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| Aug.1 |
Liberia |
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Leaders to discuss Taylor's exit |
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| |
England |
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Wider inquiry urged into Iraq war |
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| |
 North Caucasus |
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Suicide blast kills 50| A bomber drove a truck laden with explosives through the gates of a military hospital for Chechnya-bound troops | |
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 Jordan |
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Daughter: Saddam 'had a big heart' 2 oldest daughters still love their father but wouldn't talk about Saddam role in the deaths of their husbands in 1996
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UN Security Council |
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Force approved for Liberia |
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North Caucasus |
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Search on for blast survivors |
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| Aug.2 |
Iraq |
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Saddam's sons buried in homeland The U.S. military handed their bodies of 2 sons and a grandson over to the Iraqi Red Crescent
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Liberia |
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Taylor sets date to step down |
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| |
West Bank |
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Palestinians arrest Arafat HQ militants
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Pakistan |
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Village blast kills 52
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| |
North Korea |
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N Korea snubs US official |
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| |
United Arab Emirates |
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Alleged al Qaeda tape threatens U.S. |
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| Aug.3 |
New York |
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Tyson files for bankruptcy |
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| |
Liberia |
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Fight as peace force nears |
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| |
South Africa |
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Conference focusing on AIDS |
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| |
South Korea |
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Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death'
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| |
Liberia |
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Monrovia awaits peace troops |
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| Aug.4 |
 Liberia |
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Peace force arrives The first wave of West African peacekeepers has arrived to end fighting between rebel troops and government forces
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| |
Portugal |
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Forest fires 'calamity' |
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| |
Liberia |
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Peacekeepers expect Taylor to leave |
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| |
 Jakarta |
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Blast at Jakarta hotel kills 13 
Map of Jakarta| An explosion at the Marriott hotel has left 100 people injured | |
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| Aug.5 |
South Africa |
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Mbeki: Taylor pledges to step down |
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| |
New Hampshire |
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Anglicans elect gay bishop
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| |
Jakarta |
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Possible Bali link in Jakarta blast |
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| Aug.6 |
Israel |
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Israel frees 339 Palestinian prisoners |
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| |
Liberia |
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Troops to start patrol |
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| |
 Southern California |
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Schwarzenegger to run for governor| Film star, best known for his role in the Terminator films, has announced he will run as a Republican candidate | |
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| Aug.7 |
Baghdad |
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Bomb at Jordanian Embassy| A car bomb has exploded killing up to 10 people -- including 5 Iraqi guards -- and injuring about 40 others | |
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| |
European Union |
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Relentless heat plagues Europe
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| |
Indonesia |
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Bali bomber sentenced to die |
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| |
Jordan |
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Jordan: Embassy bombers 'cowards' |
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| |
Liberia |
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US-led team to meet rebels |
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| Aug.8 |
England |
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World summit called over gay bishop |
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| |
West Bank |
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Hamas vows Israel raid payback |
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| |
South Africa |
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S. Africa to distribute AIDS drugs
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| |
Boston |
|
Church offer over sex abuse |
|
| |
Washington |
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US fears more Indonesia attacks |
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| Aug.9 |
Jakarta |
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Al Qaeda 'trained' Jakarta bombers |
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| |
Liberia |
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Fears over port city |
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| |
Liberia |
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Bitter Taylor bids farewell |
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| Aug.10 |
Southern Lebanon |
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Israelis retaliate in south Lebanon
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| |
Liberia |
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Taylor blames U.S. for Liberia woe |
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| Aug.11 |
Liberia |
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Taylor quits under pressure| President has stepped down as demanded by the US and West African leaders -- 14 years after leading a rebellion | |
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| |
Kabul |
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NATO takes over Afghan command
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| |
Indonesia |
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Al Qaeda claims Marriott blast |
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| |
Liberia |
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President invites rebels into government |
|
| |
Israel |
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Deadly Pair of Apparent Bombings |
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| Aug.12 |
New Jersey |
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3 arrested in missile-smuggling case
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| |
Paris |
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Paris heat wave 'kills 100' |
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| Aug.13 |
New Jersey |
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3 charged in US missile sting |
|
| |
Liberia |
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Hungry Liberians storm port |
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| |
Libya |
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$2.7bn Lockerbie compensation deal |
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| |
Saudi Arabia |
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Al Qaeda plot to target BA |
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| Aug.14 |
Liberia |
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Rebels hand over port. US troops arrived
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| |
 France |
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10,000 dead in heat wave Paris morgues are full and air conditioned tents have been set up to hold bodies
| Officials blame the high death toll on the length of the heat wave and that Parisian buildings typically lack air conditioning. In 'Plan Blanc' doctors and nurses being recalled from leave, morgue workers called out of retirement, and further 1,000 hospital beds being made available
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| |
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| |
New York |
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Major power outage| An outage struck simultaneously across dozens of cities in the eastern U.S. and Canada | |
|
| |
Indonesia |
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Asia's most wanted Hambali arrested
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| Aug.15 |
Thailand |
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Hambali in U.S. hands |
|
| |
Liberia |
|
Relief food ship docks |
|
| |
New York |
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New Yorkers urged to stay away |
|
| |
 Libya |
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Libya taking Lockerbie blame Libya has prepared a letter for delivery to the U.N. accepting responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing
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| |
West Bank |
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Israel to release cities to Palestinians |
|
| |
 Saudi Arabia |
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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin dies| Idi Amin, who had lived for years in exile, is blamed for the murders of tens of thousands of Ugandans in the 1970s | |
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| Aug.16 |
Iraq |
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Fire halts flow of oil
|
| |
Jakarta |
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10 held over Jakarta bombing |
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| Aug.17 |
Liberia |
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Rebels to take role in interim government
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| |
New Jersey |
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Micheel wins PGA Championship |
|
| |
Liberia |
|
Peace deal 'imminent' |
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| Aug.18 |
Paris |
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Heat crisis: French official quits |
|
| |
Liberia |
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Liberia, rebels sign peace deal Government and rebel leaders signed a peace accord to end the 3-year civil war that brought down President Taylor
|
| |
 Mali |
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14 European hostages released 9 Germans, 4 Swiss and a Dutchman were among 32 taken hostage by Algerian Islamic extremists in the Sahara
|
| |
Morocco |
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Death sentences for bombings |
|
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| Aug.19 |
Kurdistan |
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Saddam deputy captured
|
| |
 Jerusalem |
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Powerful bus bomb killed 21| The bomb exploded in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. The explosion damaged a second bus | |
|
| |
Baghdad |
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Truck bomb kills 17 including U.N. envoy| The U.N. special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello died in an explosion that ripped through the U.N HQ in Baghdad | |
|
| |
West Bank |
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Abbas ends talks with militant groups |
|
| |
Iraq |
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Hopes fade in UN Baghdad search |
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| Aug.20 |
UN |
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UN to stick by Iraq mission |
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| |
Jerusalem |
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Palestinians promise new efforts |
|
| |
West Bank |
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Israel raids West Bank cities
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| |
Liberia |
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New leader Gyude Bryant: I am a healer |
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| Aug.21 |
Iraq |
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'Chemical Ali' in U.S. custody Ali Hassan al-Majid is Saddam's cousin and the man blamed for ordering a deadly attack against the Kurds in 1988
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| |
Gaza |
|
Hamas ends cease-fire
|
| |
USA |
 |
SoBig.F breaks virus speed records The computer virus has already overwhelmed hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide
|
| |
England |
|
UK backs US on Iraq command |
|
| |
Australia |
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Australia 'twisted Iraq intelligence' |
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| Aug.22 |
Gaza |
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Palestinians protest leader's death
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| |
England |
|
Argentine Jewish bomb: Envoy held |
|
| |
 Brazil |
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21 dead in rocket explosion At least 20 others were injured. A rocket exploded on its launch pad while undergoing final pre-launch tests
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| |
Iraq |
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U.N. diplomat's body leaves Iraq |
|
| |
Basra |
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3 British soldiers killed in Basra
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|
| Aug.23 |
Italy |
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Handshake for Berlusconi and Schroeder
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| |
Iraq |
|
New front in war on terror' |
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|
| Aug.24 |
Iraq |
|
Bomb kills 3 bodyguards of Shiite leader
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| |
Iran |
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Iran escalates envoy arrest row |
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| |
Gaza |
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Israeli attack kills 4 Hamas members
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| |
France |
|
Bekele leads Ethiopian romp |
|
| |
Colombia |
|
Bomb kills at least six on riverboat |
|
|
| Aug.25 |
 Mumbai |
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46 dead in twin blasts| Attacks appeared similar to ones carried out by 2 terrorist groups, one of them connected to al Qaeda | |
|
| |
Eastern Afghanistan |
|
Taleban fighters bombed |
|
| |
Rwanda |
|
President claims landslide
|
| |
France |
|
Collins crowned sprint king |
|
| |
New Delhi |
|
India boosts security after blasts |
|
|
| Aug.26 |
Washington |
|
Columbia report faults Nasa managers The independent team concluded that long-standing flaws in the organisation were 'as much a cause' as technical faults
|
| |
New Delhi |
|
India: Pakistan must act on blasts |
|
| |
Beijing |
|
Hopes low as N Korea talks start
|
| |
Gaza |
|
Israeli missile strike kills bystander |
|
| |
UN Security Council |
|
War crimes order to protect staff |
|
|
| Aug.27 |
Washington |
|
Bremer: Iraq effort to cost tens of billions Iraqi revenue would not be enough to cover economic needs that 'almost impossible to exaggerate'
|
| |
India |
|
Deadly stampede at Hindu festival |
|
| |
Washington |
|
Nasa chief vows to make changes |
|
| |
West Bank |
|
Arafat urges cease-fire |
|
| |
England |
|
Blair faces Hutton spotlight |
|
|
| Aug.28 |
London |
|
Blair defiant at Iraq inquiry
|
| |
France |
|
White completes sprint double |
|
| |
London |
|
Rush hour power cut hits London |
|
| |
New York |
|
Tapes rekindle horror of 9/11 |
|
| |
 Beijing |
|
N Korea talks fail to ease tension| The diplomatic gulf separating N. Korea and the U.S. is wide as ever after 6-nation talks on the North's nuclear programme | |
|
|
| Aug.29 |
Iraq |
|
Cleric among 100 dead after mosque blast| Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim was the spiritual leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution | |
|
| |
 London |
|
Campbel, Blair's right-hand man, quits Downing Street media chief said his resignation was not related to the Hutton inquiry
|
| |
Washington |
|
US 'pleased' at N Korea talks |
|
| |
 Arctic |
|
Nuclear submarine sinks A Russian sub K-159 with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. One of the crew had been rescued
|
| |
UN |
|
World condemns Iraq attack |
|
|
| Aug.30 |
Iraq |
|
4 arrested over Najaf bombing
|
| |
Gaza |
|
Palestinians: At least two killed in strike |
|
| |
Iraq |
|
Thousands mourn cleric |
|
|
| Aug.31 |
Afghanistan |
|
2 U.S. soldiers killed |
|
| |
Libya |
|
Gaddafi announces bombing deal
|
| |
New Delhi |
|
Police: Attack prevented |
|
| |
Iraq |
|
FBI to join mosque bomb probe |
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.1 |
UN Security Council |
Force approved for Liberia |
|
| Aug.3 |
Liberia |
Fight as peace force nears |
|
| Aug.3 |
Liberia |
Monrovia awaits peace troops |
|
| Aug.4 |
Liberia |
Peace force arrives The first wave of West African peacekeepers has arrived to end fighting between rebel troops and government forces
|
| Aug.6 |
Israel |
Israel frees 339 Palestinian prisoners |
|
| Aug.6 |
Liberia |
Troops to start patrol |
|
| Aug.8 |
West Bank |
Hamas vows Israel raid payback |
|
| Aug.10 |
Southern Lebanon |
Israelis retaliate in south Lebanon
|
| Aug.11 |
Kabul |
NATO takes over Afghan command
|
| Aug.14 |
Liberia |
Rebels hand over port. US troops arrived
|
| Aug.17 |
Liberia |
Peace deal 'imminent' |
|
| Aug.18 |
Liberia |
Liberia, rebels sign peace deal Government and rebel leaders signed a peace accord to end the 3-year civil war that brought down President Taylor
|
| Aug.20 |
West Bank |
Israel raids West Bank cities
|
| Aug.21 |
Iraq |
'Chemical Ali' in U.S. custody Ali Hassan al-Majid is Saddam's cousin and the man blamed for ordering a deadly attack against the Kurds in 1988
|
| Aug.21 |
Gaza |
Hamas ends cease-fire
|
| Aug.21 |
England |
UK backs US on Iraq command |
|
| Aug.22 |
Basra |
3 British soldiers killed in Basra
|
| Aug.23 |
Iraq |
New front in war on terror' |
|
| Aug.24 |
Gaza |
Israeli attack kills 4 Hamas members
|
| Aug.25 |
Eastern Afghanistan |
Taleban fighters bombed |
|
| Aug.26 |
Gaza |
Israeli missile strike kills bystander |
|
| Aug.26 |
UN Security Council |
War crimes order to protect staff |
|
| Aug.27 |
West Bank |
Arafat urges cease-fire |
|
| Aug.29 |
Arctic |
Nuclear submarine sinks A Russian sub K-159 with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. One of the crew had been rescued
|
| Aug.30 |
Gaza |
Palestinians: At least two killed in strike |
|
| Aug.31 |
Afghanistan |
2 U.S. soldiers killed |
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.1 |
North Caucasus |
Search on for blast survivors |
|
| Aug.2 |
Pakistan |
Village blast kills 52
|
| Aug.3 |
South Africa |
Conference focusing on AIDS |
|
| Aug.3 |
South Korea |
Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death'
|
| Aug.4 |
Portugal |
Forest fires 'calamity' |
|
| Aug.7 |
European Union |
Relentless heat plagues Europe
|
| Aug.8 |
South Africa |
S. Africa to distribute AIDS drugs
|
| Aug.9 |
Liberia |
Fears over port city |
|
| Aug.12 |
Paris |
Paris heat wave 'kills 100' |
|
| Aug.14 |
France |
10,000 dead in heat wave Paris morgues are full and air conditioned tents have been set up to hold bodies
| Officials blame the high death toll on the length of the heat wave and that Parisian buildings typically lack air conditioning. In 'Plan Blanc' doctors and nurses being recalled from leave, morgue workers called out of retirement, and further 1,000 hospital beds being made available
|
| |
|
| Aug.14 |
New York |
Major power outage| An outage struck simultaneously across dozens of cities in the eastern U.S. and Canada | |
|
| Aug.15 |
New York |
New Yorkers urged to stay away |
|
| Aug.16 |
Iraq |
Fire halts flow of oil
|
| Aug.18 |
Paris |
Heat crisis: French official quits |
|
| Aug.19 |
Iraq |
Hopes fade in UN Baghdad search |
|
| Aug.22 |
Brazil |
21 dead in rocket explosion At least 20 others were injured. A rocket exploded on its launch pad while undergoing final pre-launch tests
|
| Aug.26 |
Washington |
Columbia report faults Nasa managers The independent team concluded that long-standing flaws in the organisation were 'as much a cause' as technical faults
|
| Aug.27 |
India |
Deadly stampede at Hindu festival |
|
| Aug.28 |
London |
Rush hour power cut hits London |
|
| Aug.28 |
New York |
Tapes rekindle horror of 9/11 |
|
| Aug.29 |
Arctic |
Nuclear submarine sinks A Russian sub K-159 with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. One of the crew had been rescued
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.3 |
New York |
Tyson files for bankruptcy |
|
| Aug.3 |
South Korea |
Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death'
|
| Aug.6 |
Southern California |
Schwarzenegger to run for governor| Film star, best known for his role in the Terminator films, has announced he will run as a Republican candidate | |
|
| Aug.8 |
South Africa |
S. Africa to distribute AIDS drugs
|
| Aug.15 |
Liberia |
Relief food ship docks |
|
| Aug.16 |
Iraq |
Fire halts flow of oil
|
| Aug.21 |
USA |
SoBig.F breaks virus speed records The computer virus has already overwhelmed hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide
|
| Aug.27 |
Washington |
Bremer: Iraq effort to cost tens of billions Iraqi revenue would not be enough to cover economic needs that 'almost impossible to exaggerate'
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.3 |
New York |
Tyson files for bankruptcy |
|
| Aug.17 |
New Jersey |
Micheel wins PGA Championship |
|
| Aug.24 |
France |
Bekele leads Ethiopian romp |
|
| Aug.25 |
France |
Collins crowned sprint king |
|
| Aug.28 |
France |
White completes sprint double |
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.1 |
North Caucasus |
Suicide blast kills 50| A bomber drove a truck laden with explosives through the gates of a military hospital for Chechnya-bound troops | |
|
| Aug.2 |
West Bank |
Palestinians arrest Arafat HQ militants
|
| Aug.2 |
United Arab Emirates |
Alleged al Qaeda tape threatens U.S. |
|
| Aug.4 |
Jakarta |
Blast at Jakarta hotel kills 13 Map of Jakarta| An explosion at the Marriott hotel has left 100 people injured | |
|
| Aug.5 |
Jakarta |
Possible Bali link in Jakarta blast |
|
| Aug.6 |
Israel |
Israel frees 339 Palestinian prisoners |
|
| Aug.7 |
Baghdad |
Bomb at Jordanian Embassy| A car bomb has exploded killing up to 10 people -- including 5 Iraqi guards -- and injuring about 40 others | |
|
| Aug.7 |
Indonesia |
Bali bomber sentenced to die |
|
| Aug.8 |
West Bank |
Hamas vows Israel raid payback |
|
| Aug.8 |
Boston |
Church offer over sex abuse |
|
| Aug.9 |
Jakarta |
Al Qaeda 'trained' Jakarta bombers |
|
| Aug.11 |
Indonesia |
Al Qaeda claims Marriott blast |
|
| Aug.11 |
Israel |
Deadly Pair of Apparent Bombings |
|
| Aug.12 |
New Jersey |
3 arrested in missile-smuggling case
|
| Aug.13 |
New Jersey |
3 charged in US missile sting |
|
| Aug.13 |
Liberia |
Hungry Liberians storm port |
|
| Aug.13 |
Libya |
$2.7bn Lockerbie compensation deal |
|
| Aug.13 |
Saudi Arabia |
Al Qaeda plot to target BA |
|
| Aug.14 |
Indonesia |
Asia's most wanted Hambali arrested
|
| Aug.15 |
Thailand |
Hambali in U.S. hands |
|
| Aug.16 |
Iraq |
Fire halts flow of oil
|
| Aug.16 |
Jakarta |
10 held over Jakarta bombing |
|
| Aug.18 |
Mali |
14 European hostages released 9 Germans, 4 Swiss and a Dutchman were among 32 taken hostage by Algerian Islamic extremists in the Sahara
|
| Aug.18 |
Morocco |
Death sentences for bombings |
|
| Aug.19 |
Kurdistan |
Saddam deputy captured
|
| Aug.19 |
Jerusalem |
Powerful bus bomb killed 21| The bomb exploded in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. The explosion damaged a second bus | |
|
| Aug.19 |
Baghdad |
Truck bomb kills 17 including U.N. envoy| The U.N. special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello died in an explosion that ripped through the U.N HQ in Baghdad | |
|
| Aug.21 |
Gaza |
Hamas ends cease-fire
|
| Aug.22 |
England |
Argentine Jewish bomb: Envoy held |
|
| Aug.23 |
Iraq |
New front in war on terror' |
|
| Aug.24 |
Iraq |
Bomb kills 3 bodyguards of Shiite leader
|
| Aug.24 |
Colombia |
Bomb kills at least six on riverboat |
|
| Aug.25 |
Mumbai |
46 dead in twin blasts| Attacks appeared similar to ones carried out by 2 terrorist groups, one of them connected to al Qaeda | |
|
| Aug.29 |
Iraq |
Cleric among 100 dead after mosque blast| Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim was the spiritual leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution | |
|
| Aug.30 |
Iraq |
4 arrested over Najaf bombing
|
| Aug.31 |
New Delhi |
Police: Attack prevented |
|
| Aug.31 |
Iraq |
FBI to join mosque bomb probe |
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.1 |
Liberia |
Leaders to discuss Taylor's exit |
|
| Aug.1 |
England |
Wider inquiry urged into Iraq war |
|
| Aug.1 |
Jordan |
Daughter: Saddam 'had a big heart' 2 oldest daughters still love their father but wouldn't talk about Saddam role in the deaths of their husbands in 1996
|
| Aug.2 |
Iraq |
Saddam's sons buried in homeland The U.S. military handed their bodies of 2 sons and a grandson over to the Iraqi Red Crescent
|
| Aug.2 |
Liberia |
Taylor sets date to step down |
|
| Aug.2 |
North Korea |
N Korea snubs US official |
|
| Aug.3 |
South Africa |
Conference focusing on AIDS |
|
| Aug.4 |
Liberia |
Peacekeepers expect Taylor to leave |
|
| Aug.5 |
South Africa |
Mbeki: Taylor pledges to step down |
|
| Aug.5 |
New Hampshire |
Anglicans elect gay bishop
|
| Aug.6 |
Southern California |
Schwarzenegger to run for governor| Film star, best known for his role in the Terminator films, has announced he will run as a Republican candidate | |
|
| Aug.7 |
Jordan |
Jordan: Embassy bombers 'cowards' |
|
| Aug.7 |
Liberia |
US-led team to meet rebels |
|
| Aug.8 |
England |
World summit called over gay bishop |
|
| Aug.8 |
Boston |
Church offer over sex abuse |
|
| Aug.8 |
Washington |
US fears more Indonesia attacks |
|
| Aug.9 |
Liberia |
Bitter Taylor bids farewell |
|
| Aug.10 |
Liberia |
Taylor blames U.S. for Liberia woe |
|
| Aug.11 |
Liberia |
Taylor quits under pressure| President has stepped down as demanded by the US and West African leaders -- 14 years after leading a rebellion | |
|
| Aug.11 |
Liberia |
President invites rebels into government |
|
| Aug.15 |
Liberia |
Relief food ship docks |
|
| Aug.15 |
Libya |
Libya taking Lockerbie blame Libya has prepared a letter for delivery to the U.N. accepting responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing
|
| Aug.15 |
West Bank |
Israel to release cities to Palestinians |
|
| Aug.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin dies| Idi Amin, who had lived for years in exile, is blamed for the murders of tens of thousands of Ugandans in the 1970s | |
|
| Aug.17 |
Liberia |
Rebels to take role in interim government
|
| Aug.17 |
Liberia |
Peace deal 'imminent' |
|
| Aug.18 |
Paris |
Heat crisis: French official quits |
|
| Aug.18 |
Liberia |
Liberia, rebels sign peace deal Government and rebel leaders signed a peace accord to end the 3-year civil war that brought down President Taylor
|
| Aug.19 |
West Bank |
Abbas ends talks with militant groups |
|
| Aug.20 |
UN |
UN to stick by Iraq mission |
|
| Aug.20 |
Jerusalem |
Palestinians promise new efforts |
|
| Aug.20 |
Liberia |
New leader Gyude Bryant: I am a healer |
|
| Aug.21 |
Australia |
Australia 'twisted Iraq intelligence' |
|
| Aug.22 |
Gaza |
Palestinians protest leader's death
|
| Aug.22 |
Iraq |
U.N. diplomat's body leaves Iraq |
|
| Aug.23 |
Italy |
Handshake for Berlusconi and Schroeder
|
| Aug.24 |
Iran |
Iran escalates envoy arrest row |
|
| Aug.25 |
Rwanda |
President claims landslide
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| Aug.25 |
New Delhi |
India boosts security after blasts |
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| Aug.26 |
Washington |
Columbia report faults Nasa managers The independent team concluded that long-standing flaws in the organisation were 'as much a cause' as technical faults
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| Aug.26 |
New Delhi |
India: Pakistan must act on blasts |
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| Aug.26 |
Beijing |
Hopes low as N Korea talks start
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| Aug.26 |
UN Security Council |
War crimes order to protect staff |
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| Aug.27 |
India |
Deadly stampede at Hindu festival |
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| Aug.27 |
Washington |
Nasa chief vows to make changes |
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| Aug.27 |
England |
Blair faces Hutton spotlight |
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| Aug.28 |
London |
Blair defiant at Iraq inquiry
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| Aug.28 |
Beijing |
N Korea talks fail to ease tension| The diplomatic gulf separating N. Korea and the U.S. is wide as ever after 6-nation talks on the North's nuclear programme | |
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| Aug.29 |
London |
Campbel, Blair's right-hand man, quits Downing Street media chief said his resignation was not related to the Hutton inquiry
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| Aug.29 |
Washington |
US 'pleased' at N Korea talks |
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| Aug.29 |
UN |
World condemns Iraq attack |
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| Aug.30 |
Iraq |
Thousands mourn cleric |
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| Aug.31 |
Libya |
Gaddafi announces bombing deal
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