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Argentina's interim president, Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, resigned Sunday, saying his Peronist party had not supported his efforts to fix the country's economic woes. The move throws Argentina into a fresh round of political and economic chaos.
World | December 31, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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At least six Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops in separate incidents in Gaza, as Palestinian police reportedly arrested a suspect on an Israeli "most wanted" list.
World | December 31, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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The U.S.
World | December 31, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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At least 122 people were killed and 180 injured in Lima, Peru when fireworks exploded in a street-market store, setting off a blaze that swept through four blocks of apartments and stores, officials said Sunday. President Alejandro Toledo declared Sunday
World | December 31, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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Smoke from more than 100 bushfires has blanketed Sydney, Australia's largest city, obscuring the tallest skyscrapers, the famous Opera House and Harbour Bridge with visibility cut to just a few hundred meters.
World | December 30, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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More al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners arrived at Afghanistan's Kandahar International Airport, doubling the number of detainees under a Marine guard. According to a Pakistani official the country would arrest bin Laden if he crosses border
World | December 30, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Peacekeeping troops in Kosovo are taking on a new duty -- preparing the province for a new currency. Kosovo -- which is still a province of Yugoslavia -- isn't part of the European Union, which is introducing the currency on Tuesday.
World | December 30, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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At least 77 people were killed and 115 injured in Lima, Peru after fire engulfed a crowded downtown shopping center loaded with fireworks shops, officials said Sunday. It took nearly five hours for some 440 firefighters to bring the fire under control aft
World | December 30, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee convened leaders of his country's political parties Sunday to discuss the rising tensions with Pakistan. Vajpayee, leader of the ruling BJP party, already has the support of the main opposition Congress party in
World | December 30, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Seeking to bolster mixed public enthusiasm for the euro and calm fears of upcoming price hikes German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder cited a 1967 Beatles song in a newspaper article released on Saturday. "Just like the Beatles, whose records we did buy in G
World | December 29, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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Terrified villagers are fleeing the front line between India and Pakistan as the two countries mass troops and artillery along their shared border. In an attempt to ease the situation, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says he is ready to meet Indian Pr
World | December 29, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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The U.N.
World | December 29, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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Protesters angry about Argentina's worsening economic situation stormed the congress building Saturday, destroying furniture and setting fire to curtains. Police forced out the protesters at the congress using tear gas, high-pressure hot water and rubber-
World | December 29, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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The Group of Eight leading industrial nations has added its voice to international calls for India and Pakistan to resume political dialogue and avoid an outbreak of hostilities between the two South Asian nuclear rivals. Relations between Indian and Paki
World | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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In a sign that the U.S.
World | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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OPEC plans to cut its output of oil by 1.5 million barrels per day, Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Thursday, in an effort to prop up sagging prices.
World | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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The European Union has agreed on a common list of organizations it considers terrorists, singling out radical Basque separatist, Northern Irish and Middle Eastern groups, the Spanish government said Thursday.
World | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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Japan's jobless rate hit a record high for the third straight month in November as the nation's lurch into recession forced companies to shed more workers.
World | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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Bush fires burned out of control around Australia's main city Sydney and along its east coast on Friday as cooler, calmer conditions offered some respite but the weather forecast pointed to a problem weekend. More than 5,000 weary firefighters raced again
World | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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The International Monetary Fund, in a letter to Argentina's interim president, said it is open to cooperation with the government to find a solution to the nation's economic crisis, the presidential palace said Thursday.
World | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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The plastic explosive that a passenger allegedly tried to detonate aboard a trans-Atlantic American Airlines flight last week was "very, very sophisticated," a U.S.
World | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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