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A commission of the Canadian Government exonerates Canadian computer engineer Maher Arar of any ties to terrorism and issued a scathing report faulting both Canada and the United States for his deportation four years ago to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured. The report said that American ... |
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises to its highest level in 15 months, after a batch of positive economic data bolstered Wall Street's optimism that the economic recovery is picking up speed and will help fatten up corporate profits. |
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Hurricane Isabel screamed ashore in North Carolina on Thursday with furious winds and torrential rains that forced evacuations throughout the U.S. mid-Atlantic region, canceled nearly 1,000 flights and shut down the federal government in Washington |
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A software tool from IBM will enable customers to search mountains of data on the Web. |
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A team of congressional investigators reveal that the U.S. intelligence community was told in 1998 that Arab terrorists intended to fly a plane into the World Trade Center. |
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Boeing announces its intention to lay off 20,000 to 30,000 workers. |
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At a Department of Energy briefing in Las Vegas Nevada, documents are released which show that the US Government had proposed giving Howard Hughes actual atomic-bomb design blueprints after he had complained to Vice President Hubert Humphrey about the tests rattling his Las Vegas casinos. |
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US President Clinton signs the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. |
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The Burmese Army kills an estimated 10,000 students, Buddhist monks and civilians and arrests thousands of activists who are tortured during interrogation. The State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) is formed. |
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Officers of the Kwantung army, which secure Japanese interests in Manchuria, blow up a section of the South Manchurian Railroad new Mukden. Claiming that Chinese troops were responsible for the "Manchurian Incident," the Kwantung Army occupies the city of Mukden. |
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Faysal's army, operating from its forward base in Azraq, destroys the railway around Dera, the focal point in the Turkish road and rail communications system, and thus isolates the village. |
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Armed white people fire on black marchers killing 12 people. |
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French Quebec surrenders to the British. |
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