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 2002
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| Jan.8 |
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Fury over Mecca castle demolition
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| Feb.7 |
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Pakistan punish careless Windies
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| Feb.26 |
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Support grows for Mid-East peace plan Bush has praised a peace plan put forward by Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
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| Mar.27 |
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22 killed in Dubai drydock flood 150 injured after a floodgate broke at a maintenance drydock
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| Apr.15 |
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Tape 'shows September 11 hijacker'
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| Apr.20 |
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Bus crash kills 46
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| Apr.25 |
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Saudis issue blunt warning to Bush| Crown Prince Abdullah, has President of grave consequences to US interests unless it does more to restrain Israel | |
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| Jun.20 |
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Blast kills Briton
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| Jun.22 |
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Bin Laden 'on TV soon'
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| Jun.30 |
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U.S. building up forces at obscure base
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| Jul.9 |
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New al Qaeda threats
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| Jul.24 |
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Al Jazeera shutdown rescinded
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| Aug.1 |
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9/11 hijacker questioned in January 2001
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| Aug.7 |
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Report: Saudi Arabia is enemy of U.S.
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| Aug.10 |
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al-Qaeda fighters handed over
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| Aug.24 |
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Saudi sought by FBI back home
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| Aug.27 |
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 Bush tells Saudi no decision on Iraq| President pressed his case against Iraq with Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan | |
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| Aug.28 |
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 Saudis condemn Iraq attack plan Minister Prince said that dealing with the Iraqi leader by trying to remove him from the outside would never work
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| Sep.6 |
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Al-Jazeera claims taped 9/11 confessions
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| Sep.8 |
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U.S. nuke plants considered for 9/11
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| Sep.9 |
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 Al-Jazeera: Bin Laden praises hijackers A tape purportedly of Osama bin Laden praises the al Qaeda hijackers for changing 'the face of history'
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| Sep.11 |
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Saudi Arabia backs terror fight
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| Sep.12 |
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Al-Jazeera offers accounts of 9/11 plan
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| Sep.15 |
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Saudis offer bases for Iraq strike| Saudi Arabia has made a major shift in its policy, indicating that it could allow US forces access to bases on its territory | |
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| Sep.21 |
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General Franks: U.S. ready to attack Iraq
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| Sep.27 |
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Subject of global manhunt released
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| Oct.6 |
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Voice on tape said to be bin Laden's
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| Oct.8 |
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 Attack on Marines| Two Kuwaitis fired on Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf, killing one Marine and wounding another | |
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| Oct.9 |
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Al Qaeda linked to attack on Marines
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U.S. troops fire at armed civilians
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| Oct.12 |
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al Qaeda linked to attack on Marines The leader of the terrorist cell involved in deadly attack on U.S. Marines in Kuwait had connections with al Qaeda
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| Oct.14 |
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Shots fired at U.S. military units The shots came from 2 civilian SUVs. There were no injuries and no return fire
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Alleged bin Laden letter praises attacks A statement attributed to bin Laden praises attacks on U.S. Marines in Kuwait and a French supertanker off Yemen
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| Oct.15 |
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Hijack attempt foiled 2 would-be hijackers are in custody in Sudan after a failed attempt to commandeer a Saudi Airlines jetliner
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| Oct.19 |
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Man and machine chess ends in stalemate
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| Oct.23 |
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 Boycott clouds historic poll First parliament election in almost 30 years overshadowed by an opposition boycott and the spectre of sectarian discord
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| Oct.24 |
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First legislative elections in 30 years Elections criticized by Shiite Muslim groups for not going far enough. Many Shiites were ignoring the boycott call
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| Nov.3 |
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 Saudis: No airspace, bases for Iraq strike Foreign minister though pledged his country's allegiance with the United States in its fight against the al Qaeda
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| Nov.12 |
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 bin Laden tape praises attacks| An audiotaped statement attributed to Osama praises recent terror attacks in Yemen, Kuwait, Bali and Moscow | |
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| Dec.4 |
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Boat accident didn't involve Iraq A U.S. Special Operations member and a Kuwaiti sailor were injured when 2 Kuwaiti Navy boats collided
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| Dec.9 |
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U.S. kicks off war games A major war games simulation is to test a forward command center that could direct an eventual conflict in Iraq
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| Dec.10 |
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U.S. irons out Gulf HQ blips Minor problems encountered during the first 36 hours of Exercise Internal Look, the Central Command training exercise
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| Dec.16 |
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INS to register Saudi, Pakistani men Male nationals of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan visiting or studying must report for fingerprinting and photographing
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| Dec.21 |
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Bomb scare grounds flight to Jordan A Jordanian airline flight was prevented from leaving Abu Dhabi for Dubai after a passenger was found with a bomb
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| Dec.22 |
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Iraq surrenders Kuwaiti war booty Items are including 4 paintings and 7 gifts originally given to the Kuwaiti royal family by international dignitaries
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 Tank accident kills French newsman Patrick Bourrat, 48, has died after being hit by a tank while covering U.S. military exercises in Kuwait
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