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Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, a democrat joins several other senators in calling for the resignation of US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. He tells National Public Radio and several other interviewers that he has lost confidence in Rumsfeld. Republican senators John McCain of Arizona and Trent Lot ... |
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During besieged Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's visit with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders, India expresses its displeasure with US weapons sales to Pakistan suggesting that it could set off an arms race in the region. Rumsfeld was also greeted by the news that Pakistan h ... |
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During a CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer, the question of a less-safe world was posed to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. His response was "Absolutely, the social grievances that helped recruit terrorists are not being addressed. We are not addressing the core problems." Later, his staff |
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Bomb explosions hit 5 Madrid gas stations with no injuries. Basque separatist group, ETA, claims responsibility having killed nearly 850 people since 1968 in a bombing and shooting campaign for an independent Basque state in northern Spain and southwestern France. |
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Curt Furberg, a drug safety expert ,says his invitation to participate in a meeting on the risks of arthritis drugs like Vioxx and Bextra has been rescinded by government officials because he publicly expressed concerns about the medications.
Curt Furberg, a member of the FDA's drug safety adviso ... |
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Lance Armstrong rides into cycling history, winning the Tour de France for the sixth straight time. The cancer survivor cruised to victory six minutes and 19 seconds ahead of his closest rival. |
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The New York Times reports that George W. Bush's military records were ruined in 1996 and 1997 during a project to salvage deteriorating microfilm by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. The destroyed files cover three months of a period in 1972 and 1973 when Bush's claims of service in Alab ... |
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Recent fatalities bring the multinational body count, both combat and non-hostile, to 1,002 since the start of the U.S. led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. U.S. military deaths now total 881. |
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The U.S. State Department announces that Afghan authorities have arrested three American citizens accused of running a fake prison in Kabul. |
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The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee releases a 500 page report documenting that "Most of the key judgements in the intelligence community's October 2002 'National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), Iraq's Continuing Programmes for Weapons of Mass Destruction', were either overstated or were not suppor ... |
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The International Court of Justice in The Hague rules that Israel's 425 mile barrier is illegal and should be removed. |
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State television in Afghanistan announces that the delayed presidential election will be held on October 9th, 2004. |
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Philip Morris (NYSE: MO) announces that it will pay $1.25 billion to settle a dispute with the European Union over accusations it colluded with smugglers, thus evading European taxes and customs duties.
The firm has denied the accusations, but will pay the money over 12 years. |
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Ex-U.S. GI Charles Jenkins, who defected to North Korea in 1965, meets with his Japanese wife in Jakarta's Sukarno Hatta airport. She had been abducted from Japan by North Koreans. |
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Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail warns Washington not to spark an Iraq-style crisis over the civil war in the Darfur region of Sudan. |
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The entire Egyptian Cabinet on 32 ministers and PM Atef Obeid resigns as President Hosni Mubarak conducts an expected major reshuffle of his government. |
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Yahoo Inc.'s stock falls nearly 8% following their second-quarter earnings report that met expectations but didn't impress investors. |
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Five U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi guards are killed and 18 others are wounded in a mortar attack on the National Guard headquarters in Samara, north of Baghdad. The strike collapses the National Guard headquarters, which soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division frequently use. |
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Former Enron CEO turns himself into FBI in Houston following his indictment by grand jury. He is led to the federal courthouse in Houston with his hands cuffed behind his back. He pleads not guilty to 11 criminal charges of fraud and deception. |
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Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announces that al Qaeda may be moving forward with plans to carry out an large-scale attack on the United States before the November presidential election to "disrupt the democratic process." The national color-coded threat level is not changed, however. |
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Lebanese-born US Marine Wassef Ali Hassoun, who was reported to have been beheaded by militants in Iraq, is confirmed safe at the US embassy in Beirut. |
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Militants in Iraq threaten to execute two Bulgarian hostages if Iraqi prisoners are not freed within 24 hours. Bulgaria has a 485-member battalion in Iraq, which serves under Polish command. |
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John Rigas and his son Timothy are convicted of conspiracy, bank fraud and securities fraud for looting the cable company Adelphia. |
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Software giant Computer Associates warns of a revenue shortfall, but backs its profit forecast. |
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Anthony Cordesman, an Iraq analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the original estimate of 5,000 insurgents "was never more than a wag and is now clearly ridiculous." Guerrilla leaders come from all corners of Saddam's Baath Party. |
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A recent AP-Ipsos poll finds incumbent President Bush slightly leading challenger John Kerry 49% to 45% with independent candidate Ralph Nader at 3%. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. In early June, the matchup was tied with Nader at 6%. |
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Senior intelligence officials announce that a plot to carry out a large-scale terror attack against the United States in the near future is being directed by Osama bin Laden and other top al Qaeda members |
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Heinz Fischer is sworn in as the new President of Austria, two days after the death of his predecessor Thomas Klestil. |
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A Yemeni security court charges six Yemenis in planning the October, 2000 bombing of the destroyer USS Cole and declared their affiliation with Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. |
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A female suicide bomber kills herself and four police officers in an explosion at a police station in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo. |
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