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A bomb strapped to a motorbike kills nine people and injures more than 20 near the busy al-Rashid shopping area. Iraq is presently suffering under a surge of violence with 100 people being killed daily. UK Ambassador William Patey and US General John Abizaid have suggested that civil war is a more ... |
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General John Abizaid tells the US Congress that "Iraq could move toward civil war" if the raging sectarian violence in Baghdad is not stopped. Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed this likelihood when he also told the panel, "We do have the possibility of that devolvin ... |
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US Media sources report that the recent homeland security alert is based on al Qaeda surveillance gathered prior to 9/11. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Tuesday that some of the information was updated earlier this year but that "there's no evidence of recent surveillance." Unfort ... |
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After the head of the OPEC producers' cartel said there was no extra oil around the corner to dampen red-hot markets, U.S. light crude (CLc1) struck $44.24 a barrel. This is the highest since crude futures were launched on the New York Mercantile Exchange in 1983. |
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The US Army commences a hearing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to determine if Private First Class Lynndie England should be court-martialed for her actions at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Paul D. Arthur, the first prosecution witness, testifies that England and others had said Abu Ghraib Prison phot ... |
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Two federal law enforcement officials tell USA Today that the material uncovered in the July 13th arrest does not include an imminent plan of attack that would warrant an increase in security for finanicial institutions in New York and Washington, DC at this time. This news further fuels the discus ... |
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NASA's first mission to the planet Mercury in more than 30 years, the MESSENGER space probe, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida this morning. |
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Halliburton Co. announces that it will pay $7.5 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it failed to disclose a 1998 accounting change at a time when Vice President Dick Cheney headed the company. The SEC did not charge Cheney, but did charge former Chief Financial ... |
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Enterprise Intelligence Group incorporates in Georgia as Enterprise Services Corporation to support clients in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Florida. |
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The U.S. Senate confirms Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve in a vote of 91 in favor, and 2 opposed. |
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U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. |
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The USS Nautilus, a nuclear submarine created under the leadership of Admiral Rickover, travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. |
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Martha Stewart, housewares doyenne, is born Martha Helen Kostyra in Jersey City, New Jersey. |
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Australian Light Horse engage in the battle of Romani, Egypt. The battle signals the end of the defence of the Suez canal and the beginning of a bolder offensive strategy against the Turks in the Middle East. |
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Sir Roger Casement is hanged for his contribution to the Easter Rising in Ireland. |
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German troops, following the Schlieffen Plan, invade Belgium. |
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Australian Government offers to place vessels of the Royal Australian Navy under control of the British Admiralty and to raise a force of 20,000 troops in the event of war in Europe. |
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded. |
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British troops in Australia are sent to fight the Second Maori War. |
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Benedict Arnold is given command of West Point, NY. He had known since June that he was to become commandant and in July he proposed to betray the fort to Clinton for the sum of 20,000 pounds. |
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Hudson passes Cape Cod. |
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Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain on his first trip across the Atlantic. |
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