World News
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2001
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Politics (7)
War & Army (4)
Sports (5)
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| Jan.19 |
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Plea over ex-Yeltsin aide
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| Jan.26 |
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World Economic Forum
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| Jan.27 |
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Davos protesters confront police Hundreds protest at the World Economic Forum summit. Police water cannons sprayed the crowd
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Gates pledges $100M for AIDS
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| Jan.29 |
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Globalism adopts a conscience Organisers of World Economic Forum concerned to present the human face of capitalism
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| Feb.1 |
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Ivanov worried by U.S. shield Russia's foreign minister has called for active dialogue over National Missile Defense
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| Feb.3 |
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Hingis defeated Maleeva
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| Feb.8 |
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Von Gruenigen wins giant slalom
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| Feb.23 |
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Police arrest hacking suspect 20-year-old consultant was arrested on suspicion of hacking into the computer systems at the Davos economic forum
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| Mar.16 |
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Ex PM's Swiss account frozen Account belonging to Marjanovic frozen to ensure that Milosevic does not have access to funds
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| Apr.17 |
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Cult killing trial begins A Swiss M. Tabachnik, 58, has denied any involvement with the Order of Solar Temple cult, which lost 74 members
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| May.17 |
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Borodin silent before Swiss court Former Kremlin aide has maintained his silence over charges of money laundering
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| May.19 |
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Trapped cavers reach surface| 250 rescuers worked day and night. 8 Swiss tourists have emerged safe from a flooded cave where they were for 4 days | |
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| Jun.13 |
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FIFA president avoids no confidence
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Trying to save sturgeon Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan and Turkmenistan agreed on a package of measures to protect their caviar industry
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| Jun.25 |
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Wimbledon: Hingis out early
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| Jul.4 |
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Henman fights past Federer
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| Jul.25 |
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U.S. rejects germ warfare accord Washington said that the protocol would put national security and confidential information at risk
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| Sep.11 |
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Nurse admits killing 27 patients| Roger Andermatt, the 32-year-old man, has confessed to killing elderly patients | |
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| Sep.27 |
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Gunman kills 14 in assembly| Man, disguised as a police officer, gone on the rampage in a regional parliament before committing suicide | |
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| Oct.2 |
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Swissair grounds all flights Ailing carrier has run out of cash. Some planes had been impounded since fuel suppliers refused to deliver
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| Oct.6 |
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Donors pledged $608m to Afghans Annan had appealed for $584m to help millions of starved
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| Oct.22 |
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State saves Swissair Government is to pay the lion's share of a $2.65bn rescue package
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| Oct.24 |
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Tunnel inferno after head-on crash| 2 lorries have crashed inside the road tunnel from Switzerland to Italy, starting a blaze which has killed 10 people | |
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Smoke hinders tunnel rescue Rescue workers and fire-fighters have been unable to reach the heart of a fire
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| Oct.25 |
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128 missing after tunnel blaze Firefighters are still battling through intense heat in a 200m zone where there are 20 or 30 vehicles
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| Nov.16 |
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War-crimes suspect extradited Zorana Banic, 49, an ethnic Serb, convicted in absentia for massacre of 43 Croatian civilians
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| Nov.20 |
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Tunnel crash driver had drank The lorry driver accused of causing the crash on October 24 in which he and 10 others died
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| Nov.24 |
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Plane crashes at Zurich| A Crossair flight from Berlin was carrying about 30 people. 24 died | |
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| Nov.25 |
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Survivor hunt abandoned 24 people are have died in the crash of Crossair flight 3597
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| Dec.2 |
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Voters choosed to keep army Voters have rejected a proposal to scrap the army by 4 to 1 in a referendum
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