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Trent Lott to step down as Senate majority leader
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U.S. ambassador to the U.N says omissions in Iraqi weapons
declaration constitute "another material breach" of U.N.
resolutions.
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Former Vice President Al Gore will not run for the
Democratic presidential nomination in 2004
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Jordan says it has arrested two confessed members of al
Qaeda in the October assassination of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley.
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Henry Kissinger stepping down as head of independent
September 11 investigation.
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Pope John Paul II accepts resignation of Boston
Archbishop Cardinal
Bernard Law.
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U.S. officials say Iran building two large nuclear
facilities in secret that might be used to build nuclear weapons.
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President Bush says recent controversial comments by
incoming Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott "do not reflect the spirit
of our country."
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President Bush to order military to get smallpox vaccine
within weeks, plans for emergency workers in early 2003.
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U.S. to allow Yemen to take possession of seized Scud
missiles
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U.S. ordnance team on ship off Yemen after suspected missile
parts discovered in cargo, vessel was coming from North Korea.
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United Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu wins second term in
tight runoff with Republican challenger Suzanne Haik Terrell.
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Iraq delivers its declaration on weapons of mass destruction
to U.N. officials in Baghdad
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to resign.
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At least one dead in bombing at McDonald's restaurant in
eastern Indonesia
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At least two Palestinians open fire at a bus station in
northern Israel, killing four or five Israelis, before being shot dead
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Israeli Foreign Ministry reports simultaneous attacks on
Israeli airliner, hotel in Kenya. Missile fired at airliner taking off from
Mombasa as car bomb explodes in front of Mombasa hotel
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Al Qaeda leader believed to be key planner of USS Cole
bombing and operations chief for Persian Gulf in custody
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An explosion believed set off by a suicide bomber on a bus
in Jerusalem has killed at least three people and injured dozens of others
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Six killed after Palestinian gunmen open fire in Hebron,
Israeli media report
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Iraq accepts U.N. resolution calling for disarmament and
return of weapons inspectors
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voice on new tape is Osama bin Laden.
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Ballistics tests link fatal Atlanta shooting to suspects in
D.C.-area sniper attacks
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Federal charges dismissed in sniper case, suspects being
handed over to Virginia
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Actress Winona Ryder found guilty of felony grand theft and
vandalism in shoplifting case.
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Republican Norm Coleman defeats Democrat Walter Mondale in
Minnesota Senate race.
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Republicans take control of Senate, keep control of House
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Republicans retain control of House of Representatives
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White House accepts resignation of Securities and Exchange
Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt.
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U.S. missile in Yemen kills key suspect in USS Cole bombing
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Law enforcement sources link September killing of a Baton
Rouge shopkeeper to Washington-area sniper rifle.
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Israeli Labor Party leader Benjamin Ben-Eliezer resigns from
government after Sharon rejects deal to save coalition
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Police say three people killed in shooting at University of
Arizona School of Nursing in Tucson
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All but one of 118 dead hostages in Moscow theater standoff
died from gas poisoning, Russia's chief medical examiner says.
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Several people are reported to have been killed and dozens
wounded after an explosion ripped through a large Jewish settlement on the
West Bank.
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New Jersey man sought as material witness in sniper
shootings arrested in Michigan
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Award-winning British actor Richard Harris dies at age 72.
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Montgomery County, Maryland, to charge sniper suspects John
Muhammad, John Malvo with six counts of murder; Malvo to be tried as adult.
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Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone dead in plane crash in
Minnesota
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Transportation Department says plane that has crashed in
Minnesota was one used by Sen. Paul Wellstone
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Montgomery, Alabama, officials pursuing capital murder
charges, death penalty against Muhammad, Malvo in September killing.
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Gun found in suspects' car is a ballistics match for weapon
used in Washington-area sniper killings, senior administration official
says.
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Law enforcement sources say suspects' car had hole bored in
trunk that would allow weapon to be fired from inside car.
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Rifle, scope and tripod found in sniper suspects' car,
Washington, D.C. radio station WTOP reports
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two men detained in connection with sniper killings now
considered suspects
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Police in Maryland say they have arrested John Allen
Muhammad, who sniper-case investigators say may have information about the
case. Muhammad's stepson also in custody.
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Task force seeks two people for questioning in
Washington-area sniper case
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Armed gunmen seize Moscow theater containing about 1,000
people.
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Police confirm Tuesday's fatal shooting at a bus stop in
Montgomery County, Maryland, is linked to the string of sniper attacks.
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Sniper task force announces it can't comply with
"option" letter-writer requested, offers to discuss other
"options."
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Sniper task force releases quote from Saturday note:
"Your children are not safe anywhere at any time;" says it will
respond to new message.
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Sniper task force responding to shooting in Montgomery
County, Maryland.
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Authorities have found no evidence connecting two men who
were taken into custody today near Richmond, Virginia, to the sniper attacks
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At least seven people dead after bus bombing in northern
Israel, according to Israeli television.
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Authorities probing D.C-area sniper attacks take second man
into custody
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Man taken into custody at gas station in Richmond, Virginia,
area after police surround white van, phone booth
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Police say message with a phone number was left for them at
the scene of Saturday night's shooting in Virginia, urge person who left it
to call them.
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Investigators in sniper case seize white box truck from
rental agency after shell casing found inside
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At least three dead in Manila as explosion tears through bus
in second fatal blast in Philippines in two days
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Judge throws out conviction of two Florida boys found guilty
of beating their father to death
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U.S. investigators to question al Qaeda detainees about
sniper attacks
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Washington Beltway, bridges shut down as police investigate
woman's shooting death in Virginia suburb parking lot.
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Death toll in Bali rises to as many as 118 in series of
blasts, according to officials
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Police link Friday's fatal shooting near Fredericksburg,
Virginia, to recent sniper attacks in Washington area
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Police stop vehicles on I-95 south of Washington following a
shooting near a Virginia gas station.
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Ballistics evidence ties Wednesday's fatal shooting in
Virginia to earlier sniper attacks.
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The U.S. House of Representatives approves resolution giving
President Bush authority to use force against Iraq.
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U.S. troops in Kuwait open fire in second clash in as many
days,
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Grand jury indicts director of Illinois-based Islamic
charity with funneling funds to al Qaeda
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U.S. links al Qaeda terror group to a deadly attack on U.S.
Marines in Kuwait.
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President Bush instructs attorney general to seek injunction
ordering West Coast port workers back to work
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U.S. Marine killed and another injured in Kuwait shooting
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Middle school student's shooting today linked to other
Washington-area sniper shootings
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Police link Friday's sniper shooting in Fredericksburg,
Virginia, to shootings in Maryland and Washington, D.C
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Police link D.C. sniper shooting to Maryland killings.
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American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh sentenced to 20
years in prison
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Several individuals with alleged ties to al Qaeda have been
arrested in Oregon and elsewhere,
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Secret interrogation notes show that Taliban American
fighter believed Sept. 11 attacks were beginning of three-phase terror
offensive.
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Martha Stewart resigns from board of the New York Stock
Exchange.
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Richard Reid, accused shoe-bomber, to plead guilty to all
eight counts
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Hurricane Lili reaches Category 4 status, with sustained
winds at 135 mph
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Pentagon says at least one U.S. serviceman killed in bombing
near military base in the Philippines.
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Democrat Sen. Robert Torricelli drops re-election bid in New
Jersey, a key race for control of U.S. Sena
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Trial for accused 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui
delayed from January 2003 until May
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Lili reaches hurricane strength in Caribbean; could threaten
U.S. Gulf Coast by Thursday
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National terror threat level being lowered from 'high' to
'elevated.'
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Pentagon says about 200 U.S. Special Forces troops to land
today in Ivory Coast to ensure the safety of Americans trapped after rebel
uprising.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder wins second term in German
elections
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U.N. weapons inspectors to send advance team to Baghdad on
October 15, assuming Iraq cooperates
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Firing reported near Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound after
Israeli armored personnel carriers move into the area
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Three people killed, many wounded in bus explosion in Tel
Aviv
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Bush to send Congress proposed resolution that authorizes
military force if Iraq doesn't honor pledges to U.N
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Israeli police say several hurt in suicide bombing at bus
stop in Northern Israel.
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Iraq tells U.N. it will allow weapons inspectors to return
"immediately and without condition.
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Five men arrested in Buffalo, New York, charged with
providing material support to al Qaeda
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Ramzi Binalshibh, believed to be a planner of Sept. 11
attacks and alleged "20th hijacker" captured in Pakistan.
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Officials close an 80-mile section of Florida's I-75 and
impose a no-fly zone in the area. Suspects are held following a terror
alert.
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NFL Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas dies at 69 from heart
attack.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft says heightened terror alert
prompted by "specific intelligence" pointing to threats against
U.S. interests in South Asia and Mideast.
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U.S. government raises terror threat level for first time
since March, signifying a "high risk of terrorist attacks,"
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai safe after assassination
attempt wounds governor of Kandahar
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Afghan government press agency reports 10 dead, more than a
dozen wounded after pair of blasts outside Ministry of Information in Kabul,
Afghanistan.
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Richard Ricci, the onetime handyman whom police believe was
involved in the abduction of teenager Elizabeth Smart, died Friday night.
Details soon.
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Baseball players, owners reach deal averting strike
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Man indicted in Seattle on charges of setting up Oregon
training camp for al Qaeda members
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California jury finds David Westerfield guilty in the
kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam
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White House considering attack on suspected al Qaeda
chemical and biological weapons test facility in Iraq
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Baseball players union sets August 30 strike date
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More than 50 casualties reported in blast at office building
in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
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Explosions went off near the parliament building as
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe was being sworn in, killing at least 10
people
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Gunman opens fire near Jerusalem's old city. Police say two
killed
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At least six killed, 14 wounded as blast rips through bus in
northern Israel
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An explosion at Hebrew University in Jerusalem
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Eyewitness reports injuries in Amtrak train derailment in
Washington, D.C. suburbs
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Rescuers say they have made contact with trapped miners in
Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Accused September 11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui withdraws
guilty pleas.
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Judge rules accused September 11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui
competent to plead guilty
-
U.S. House of Representatives votes to expel Rep. James
Traficant, making him only the second member kicked out since the Civil War.
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An explosion at a restaurant near Tel Aviv, Israel, injures
at least 10.
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Imprisoned mob boss John Gotti has died in a prison hospital
in Missouri.
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U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says U.S. disrupted
plans to attack U.S. with "dirty" radiation bomb
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Israeli troops, accompanied by more than 100 armored
vehicles, have launched a "pinpoint" military operation into
Ramallah, West Bank, Israeli military sources said.
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Jury convicts Kennedy kin Michael Skakel in 1975 murder of
his 15-year-old neighbor Martha Moxley
-
Philippines authorities say U.S. hostage Martin Burnham
killed in rescue attempt, wife Gracia wounded but freed
-
Israeli forces reported at Yasser Arafat's Ramallah
compound, hours after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed 17 Israelis in a
terror attack on a bus.
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Explosives-laden car blows up behind bus in northern Israel,
causing "many casualties," police say
-
Rescue helicopter crashes while attempting to rescue
climbers on Mount Hood. Casualties unknown.
-
FBI warns law enforcement agencies that al Qaeda may have
access to shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles.
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President Bush sending Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to
India and Pakistan in effort to ease tensions
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As many as 50 people reported injured after explosion at a
mall in Petach Tikvah, Israel, east of Tel Aviv.
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Barge hits bridge over the Arkansas River along Interstate
40 in eastern Oklahoma, throwing vehicles into the river and shutting down
the highway
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Golf legend Sam Snead dead at 89.
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At least 10 wounded in explosion in Rishon Letzion, Israel,
south of Tel Aviv.
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Police checking possibility that remains found in
Washington, D.C., park may be Chandra Levy's
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Citing an "abundance of caution," FBI alerts NYC
authorities to be ready for possible terror attacks against landmarks,
sources tell CNN.
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U.S. Special Forces soldier killed in firefight while on
patrol in eastern Afghanistan
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Explosion in Israeli city of Netanya kills one, injures at
least 28. Police believe it is a suicide bombing.
-
Pakistani police believe they have found body of Wall Street
Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
-
President Bush says United States, Russia agree to
substantially reduce nuclear arsenals.
-
Five-week standoff at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity
appears over as 13 Palestinian militants begin to walk out under European
exile deal.
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Man wanted for questioning in mailbox bomb case in federal
custody near Reno, Nevada.
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Israeli police report injuries after explosion rocks
reception hall south of Tel Aviv.
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Boats conducting search operations after jet crashes off
Chinese coast with 112 aboard
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FBI issues all-points bulletin for suspect in mailbox pipe
bombings, identified as 22-year-old white male Luke John Helder.
-
EgyptAir jet with 55 passengers, 5 crew crashes in Tunisia,
airport offical says
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A Nigerian airliner en route to Lagos crashed just after
taking off from the northern city of Kano.
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Fire breaks out in Manger Square after firefight at Church
of the Nativity.
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Prisoner transfer at Ramallah under way, clearing way for
lifting of siege of Arafat compound
-
New Jersey grand jury indicts former NBA star Jayson
Williams on charges stemming from shooting death of limo driver.
-
French judge, federation chief suspended three years over
Olympic skating judging scandal
-
FBI arrests Syrian-born U.S. citizen accused of having
direct links to Osama bin Laden.
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The Palestinians have accepted a U.S. plan to end the
Israeli seige of Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound
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Police say 18 dead in school shooting in Erfurt, Germany,
wire services report.
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Prosecutors say they won't seek death penalty for actor
Robert Blake.