Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 2:40:14 PM CET
Feb. 26 is the 10th anniversay of WTC attack
Sitting in the 107th floor restaurant atop the World Trade Center, Matt Morsa watched his soup launch into a herky-jerky dance.
The cause was incomprehensible: Terrorists had tried to bring down the twin towers. It was Feb. 26, 1993, and a rented van loaded with 1,500 pounds of explosives was detonated in a basement parking garage, 1,400 feet below the restaurant where Morsa was lunching.
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Topic: - on February 18, 2003 at 11:44:28 AM CET
Inferno in der U-Bahn - über 130 Tote
Ein Mann hat in der südkoreanischen Stadt Taegu einen Brandanschlag auf einen U-Bahn-Zug verübt. Offiziellen Angaben zufolge wurden dabei mindestens 134 Menschen getötet und über 135 verletzt. Es ist zu befürchten, dass die Zahl der Opfer weiter ansteigt, denn viele Fahrgäste werden noch vermisst.
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Topic: - on February 18, 2003 at 11:39:07 AM CET
Fatal arson attack on S Korea subway
At least 100 people have been killed and many others injured in a fire on an underground train in the South Korean city of Daegu.
MBC-TV said that one of its reporters went down to the fire site wearing a gas mask and saw "dozens" of charred bodies in subway cars. A further 97 people are reported to be missing, officials said.
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Topic: - on February 13, 2003 at 1:54:14 PM CET
Bin Laden kündigt angeblich eigenen Selbstmordanschlag an
Schon wieder soll eine Tonbandbotschaft Osama Bin Ladens aufgetaucht sein. Darin kündigt der al-Qaida-Chef angeblich sein eigenes Ende an - er wolle als Märtyrer in die Geschichte eingehen, berichtet eine Nachrichtenagentur, der das Band vorliegen soll.
"In diesem letzten Jahr stürze ich mich und mein Ross mit meiner Seele auf den Feind. In der Tat werde ich mit meinem Ableben zum Märtyrer", zitierte der Chef der Nachrichtenagentur, Imran Khan, aus der Aufnahme. Es gebe Äußerungen, die den Schluss zuließen, dass Bin Laden seinem Leben mit einem Terroranschlag auf die USA ein Ende setzen wolle, sagte Khan.
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Topic: - on February 6, 2003 at 4:25:57 PM CET
Auswärtiges Amt der USA gibt Reisewarnung für Deutschland heraus
Das US-amerikanische auswärtige Amt warnt seine Bürger davor, zwischen dem siebten und neunten Februar nach Deutschland, insbesondere nach München, zu reisen. In diesem Zeitraum findet die internationale Sicherheitskonferenz statt.
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Topic: - on February 3, 2003 at 12:46:59 PM CET
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
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Topic: - on January 28, 2003 at 11:48:45 AM CET
Poison warfare suits found in mosque raid
BRITISH police investigating a terror plot by Islamic saboteurs have found chemical warfare protection suits in a north London mosque. The discovery has shocked detectives, who believe the find confirms supporters of Osama bin Laden were planning a poison attack on civilian targets in Britain. Scotland Yard and MI5 detectives had kept the discovery of the nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) suits secret.
They feared disclosing it would spark panic.
Government ministers have warned any suggestion that the Finsbury Park mosque had been involved would have worrying racist overtones.
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Topic: - on January 25, 2003 at 11:29:13 AM CET
US Tells Citizens Abroad: Be Ready to Move
The State Department is sending a cable to embassies around the world telling Americans abroad to be ready to leave their resident country quickly in an emergency, State Department officials said on Friday. A senior official made no comment when asked if the cable was related to the possibility of a U.S.-led military campaign against Iraq, which Washington has threatened with war if it fails to give up its suspected weapons of mass destruction.
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Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 8:12:07 PM CET
Elephants to be banned on roads in Indian city
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Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala are considering a ban on the movement of elephants on city roads.
It follows an incident in the port of Cochin where an elephant killed his keeper and later went on the rampage
Though police have promised to take action against the owners of the "guilty'' elephant, civic officials are concerned about the safety of residents on the roads during peak hours.
It is being reported 15 people have died after being attacked by elephants last year alone.
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Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 1:18:24 PM CET
Elephant Terror
A temple elephant named Ravipuram Govindan swings the body of his trainer Gopalakrishnan after the elephant suddenly attacked him while being taken to a temple festival in Cochin, India.
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Topic: - on January 21, 2003 at 11:25:35 AM CET
Bin Laden used ruse
With U.S. forces closing in on him during the battle of Tora Bora in late 2001, Osama bin Laden employed a simple feint against sophisticated U.S. spy technology to vanish into the mountains that led to Pakistan and sanctuary, according to senior Moroccan officials. Tabarak moved away from bin Laden and his entourage as they fled; he continued to use the phone in an effort to divert the Americans and allow bin Laden to escape. Tabarak was captured at Tora Bora in possession of the phone, officials said.
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Topic: - on January 21, 2003 at 10:46:40 AM CET
Horrific executions in Cape Town
An eighth man has died in an execution-style attack on a gay massage parlour in Cape Town, according to South African police.
Police were called in by neighbours who heard gun shots at the house about 0400 local time.
Two other men were in a very serious injured after the attack. All 10 men had been shot in the head.
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