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Apple has asked anyone who has a certain 15in PowerBook G4 models to return the battery, which could be faulty. |
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In the third day of blockade against Kathmandu, Maoist rebels shoot and wound a policeman and detonate two bombs in the Nepalese capital. Since 1966, rebels have been fighting to replace Nepal's monarchy with a communist state. More than 9,500 people have died in the fighting, most of them in rura ... |
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In retaliation for the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7th, U.S. cruise missiles pound sites in Afghanistan and Sudan as directed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. |
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International Labour Organisation (ILO) commission of enquiry publishes report revealing widespread and systematic use of forced labour in Myanmar (Burma). |
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US President Clinton signs a bill that raises minimum wage by 90 cents per hour, from $4.25 to $5.15 Roughly two months before the November election, he provides ten million Americans with a significant salary increase. |
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NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune. |
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The Mars Viking 1 probe was launched. |
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Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico City by agents of Joseph Stalin. He dies the next day. |
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German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WWI |
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Santa Anna asks for an armistice during the U.S. Mexican War as General Winfield Scott closes in on Mexico City. |
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