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A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates near the Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem wounding seven Israelis and eight Palestinians. |
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Iran tests an upgraded version of it medium-range Shahab-3 missile in response to Israel's latest tests on its anti-missile technology. The upgraded Shahab-3 missile has an estimated range of 810 miles, with the potential to strike anywhere in Israel. The Shahab, which means "meteor" in Farsi, is ... |
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Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, a former US ally with the Iraqi National Congress, returns to Iraq where he faces charges for money counterfeiting. |
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Gunmen kill the head of a regional office of one of Iraq's largest Shiite parties in a drive-by shooting south of Baghdad. |
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Two trains collide head-on in northwestern Turkey, killing six people and injuring some 30 more. |
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US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, speaking in Kabul Afghanistan, says that the growing international heroin trade -- which originated with opium production in Afghanistan -- posed a grave danger to the country's fledgling democracy. |
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In alignment with its core values of paperless operations and community service, EIGroup provides wireless access to the International Community School. |
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The United States' sixth largest airline, U.S. Airways, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. |
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Biological weapons expert Dr. Steven J. Hatfill accuses the U.S. government of attempting to make him the "fall guy" for anthrax mail attacks that took place in the Autumn of 2001. |
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The U.S. Senate passes a resolution condemning Burmese government. |
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Greenspan takes office as Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Board. |
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Pervez Musharraf is born at Kucha Saadullah Khan behind Golcha cinema in Daryaganj, Delhi. |
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