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Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali announced his resignation and the dissolution of his cabinet on Saturday, ending months of speculation that his relationship with the country's military ruler was strained. |
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In a joint U.S.-EU statement, both parties condemned Iran's recent announcement that it will resume manufacturing centrifuges that can purify uranium and called on Iran to rethink its decision. No threat was made to punish Iran, however. |
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A car-bomb blast in the Shiite Muslim city of Hilla leaves 17 people dead and wounds 40 others. |
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A Taliban bomb destroys a bus in the eastern city of Jalalabad which was taking several Afghan women to register voters for the polls scheduled for September. Two are killed and nine are wounded along with two children. |
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Israelis kill five members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, including Nablus head Nayef Abu Sharkh, as well as Jaafar Masri, the leader of Hamas' military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam Brigade. |
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Michael Moore's cinematic assault on U.S. President Bush, Fahrenheit 911, takes in $8.2 million to $8.4 million in its first day, positioning it as the weekend's No. 1 film. |
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U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) called off its planned $1.66B acquisition of Titan Corp. (TTN.N) ending nearly a year of courtship. |
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Prior to his keynote address at the American Library Association's annual convention in Orlando, former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke states that the Iraq war is an "Enormous Mistake" and that "The hatred that has been engendered by this invasion will last for generations." |
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Former U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina dies at the age of 100. |
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A Texas jury convicts Chante Mallard of murder in the death of a man she left embedded in her car windshield after an accident. She would later be sentenced to 60 years in prison. |
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The U.S. Supreme Court overturns a Texas sodomy law that prohibited consensual sex by same-sex partners. |
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George Trofimoff, a retired Army officer, is convicted in Tampa, FL of selling Cold War secrets for over two decades. |
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Lockheed announces its intentions to lay off 2,500 employees in Sunnvale, CA |
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The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment. |
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1st Black Watch arrives in Belfast, Ireland. |
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Kennedy visits West Berlin and gives his public speech known for its famous phrase "Ich bin ein Berliner." |
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The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships. |
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The U.S. and western allies commence the Berlin Airlift following the Soviet Union's rail and road blockade of West Berlin. |
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, establishing credit unions. |
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The U.S. ends its occupation of the Dominican Republic which began in 1916. |
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First American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) arrive in France. |
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Brevet Capitaine Coutelle makes a tethered-balloon reconnaissance flight during the Battle of Fleurus. |
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Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde |
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