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Geologist Chirananda De told the BBC that fossilised rain imprints were found on a rippled surface in primitive rocks in the lower Vindhyan range in Madhya Pradesh state. ''These imprints, which are at least 1,600 million years old, constitute one of the
World | December 17, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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Euro coins have gone on sale in Germany, accompanied by celebrations in several major cities. But an opinion poll on Sunday found that only one in three Germans thought the euro would benefit them, confirming that many are still deeply ambiguous about the
World | December 17, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres has said he will tender his resignation, after his ruling Socialist Party suffered a crushing defeat in the municipal elections. "This defeat is my defeat," he told a news conference.
World | December 17, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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A major international conference on the multi-billion-dollar global child sex trade has opened in the Japanese city of Yokohama. More than 3,000 delegates from 137 countries are attending the four-day conference, the second of its kind.
World | December 17, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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International medical experts sent to a remote jungle area of northern Gabon are searching for victims of an Ebola outbreak that has already claimed 12 lives. A statement from the World Health Organisation said the 14-strong team of international and Gabo
World | December 17, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has called on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, to return to the negotiating table and urged militants to cease their attacks on Israel.
World | December 17, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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Three U.S.
World | December 16, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Osama bin Laden, the United States' main quarry in Afghanistan, remained outside its clutches Sunday as Afghan forces said they had virtually wiped out his al Qaeda guerrillas without finding him.
World | December 16, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Kabul on Sunday. Rumsfeld was greeted at the airport by designated Afghan defense minister Mohammad Fahim and sat down to talks with Hamid Karzai, who will head an interim government that takes power next week
World | December 16, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Indian police said Sunday Pakistan's main intelligence service was connected to last week's suicide attack on the Indian parliament, in a move likely to worsen already tense relations between the nuclear rivals.
World | December 16, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Eastern Alliance fighters battled the cold and al Qaeda and U.S.
World | December 16, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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The United States is "reasonably certain" that one of the voices it has been monitoring on battlefield radios in eastern Afghanistan is that of Osama bin Laden, a U.S.
World | December 16, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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The United States recalled its top Mideast envoy back to Washington for consultations Saturday as violence continued in northern Gaza.
World | December 16, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing is to head a reform group in the run up to the European Union's expansion. D'Estaing, will hold discussions with more than 100 representatives of governments, the European Parliament, national legislatures
World | December 15, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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The U.S.
World | December 15, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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The United States on Saturday used its veto power to kill a U.N.
World | December 15, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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Israeli warplanes struck Gaza City for the third straight night Friday, targeting Palestinian security facilities that Israel said were used for terrorist activities.
World | December 15, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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Opposition fighters, aided by U.S.
World | December 15, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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The space shuttle Endeavour is to change its departure course from the international space station on Saturday to give the shuttle time to fire its jets to boost the station away from some Russian space junk.
World | December 15, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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Citing "technical evidence", India's Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh said the Pakistan-based Kashmiri separatist group, Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attack that left 12 people dead during the 50-minute gunbattle on India's parliament.
World | December 14, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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A federal judge ordered on December 13 Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in direct connection with the September 11 attacks, transferred to Virginia for trial.
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