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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez denounces President Bush from the podium of the UN General Assembly, calling him ``the devil himself" and ``a world dictator" in an impassioned speech that drew both laughter and applause. |
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Instead of house to house searches in-country, Afghan President Hamid Karzai recommended that foreign governments should "concentrate on where terrorists are trained, on their bases, on the supply to them, on the money coming to them" a veiled reference to alleged support that militants get from nei ... |
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CBS News and Dan Rather apologize for their failure to question the source of Bush service documents. |
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A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the gruesome beheading of a man identified as American construction contractor Eugene Armstrong |
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US President George W Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry announce in a joint statement that three televised debates will be held in the run-up to the November 2nd election. |
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There is a continuing threat to the United States from a "global movement infected by Al Qaeda's radical agenda," Tenet concluded. |
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U.S. President George Bush chooses Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge for a new Cabinet-level position overseeing homeland defense. |
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Delta Airlines announces that it will cut 20% of its workforce within a week. |
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Italian "human torpedoes" sink 3 British naval vessels at Gibraltar. |
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While in jail, Gandhi begins a fast to secure abolition of separate electorate for Harijans. |
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Wilbur Wright, in command of the Wright Flyer, completes a full circle in flight. |
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Besieged Union troops surrender Lexington, Missouri. |
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Gen. Zachary Taylor captures the city of Monterrey, Mexico but allows the Mexican Army to evacuate the city. |
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French explorer Samuel Champlain returns to France and pens an account of his travels in the New World called Des sauvages (The Savages). |
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Ferdinand Magellan leaves Europe to circumnavigate the globe. |
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