
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| Sep.3 |
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Asylum seekers begin new journey| 433 stranded aboard a Norwegian freighter are bound for Papua New Guinea in 2 small barges | |
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| Sep.5 |
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Sweden qualifies for World Cup
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| Sep.10 |
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PM vows to stay on despite poll result Jens Stoltenberg will try muster support in parliament. His Labor Party had its worst election result since 1909
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| Sep.21 |
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Hewitt rallies at Davis Cup
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| Sep.22 |
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Australia leads Davis Cup, 2-1
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| Sep.23 |
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Australia beats Sweden Hewitt beat Johansson 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 and placed Australia into its 3rd consecutive final
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| Sep.30 |
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Hakkinen won U.S. Grand Prix
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| Oct.8 |
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110 die in runway blaze| SAS plane, from Milan to Copenhagen, hit a small plane which had strayed onto the runway in thick fog | | |
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Broken radar caused crash Human error and a broken ground radar system were the likely causes of the crash at Italy's Milan Linate airport
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| Oct.12 |
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U.N., Annan receive Nobel Prize| Norwegian Nobel Committee gave the centenary award to the U.N. and Kofi Annan, 63, for building peace | | |
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| Nov.9 |
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SAS grounds planes Airliner has grounded half of its older passenger planes after a fracture was found in the landing gear
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| Nov.20 |
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China expels Falun Gong protesters Western followers of the banned spiritual movement have left China. There was 7 Swedish members in a group of 35
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| Dec.3 |
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Tart attack was treason Court has convicted 4 teenagers, all aged 16 or 17, of high treason for throwing a cream cake at King Carl Gustaf
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| Dec.8 |
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Nobel winners call for Suu Kyi release Nobel Peace Prize winners urged the Myanmar government to release democracy leader, the fellow laureate
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