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JUNE-JULY
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Italy has warned of "serious threats" when US President
George W Bush visits Rome next week.
Woman who exhibited artwork inspired by the Abu Ghraib infamous Iraq's
prison is beaten up.
The Michael Moore-Nicholas Berg interview.
The U.S. Commerce Department is sharply criticizing NAFTA.
TERRORISTS ATTACK SAUDI ARABIA.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has postponed a cabinet vote on
withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in the face of strong opposition from
ministers.
New Iraqi president. Terrorists killed 22 persons in Saudi Arabia.
US President George W Bush meets with the Pope, as the Italian capital
protests against the US-led war in Iraq.
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LAST WEEK OF MAY
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World's
consumers ready to boycott American products and brands.!! US announces first court martial in Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.
Bomb kills Putin's top man in rebel Chechnya.
More choking Iraq prison photos. prisoners treated like a dog on a leash.
President Bush support drops in poll.
IRAQIS TELLING THEIR HORROR STORIES. Falluja's eyewitness grief and defiance.
'US hostage'
shown by TV channel. Footage of a
blindfolded man said to be an American civil engineer taken hostage in Iraq
has been broadcast by Arabic TV channel al-Arabiya.
U.S. seizes governor's office in Najaf; American hostage shown on Arabic TV.
Bush tells Jordan's King Abdullah he is sorry for abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
Yasser Arafat headquarters, fearing Israeli attacks.
5 Bulgarian nurses, Palestinian doctor condemned to death over HIV
infections.
JUNE-JULY
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THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF IRAQ. IN IRAQI IN EXILE WHO WAS
ON THE CIA PAYROLL FOR YEARS.
FOREIGNERS AND EUROPEANS KILLED IN AL KHOBAR, SAUDI ARABIA.
Bad game for the Red Sox.
CHALABI'S DENIAL: Prominent US-backed Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi has
denied reports he warned Iran that American spies had cracked its
communication codes.
Press Briefing on the
President Bush's Trip to Europe.
George Tenet has resigned as director of the CIA, citing
"personal reasons".
President Ronald Reagan dies at California. He was 93.
MAY 2004: LAST WEEK
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Video creates a UFO stir.
Guard in abuse photos says she was following orders.
Tape: Al-Zarqawi claims responsibility for wave of attacks.
Video 'shows US man beheaded'.
American lawyer arrested in Spain bombing probe.
Blair's office admits Red Cross told it about Iraqi prisoner abuse in
February.
Bremer first heard of prisoner
abuse in January.
British troops, gunmen clash in Basra.
Spanish police arrest another suspect in Madrid terror attack.
U.S. general recommended military police 'soften up' prisoners in Iraq.
Red Cross warned UK of Iraq abuse.
Female soldier charged with abuse.
Fresh 'Iraq abuse' claims emerge.
American lawyer's fingerprints found on bag containing detonators, Spain
says.
Vatican bars US sex abuse priest.
Israeli jets strike south Lebanon after shooting in a border disputed area.
Lea Fastow pleads guilty to tax misdemeanor. One of world's oldest women celebrates her 116th birthday in Belarus.
Sweden's female politicians challenge men to a friendly soccer game.
Bin Laden "offers rewards".
'Bin Laden bounty' on US chief's heads.
Playboy's revenue nearly triples led by publishing.
Stench leads to 200 animals in apartment.
Bombings in Athens heighten concerns.
Harvard to offer medical-business master's degree.
JUNE-JULY
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Singer Barbra Streisand has been ordered to pay a
six-figure sum to an amateur photographer whom she had sued for $10m
(£5.5m) in a privacy dispute. The Fox network has scrapped
plans for a new reality TV show in which straight males compete for a
$50,000 (£27,214) prize by pretending to be homosexual.
Labelle in an international fashion show. She is 60 now but as active and
creative as ever.
A film paying homage to Eisenhower and his Second World War D-Day
achievement.
Britney in China. SOPHIA DALLE: THE DRAMATIC FATALE
CHANTEUSE WHO MAKES YOU HEART THINK AND YOUR MIND FEEL!
MAY 2004: LAST
WEEK OF MAY
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Idol shocker: LaToya voted off Eurovision finalists are chosen. Vardalos writes for outcasts, GOSSIPS AND CELEBRITIES
NEWS. EastEnders has triumphed over arch rival
coronation street at the
British Soap Awards. Protesters block films en
route to Cannes.
Letterman
to tape a show next week at 4 a.m. Keane offer intriguing glimpses.
The first UK Music Hall of Fame is to open in November as part of a Channel 4
prime-time Saturday night TV series. Millions
of fans of hit TV comedy Friends are awaiting the show's emotional finale in
the US on Thursday.
Simon and Garfunkel play first Italy gig. Duo recently reunited after 20 years.
Late bloomer Rita MacNeil has new CD.Also a TV special and Trailer Park
appearance.
Lightfoot releases new album, Harmony. Says songs were written before health
scare. Aussie Rose's Troy boy.
Jerry Springer - The Opera
has booked its place on Broadway.
JUNE-JULY
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Julia Roberts expecting twins. Miss America: Telecast is being cut to two
hours from three.
MAY 2004: THE LAST
WEEK OF MAY
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Pam Anderson Sworn in as American
Citizen in L.A.
Canada MPs argue over sex symbol.
Aging Bardot, French sex kitten defends herself in court. Tiger Woods takes the lead
at Wachovia Championship tournament.
A public inquiry into whether ramblers should be allowed on to Madonna's £9m
estate opened on Wednesday. No
second trial for Martha Stewart.
Paltrow looks to mom for inspiration. Montel Williams says pot helps him cope Singer says the couple was play-fighting.
Jolie, Aniston in torch relay.
Paris
own fragrance for sale.
Rembrandts reflect on theme song.
Woodward reveals roadmap to Baghdad.
Clinton working hard to finish memoir.
Disney blocking Moore's latest film.
Supermodel wins privacy case.
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A musical billed as the "biggest theatrical show in the
world" is about to take to the stage in Belfast.
A school which refused to allow a Muslim pupil to wear a style of Islamic
dress breached her human rights, a court has heard.
MAY 2004: LAST
WEEK OF MAY
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An old Mayan city
of a major historical importance discovered. A book thought to be the oldest surviving printed book in the world has gone
on display at the British Library.
An artist who created a work at a Gloucestershire railway station using
dried blood has destroyed it.
Pablo Picasso's Garcon a la Pipe has become the world's most expensive
painting, selling at auction in New York for $104m (£58m).
UK Government has placed a temporary ban on the export of a painting by the
19th century artist Richard Parkes Bonington to try and keep it in the UK.
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Tony Blair intends to fight the next election as Labour
leader, he told a tabloid newspaper on Saturday. Clinton promoting his
memoirs on TV.
MAY 2004: LAST
WEEK OF MAY
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President George Bush has apologised for the first time
for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops.
JUNE-JULY
2004________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The man heading London's bid to host the 2012 Olympics has
failed to stop two Sunday tabloids publishing details about an alleged secret
affair.
Elvis Presley's music has spent more time on the UK charts than he spent
alive, chart researchers say.
A British oil company executive was among those killed by militants in a
shoot-out in Saudi Arabia, his company said on Sunday.
A team of diggers are planning to hunt for a Second World War fighter plane
which crashed after downing a Nazi bomber near Buckingham Palace.
The UK premiere of Harry Potter film.
The British government should offer a bounty on the heads of grey squirrels,
an imported North American pest. Really?
Prime Minister Blair attempts to quash continuing speculation
about his leadership.
A 19-strong team of ghost busting experts has started a two-night
investigation into ghostly goings-on at Plymouth's naval dockyard.
MAY 2004: LAST WEEK
OF MAY
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Britons using text to break up more often. British govt. says Daily
Mirror photos of prisoner abuse not taken in Iraq. UK Papers outraged by beheading. British govt. says Daily
Mirror photos of prisoner abuse not taken in Iraq. Fox chosen as Eurovision
hopeful.
Tony Blair's human rights envoy to Iraq has made fresh allegations about
prisoner brutality by US troops.
The Bank of England has raised UK interest rates by a quarter percentage point
to 4.25%. The chairman of the Joint Intelligence
Committee John Scarlett is to be the next chief of MI6, Downing Street said.
Beyonce and Jazz-Z
splash Out on London's most lavishing party. Some of Britain's best-loved TV stars added several
splashes of glamour to a rain-soaked Bafta awards show in central London on
Sunday night.
The Soaps awards ceremony: Glamour and winners. Full photos coverage.
Tony Blair has come under fire in parliament over a report from the
International Red Cross about abuses against detainees in Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Apologizes for Iraqi
Prisoner Abuse
MAY 2004: LAST WEEK
OF MAY
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Defense Secretary apologizes for Iraqi
prisoner abuse. There is no sign that President Bush has been able to
undo the damage caused by the photographs of Iraqi prisoners being
humiliated by the very troops sent to liberate them.
President George W Bush has gone on Arabic TV screens to denounce the
mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers and vow that those
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