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In its report Wired for Waste, the Atlanta Journal Constitution documents that the Atlanta public school system has overpaid for a lavish computer network that will cost taxpayers $14 million per year to run. |
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A passenger terminal collapses at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, killing six and injuring three. There is no immediate indication of a terrorist attack. |
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Hizbul Mujahideen, a militant opposition group in Kashmir, claims responsibility for a deadly attack on a bus carrying Indian soldiers, 15 of whowere killed along with other civilian deaths and injuries. |
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Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi speaks on the U.S. charges the Amed Chalabi passed secret information to Iran, declaring that "..spying charges are unfounded and baseless. It's not true at all.'' |
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The U.S. Army issues a statement in Baghdad claiming that Capt. Donald Reese's suggestions that Lt. Gen Sanchez was aware of and present for detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison is false. |
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Apple Computer takes the unusual step of of issuing a statement announcing the release of a security patch for Mac OS X, in contrast to prior policy refusing to comment on security issues. |
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On day six of Israel's "Operation Rainbow" in southern Gaza, gunfire sends residents of Rafah into a panic as Israeli tanks, bulldozers, and helicopter gunships demolish more buildings. |
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The weighted national average for all three grades of gasoline rose to $2.10 per gallon according to analyst Trilby Lundberg. The increase is more than 14 cents in two weeks and shows no signs of slowing. |
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The U.S. Senate passes $350 billion tax cut bill 51-50, with Vice President Cheney casting the tie-breaking vote. |
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Ted Turner and Jane Fonda divorce. Turner, an atheist, previously proclaimed in an interview with New Yorker magazine that his marriage suffered when Fonda converted to Christianity. |
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Sun Microsystems announces the release of the JAVA programming language that was created by James Gosling and other engineers in 1991 as part of the Green Project launched by Sun. |
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John Kerry marries his girlfriend Philadelphia heiress Julia Thorne in Bay Shore, New York. |
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Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, thus blockading the Israeli port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba. |
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The "great leap forward" movement begins in China, under the leadership of Mao Tse-Tung. |
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George S. Patton is promoted to First Lieutenant,United States Army. |
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The New York Public Library's main building on Fifth Ave is dedicated. The famous lions guarding the entrance are nicknamed "Patience" and "Fortitude" were sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. |
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On Huffman Prairie in the state of Ohio, the Wright Brothers make the first flight trial of the new Flyer II. It is unsuccessful, until 26 May. |
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Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals. |
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Imperial civil servants are thrown out of a window in Prague Castle, starting the 30 Years War. |
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Jacques Cartier departs St-Malo France on his third voyage in an attempt to find Saguenay a land rumored to be full of gold and treasure in modern day Canada. |
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Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundians at Compiègne. She tried to escape twice (the second time by jumping from a 20 meters tall tower) and was eventually sold to Pierre Cauchon, the Bishop of Beauvais who was allied with the English. |
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