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A British security guard employed by the London-based ArmorGroup security firm is shot dead in the northern enclave of Taza near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. |
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Average retail gasoline prices in the United States reach $1.99/Gallon.
$2 a gallon, reaching a four-month high amid record high crude oil prices and
the effects of Hurricane Ivan, a leading industry analyst said on Sunday. |
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Actor and Activist Christopher Reeve, famous for his roll in the "Superman" movies dies of heart failure at the age of 52. |
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Two bomb attacks kill up to 18 people in Baghdad, as US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visits Iraq. |
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41 Taliban Tunnel Out of Jail in Kandahar. |
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The U.S. House of Representatives approves a resolution giving President Bush authority to use force against Iraq. |
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Spiro T. Agnew resigns as U.S. Vice President over his income tax evasion. |
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The Bayer Company places Aspirin on the market in Germany. Originally derived by Salicylic Acid, an extract of willow bark, Bayer developed a way of making it synthetically. |
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Formal opening of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. |
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Norfolk Island is discovered by Captain James Cook. Norfolk lies in the Pacific Ocean 1,580 kilometres from Sydney Australia and 1,060 kilometres from Auckland New Zealand |
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