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| November 2 |
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| An American held hostage in Beirut by Muslim fundamentalists has been released. |
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| November 28 |
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| Britain has a new prime minister for the first time in over 11 years. |
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| November 21 |
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| The Geneva summit has ended in optimism but with no agreement on the "Star Wars" space defence system. |
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| November 7 |
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| East Germany's Communist-dominated government has resigned - the first time such an event has occurred in the country's 40-year history. |
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| December 29 |
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| Six people are feared dead after raging storms hit competitors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. |
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| December 28 |
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| British customs officials have seized ￡70m of Columbian cocaine which is thought to be directly linked to the Mafia. |
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| December 27 |
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| Thousands of people are flocking to cinemas in the UK to watch the long-awaited blockbuster, Star Wars - a movie which is already setting US box offices alight. |
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| December 26 |
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| Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said the death sentence on writer Salman Rushdie for alleged blasphemy will remain in force. |
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| December 25 |
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| Charles "Charlie" Spencer Chaplin, the comic genius of silent films, has died aged 88. |
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| December 24 |
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| Former UK minister John Stonehouse has been found living under a false name in Australia after apparently faking his own death. |
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| December 20 |
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| The Queen has urged the Prince and Princess of Wales to seek "an early divorce".Buckingham Palace said the Queen called for an end to the marriage in a letter to each of them earlier this week. |
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| December 19 |
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| The British colony of Hong Kong is to be returned to China in 1997 after an historic agreement was signed in Peking today. |
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| December 18 |
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| A bill giving Scotland its own parliament for the first time in three centuries has been unveiled in Glasgow today. |
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| December 17 |
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| The Germans have mounted a series of counter-attacks on the Western front allowing them to re-cross the borders of Luxembourg and Belgium. |
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| December 13 |
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| A group of gunmen has broken through tight security to attack the parliament building in the Indian capital, New Delhi. |
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| December 12 |
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| Princess Anne today became Mrs Timothy Laurence after a small family wedding in Scotland. |
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| December 11 |
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| Germany and Italy have announced they are at war with the United States. America immediately responded by declaring war on the two Axis powers. |
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| December 5 |
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| Administrators have been called in to try to salvage the Maxwell business empire, which is at least ?bn in debt. |
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| December 4 |
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| The US President, George W Bush, has withdrawn a punitive tax on imported steel to avoid a damaging trade war between the United States and Europe. |
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| December 3 |
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| Health minister Edwina Currie has provoked outrage by saying most of Britain's egg production is infected with the salmonella bacteria. |
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| August 1 |
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| Polish Home Army has begun a battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European capital to fall to the Germans nearly five years ago. |
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| January 3 |
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| The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, has made his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week. |
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| January 2 |
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| Sixty-six football supporters have been killed following a clash between Celtic and Rangers at the Ibrox Park stadium in Glasgow. |
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| January 1 |
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| Twelve of the European Union's 15 countries have woken to life with a new currency today, as the euro reached the purses of ordinary citizens across the continent. |
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| January 8 |
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| General Charles de Gaulle has been proclaimed first President of the new Fifth Republic in France during a brief ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. |
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| January 7 |
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| The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been closed to the public for the first time in 800 years amid speculation the structure is on the verge of toppling over. |
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| September 11 |
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| The United States is in a state of shock after a day of attacks which have left thousands dead and New York's World Trade Center destroyed. |
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| September 10 |
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| September 10 is the Teachers' Day of People's Republic of China. In the year 1984, Wang Zishen, former president of Beijing Normal University, suggested to establish a festivial day for the Chinese teachers. |
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| September 8 |
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| Italy has signed an unconditional armistice with the Allies, General Dwight D Eisenhower has announced. |
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| September 7 |
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| The German air force has unleashed a wave of heavy bombing raids on London, killing hundreds of civilians and injuring many more. |
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