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Warren Buffett blasted mutual fund companies, attacked greedy chief executives and revealed he was loading up on foreign currency as his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , said profit nearly doubled in 2003 |
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Zimbabwe seizes U.S. Boeing 727-100 cargo plane with mercenaries aboard. |
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Hamid Karzai receives an honorary doctorate in literature from Himachal University. |
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Operation RIPPER begins and ultimately drives the Communists back to the 38th Parallel and retakes Seoul. |
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British evacuate Rangoon, Burma. |
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British forces arrive in Greece. |
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A small contingent of German troops, which increased considerably in number in the following days, marched into the Rhineland demilitarized zone bordering France in violation of the Versailles Treaty. |
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Faysal was crowned by the Syrian National Congress as King of Syria. |
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Prince William of Wied arrives to become first king of modern Albania. |
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Napoleon captures Jaffa in Palestine |
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The US Frigate Randolph is on the verge of victory against HMS Yarmouth, when her magazine explodes and she disintegrates. |
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British General William Howe is replaced by Henry Clinton |
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