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| Jan.14 |
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Iraq jail abuse 'leader' guilty Charles Graner, 36, accused of abuse at Abu Ghraib jail has been found guilty of mistreating detainees
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| Jan.15 |
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Iraq prison abuse 'leader' jailed |
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| Jan.23 |
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Eagles beat the Falcons 27-10 |
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| Feb.6 |
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Patriots win Super Bowl over Eagles New England beat Philadelphia 24-21 to win third Super Bowl in four years
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| Mar.6 |
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Woods returns as world number one |
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| Mar.11 |
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Defendant overpowers deputy, kills 3
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| Mar.18 |
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Patient's feeding tube removed The feeding tube that keeps a brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive has been taken out after a lengthy court battle
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| Mar.20 |
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Deadlock in right-to-die case
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Bush bids to save feed-tube woman |
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| Mar.21 |
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Judge silent on feed-tube case |
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| Mar.22 |
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Judge denies bid to restore feeding tube
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Schiavo's parents plead in appeal |
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| Mar.23 |
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Feed tube appeal denied |
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Huge blast rocks oil plant |
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| Mar.24 |
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Top court rejects Schiavo plea |
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| Mar.26 |
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Appeal court rejects Schiavo plea |
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| Mar.31 |
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Terri Schiavo has died| The 41-year-old brain-damaged woman became the centerpiece of a national right-to-die battle | |
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| Apr.3 |
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Federer fights back to beat Nadal |
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| Apr.4 |
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N. Carolina win national title over Illinois |
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| Apr.10 |
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Woods wins Masters in playoff |
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| May.2 |
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Lynndie England pleads guilty |
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| Jun.1 |
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Spurs eliminating Suns in Game 5 |
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| Jun.5 |
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Rice demands Latin America reform |
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| Jun.6 |
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Controversy over U.S. intervention plan
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| Jun.23 |
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Spurs dethrone Pistons
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| Jul.9 |
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Dennis surges toward U.S. |
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| Jul.10 |
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Dennis hits coast with 120 mph winds
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| Jul.26 |
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Shuttle returns to space Discovery roared into the skies as NASA returned to manned space flight for the first time since the Columbia disaster
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Nasa looks into shuttle 'debris' |
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| Jul.27 |
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Nasa grounds space shuttle fleet The engineers investigate debris which fell from Discovery's external fuel tank during launch
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| Aug.18 |
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Antiwar mom leaves Bush stakeout |
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| Aug.19 |
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Merck punished for faulty drug
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| Aug.26 |
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Bush calls Shiite leader on constitution |
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| Aug.27 |
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Bush calls for US resolve on Iraq |
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Gulf Coast residents urged to get out |
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| Aug.28 |
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Katrina now Category 5| New Orleans Mayor declared a state of emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city | |
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City evacuated as storm nears The mayor has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee the city as Hurricane Katrina nears
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Katrina may be 'our Asian tsunami' |
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| Aug.29 |
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast 
1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
| The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to 6 feet of water after some of the pumps failed. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion in damage
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Dozens feared dead after storm At least 50 people were killed in one county alone. The storm is causing up to $25bn of damage
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| Aug.30 |
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'Up to 80' dead in hurricane
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Race to rescue hurricane victims |
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| Aug.31 |
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City evacuations under way
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Katrina will scar US 'for years' |
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| Sep.1 |
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Up to 60,000 trying to flee city
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'Desperate SOS' for city| Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded at the city's convention center | |
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| Sep.2 |
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Bush condemns Katrina aid effort
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Hurricane aid efforts gather pace |
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| Sep.3 |
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Troops ordered to hurricane zone |
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Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on |
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Massive airlift rescues thousands| Survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being taken to safety in what is being called the largest-ever airlift in the country | |
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| Sep.4 |
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Thousands of deaths predicted
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| |
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Five shot dead |
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House-to-house rescues under way
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| Sep.5 |
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Residents return
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Bush vows massive relief effort |
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| Sep.6 |
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Bush to lead inquiry into Katrina |
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Water pumped from flood-hit city |
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Flood survivors 'must leave city'
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| Sep.7 |
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Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief
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| Sep.8 |
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Cheney embarks on hurricane tour |
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30 found dead in nursing home |
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Bush declares Katrina prayer day |
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| |
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Mexican troops cross into U.S. for relief |
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| |
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Flood survivors expelled by force Police backed by troops have begun to use force to remove people from their homes
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| Sep.9 |
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$51.8b storm aid approved |
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| |
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US emergency aid chief sidelined Michael Brown, director of the FEMA has been removed from his role managing the Hurricane Katrina relief effort
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| Sep.10 |
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Police hunt for dead
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| |
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Red Cross calls for storm workers |
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Leaders meet to plan city relief |
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| Sep.11 |
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Bush makes third hurricane visit |
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| Sep.13 |
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City may lose 160,000 homes |
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| |
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Two charged over Katrina deaths |
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| Sep.14 |
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Storm-hit N Orleans suburbs open |
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| Sep.15 |
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Bush vows 'biggest relief effort'
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| |
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Ophelia weakens |
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| Sep.16 |
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Day of prayer for Katrina victims |
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| Sep.17 |
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Business owners return |
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| Sep.19 |
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Governor orders evacuation of Keys |
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| |
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Mayor suspends return to city |
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| Sep.20 |
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Rita strengthens to hurricane Tropical Storm moved south of mainland Florida on its way to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico
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| |
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Fresh storm threatens flood-hit city |
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| |
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Rita now a Category 3 hurricane |
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| Sep.21 |
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Storm triggers mass evacuation
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| |
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Nuclear plant to shut down for Rita |
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| Sep.22 |
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Massive traffic jams as Texans flee Rita Hundreds of thousands in Texas and Louisiana were loading up their cars and fleeing inland
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Troop call as storm nears |
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| Sep.23 |
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Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes A bus caught fire and exploded on a crowded interstate, killing 24 people who were fleeing ahead of a hurricane
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| |
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Storm overcomes levee Water is pouring over a patched-up levee, increasing fears that rains brought by Rita could flood the city again
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| |
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Abu Ghraib guard was 'easily led' |
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| |
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Hurricane poised to strike |
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| Sep.24 |
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Rita downgraded to Category 1
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| |
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Rescuers comb wetlands after Rita
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| Sep.25 |
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Evacuees return home after Rita |
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| Sep.26 |
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Rita search, rescue complete in Louisiana
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| |
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US soldier guilty of Iraq abuse A military panel has found Private Lynndie England, 22, guilty of abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib jail
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| Sep.27 |
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State blamed over Katrina effort
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| |
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City police chief resigns
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Iraq abuse woman gets three years |
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| Sep.28 |
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Gov. Blanco: 'We are looking forward' |
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| |
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Tom DeLay faces criminal charge The Republican majority leader in the House of Representatives has been indicted with criminal conspiracy
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| |
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Morgue boss: 'These are horrible times'
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| Sep.29 |
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Some can go home to city |
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| |
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Police face Katrina looting probe |
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|
| Oct.2 |
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Parish president: FEMA still fumbling |
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| Oct.3 |
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New indictment against Tom DeLay |
|
| Oct.4 |
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Search for Katrina bodies is over |
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| Oct.5 |
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City sacks 3,000 workers |
|
| Oct.15 |
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Rally condemns Katrina response |
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| Oct.19 |
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Hurricane Wilma forces evacuation |
|
| Oct.23 |
|
Wilma to accelerate toward Florida |
|
| |
|
Wilma hits Cuba as Florida braces
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| Oct.24 |
|
Wilma roars across Florida
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| |
|
Wilma made 3 million homes without power The hurricane is killing at least four people brought storm surges and up to 25cm
|
| Oct.25 |
|
Coastal areas picking up the pieces |
|
| Oct.26 |
|
White Sox win Series over Astros Chicago win first Series in 88 years after finishing off the Astros 1-0 in Game 4. Jermaine Dye is Series MVP
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| Oct.27 |
|
Top court nominee Miers steps down |
|
|
| Nov.6 |
|
Death row escapee recaptured |
|
|
| Dec.1 |
|
US carries out 1,000th execution Kenneth Boyd was put to death in 1,000th execution since capital punishment was reintroduced in 1976
|
| Dec.29 |
|
Bosnia lab to test Katrina bodies |
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Jan.14 |
Iraq jail abuse 'leader' guilty Charles Graner, 36, accused of abuse at Abu Ghraib jail has been found guilty of mistreating detainees
|
| Jan.15 |
Iraq prison abuse 'leader' jailed |
|
| May.2 |
Lynndie England pleads guilty |
|
| Aug.18 |
Antiwar mom leaves Bush stakeout |
|
| Sep.3 |
Troops ordered to hurricane zone |
|
| Sep.8 |
Mexican troops cross into U.S. for relief |
|
| Sep.22 |
Troop call as storm nears |
|
| Sep.23 |
Abu Ghraib guard was 'easily led' |
|
| Sep.26 |
US soldier guilty of Iraq abuse A military panel has found Private Lynndie England, 22, guilty of abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib jail
|
| Sep.27 |
Iraq abuse woman gets three years |
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Mar.18 |
Patient's feeding tube removed The feeding tube that keeps a brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive has been taken out after a lengthy court battle
|
| Mar.22 |
Schiavo's parents plead in appeal |
|
| Mar.23 |
Huge blast rocks oil plant |
|
| Jul.9 |
Dennis surges toward U.S. |
|
| Jul.10 |
Dennis hits coast with 120 mph winds
|
| Jul.26 |
Nasa looks into shuttle 'debris' |
|
| Jul.27 |
Nasa grounds space shuttle fleet The engineers investigate debris which fell from Discovery's external fuel tank during launch
|
| Aug.27 |
Gulf Coast residents urged to get out |
|
| Aug.28 |
Katrina now Category 5| New Orleans Mayor declared a state of emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city | |
|
| Aug.28 |
City evacuated as storm nears The mayor has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee the city as Hurricane Katrina nears
|
| Aug.28 |
Katrina may be 'our Asian tsunami' |
|
| Aug.29 |
Hurricane Katrina lashes coast 1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
| The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to 6 feet of water after some of the pumps failed. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion in damage
|
| |
|
| Aug.29 |
Dozens feared dead after storm At least 50 people were killed in one county alone. The storm is causing up to $25bn of damage
|
| Aug.30 |
'Up to 80' dead in hurricane
|
| Aug.30 |
Race to rescue hurricane victims |
|
| Aug.31 |
City evacuations under way
|
| Aug.31 |
Katrina will scar US 'for years' |
|
| Sep.1 |
Up to 60,000 trying to flee city
|
| Sep.1 |
'Desperate SOS' for city| Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded at the city's convention center | |
|
| Sep.2 |
Hurricane aid efforts gather pace |
|
| Sep.3 |
Troops ordered to hurricane zone |
|
| Sep.3 |
Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on |
|
| Sep.3 |
Massive airlift rescues thousands| Survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being taken to safety in what is being called the largest-ever airlift in the country | |
|
| Sep.4 |
Thousands of deaths predicted
|
| Sep.4 |
House-to-house rescues under way
|
| Sep.5 |
Residents return
|
| Sep.5 |
Bush vows massive relief effort |
|
| Sep.6 |
Water pumped from flood-hit city |
|
| Sep.6 |
Flood survivors 'must leave city'
|
| Sep.8 |
30 found dead in nursing home |
|
| Sep.8 |
Mexican troops cross into U.S. for relief |
|
| Sep.10 |
Police hunt for dead
|
| Sep.10 |
Red Cross calls for storm workers |
|
| Sep.10 |
Leaders meet to plan city relief |
|
| Sep.13 |
City may lose 160,000 homes |
|
| Sep.14 |
Storm-hit N Orleans suburbs open |
|
| Sep.15 |
Ophelia weakens |
|
| Sep.19 |
Governor orders evacuation of Keys |
|
| Sep.19 |
Mayor suspends return to city |
|
| Sep.20 |
Rita strengthens to hurricane Tropical Storm moved south of mainland Florida on its way to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico
|
| Sep.20 |
Fresh storm threatens flood-hit city |
|
| Sep.20 |
Rita now a Category 3 hurricane |
|
| Sep.21 |
Storm triggers mass evacuation
|
| Sep.21 |
Nuclear plant to shut down for Rita |
|
| Sep.22 |
Massive traffic jams as Texans flee Rita Hundreds of thousands in Texas and Louisiana were loading up their cars and fleeing inland
|
| Sep.22 |
Troop call as storm nears |
|
| Sep.23 |
Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes A bus caught fire and exploded on a crowded interstate, killing 24 people who were fleeing ahead of a hurricane
|
| Sep.23 |
Storm overcomes levee Water is pouring over a patched-up levee, increasing fears that rains brought by Rita could flood the city again
|
| Sep.23 |
Hurricane poised to strike |
|
| Sep.24 |
Rita downgraded to Category 1
|
| Sep.24 |
Rescuers comb wetlands after Rita
|
| Sep.25 |
Evacuees return home after Rita |
|
| Sep.26 |
Rita search, rescue complete in Louisiana
|
| Sep.28 |
Morgue boss: 'These are horrible times'
|
| Oct.4 |
Search for Katrina bodies is over |
|
| Oct.19 |
Hurricane Wilma forces evacuation |
|
| Oct.23 |
Wilma to accelerate toward Florida |
|
| Oct.23 |
Wilma hits Cuba as Florida braces
|
| Oct.24 |
Wilma roars across Florida
|
| Oct.24 |
Wilma made 3 million homes without power The hurricane is killing at least four people brought storm surges and up to 25cm
|
| Oct.25 |
Coastal areas picking up the pieces |
|
| Dec.29 |
Bosnia lab to test Katrina bodies |
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Mar.23 |
Huge blast rocks oil plant |
|
| Aug.19 |
Merck punished for faulty drug
|
| Sep.7 |
Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief
|
| Sep.9 |
$51.8b storm aid approved |
|
| Sep.15 |
Bush vows 'biggest relief effort'
|
| Sep.17 |
Business owners return |
|
| Sep.21 |
Nuclear plant to shut down for Rita |
|
| Oct.5 |
City sacks 3,000 workers |
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Jan.23 |
Eagles beat the Falcons 27-10 |
|
| Feb.6 |
Patriots win Super Bowl over Eagles New England beat Philadelphia 24-21 to win third Super Bowl in four years
|
| Mar.6 |
Woods returns as world number one |
|
| Apr.3 |
Federer fights back to beat Nadal |
|
| Apr.4 |
N. Carolina win national title over Illinois |
|
| Apr.10 |
Woods wins Masters in playoff |
|
| Jun.1 |
Spurs eliminating Suns in Game 5 |
|
| Jun.23 |
Spurs dethrone Pistons
|
| Oct.26 |
White Sox win Series over Astros Chicago win first Series in 88 years after finishing off the Astros 1-0 in Game 4. Jermaine Dye is Series MVP
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Jan.14 |
Iraq jail abuse 'leader' guilty Charles Graner, 36, accused of abuse at Abu Ghraib jail has been found guilty of mistreating detainees
|
| Jan.15 |
Iraq prison abuse 'leader' jailed |
|
| Mar.11 |
Defendant overpowers deputy, kills 3
|
| May.2 |
Lynndie England pleads guilty |
|
| Sep.4 |
Five shot dead |
|
| Sep.13 |
Two charged over Katrina deaths |
|
| Sep.23 |
Abu Ghraib guard was 'easily led' |
|
| Sep.26 |
US soldier guilty of Iraq abuse A military panel has found Private Lynndie England, 22, guilty of abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib jail
|
| Sep.27 |
Iraq abuse woman gets three years |
|
| Sep.28 |
Tom DeLay faces criminal charge The Republican majority leader in the House of Representatives has been indicted with criminal conspiracy
|
| Sep.29 |
Police face Katrina looting probe |
|
| Oct.3 |
New indictment against Tom DeLay |
|
| Nov.6 |
Death row escapee recaptured |
|
| Dec.1 |
US carries out 1,000th execution Kenneth Boyd was put to death in 1,000th execution since capital punishment was reintroduced in 1976
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Mar.18 |
Patient's feeding tube removed The feeding tube that keeps a brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive has been taken out after a lengthy court battle
|
| Mar.20 |
Deadlock in right-to-die case
|
| Mar.20 |
Bush bids to save feed-tube woman |
|
| Mar.21 |
Judge silent on feed-tube case |
|
| Mar.22 |
Judge denies bid to restore feeding tube
|
| Mar.23 |
Feed tube appeal denied |
|
| Mar.24 |
Top court rejects Schiavo plea |
|
| Mar.26 |
Appeal court rejects Schiavo plea |
|
| Mar.31 |
Terri Schiavo has died| The 41-year-old brain-damaged woman became the centerpiece of a national right-to-die battle | |
|
| Jun.5 |
Rice demands Latin America reform |
|
| Jun.6 |
Controversy over U.S. intervention plan
|
| Jul.26 |
Shuttle returns to space Discovery roared into the skies as NASA returned to manned space flight for the first time since the Columbia disaster
|
| Aug.18 |
Antiwar mom leaves Bush stakeout |
|
| Aug.26 |
Bush calls Shiite leader on constitution |
|
| Aug.27 |
Bush calls for US resolve on Iraq |
|
| Sep.2 |
Bush condemns Katrina aid effort
|
| Sep.5 |
Bush vows massive relief effort |
|
| Sep.6 |
Bush to lead inquiry into Katrina |
|
| Sep.7 |
Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief
|
| Sep.8 |
Cheney embarks on hurricane tour |
|
| Sep.8 |
Bush declares Katrina prayer day |
|
| Sep.8 |
Flood survivors expelled by force Police backed by troops have begun to use force to remove people from their homes
|
| Sep.9 |
$51.8b storm aid approved |
|
| Sep.9 |
US emergency aid chief sidelined Michael Brown, director of the FEMA has been removed from his role managing the Hurricane Katrina relief effort
|
| Sep.10 |
Leaders meet to plan city relief |
|
| Sep.11 |
Bush makes third hurricane visit |
|
| Sep.16 |
Day of prayer for Katrina victims |
|
| Sep.19 |
Mayor suspends return to city |
|
| Sep.27 |
State blamed over Katrina effort
|
| Sep.27 |
City police chief resigns
|
| Sep.28 |
Gov. Blanco: 'We are looking forward' |
|
| Sep.28 |
Tom DeLay faces criminal charge The Republican majority leader in the House of Representatives has been indicted with criminal conspiracy
|
| Sep.29 |
Some can go home to city |
|
| Sep.29 |
Police face Katrina looting probe |
|
| Oct.2 |
Parish president: FEMA still fumbling |
|
| Oct.3 |
New indictment against Tom DeLay |
|
| Oct.5 |
City sacks 3,000 workers |
|
| Oct.15 |
Rally condemns Katrina response |
|
| Oct.27 |
Top court nominee Miers steps down |
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