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Another Osama bin Laden audio tape is released. The content praises those who attacked the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia on December 6th and warns the rulers of Saudi Arabia that they may suffer the same fate as the Shah of Iran. He also urges militants to concentrate their attacks on Iraqi and G ... |
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Claiming that "Lee Teng-hui is a symbol of aggressive forces of 'Taiwan independence', China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao strongly demanded that Japan immediately repeal its decision to issue a visa to former Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui, warning that if Tokyo allows the visit it will har ... |
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Gunmen assassinate Kassim Imhawi, a senior official in Iraq's communication ministry as he is driving to work in central Baghdad. The Associated Press reported that Eight of Mr Imhawi's bodyguard were injured in the attack, in the Jamia district of Baghdad. |
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The Commerce Department reports that starts on new homes and apartments slumped 13.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.77 million in November 2004 from a revised 2.04 million pace in October. Economists had forecast housing starts would come in at a 1.98 million pace. |
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Navy Cmdr. Jeff Bender announces that the US Navy SEALs will expand an investigation into recently published photographs that display grinning commandos sitting or lying on hooded and handcuffed prisoners in Iraq. Back on December 7th, a military inquiry suggested that some of those photographs wer ... |
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Britain's highest court rules against the detention of foreign terrorism suspects without trial. Nine Law Lords rule in favor of nine Muslim men who had been held in prison for up to three years under legislation introduced after the September 11 attacks on the United States. Most of the men are b ... |
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Hewlett Packard announces that it will move HP's Itanium processor design team to Intel in January, thus effectively ending the last microprocessor development effort within the company. To date, Itanium has not beed broadly accepted in the market, but has seen some success as a high-end server pr ... |
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Former Sen. Bob Kerrey, a democrat who has been out of the senate and virtually out of politics since 2001, states openly that Howard Dean would be a disastrous choice for Democratic National Committee chairman. |
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Radio host Rush Limbaugh attends a holiday party at the White House and receives a big hug from US President Bush after suggesting that he is earning his pay for greeting party goers in a receiving line. |
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Halliburton announces that two of its divisions filed for bankruptcy as part of a $4.2bn plan to settle hundreds of thousands of asbestos claims.
The company has filed for chapter 11 protection for its DII industries division and the Kellogg Brown & Root construction and engineering services busine ... |
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After the United Nations staff are evacuated from Baghdad, the USA and UK launch a bombing campaign called "Operation Desert Fox" with the intent to destroy Iraq's NBC programs. |
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Bangladesh is formed when East Pakistan, formerly part of Bengal, secedes from its union with West Pakistan. |
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The British House of Commons votes to abolish the death penalty. |
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Kerry receives his Navy commission as an Ensign. |
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President Eisenhower and 161 reporters participate in the first White House Press Conference. |
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The United States Air Force Tactical Air Force Command activates its first helicopter squadron. |
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U.S. President Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism".
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Rommel begins a retreat to El Agheila in North Africa. |
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The Japanese occupy Sarawak, which is situated on the Northwest coast of Borneo. Sarawak is home of the world's oldest rainforest. |
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Einstein's "General Theory of Relativity" is published. |
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German squadron bombards east coast English cities of Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby. |
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The Republic of South Africa is formed. |
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Union troops led by general George Thomas defeat Confederate troops in the Battle of Nashville. |
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Philosopher George Santayana is born. |
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The French Senate grants Napoleon Bonaparte a divorce from Empress Josephine. |
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At night, the Boston Tea Party occurs as colonial activists disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians then board the ships and dump all 342 chests of tea into the harbor. |
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Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. |
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