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In a Fox News interview on Hannity and Combs, conservative Newt Gingrich states that the President and Attorney General must be relentlessly clear in explaining truthfully to the American people the details about any US domestic intelligence programs. |
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The U.S. Senate votes 85-13 to confirm Condoleezza Rice as George W. Bush's Secretary of State. A few democrats voice strong opposition, such as Sen. Mark Dayton from Minnesota who said "Lying to Congress, lying to our committees and lying to the American people. It's wrong, it's immoral." He sugge ... |
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The US Senate approves an intelligence reorganization bill ending weeks of conflict. The measure had stalled for two weeks when conservative House Republicans insisted on changes to reform immigration and border security. The senate approval clears the way to overhaul the U.S. intelligence community ... |
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Iraqi spokesman Farid Ayar tells the press that "The Electoral Commission set the date of Jan. 30 as the date of the election." Insurgent activiity threatens to disrupt the elections, but the Pentagon will raise troop numbers in Iraq by delaying the departure of some units. |
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Insurgents launch a series of rocket strikes in Baghdad, hitting two hotel compounds used by Westerners and doing minor damage. |
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Iraqi militants released three Turkish hostages "for the sake of their Muslim brothers" and Turkey's Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, tells state television. "We’ve struggled a lot for their release." |
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Fifteen U.S. tanks carrying about 100 soldiers entered the city of Kufa in search of mortar positions that have fired 52 shells at a U.S. forward operating base along the Kufa-Najaf road. |
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Former U.S. ally turned espionage suspect Ahmed Chalabi denies "all the charges which have been anonymously leaked to the press in relation to this matter." He also stated that he was "willing and ready to come to Washington, D.C. to be interviewed fully by law enforcement agents on this subject fu ... |
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U.S. forces capture Sayyed Ryad al-Nuri a relative and top-aide of Shia militant cleric Moqtada Sadr during raids in the city of Najaf. Nuri iss captured in a raid on his home and is sought for the murder of a moderate cleric, Abdul Majid al-Khoei, in April last year. |
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Pakistani President, General Pervez Musharraf survives an assassination attempt when a powerful bomb went off minutes after his highly-guarded convoy crossed a bridge in Rawalpindi. |
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Drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison near Medellin, Columbia. |
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US President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law providing the death penalty for murderous drug traffickers. |
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The US and Burmese governments sign an agreement committed to "suppressing the illegal cultivation, processing, production, and trafficking of narcotic drugs". The US supplies Rangoon with Bell 205 helicopters for this purpose. |
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