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Russian authorities announced that the attacks launched Thursday morning by gunmen on government buildings in a province in Southern Russia have been placed under control around noon. The terrorists did not manage to seize any of the targets but informati
World | October 13, 2005, Thursday // 00:00
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Heirs of thousands of Armenian genocide victims have reached a deal with French insurance company Axa for compensating the deaths of their insured relatives during the mass murders of 1915. They had brought a case against Axa for not paying the due premiu
World | October 13, 2005, Thursday // 00:00
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A strong aftershock rattled Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Thursday, triggering panic among survivors of the massive quake that claimed over a thousand lives last Saturday. The temblor, measuring 5.
World | October 13, 2005, Thursday // 00:00
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has confirmed that he will not be a part of the next German government, to be led by Angela Merkel of the conservative Christian Democrats, DW informed. Schroeder, who has led Germany since 1998 agreed to step down, but
World | October 12, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00
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Fresh tremors shook Pakistan's biggest city early on Wednesday, sparkling panic among its citizens. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
World | October 12, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00
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Three former Yugoslav army officers are to face The UN war crimes tribunal in Hague on Tuesday. Mile Mrksic, Veselin Sljivancanin and Miroslav Radic are facing charges with responsibility for the mass-murder of more than 200 people near the city of Vukova
World | October 11, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00
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Scientists from the United States are working on a vaccine against avian flu, seeing that the danger of a global pandemic is becoming greater. The Department of Medicine in Maryland University is testing the new vaccine on 450 volunteers.
World | October 11, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00
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More than 30,000 people were killed by this weekend's powerful earthquake centred below the Hindu Kush mountain range in Pakistan. The majority of the deaths from the quake, which measured 7.
World | October 10, 2005, Monday // 00:00
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Rightists Donald Tusk of the Civic Platform party and Lech Kaczynski of the Law and Justice party will meet each other again at the presidential election run-offs in Poland. The race on October 23 is a very unpredictable one, due to the narrow difference
World | October 10, 2005, Monday // 00:00
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The German Social Democrat Party and the Christian Social Union have reached a settlement declaring Angela Merkel the new Chancellor of Germany. She will lead a wide coalition government in the country.
World | October 10, 2005, Monday // 00:00
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Four British security guards have been injured in a bomb attack in Afghanistan. The suicide attack targeted a British Embassy Convoy.
World | October 9, 2005, Sunday // 00:00
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Donald Tusk of Civic Platform party and Lech Kaczynski of the Law and Justice party were the frontrunners in Sunday's presidential elections in Poland. Media reports said none of the candidates were likely to pass the 50% threshold needed to win outright.
World | October 9, 2005, Sunday // 00:00
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Arab Envoys Seek to Unite Iraqis Diplomats from the Arab League have flown to Iraq to prepare the ground for a conference on bridging the country's deep divisions. The envoys from the 22-member organisation are under instructions to listen to all sides an
World | October 8, 2005, Saturday // 00:00
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Talks on whether Kosovo should remain part of Serbia or be given independence should start soon, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said. He made the recommendation to the UN Security Council after a report on progress in the province, run by the UN since a
World | October 8, 2005, Saturday // 00:00
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Mohamed ElBaradei and the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency that he leads were awarded the 2005 Nobel peace prize. According to the citation, the IAEA's director is a "fearless advocate" of curbing nuclear arms and the importance of his a
World | October 7, 2005, Friday // 00:00
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The concert of Rolling Stones in Charlottesville, Virginia was disrupted over a bomb threat. The threat was made in a phone call just before 9 pm on Thursday and was "specific to the stage area" of the concert at the University of Virginia's Scott stadium
World | October 7, 2005, Friday // 00:00
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New York City's subway system was put under heightened alert Thursday after officials received information from the FBI about a "specific threat," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. There were indications that a terrorist attack on New York's subway system is
World | October 7, 2005, Friday // 00:00
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the Iraqi president British troops will stay in the country "as long as he wants them". Speaking after talks in London, Jalal Talabani said an early withdrawal of US and UK troops would be a "catastrophe".
World | October 6, 2005, Thursday // 00:00
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At least 65 people in Central America have been killed and thousands evacuated after Hurricane Stan hit Mexico's Gulf coast. The Category One hurricane came ashore 135km southeast of the Mexican city of Veracruz with winds of nearly 128kph, then weakened
World | October 5, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00
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The Bosnian Serb government has compiled a list of nearly 20,000 Serb soldiers who operated in Srebrenica at the time of the 1995 massacre there. The secret list is part of an ongoing move by the international community to force the Bosnian Serb governmen
World | October 5, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00
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Russia's President Putin and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will discuss Wednesday measures against global terrorism. That is the second day of Vladimir Putin's UK visit, which comes after two years of diplomatic chill, according to the BBC.
World | October 5, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00
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