This is a timeline for events starting with the collapse of communism going on to the near collapse of capitalism in 2008. The period is divided into the long decade(1989-2001) and then the short decade (2001-2008). 2001 saw an attack on the USA by terrorist hijackers, and the start of the 'War on Terror'. Subsequently the USA government initiated wars in Afghanistan, then Iraq. Many its financial whizz-kids also set themselves, and many innocent victims, on a course of destruction. They seemed bent on wrecking capitalism.
During this whole period China has transformed itself by two decades of spectacular economic growth.
CRISES IN 1908 EXPLOSION FLATTENS TREES IN TUNGUSKA, SIBERIA 30 JUNE CRISES IN 1941 JAPANESE PLANES BOMB PEARL HARBOUR 7 DEC JAPANESE TROOPS TAKE HONG KONG 25 DEC CRISES IN 1942 YAMASHITA'S ARMY STORMS SINGAPORE FEB CRISES IN 1945 AMERICANS INVENT ATOM BOMBS AND DROP TWO ON JAPAN AUGUST CRISES IN 1962 CUBA MISSILE CRISIS OCT CRISES IN 1976 TANGSHAN EARTHQUAKE KILLS 240000+ ??? CRISES IN 1978 VIETNAMESE FORCES BEGIN TO LIBERATE KAMPUCHEA DEC CRISES IN 1984 METHYL ISOCYANATE GAS LEAK KILLS THOUSANDS IN BOPHAL DEC CRISES IN 1989 COLLAPSE OF EAST EUROPEAN COMMUNIST REGIMES DEC CRISES IN 1990 INVASION OF KUWAIT, GULF CRISIS AUGUST AMERICAN BUDGET DEFICIT NOVEMBER G.A.T.T. NEGOCIATIONS DECEMBER SOVIET DISINTEGRATION JAN-DEC PALESTINIAN INTIFADA ENGLISH POLL TAX RIOTS - FALL OF THATCHER YEMENI REUNIFICATION WEAKNESS OF AMERICAN BANKING SYSTEM LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR SOUTH AFRICA FALL OF HASSAN HABRE IN TCHAD DEC KASHMIR PUNJAB FALL OF ERSHAD IN BANGLADESH DEC INDIAN CASTE SYSTEM THREATENED - RIOTS COLLAPSE OF SAID BARRE REGIME IN SOMALIA CRISES IN 1991 SOVIET USE OF FORCE IN BALTIC REPUBLICS JAN MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN RIGA. CIVILIANS SHOT JAN 13 BOMBING OF BAGHDAD JAN ATTACK ON 'GLASNOST' IN USA, UK JAN UNREST IN ALBANIA JAN-FEB REVOLUTION IN THAILAND FEB GULF WAR - USA, SAUDI, UK AND FRANCE vs. IRAQ JAN-MAR CIVIL WAR IN SOMALIA JAN-FEB KUWAITI OIL WELLS SET ALIGHT. FEB-MAR CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ - SHIITES AND KURDS MAR NEW MILITARY RULE IN KUWAIT MAR PERSECUTION OF PALESTINIANS IN KUWAIT MAR RIOTS IN BELGRADE - WEAKNESS OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC MAR YELTSIN CONFRONTS SOVIET GOVERNMENT JAN-MAR FAMINE IN SUDAN, ETHIOPIA JAN-MAR VIDEO-TAPED BEATING OF U.S.CITIZEN MAR RIOTS IN BAMOKO, MALI MAR BURMESE SUPPRESSION OF MINORITIES (KARENS) 1946-1991 FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FLEE ADDIS ABABA MAR U.K. GOVERNMENT RETREATS ON POLL TAX ISSUE MAR MASSACRE OF SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS 1960-1991 SOVIET COAL MINERS STRIKE MAR ENORMOUS FLOODS IN CHINA MAR-APRIL LEBANESE GOVERNMENT TO DISARM PALESTINIAN MILITIAS MAR-APRIL CHOLERA EPIDEMIC: PERU, EQUADOR -> BRAZIL APRIL KURDISH HEJIRA TO TURKEY AND IRAN APRIL US, BRITISH, FRENCH & DUTCH MILITARY IN NORTH IRAQ APRIL SOVIET LEADER'S VISIT TO JAPAN A FAILURE APRIL FIGHTING BETWEEN SERBS AND MILITIA IN CROATIA APRIL-MAY U.S. PRESSURES MENGISTU TO ALLOW HEJIRA OF FALASHAS APRIL-MAY SHIITE REBELLION CONTINUES IN IRAQ APRIL-MAY STUDENT RIOTS IN KOREA APRIL-MAY (1987) FOOD CRISIS IN HORN OF AFRICA APRIL-MAY MAYDAY RIOTS IN BERLIN MAY EARTHQUAKE IN GEORGIA MAY CYCLONE KILLS ~100000 IN BANGLA-DESH MAY (ANNUAL) RUSSIANS LEAVE LATVIA MAY CEASE FIRE FAILS IN KAMPUCHEA MAY 1976-1991 KILLINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA MAY AIDS INFECTION PROJECTED AT 40 MILLION BY 2000 MAY IRAN CONDEMNS MISERLY WESTERN AID FOR KURDS MAY KURDISH SECURITY ZONE EXTENDED MAY LEBANESE ARMY PEACEFULLY INCREASES ITS CONTROL MAY PRESIDENT BUSH HAS HEART PROBLEM MAY CLASHES BETWEEN ARMENIAN, AZERI AND SOVIET MILITIAS MAY NEPALI ELECTIONS - COMMUNISTS DO WELL MAY YUGOSLAV ARMY DECLARES CIVIL WAR (6 May) MAY INDIAN ELECTIONS MAY RAJIV GANDHI KILLED BY BOMB MAY 22 HAILE MIRIAM MENGISTU RESIGNS MAY 22 NEW PRESIDENT FOR ETHIOPIA MAY STATUE OF LENIN TOPPLED IN ADDIS ABABA MAY 23 FORCIBLE REPATRIATION OF BURMESE IN THAILAND MAY VOLCANO ERUPTION NEAR NAGASAKI (JAPAN) MAY - JUNE NAZIS ON THE MARCH IN EAST GERMANY MAY - JUNE REVOLT BY MUSLIMS IN ALGERIA JUNE YELTSIN ELECTED RUSSIAN PRESIDENT JUNE JAMES BAKER VISITS JUGOSLAVIA AND ALBANIA JUNE VOLCANO CATASTROPHE IN PHILLIPINES (MANITUBO) JUNE AMERICANS CLOSE CLARK AIRBASE JUNE MANILA BLANKETED BY VOLCANIC ASH JUNE 12 SLOVENIA AND CROATIA DECLARE INDEPENDENCE JUNE 25 JUGOSLAV ARMY MEETS RESISTANCE IN SLOVENIA JUNE 27-28 BOMBING AND STRAFING OF FOREIGN WORKERS AT BORDER JUNE TANKS IN LJUBLJANA JUNE 27-28 CLASHES IN ALGIERS JUNE 28 ULTIMATUM BY SERBIAN ARMY JUNE 29 ANTE MARKOVITCH MEETS SLOVENIAN LEADER JUNE 29 E.E.C. MEDIATION IN JUGOSLAVIA JUNE 28-30 ISLAMIC OPPOSITION LEADERS ARRESTED IN ALGIERS JUNE 30 PALESTINIAN MILITIAS SUPPRESSED BY LEBANESE ARMY JUNE - JULY U.S. SENDS GESTAPO TO BOLIVIA JUNE - JULY U.S. SENDS GESTAPO TO PERU JUNE - JULY RECORD BRITISH BANKRUPTCIES JAN - JUNE SERBIAN ULTIMATUM TO SLOVENIA JULY 4 N.P.A. LOSES HEADQUARTERS IN PHILIPPINES JULY 4 COLLAPSE OF BANK OF CREDIT AND COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL JULY 11 JUGOSLAV ARMY EVICTED FROM SLOVENIA JULY 'SHINING PATH' TARGETS JAPANESE EXPERTS IN PERU JULY LEBANISATION OF CROATIA (HRVATSKA) JAN-JULY ULTIMATUM DELIVERED TO IRAQ JULY YELTSIN ACCEPTS 'CORONATION BY PATRIARCH' JULY GORBACHEV CHEERS 'CORONATION CEREMONY' JULY BRITISH JAIL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT JULY U.S.A CITIES BECOME INSOLVENT JAN-JULY SLOVENES DENY RECIEVING ARMS FROM LEBANON JULY ASSAD ACCEPTS PEACE TALKS WITH ISRAEL JULY G7 SUMMIT IN LONDON JULY GORBACHEV VISITS LONDON JULY ISRAEL DENIES PLALESTINIAN RIGHTS IN PEACE TALKS JULY MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN MADAGASGAR JULY B.C.C.I COLLAPSE THREATENS BRITISH P.M. JULY SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT DEMOTES VLOCK, MALAN JULY 50 KILLED IN ONE DAY IN CROATIA JULY B.C.C.I PUT ON TRIAL IN U.S.A. JULY BUSH GORBACHEV SUMMIT JULY SOVIETS DISCOURAGE ULTIMATA TO SERBIA JULY CEASE FIRE IN CROATIA AUG MACARTHY RELEASED BY HEZ'B ALLAH 8-8-91 FRENCH DOCTOR KIDNAPPED IN BEIRUT AUG IRANIAN EX-PM, BAKHTARI ASSASSINATED IN PARIS AUG FRENCH DOCTOR RELEASED BY LEBANESE GROUP AUG HEZ'B ALLAH LEARN MEANING OF ISLAM, MAYBE. AUG AMERICAN RELEASED IN BEIRUT AUG KUWAITI GOLD RETURNED BY IRAQ AUG ITALY FORCIBLY REPATRIATES 10,000 ALBANIANS AUG YUGOSLAV BOMBERS ATTACK CROATIAN VILLAGES AUG BOMB EXPLODES IN ZAGREB (OUTSIDE JEWISH CENTER). AUG HEAVY FIGHTING FOR OKUCHANI, IN CROATIA AUG MIHAIL GORBACHEV DEPOSED 18-AUG-91 IRAQ, LIBYA REGIMES CONGRATULATE 'SALVATION FRONT' 18 AUG YELTSIN MAKES STAND IN RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT 19 AUG U.S.A REFUSES TO RECOGNISE SOVIET JUNTA 19 AUG THREE HUNDRED AFGHANTSI JOIN YELTSIN 19 AUG TWO MEMBERS OF SOVIET JUNTA RESIGN, ONE SICK. 19 AUG SCHEVERNADZE JOINS YELTSIN IN PARLIAMENT 20 AUG ESTONIA DECLARES FULL INDEPENDENCE AUG JEW KILLED IN BROOKLYN FOR BEING JEWISH AUG SOVIET JUNTA FLEES MOSCOW. TROOPS WITHDRAW 21 AUG CROATIAN LEADER ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA 22 AUG 200 DIE IN TWO DAYS IN CROATIA 22-23 AUG COMMUNIST PARTY OUTLAWED IN LATVIA, LITHUANIA 23 AUG MILITARY CONFLICT NEAR CROATIAN PORT OF SPLIT 24 AUG UKRAINE, BELORUSSIA DECLARE INDEPENDENCE 23-24 AUG INTENSIFIED FIGHTING IN POLASARIO REGION AUG CHOLERA IN BOLIVIA AUG E.E.C. LEADERS SNUB MUAMMAR GHADAFI (WATER PROJECT) AUG AZERBAIJAN DECLARES INDEPENDENCE SEPT ISIAS AFWERKI DENOUNCES FRANCE, EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA 5 SEPT CROATIAN CEASE FIRE LASTS ONE HOUR 5 SEPT OSIJEK UNDER SIEGE AUG-SEPT UNREST IN BRITISH CITIES. BIRMINGHAM, CARDIFF, OXFORD. SEPT GORBACHEV-YELTSIN CONSOLIDATE DICTATORIAL POWER SEPT FIGHTING BETWEEN SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA SEPT HEAVY FLOODING IN MEKONG VALLEY SEPT USA DELAYS CREDIT GUARANTEE FOR ISRAEL SEPT HEAVY FIGHTING IN SOMALI CAPITAL, MOGADISHU SEPT LORD CARRINGTON GOES TO BELGRADE SEPT FILIPINO SENATE VOTES TO TERMINATE SUBIC BAY SEPT DEMONSTRATIONS IN TSIBLISI, GEORGIA SEPT GEORGIA NATIONALISES SOVIET ASSETS SEPT CROATIA WAGES ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST SERBIA SEPT C.I.A-K.G.B PLAN TO END AFGHAN CONFLICT SEPT JUGOSLAV NAVY BLOCKADES ADRIATIC PORTS SEPT ZAGREB BOMBED SEPT FIGHTING IN SPLIT, SIBENIK SEPT SERBIANS IN BOSNIA MOBILISED SEPT YELTSIN AND NARSULTAN VISIT NAGORNO KRABAKH SEPT CEASE FIRE HOLDS FOR THREE DAYS IN CROATIA SEPT 5400 YEAR OLD CORPSE FOUND IN ITALIAN GLACIER SEPT JACKIE MANN RELEASED FEOM CAPTIVITY IN BEIRUT 24 SEPT UNREST IN ZAIRE. MILITARY INSURRECTION SEPT FRANCE AND BELGIUM SEND TROOPS TO ZAIRE SEPT DEMONSTRATIONS IN TADJAKISTAN SEPT GEORGE BUSH CONTINUES TO THREATEN IRAQIS SEPT MILITARY COUP IN HAITI. HUNDREDS SHOT. 31 SEPT JEAN BERTRAND ARISTIDE FLEES TO VENEZUELA SEPT RESURGENCE OF SKINHEAD-NAZI IDEOLOGY IN GERMANY SEPT EROSION OF JUGOSLAV CEASE FIRE SEPT-OCT CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AGAINST AFRO-ASIANS IN GERMANY SEPT-OCT ANCIENT CITY OF DUBROVNIK UNDER SERBIAN ATTACK OCT CEASE FIRE AND AGREEMENT IN JUGOSLAVIA 4 OCT CROATIA EXTENDS MOBILISATION 5 OCT POWER STRUGGLE AMONGST JAPANESE PATRICIANS OCT E.E.C. CONSIDERS ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA OCT ROCKETS FIRED AT MESIC, MARKOVICH, TUJDMAN OCT HAITIAN ARMY STORMS PARLIAMENT OCT PEACE ACCORD SIGNED IN ZAGREB OCT SCANDINAVIAN BANKING CRISIS OCT-NOV WORLD BANK MEETS IN BANGKOK TO DISCUSS SOVIET AID OCT ACRIMONIOUS DISPUTE IN WASHINGTON OVER JUDGE OCT NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR AUNG SU KYI OF BURMA OCT MILOSHEVIC AND TUJDEMAN MEET GORBACHEV. OCT EARTHQUAKE IN HIMALAYAN REGION OF INDIA OCT RIOTS IN KANO, NIGERIA OCT FULL EVACUATION OF RICH FOREIGNERS FROM ZAIRE OCT E.E.C. MONITORS LEAVE DUBROVNIK OCT ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MEET IN MADRID OCT KENNETH KAUNDA VOTED OUT IN ZAMBIA NOV YELTSIN SEEKS RULE BY DECREE NOV ISRAELI FORCES ATTACK SOUTHERN LEBANON NOV TWELTH JUGOSLAV CEASE FIRE FAILS NOV FIGHTING IN ZAGREB NOV MUD-SLIDES KILL THOUSANDS IN PHILIPPINES NOV LAST KUWAITI OIL FIRE PUT OUT NOV BREAD RATIONING IN MOSCOW NOV SHORTAGE OF CAPITAL REPORTED BY B.I.S. NOV YELTSIN SENDS TROOPS TO CHETCHIN REPUBLIC NOV FIERCE BOMBARDMENTS OF DUBROVNIK NOV BATTLES AROUND KARLOVAC NOV BRITISH TORIES DIVIDED ON E.E.C. NOV U.N. DISCUSSES SERBIA NOV U.S.A. INDICTS 'LIBYA' FOR LOCKERBIE BOMB NOV U.S.-U.K. MEDIA DISCUSS 'PUNISHMENT' FOR LIBYA NOV INDONESIAN ARMY MASSACRES CIVILIANS IN DILI, TIMOR NOV FASCISTS GET ELECTORAL SUPPORT IN AUSTRIA NOV TERRY WAITE FREED BY HEZ'B ALLAH NOV VUKOVAR FALLS TO J.N.A. NOV JAMES BAKER VISITS CHINA NOV CRACKDOWN ON P.P.P IN PAKISTAN NOV BANGLADESH FORCIBLY REPATRIATES BURMESE MOSLEMS NOV SERBIAN ARMY TURNS ITS GUNS ON OSIJEK NOV FASCISTS MAKE ELECTORAL GAINS IN FLANDERS NOV U.N. CONDEMNS REGIME OF MYANMAR (BURMA) NOV ISRAELIS BALK AT PEACE TALKS IN WASHINGTON NOV MILITARY COUNTERREVOLUTION IN TOGO NOV TERRY ANDERSON FREED BY HEZ'B ALLAH DEC AGREEMENT OF BREST IN BYELORUSSIA DEC ISRAELIS STALL IN WASHINGTON PEACE TALKS DEC ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANISATION MEETS IN SENEGAL. DEC YASSER ARAFAT SNUBBED BY SAUDI PRINCE DEC KING HUSSEIN SNUBBED BY SAUDI PRINCE DEC I.C.O. CONDEMNS IRAQ DEC I.C.O. CANCELS PALESTINIAN 'JEHAD' DEC JAMES BAKER MAKES ALARMIST SPEECH ABOUT EX USSR DEC SALMAN RUSHDIE PROMISES PAPERBACK VERSION DEC BURMESE GOVERNMENT RUSTICATES STUDENTS DEC LEBANON GETS RECONSTRUCTION MONEY DEC NIGERIAN ELECTIONS DEC U.N. CANCELS 'ZIONISM IS RACISM' RESOLUTION DEC BURMESE MILITARY LEADER HAS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN DEC AMERICAN COMPANIES I.B.M, G.M. ANNOUNCE LAYOFFS DEC U.S.A. - GERMAN CONFLICT OVER INTEREST RATES DEC ANTE MARKOVICH RESIGNS FEDERAL PRESIDENCY DEC BATTLES IN TBILISI, GEORGIA DEC GORBACHEV RESIGNS DEC 25 FIERCE BATTLE FOR KARLOVAC DEC MOGADISHU DEATH TOLL PUT AT 20000 DEC SIKHS MASSACRE HINDUS IN PUNJAB DEC ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS WIN ELECTION IN ALGERIA DEC CRISES IN 1992 ALGERIAN 'SECURITY COUNCIL' CANCELS ELECTIONS JAN OFFICIALS SHOT DOWN OVER CROATIA JAN CEASE FIRE HOLDS IN CROATIA JAN FOOD RIOTS IN RUSSIAN PROVINCES JAN ANTI-FASCIST ORGANISATIONS REVIVED IN FRANCE JAN AMERICANS AND FRENCH SAY NOTHING TO ALGERIAN COUP JAN GHAMZAKURDIA MAKES COME-BACK IN PROVINCES JAN ALGERIANS CALL IN OLD LEADER TO HEAD GOVERNMENT JAN MEETING TO DISCUSS FATE OF EX-U.S.S.R. IN WASHINGTON JAN INTEREST RATES CONFLICT. D.M.-DOLLAR RATES JAN BUSH-YELTSIN SUMMIT PHOTO SESSION FEB GERMAN STRIKES FEB GEORGE HABASH ARRESTED AND RELEASED BY FRENCH FEB ATTEMPTED MILITARY COUP IN VENEZUELA FEB ISREALIS KILL HEZ'B ALLAH LEADER WITH ROCKETS FEB GREEK DEMONSTRATIONS OVER MAKEDONIAN QUESTION FEB BUSH HUMILIATED IN ELECTION PRIMARY FEB BOMB EXPLODES IN LONDON STATION FEB HIGH LEVEL DRUGS SUMMIT IN AMERICAS FEB NEWS RELEASED THAT COLOMBIANS ARE GROWING OPIUM FEB NAGORNO KARABACH CONFLICT ESCALATES FEB CIVIL WAR CLOSER IN BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA MAR LIBYA THREATENS OILFIELD FIRES IF ATTACKED MAR BURMESE GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF CRUELTY BY BANGLADESH MAR SCHEVERNADZE RETURNS TO LEAD GEORGIA MAR HUGE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY MAR SOUTH AFRICA VOTES FOR REFORM MAR KURDISH NEW YEAR MARKED BY REBELLION MAR HEZ'B ALLAH BLOW UP ISRAELI EMBASSY IN ARGENTINA MAR U.N. SANCTIONS REQUESTED FOR LIBYA MAR MILITARY COUP IN PERU APR IRAN SENDS BOMBERS OVER IRAQ APR PEOPLE SHOT ON PEACE MARCH IN SARAJEVO APR FIGHTING IN MOLDAVIA APR LEBANISATION OF BOSNIA APR FALL OF NAJIBULLAH REGIME IN AFGHANISTAN APR ISRAELISATION OF SERBIA APR STRIKES IN GERMANY APR HEAVY FIGHTING IN SARAJEVO AND MOSTAR APR RIOTS IN LOS ANGELES (SEE MARCH 1991) APR EMERGENCE OF ROSS PEROT IN AMERICAN POLITICS APRIL-JULY JANA SHELLS SARAJEVO MAY U.N. PEACE KEEPING H.Q. LEAVES SARAJEVO MAY TURKEY SUPPORTS ARMENIA OVER NAGORNO KARABACH MAY SAMLONG SRIMUANG GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE MAY MASS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THAI MILITARY REGIME MAY ISLAMIC FORCES GATHER IN TADJAKISTAN MAY RIOTS IN LAGOS MAY SOLDIERS SHOOT AT DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS IN BANGKOK MAY MORE PEOPLE TAKE TO STREETS IN BANGKOK MAY SAMLONG SRIMUANG ARRESTED MAY CONTINUOUS BATTLES IN BOSNIA JUNE THAI STRONGMAN RESIGNS JUNE ENVIRONMENT SUMMIT IN RIO JUNE THREAT OF ALL OUT WAR IN BOSNIA HERZOGOVINIA JUNE MASSACRES IN SOWETO JUNE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS JUNE YELTSIN DRAWS APPLAUSE FROM U.S. POLITICIANS JUNE U.S. SUPREME COURT APPROVES OF ABDUCTION JUNE U.N. FORCES LEAVE SARAJEVO TO ITS FATE JUNE DE KLERK INVOLVED IN RIOT IN SOWETO JUNE ESCALATION OF WAR IN NAGORNO KARABAK JUNE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE DISCUSSES BOSNIA IN ISTANBUL JUNE A.N.C. BREAKS OFF PEACE TALKS JUNE LABOUR WINS ISRAELI ELECTIONS JUNE HEAVY FIGHTING IN TRANS DNEISTER REPUBLIC (MOLDAVIA) JUNE MITTERAND FLIES IN TO SARAJEVO JUNE ALGERIAN PREMIER ASSASSINATED JUNE FRENCH TRUCK DRIVERS BLOCKADE JULY U.N. AIRLIFT TO SARAJEVO JULY G7 CONFERENCE IN MUNICH JULY BOSNIAN PREMIER DENOUNCES SERBIA AT HELSINKI SUMMIT JULY BRITISH SEND SHIPS TO BLOCKADE LAND-LOCKED SERBIA JULY CROATIANS FORWARD REFUGEES TO BORDERING COUNTRIES JULY CLINTON-GORE TICKET FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRATS JULY SUNNI-SHIITE CLASHES IN PAKISTAN JULY SHINING PATH CAR BOMB LIMA SUBURBS JULY IRAQ REFUSES U.N. ACCESS TO MINISTRY JULY AMERICA MAKES THREATENING NOISES TO IRAQ JULY MOSLEM WOMAN BRAVES BULLETS TO JOIN OLYMPIC GAMES JULY AFGHAN KILLED BY RACIST THUGS IN LONDON AUG KABUL UNDER FIERCE ROCKET ATTACK AUG MILAN PANIC FAILS TO MEET IZBEGOVIC AT SARAJEVO AUG SAUDI-IRAN PROXY WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AUG FAMINE IN SOMALIA REPORTED ON WESTERN MEDIA AUG U.N. PASSES 'USE OF FORCE' RESOLUTION FOR BOSNIA AUG BAKER RESIGNS HIS POST TO RUN BUSH CAMPAIGN AUG FRANCE, U.K AND U.S.A SEND AIRFORCE TO IRAQ AUG U.K. TO SEND TROOPS TO BOSNIA AUG FIGHTING IN GEORGIA AUG BATTLES IN KABUL, SARAJEVO, ROSTOK, MOGADISHU AUG 24 LINE UP FOR CONFRONTATION WITH IRAQ AUG 18-30 DOLLAR SLIDES ON MARKETS AUG 25 U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES BOSNIA CONFLICT AUG LONDON PEACE CONFERENCE ON BOSNIA AUG FLOODS IN PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE SEPT MAJOR PANIC ON EUROPEAN CURRENCY MARKETS SEPT STERLING DEVALUED. BRITISH WITHDRAWAL FROM E.R.M. SEPT JUGOSLAVIA EXPELLED FROM U.N. SEPT ANTI-FASCIST RALLY HELD IN BUDAPEST SEPT AIRLINER DEMOLISHES APARTMENT BLOCK IN BIJLMER OCT DISINTEGRATION OF E.E.C. AUG-DEC HELMUT KOHL PELTED BY ANARCHISTS NOV ANGOLA SPINS OUT OF CONTROL AFTER ELECTIONS NOV-DEC CLINTON OUSTS BUSH IN USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NOV BENAZIR BHUTTO ON THE MARCH IN ISLAMABAD NOV ANTI-FASCIST RALLY HELD IN MADRID NOV IRISH GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES NOV FRANCE LINES UP AGAINST REST OF E.E.C. OVER G.A.T.T. NOV TURKISH YOUTH STARTS TO FIGHT BACK IN GERMANY DEC IRA BOMBING CAMPAIGN TARGETS LONDON, MANCHESTER NOV-DEC HINDU NATIONALIST OUTRAGE IN AYODEYA, INDIA DEC ECONOMISTS SAY CHINA UNDERESTIMATES GDP, GNP STATS DEC BOUTROS GHALI, RUSSIA OPPOSE INTERVENTION IN SERBIA DEC IRAQI PLANE SHOT DOWN BY U.S.A FORCES DEC U.S. MILITARY ARRIVE IN SOMALIA DEC BUSH AND MAJOR FAIL TO AGREE ON POLICY IN BALKANS DEC CRISES IN 1993 VELVET DIVORCE. CZECH REPUBLIC SEPARATES FROM SLOVAKIA JAN 1 1993 SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET (IN THEORY) JAN 1 1993 BOUTROS GHALI JEERED IN SARAJEVO, MOGADISHU, ADIS ABABA DEC 92-JAN 93 LARGE U.N. OPERATION FAILS TO RESOLVE KAMPUCHEA 1991-93 IRAQ DEFIES U.S.A, U.N. OVER UNRESOLVED ISSUES JAN MILOSEVIC AGREES ON PEACE IN BOSNIA JAN FRANCE, UK, USA SEND BOMBERS OVER IRAQ JAN I.B.M. ANNOUNCES RECORD LOSSES JAN CROATIAN ARMY ATTACKS SERBIAN KRAJINA JAN MISHA GLENNY PREDICTS BOMBING OF ZAGREB AND BELGRADE JAN GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT C.I.A. TURNOFF, WASHINGTON JAN FUEL LADEN HULKS ON DANUBE. SANCTIONS CRISIS JAN FILIPINO VOLCANO THREATENS INHABITANTS JAN-FEB INCREASING CROAT MOSLEM CONFLICT JAN BELGIUM PASSES CENTRIFUGAL LEGISLATION JAN BOMBS IN LONDON AND NEW YORK FEB HEAVY BOMBARDMENT OF KABUL FEB AMERICAN TROOPS FIRE ON SOMALI DEMONSTRATORS FEB ITALIAN GOVERNMENT DESTABILISED BY BRIBERY SCANDAL FEB BRITISH SOLDIERS TAKEN HOSTAGE IN BOSNIA MAR BORIS YELTSIN UNDER PRESSURE IN RUSSIA MAR BOMBS EXPLODE IN BOMBAY. INDIAN STATE OF EMERGENCY MAR BORIS YELTSIN DECIDES TO RULE BY DECREE MAR BULGARIAN PEACEKEEPERS SHOT DEAD IN KAMPUCHEA APR PAKISTAN BLAMED FOR BOMBINGS IN BOMBAY, NEW YORK APR CLINTON DEMANDS TOUGHER SANCTIONS AGAINST ??? (LIBYA !) APR ASSASSINATION OF CHRIS HANY IN SOUTH AFRICA APR SERBIAN CHETNIKS TAKE SREBENICA. UN OBSERVERS PRESENT APR RETURN OF KHMER ROUGE JAN-MAY BILLION DOLLAR BLAST IN LONDON DETONATED BY IRA APR ATHENS PEACE CONFERENCE MAY GERMAN STRIKES SPREAD MAY CROATIAN MASSACRES OF MUSLIMS FEB-MAY MOSLEMS ORGANISE WASHINGTON D.C. DEMO FOR BOSNIA MAY YELTSIN PLAN OPPOSES ARMING OF MOSLEMS IN BOSNIA MAY INTERNATIONALISATION OF SOMALI CONFLICT JUNE AMERICANS BOMB MOGADISHU TO HELP PAKISTANIS JUNE BATTLES IN BOSNIA, SOMALIA, AZERBAIJAN, ANGOLA JUNE TANSU CILLA ELECTED FIRST WOMAN P.M. OF TURKEY JUNE MATHEMATICIAN ANNOUNCES PROOF OF FERMAT'S CONJECTURE JUNE TURKISH FUNDAMENTALISTS KILL SALMAN RUSHDIE SUPPORTERS JULY NIGERIA IN CHAOS OVER ABORTED ELECTIONS JULY BRITISH WOMEN LET OUT OF THAI JAIL JULY BATTLES IN SARAJEVO, MOGADISHU, ANGOLA, GEORGIA JULY LARGE SCALE VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIPS JULY RUSSIAN ROUBLE DEMONETISATION CRISIS JULY MASSIVE FLOODING OF MISSISSIPPI JULY LANDSLIDES IN NEPAL, FLOODS IN BANGLADESH JULY ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANON, USA ATTACKS IRAQ JULY E.E.C. E.R.M. UNDER ATTACK JULY BRITISH RULING PARTY REACHES NEW UNPOPULARITY RATE JULY U.K. TABLOID PRESS SETS PACE IN BOSNIA POLICY JULY MAHMOUD DAWEISH QUITS P.L.O. COUNCIL AUG BATTLES IN AZERBAIJAN, TADJIKISTAN, ANGOLA AUG SUDAN CONDEMNED AS 'TERRORIST STATE' AUG BOSNIA PEACE CONFERENCE BREAKS UP SEPT P.L.O. AND ISRAEL SET TO SIGN PEACE AGREEMENT SEPT KASPAROV SHORT CHESS MATCH (VS TIMMAN KARPOV) SEPT YASSER ARAFAT MEETS ISRAELI LEADER IN WASHINGTON SEPT NEW RUSSIAN COUP (YELTSIN-RUTSKOI SPLIT) SEPT SCHEVERNADZE UNDER SIEGE IN BATTLE AT SUKHUMI SEPT BATTLES AND STREET PROTESTS IN MOSCOW OCT 3 AMERICANS SEND IN MORE TROOPS TO SOMALIA AFTER LOSSES OCT ENGLISH FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS RUN RIOT IN NETHERLANDS OCT AMERICANS FAIL TO INSTALL ARISTIDE IN HAITI OCT IRA TARGET SHANKHILL ROAD WITH BOMB OCT KURDS ATTACK TURKISH TARGETS EUROPE WIDE NOV FRENCH POLICE ROUND UP ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS NOV SCHEVERNADZE LOOKS LIKE SURVIVING WITH C.I.S. HELP NOV RIOTS IN GHANA AND IVORY COAST, OVER FOOTBALL MATCH NOV ITALIAN ELECTIONS ELIMINATE CENTER PARTIES NOV GERMAN POLICE ROUND UP KURDS NOV ISRAELI - PLO ACCORD IN TROUBLE DEC ANGLO - IRISH ACCORD IN DIFFICULTIES DEC 'GREATER RUSSIA' CANDIDATE DOES WELL IN ELECTIONS DEC G.A.T.T. TALKS REACH CLIMAX DEC FREAK WEATHER FLOODS EXPENSIVE PLACES IN RHINELAND DEC CHRISTMAS SHELLING OF SARAJEVO DEC CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS PASS OFF OK IN BETHLEHEM DEC CRISES IN 1994 BATTLES IN ANGOLA, BOSNIA, AFGHANISTAN JAN BIG FIRES BURN SUBURBS OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA JAN ZHERENEVSKY FRIGHTENS WESTERN POLITICIANS JAN EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA JAN INTENSE SNOW CLOSES DOWN WASHINGTON FEB PLO-ISREAL TALKS CONTINUE IN DIFFICULTIES FEB ALGERIAN F.I.S. TARGETS FOREIGNERS FEB JAPAN USA TRADE TALKS FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT FEB ZAPATISTA PEASANT REVOLT CONTINUES IN MEXICO FEB STRIKES BY MINEFIELD CLEARERS IN NORTHERN SOMALIA FEB ISRAELI SETTLER GUNS DOWN 50+ MUSLIMS AT PRAYER FEB NATO AIRCRAFT SHOOT DOWN SERB BOMBERS OVER BOSNIA FEB ISRAELI SETTLER MASSACRES MOSLEMS AT PRAYER RAMADAN UN CALLS FOR MORE TROOPS TO POLICE CEASE FIRE LINES MAR MALAYSIA BRITISH TRADE ROW MAR US JAPAN TRADE DISPUTE MAR IRA ATTACK LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT MAR U.K. EMMERDE LES CONSEILS A PROPOS UNIE EUROPEAN MAR ISREALI ARMY USES HEAVY ARTILLERY IN HEBRON MAR GORAZDA CRISIS. NATO PLANES IN COMBAT OVER BOSNIA APR MASS MURDER IN RUWANDA . EX-PATS EVACUATED APR BOSNIA-CROATIA SETTLEMENT BROKERED FEB-MAY NELSON MANDELA BECOMES Z.A. PRESIDENT APR-MAY YEMENI CIVIL WAR STARTS MAY RUWANDAN MASSACRES CONTINUE 500000 DEAD MAY JUNE ADEN UNDER INTENSE BOMBARDMENT. MOSLEM COMMINITY SILENT JUNE USA EMMERDEURS RATTLE SABRES AT NORTH KOREA JUNE EX PREZ CARTER ACTS NICE BOY IN NORTH KOREA JUNE CEASE FIRE IN BOSNIA (INTERLUDE) JUNE ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR CONTINUES JUNE KABUL UNDER BOMBARDMENT JUNE IRAN SEEKS TO REPATRIATE AFGHAN REFUGEES JUNE ANOTHER HIJACKING IN MINARALJE VODI (SOUTH RUSSIA) JUNE MAJOR VETOS E.U. SUPREMO JUNE USD DIPS BELOW 100 YEN JUNE IRAN AND CHINA CELEBRATE W.O.D DAY WITH EXECUTIONS JUNE UK AND KOREAN RAIL STRIKES JUNE BATTLES IN KABUL JULY STRIKES IN NIGERIA (ABIOLA ARRESTED) JULY BATTLES IN ANGOLA JULY KHMER ROUGE KIDNAP TOURISTS JULY SERBS IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON BOSNIA AUG SAUDI DISSIDENTS DEFECT/COMPLAIN/GET ARRESTED AUG-SEP BOAT-PEOPLE CRISIS IN CARRIBEAN AUG US SEND CARTER TO HAITI SEP US SEND ARMY TO HAITI SEP OJ SIMPSON TRIAL (OK, A WORLD EVENT) SEP BATTLES IN SOMALILAND OCT YASSER ARAFAT & YITZAK RABIN SHARE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OCT UN THREATENS TO LEAVE BOSNIA OCT SERIOUS BUS BOMBING IN TEL-AVIV OCT SUICIDE BOMBING IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA OCT AMERICA LURCHES TO RIGHT NOV BIHAC CRISIS NOV RUSSIA INVADES CHECHENYA DEC ALGERIA HOSTAGE CRISIS DEC CRISES IN 1995 HUGE EARTHQUAKE, KOBE JAPAN. 6000 + DEAD JAN FULL SCALE WAR IN CHECHENYA JAN MEXICAN FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS USA JAN 500 KILLED IN A WEEK IN ALGERIA FEB (RAMADAN) USA-CHINA TRADE WAR LOOMS (COPYRIGHT WARS) DEC-FEB UN QUITS SOMALIA FEB EMERGENCE OF TALABAN FACTION IN AFGHANISTAN FEB MAJOR/BRUTON RELEASE 'PEACE IN ULSTER' DOCUMENT FEB ENGLISH MERCHANT BANK (BARING'S) GOES BUST FEB USA DECLARES BOLIVIA AN INTERNATIONAL PARIAH FEB UN SOCIAL SUMMIT, COPENHAGEN MAR EU EXCHANGE RATE MECHANISM BROKEN (IBERIA) MAR TERRORISTS USE NERVE GAS IN TOKYO MAR TURKISH ARMY MOVES IN IRAQ TO CHASE PKK MAR US ARMY TO HAND HAITI TO UN FORCE APR BOSNIA CEASE FIRE CRUMBLES APR TERRORIST CAR BOMB IN OKLAHOMA USA APR MASSACRES IN CHECHENYA, RUWANDA APR US IMPOSES TRADE EMBARGO ON IRAN MAY UN BOMBS SERBIAN MILITARY STORES AT PALE MAY BOSNIAN SERBS SEIZE UN PERSONNEL MAY UK SEND MORE TROOPS TO BOSNIA MAY BOSNIA AIR-STRIKE AND HOSTAGE TAKING MAY ACCELERATION OF ISRAEL-PLO PEACE PROCESS MAY EARTHQUAKE IN SAKHALIN MAY BATTLES TO LIFT SIEGE OF SARAJEVO JUNE CHECHEN GUERRILLAS SEIZE RUSSIAN TOWN JUNE G7 SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY BOSNIA AND CHECHEN CRISES JUNE CHINA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM USA JUNE USA CONGRESS VETOES FURTHER USA SPENDING ON UNPROFOR JUNE LATE MONSOON IN NORTHERN INDIA JUNE FALL OF SREBENICA AND ZEPA TO BOSNIAN SERB ARMY JULY SERIOUS CEASE FIRE NEGOCIATIONS IN CHECHENYA JULY BORIS YELTSIN HEART ATTACK JULY FLOODS IN CHINA JULY CROATIA LAUNCHES WAR TO RECOVER KRAJINA AUG SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS FLEE IRAQ WITH HUSBANDS AUG CROATIA RECOVERS ALL OF DALMATIAN KRAJINA AUG TURKEY ACCUSES SAUDI ARABIA OVER EXECUTIONS OF TURKS AUG NATO BOMBS SERBIAN POSITIONS IN BOSNIA AUG AMERICA LAUNCHES ROCKETS AT BANJA LUKA SEPT WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS SEPT LIBYA EXPELS FOREIGN WORKERS INCLUDING PALESTINIANS SEPT RIOTS IN SUDANESE CITIES SEPT OJ SIMPSON ACQUITTED OCT BOSNIAN CIVIL WAR INTENSIFIES DESPITE PEACE EFFORTS OCT BELGIAN PARLIAMENT INDICTS NATO LEADER, WILLI KLAAS OCT BRITISH TORY MP DEFECTS TO LABOUR PARTY OCT AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC OCT UNITED NATIONS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OCT BIG OFFENSIVE AGAINST JAFFNA IN SRI LANKA OCT-NOV YUGOSLAV LEADERS MEET IN DAYTON OHIO NOV ISRAELI TERRORIST ASASSINATES RABIN IN TEL AVIV NOV NIGERIAN JUNTA EXECUTES KEN SARO WIWA NOV BOSNIA PEACE TREATY WORKED OUT IN DAYTON, OHIO NOV CLINTON SWITCHES ON CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS IN BELFAST NOV KOREANS INDICT EX-LEADER ON BRIBERY CHARGES NOV KOREANS INDICT PERPETRATORS OF KWANG-JU MASSACRE NOV LARGE SCALE STRIKES IN FRANCE DEC KING FAHAD SICK. MISSES GCC SUMMIT IN OMAN DEC YUGOSLAV LEADERS SIGN A PEACE IN PARIS DEC COMMUNISTS COME FIRST IN RUSSIAN ELECTIONS DEC ISLAMIC RIFAH PARTY COMES FIRST IN TURKISH ELECTIONS DEC ERITREA AND YEMEN CLASH OVER RED SEA ISLANDS DEC PALESTINE HEADS TOWARDS OCCUPATION FREE CHRISTMAS DEC EXTREME ARCTIC WEATHER IN SCOTLAND DEC WORLD POPULATION GROWS BY OVER 100 MILLION IN 1995 DEC CRISES IN 1996 ABDULLAH REPLACES FAHD AS SAUDI SUPREMO JAN AMERICAN BUDGET CRISIS CONTINUES JAN JOINT USA-EURO PEACE KEEPING FORCE ENTERS BOSNIA (IFOR) JAN CHECHEN WAR CONTINUES JAN RUSSIANS OBLITERATE DAGESTAN VILLAGE IN HOSTAGE CRISIS JAN HUGE BOMB IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA FEB EARTHQUAKE HITS LIJIANG REGION, YUNNAN, CHINA FEB IRA CEASE FIRE ENDS WITH LONDON BOMBING. 9 FEB HAMAS BUS BOMBINGS - ISRAEL FEB CHINA CONFRONTATION WITH TAIWAN FEB SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS RETURN TO IRAQ WITH HUSBANDS FEB SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS DIVORCE FEB ARAB DIGNITY PRESERVED BY MURDER OF SEPERATISTS FEB HAMAS BUS BOMBINGS - ISRAEL FEB KING FAHD REASSUMES DUTIES MAR ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANON. 250,000 REFUGEES APR CHECHEN LEADER, DUDAYEV, KILLED APR LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR REGAINS MOMENTUM APR BRITISH 'MAD COW' CRISIS THREATENS EUROPE MAY YELTSIN MEETS CHECHEN LEADER ZELIMKHAN YANDARBIEV MAY SCANDINAVIAN 'BIKER GROUPS' IN GUN BATTLES MAY CHECHEN CEASE FIRE SIGNED IN MOSCOW MAY HOLLYWOOD MADAME HEIDI FLEISS WINS COURT CASE MAY KASHMIRI ELECTIONS MAY ISRAELI ELECTIONS: NETENYAHU WINS VICTORY FOR LIKUD MAY ULSTER ELECTIONS: STRONGEST SINN-FEIN TURNOUT JUNE POL-POT DEATH RUMOUR JUNE BANGLADESHI ELECTIONS: ERSHAD'S GET OUT OF JAIL CARD JUNE MANCHESTER BOMB JUNE RUSSIAN ELECTIONS - YELTSIN WINS FIRST ROUND JUNE FORMER GENERAL LEBED CO-OPTED INTO RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT JUNE TENSION BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA JUNE CHINA-USA TRADE TALKS REACH ELEVENTH HOUR DEAL JUNE TRUCK BOMB EXPLODES AT AMERICAN BASE IN DAHRAN JUNE G7 SUMMIT IN LYON. FURTHER DEMONISATION OF KARADZIC JUNE LEBED ATTEMPTS TO SIDELINE AILING YELTSIN JUNE ULSTER ELECTIONS: STRONGEST SINN-FEIN TURNOUT JUNE SLOVENIA BREAKS ENGLISH NON-COOPERATION E.U. STRATAGY JUNE RUSSIANS RE-ELECT YELTSIN JULY RIOTS IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND JULY CHECHEN CEASE FIRE FAILS JULY RIOTS IN DERRY, BOMB IN ENISKILLIN, NORTHERN IRELAND JULY BURMESE CONSUL TORTURED TO DEATH FOR FAX-CRIME JULY ANTI-GHADAFI FANS SHOT IN LIBYAN FOOTBALL STADIUM JULY BASQUE SEPARATIST BOMBING CAMPAIGN JULY TURKISH PRISONERS FAST TO DEATH JULY TWA 800 JUMBO JET CRASHES IN FLAMES OFF LONG ISLAND JULY MILITARY COUP IN BURUNDI JULY BOMB EXPLODES AT ATLANTA OLYMPICS JULY LARGE STREET DEMONSTRATIONS IN JAKARTA: MEGAWATI JULY G7 ANTI-TERRORISM SUMMIT JULY SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUTERS DIE IN ELECTRIC BATON PANIC AUG FAILURE OF E.U. BALKAN STRATAGY IN MOSTAR AUG USA ENFORCES SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA, IRAN AUG EUROPEAN UNION OPPOSES USA TRADE SANCTIONS AUG CHECHEN FIGHTERS ATTACK GROZNY AUG NASA SCIENTISTS CLAIM LIFE EXISTED ON MARS AUG SPANISH CAMPSITE FLOOD DISASTER AUG STUDENT RIOTS IN SEOUL, KOREA AUG CHECHEN FIGHTERS ATTACK GROZNY AUG MUDSLIDE DEVASTATES SPANISH CAMP SITE AUG POLICE STORM YON SEI UNIVERSITY IN KOREA AUG DRUG WARS IN CAPE TOWN AUG LEBED SENT TO ARRANGE CHECHEN CEASE FIRE AUG FOOD PRICE RIOTS IN JORDAN AUG POLICE STORM YON SEI UNIVERSITY IN KOREA AUG CHECHEN CEASE FIRE FAILS AUG COCAINE PRODUCERS CONFRONT POLICE IN COLOMBIA AUG IRAQIS HIJACK SUDANESE AIRPLANE TO STANSTEAD, UK. AUG LEBED APPEARS TO STRENGTHEN PEACE MOVES IN CHECHENYA AUG NETENYAHU GOVERNMENT BLOCKS MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AUG IRAQI ARMY MOVES INTO IRAQI KURDISTAN SEPT AMERICANS LAUNCH CRUISE MISSILES AT IRAQ SEPT CLINTON POKES OUT SADDAM'S ELECTRONIC EYES SEPT NETENYAHU MEETS ARAFAT SEPT SINGAPORE CENSORS THE INTERNET SEPT FURTHER AMERICAN POSTURING IN MIDDLE EAST SEPT BOSNIAN ELECTIONS SEPT KASHMIRI ELECTIONS SEPT OJ SIMPSON CIVIL CASE STARTS SEPT JALALABAD FALLS TO TALIBAN SEPT MIRTAZA BHUTTO SHOT DEAD BY POLICE SEPT KABUL FALLS TO TALIBAN. NAJIBULLAH HANGED SEPT UPRISING IN PALESTINE SEPT ISRAELIS DEPLOY HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS IN WEST BANK SEPT YELTSIN ADMITS SERIOUS HEART PROBLEMS OCT BIKERS ROCKET HQ OF RIVAL GANG IN DENMARK OCT IRA DOUBLE CAR BOMB UK ARMY HQ IN NORTHERN IRELAND OCT NORTH KOREAN SUBMARINE LANDS INFILTRATORS OCT ANTI-TALIBAN FACTION EMERGES IN AFGHANISTAN OCT VOLCANO MELTS VATNAJOKULL GLACIER, ICELAND OCT TALIBAN SUFFER REVERSES NORTH OF KABUL OCT JALAL TALABANI AND P.U.K. RETAKE SULIMANIYA, IRAQ OCT YELTSIN FIRES SECURUTY CHIEF, LEBED OCT 18 ETHNIC CONFLICT INTENSIFIES IN EASTERN ZAIRE OCT JAPANESE COPPER TRADER ARRESTED OCT ZAIRE PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS RUWANDA NOV BENAZIR BHUTTO FIRED NOV YELTSIN HEART BYPASS OPERATION NOV CLINTON ELECTED AS USA PRESIDENT NOV 5 CALIFORNIA VOTES 56-44 FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA NOV 5 ICELAND ICECAP FLOWS TO SEA NOV ZAIRE PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS RUWANDA NOV 70000+ REFUGEES IN N.W.AFGHANISTAN NOV SAUDI AND KAZAK AIRLINERS COLLIDE NEAR DELHI NOV WORLD FOOD SUMMIT IN ROME NOV FOOD RIOTS AMONGST REFUGEES IN ZAIRE NOV PERU EARTHQUAKE NOV THAI ELECTIONS: CHEVALIT YONGYUT IN NOV ROUMANIAN ELECTIONS: IONESCU OUT NOV CHANNEL TUNNEL FIRE: EURO-STAR SUSPENDED NOV HIJACKED ETHIOPIAN PLANE CRASHES INTO SEA NOV MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SERBIA AFTER ELECTION FIXES NOV LABASHENKO WINS REFERENDUM TO BECOME BELARUS DICTATOR NOV WORLD AIDS DAY DEC 1 PARIS METRO BOMB OUTRAGE DEC STOCK MARKET CRASH DEC 6 SIDDIQ AL MAHDI SEEKS EXILE IN ERITREA DEC CONTINUING DEMONSTRATIONS IN BELGRADE DEC ISRAELI SETTLER SHOT. SETTLEMENTS EXPANDED DEC GREEK TRANSPORT STRIKES DEC SCOTTISH E-COLI POISONING EPIDEMIC DEC RIOT POLICE BEAT DEMONSTRATORS IN BELGRADE DEC 24 SOUTH KOREA PASSES NEW LABOUR LAW DEC 26 CRISES IN 1997 WORKERS' DEMONSTRATIONS IN KOREA JAN TADZIK HOSTAGE CRISIS JAN-FEB DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOFIA, BULGARIA JAN CONTINUING DEMONSTRATIONS IN BELGRADE JAN SUDAN OPPOSITION GAINS MILITARY VICTORIES JAN PAKISTAN PRESIDENT FIRES BENAZIR BHUTTO JAN NAZI GOLD SCANDAL SOURS ISRAELI-SWISS RELATIONS JAN LIMA HOSTAGE CRISIS CONTINUES JAN WAR CONTINUES IN ZAIRE, RUWANDA, BURUNDI JAN BORIS YELTSIN INCAPACITATED BY PNEUMONIA JAN ANTI-TALIBAN FORCES DESTROY SALANG PASS ROAD JAN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED IN ALGERIAN VIOLENCE RAMADAN BILL GATES, GEORGE SOROS, YASSER ARAFAT AT DAVOS (CH) FEB BENAZIR BHUTTO LOSES PAKISTAN ELECTIONS TO ISLAMISTS FEB ISRAELI HELICOPTOR COLLISION KILLS 74 IDF PERSONNEL FEB TURKISH ARMY CONDUCTS ARMED PROPAGANDA IN ANKARA FEB ALBANIAN FUND FAILURES PROVOKE VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS FEB PERU HOSTAGE CRISIS CONTINUES FEB SOUTH AFRICA SEEKS TO OUTLAW LANDMINES FEB MANDELA AND SAMORA MACHEL IN JOINT FAR EAST TOUR FEB DENG XIAOPING DIES FEB ZAIRE REBELS MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS FEB PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE FEB KOREAN DIPLOMAT DEFECTS TO SEOUL EMBASSY IN BEIJING FEB SPANISH TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE FEB SOUTH ARMAGH SNIPER SCORES AGAIN FEB EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN MAR ALBANIA CRISIS TURNS INTO FULL SCALE INSURRECTION MAR GERMAN ANTI NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING DEMONSTRATIONS MAR USA CERTIFIES MEXICO, BOUNCES COLUMBIA IN DRUG WAR MAR FOREIGN NATIONALS EVACUATED FROM ALBANIA MAR PNG ARMY OPPOSES GOVERNMENT OF HIRING OF MERCENARIES MAR GERMAN COAL MINERS INTIMIDATE KOHL MAR KISINGANI FALLS TO REBELS IN ZAIRE MAR WHEELCHAIR-BOUND CLINTON MEETS YELTSIN IN HELSINKI MAR RIOTS IN PORT MORESBY AND LAE (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) MAR HAMAS SUICIDE BOMBER DEVASTATES TEL-AVIV CAFE MAR RUSSIA AND BELORUSSIA SIGN UNIFICATION TREATY APRIL TAIWAN WELCOMES DALAI LAMA APRIL ABBAS GOKAL INDICTED AT OLD BAILY IN BCCI FRAUD TRIAL APRIL NETENYAHU VISITS USA APRIL CHAINSAW MASSACRE IN ALGERIA APRIL NORTH KOREA BEGS FOR FAMINE RELIEF APRIL ZAIRIAN REBELS ENTER LUBUMBASHI APRIL ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN KINSHASA, ZAIRE APRIL VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN PALESTINE APRIL NETENYAHU WEAKENED BY FRAUD ALLEGATIONS APRIL PERUVIAN POLICE STORM JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LIMA APRIL MAYDAY RIOTS IN GERMANY, KOREA, TURKEY MAY LABOUR PARTY WIN UK ELECTIONS MAY BRITISH TORY PARTY WIPED OUT IN WALES & SCOTLAND MAY GERRY ADAMS WINS WEST BELFAST FOR SINN FEIN MAY RUWANDAN REFUGEES DIE BY THOUSANDS IN ZAIRE MAY ZAIRIAN REBELS AT GATES OF KINSHASHA MAY TALIBAN TAKE MAZAR-I-SHARIF MAY ANTI-KABILA RIOTS IN KINSHASHA MAY TALIBAN EXPELLED FROM MAZAR-I-SHARIF MAY ANOTHER MILITARY COUP IN SIERRA LEONE MAY EARTHQUAKE IN KHORASSAN PROVINCE OF IRAN MAY MACHINE BEATS MAN IN KASPAROV-COMPUTER MATCH MAY MOBUTU FLEES KINSHASHA IN DISGUST MAY JOSPIN'S LEFTIST PARTY WINS FRENCH ELECTIONS JUNE NIGERIAN FORCE MEETS RESISTANCE IN SIERRA LEONE JUNE ALGERIAN ELECTIONS - ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUD JUNE FIGHTING IN CONGO BRAZZEVILLE JUNE SUPPLY CRAFT COLLIDES WITH MIR IN ITS ORBIT JUNE RUMOURS THAT POL POT WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE JUNE MORE MAYHEM IN SIERRA LEONE, CONGO BRAZZEVILLE JUNE RIOTS IN AMSTERDAM FOR E.U. SUMMIT JUNE HONG KONG RETURNS TO CHINESE RULE JUNE THAI CENTRAL BANK FORCED INTO 20% BAHT DEVALUATION JULY CHALLENGER ROBOT LANDS ON MARS JULY BA CABIN STAFF TAKE STRIKE ACTION JULY NATO FORCES ABDUCT LOW LEVEL BOSNIAN WAR CRIMINALS JULY SEVERE FLOODS IN CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND AND SLOVAKIA JULY PATTAYA HOTEL FIRE DISASTER JULY TALIBAN SUFFER REVERSES. KABUL ROCKETED BY MASSOUD JULY FILIPINO AND INDONESIAN CURRENCIES COME UNDER PRESSURE JULY SEVERE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AFFECT MIR JULY YET ANOTHER IRA CEASEFIRE JULY POL POT PUT ON TRIAL BY KHMER ROUGE JULY SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL MANY IN A JERUSALEM MARKET JULY MIR COSMONAUTS RELIEVED. PROJECT CONTINUES AUG ATTACKS ON POLICE STATIONS IN MOMBASA, KENYA AUG MASSACRES IN ALGERIA AUG SERBIAN POWER STRUGGLE INVOLVES UN FORCES AUG FLOODING IN THAILAND AUG I.M.F. LOAN NEGOCIATED FOR THAILAND AUG BRITISH PRINCESS DIES IN PARIS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AUG 31 MORE SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN JERUSALEM SEPT 4 HUNDREDS MASSACRED IN ALGERIA SEPT MOTHER TERESA DIES IN CALCUTTA SEPT 6 MADELEINE ALBRIGHT TOURS MIDDLE EAST SEPT I.M.F. STAGES A MEETING IN HONG KONG SEPT FOREST FIRES IN INDONESIA POLLUTE S.E.ASIA AUG-SEPT YASSER ARAFAT HEALTH SCARE SEPT PAUL SOROS JUNKS DR MAHATHIR AT HK MEETING SEPT SMOKE HAZE FROM INDONESIA CLOSES MALAYSIAN AIRPORTS SEPT I.M.F. STAGES A MEETING IN HONG KONG SEPT YASSER ARAFAT HEALTH SCARE SEPT USA THREATENS IRAN BECAUSE OF FLIGHTS OVER IRAQ OCT REFUGEE CRISIS IN CONGO OCT LARGE SCALE FIRES IN AMAZONIA OCT CONGO SENDS TROOPS TO NEIGHBOURING BRAZZEVILLE OCT MASSACRES IN ALGERIA OCT EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY OCT USA POSTPONES ACTION TO LIMIT POLLUTION OCT STOCK MARKET CRASHES IN HONG KONG OCT BRITISH NANNY CONVICTED OF MURDER IN USA OCT FLOODS IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL OCT AMERICA THREATENS IRAQ OCT A VICTOR EMERGES IN BRAZZEVILLE CIVIL WAR OCT BRITISH NANNY FREED BY MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE NOV FLOODS IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA NOV IRAQ EXPELS AMERICAN WEAPONS INSPECTORS NOV BURMA: SLORC BECOMES STATE PEACE & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL NOV ISLAMISTS MASSACRE TOURISTS IN EGYPT NOV KOREAN ECONOMY IN TROUBLE NOV TOP JAPANESE FINANCIAL BROKER (YAMAICHI) GOES BUST NOV ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE IN KYOTO NOV SOUTH EAST ASIA FOREST FIRES ARE DAMPENED NOV KOREAN ECONOMIC CRISIS WORSENS DEC C.D.C. EXPERTS INVESTIGATE 'BIRD FLU' IN HONG KONG DEC FIRE CLOSES HEATHROW AIRPORT DEC KIM DAE-JUNG WINS KOREAN ELECTIONS DEC CARLOS, 'THE JACKAL' INDICTED BY PARIS COURT DEC KOREA FACES BANKRUPTCY DEC BRITISH CABINET MINISTER'S SON IN DRUG DEALING SCANDAL DEC NORTHERN IRELAND SEES INCREASING VIOLENCE DEC CRISES IN 1998 KIM DAE-JUNG MEETS PAUL SOROS JAN RAMADAN MASSACRES IN ALGERIA JAN BRIT SUPPORTING TERRORISTS RAMPAGE IN ULSTER JAN IRAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI GOES ON CNN JAN TAMIL TIGERS BLOW UP 'TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH' JAN OPRAH WINFREY DEFENDS HERSELF AGAINST MEAT INDUSTRY JAN WATERGATE SEX BOMB THREATENS CLINTON PRESIDENCY JAN CHUAN LEEKPAI ADDRESSES DAVOS ECONOMIC FORUM JAN USA GOVERNMENT THREATENS IRAQ JAN YELTSIN SUGGESTS USA AGRESSION MIGHT START A WORLD WAR FEB TONY BLAIR MAKES AFFECTIONATE VISIT TO BILL CLINTON FEB SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN FEB FURTHER FIGHTING IN SIERRA LEONE FEB FOOD RIOTS IN INDONESIA FEB SINN FEIN SUSPENDED FROM PEACE TALKS FOR ASSASSINATION FEB POPULAR OPPOSITION TO USA AGRESSION IN BOTH USA AND UK FEB SECOND EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN FEB ANTI-USA DEMONSTRATIONS IN JORDAN AND PALESTINE FEB KOFI ANNAN VISITS IRAQ AND CANCELS GULF WAR III FEB SMALLISH CAR BOMBS EXPLODE IN NORTHERN IRELAND FEB SERB TROOPS SEAL OFF VILLAGES AFTER VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO MAR NASA PROBE SHOWS WATER EXISTS ON THE MOON MAR TEEN-AGE SOLDIERS SHOOT PALESTINIAN WORKERS MAR LARGE BOMB BLAST IN COLUMBO, SRI LANKA MAR EXTENSIVE FOREST FIRES IN BRAZIL MAR ZHU RONGJI BECOMES PRIME MINISTER IN CHINA MAR INFIGHTING AMONGST KARENS ON THAI-BURMESE BORDER MAR TV SHOWS DEMOLISHED VILLAGES IN SERBIAN KOSOVO MAR PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS AFRICA: UGANDA, GHANA etc MAR YELTSIN DISMISSES RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT MAR SCHOOL-KID TERRORISTS RAMPAGE IN AMERICA MAR BURMESE REFUGEES IN THAILAND COME UNDER FIRE MAR MALAYSIA SEEKS TO EXPEL INDONESIAN REFUGEEES MAR MANDELA DISAGREES WITH CLINTON ON LIBYA AND IRAN MAR PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS GHANA AND SENEGAL APRIL FRENCH COURT INDICTS PAPON FOR NAZI DEPORTATIONS APRIL NEW DOCUMENTS IMPLICATE FRANCE IN RUWANDA MASSACRES APRIL COLOMBIAN LEFTISTS MAINTAIN PRESSURE APRIL HAJ STAMPEDE KILLS ONE HUNDRED APRIL TONY BLAIR INTERVENES IN NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE TALKS APRIL GLOBAL WARMING THEORY RE-ASSESSED APRIL HISTORIC PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ULSTER APRIL FOREST FIRES RESTARTED IN BORNEO APRIL SEVERE FLOODING IN CENTRAL ENGLAND APRIL YET ANOTHER POL POT DEATH RUMOUR APRIL POL POT REPORTED DEAD OF HEART FAILURE APRIL ORANGE ORDER REJECTS NORTH IRELAND PEACE DEAL APRIL MEDIA EXHIBIT PHOTOS OF SALOTH SAR'S CORPSE APRIL INCIDENTS REPORTED ON SERBIAN-ALBANIAN BORDER APRIL G7 ECONOMIC FORUM IN WASHINGTON APRIL WAR SITUATION ESCALATES IN KOSOVO MAY WIDESPREAD ANTI GOVERNMENT RIOTS IN INDONESIA MAY MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS REMAINS IN IMPASSE MAY ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA INVOLVED IN TERRITORIAL DISPUTE MAY CHATCHAI CHOONHAVAN DIES OF LIVER CANCER MAY UK REPATRIATES SOME NOTORIOUS IRA PRISONERS MAY INDIA EXPLODES NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN TEST MAY RIOTS IN JAKARTA. STUDENTS SHOT. CHINESE SHOPS BURN. MAY G8 SUMMIT IN BIRMINGHAM MAY G8 LEADERS DETERMINE TO CONTROL THE INTERNET MAY MICROSOFT CHALLANGES USA GOVERNMENT MAY ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA INVOLVED IN TERRITORIAL DISPUTE MAY SUDANESE CIVIL WAR GETS IN NEWS AS 'FAMINE ISSUE' MAY SUHARTO RESIGNS AS LEADER OF INDONESIA MAY PAKISTAN EXPLODES NUCLEAR WEAPONS MAY SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN NORTH EAST AFGHANISTAN MAY THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES LEAVE KOSOVO JUNE HONG KONG CHINESE PEACEFULLY COMMEMMORATE 4/6/89 JUNE ETHIOPIAN AIRFORCE BOMBS ASMARA, ERITREA JUNE ERITREANS BOMB MEKELE, CAPITAL OF TIGRE JUNE EX-PATS FLEE ASMARA JUNE SANNY ABACHA, NIGERIAN DICTATOR, DIES JUNE 8 CYCLONE HITS GUJURAT, INDIA JUNE U.N. OPENS YET ANOTHER ANTI-DRUG CRUSADE IN NEW YORK JUNE JAPANESE YEN FALLS BELOW 140 TO THE US DOLLAR JUNE IRAN BEATS USA 2-1 IN WORLD CUP FOOTBALL MATCH JUNE CLINTON'S CHINA VISIT IS A GREAT SUCCESS JUNE NEW HONG KONG AIRPORT OPENS FOR BUSINESS JULY FOREST FIRES IN FLORIDA THREATEN THOUSANDS OF HOMES JULY POLICE & MILITARY BEAT OFF ORANGEMEN AT DRUMCREE JULY FIERCE FIGHTING IN KOSOVO. POLICE ACTION JULY YANG TSE VALLEY FLOODING IN CHINA JULY TSUNAMI DEVASTATES VILLAGES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA JULY HUGE FIRES IN GREECE JULY "DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS" IN KAMPUCHEA. IT'S OFFICIAL JULY FURTHER REBELLION IN FORMER ZAIRE AUG HANAN ASHRAWI RESIGNS FROM PALESTINE GOVERNMENT AUG MONICA LEWINSKI TESTIFIES TO STARR TRIBUNAL AUG ATHENS SUBURBS THREATENED BY FOREST FIRES AUG CHINESE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL FLOODS IN YANGTSE BASIN AUG AMERICAN EMBASSIES BLOWN UP IN NAIROBI & TANZANIA AUG BOMB KILLS TWENTY EIGHT IN OMAH, IRELAND AUG CLINTON CONFESSES FELLATIO EPISODES WITH LEWINSKI AUG CHINA FACES FLOODS IN HARBIN AREA, MANCHURIA AUG AMERICANS BOMB SUDAN AND AFGHANISTAN AUG 'PLANET HOLYWOOD' LOCALE BOMBED IN CAPE TOWN AUG FOREIGN INTERVENTION INTENSIFIES IN CONGO AUG RUSSIAN ECONOMY COLLAPSES AUG BANGLADESH IS 66% FLOODED FOR OVER A MONTH AUG BAMIYAN FALLS TO TALIBAN ARMIES SEPT 'INTERNET PORN' FEATURES AMERICAN PRESIDENT. TEXT ONLY. SEPT MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT DETAINS FORMER ECONOMY MINISTER SEPT TENSIONS ON AFGHAN IRAN BORDER SEPT CIVIL WAR CONTINUES IN CONGO SEPT SERBIAN MILITARY/POLICE ACTIONS CONTINUE IN KOSOVO SEPT ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION IN ALBANIA SEPT REVOLUTION AND MILITARY INTERVENTION IN LESOTHO SEPT FURTHER MONICA LEWINSKI REVELATIONS SEPT SOCIAL DEMOCRATS DEFEAT KOHL IN GERMAN ELECTIONS SEPT CONCERT OF GREAT POWERS THREATENS SERBIA OCT AMARTYA SEN WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS OCT HUME & TRIMBLE GET NOBLE PEACE PRIZE FOR ULSTER OCT MILOSEVIC GETS FINAL PUBLIC WARNING OVER KOSOVO OCT PRIMAKOV SIDELINES THE AILING BORIS YELTSIN OCT OIL PIPELINE FIRE KILLS 2000 IN NIGERIA OCT FORMER GENERAL PINOCHET ARRESTED IN LONDON CLINIC OCT LEADERS OF ISRAEL, PALESTINE, JORDAN MEET IN U.S.A OCT HURRICANE MITCH DEVASTATES CENTRAL AMERICA NOV SADDAM HUSSEIN STOPS CO_OPERATION WITH UNSCOM NOV DEMOCRATS TOPPLE D'AMATO IN NEW YORK STATE NOV FURTHER RIOTS IN JAKARTA NOV KOFI ANNAN VISITS LIBYA OVER LOCKERBY AFFAIRE DEC IRANIAN WRITER FOUND DEAD DEC VIOLENT CLASHES IN PALESTINE PRECEDE CLINTON'S VISIT DEC BRITISH CAPTIVES KILLED BY KIDNAPPERS IN CHECHENYA DEC AIRLINE CRASH IN THAILAND DEC RIOTS IN DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND DEC UK AND USA BOMB IRAQ DEC 16 TURBULENT BUDDHIST MONKS TAKE ON RIOT POLICE IN KOREA DEC BATTLES IN KOSOVO DEC BRITISH CITIZENS ARRESTED AND KIDNAPPED IN YEMEN DEC CRISES IN 1999 LAUNCH OF EUROPEAN UNION CURRENCY JAN CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROMISES ACTION ON 'Y2K BUG' JAN BATTLES IN ANGOLA, CONGO, KOSOVO AND SIERRA LEONE JAN INCIDENTS OVER IRAQI 'NO-FLY' ZONES JAN CLINTON IMPEACHMENT SHOW OPENS IN US SENATE JAN GUANGDONG INVESTMENT TRUST GOES BUST JAN UN PEACE MISSION PULLS OUT OF ANGOLA JAN SCHOOL STRIKES IN GREECE JAN ROUMANIAN COAL MINERS REBEL, AND MARCH ON BUCAREST JAN FRENCH 'SHOW TRIAL' OF ISLAMISTS ENDS JAN EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES TOWNS IN COLOMBIA JAN KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN DIES. SLAP UP FUNERAL. FEB INDIA AND PAKISTAN EMBARK ON BUS ROUTE DIPLOMACY FEB KOSOVO TALKS AT RAMBOUILLET FEB 'APO' KIDNAPPED BY TURKISH AGENTS IN NAIROBI FEB KURDS SHOW SUPPORT FOR ABDULLAH OCALAN (APO) FEB ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA RESUME WAR FEB E.U. COMISSIONERS ALL RESIGN IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL MAR FURTHER INTERNATIONAL THREATS OVER KOSOVO SITUATION MAR ULSTER HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER BECOMES CAR BOMB VICTIM MAR ETHNIC FIGHTING IN KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA MAR CHINA AND RUSSIA OPPOSE BOMBING OF SERBIA MAR EARTHQUAKE, R6.8 HITS UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA MAR RIOTS IN PARAGUAY MAR FIRE IN MONT BLANC ROAD TUNNEL KILLS FORTY MAR NATO FORCES COMMENCE BOMBING OF SERBIA MAR 24 MEDIA BLACKOUT IMPOSED ON KOSOVO MAR FIRE IN MONT BLANC ROAD TUNNEL KILLS FORTY MAR MALAYSIAN COURT JAILS ANWAR IBRAHIM APRIL LIBYA HANDS OVER PAIR ACCUSED OF LOCKERBIE BOMB APRIL ALGERIA HOLDS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS APRIL US SCHOOLKIDS GUN DOWN CLASS MATES IN DENVER APRIL RACIST BOMBING CAMPAIGN STARTS IN LONDON APRIL REFUGEE CRISIS OVERWHELMS MAKEDONIA MAR-APRIL PRESIDENT RAUL CUBAS FLEES PARAGUAY APRIL RUSSIA CONTINUES NEGOCIATING FOR IMF LOAN APRIL ULSTER 'PEACE TALKS' TAKE EASTER BREAK APRIL USA SETS FBI ONTO CREATOR OF MELLISSA MACRO VIRUS APRIL BOMBING OF SERBIA SWITCHES TO CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE APRIL CHINA SEEKS ADMISSION TO WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION APRIL CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN INDONESIA & EAST TIMOR APRIL LIBYA HANDS OVER PAIR ACCUSED OF LOCKERBIE BOMB APRIL US SCHOOLKIDS GUN DOWN CLASS MATES IN DENVER APRIL RACIST BOMBING CAMPAIGN STARTS IN LONDON APRIL 'OTAN' BOMBS MORE AND MORE SERBIAN CITIES APRIL HEZB-I-WAHADAT CLEAR TALIBAN FORCES FROM BAMIYAN APRIL DR JACK KEVORKIAN GETS JAILED FOR MURDER APRIL MALAYSIAN COURT JAILS ANWAR IBRAHIM APRIL ALGERIA HOLDS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS APRIL HOMELESS EVICTED FROM WASHINGTON D.C. FOR NATO SUMMIT APRIL TURKEY HOLDS ELECTIONS APRIL ANTI-NATO DEMONSTRATIONS IN GREECE,ITALY, GERMANY MAY FRENCH INTERIOR POLICE FACE SCANDAL IN CORSICA MAY P.L.O. DELAY DECLARATION OF PALESTINIAN STATE MAY IBRAHIM RUGOVA EMERGES IN ROME MAY APACHE HELICOPTER CRASHES IN ALBANIA MAY TORNADOS DEVASTATE OKLAHOMA MAY DEADLOCK OVER APPOINTMENT OF NEW LEADER FOR W.T.O. MAY CLUSTER BOMB HITS CIVILIAN AREA IN NIS MAY N.A.T.O. BOMBS CHINESE EMBASSY IN BELGRADE MAY BREAK UP OF U.K. COMMENCES (LOCAL ELECTIONS) MAY COUP IN GUINEA BISSAU MAY INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT DEVELOPS IN KASHMIR MAY FIRE IN AUSTRIAN TRANS-ALPINE TUNNEL MAY SOUTH AFRICA HOLDS ELECTIONS JUNE DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO KOSOVO WAR JUNE 3 SERBS START TO LEAVE KOSOVO JUNE IRANIAN MISSILES TARGET MUJEHADDIN IN IRAQ JUNE KASHMIR CONFLICT CONTINUES JUNE RUSSIAN UNIT OCCUPIES PRISTINA AIRPORT JUNE EUROPEAN VOTERS OUST SOCIALIST GROUP FROM PARLIAMENT JUNE EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO JUNE KASHMIR CONFLICT CONTINUES JUNE TURKISH COURT SENTENCES ABDULLAH OCALAN TO DEATH JULY FURTHER FIGHTING IN KASHMIR JULY ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN SERBIA JULY CHINA REBUKES TAIWANESE PRESIDENT JULY FALUN GONG MEMBERS PICKET CHINESE GOVERNMENT OFFICES JULY STUDENT RIOTS IN IRAN JULY KOSOVAR REVENGE SQUADS CONTINUE TO KILL SERB CIVILIANS JULY PEACE AGREEMENT FOR CONGO JULY CLASHES BETWEEN LOCALS AND REFUGEES IN DOVER, UK JULY YELTSIN FIRES CABINET AUG TRAIN CRASH KILLS 300 IN INDIA AUG FLOODS IN CHINA AUG FLOODS IN PHILIPPINES AUG CLASHES IN DAGESTAN AUG SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HITS ISTANBUL AREA (7.4) AUG REFERENDUM ON EAST TIMOR INDEPENDENCE AUG RUSSIA CRACKS DOWN ON REBELS IN DAGESTAN AUG EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE SEPT TERROR BOMBING CAMPAIGN HITS RUSSIAN CITIES SEPT U.N. INTERVENTION IN EAST TIMOR SEPT EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN SEPT RUSSIA INVADES CHECHENYA SEPT FLOODS IN MEXICO OCT EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN (7.6) SEPT WORLD POPULATION OFFICIALLY REACHES SIX BILLION OCT FATIMA MEDIC IN SARAJEVO DESIGNATED #6000000000 OCT COUP D'ETAT IN PAKISTAN OCT LAST DAY OF MILLENIUM. INTENSE MEDIA HYPE DEC 31 CRISES IN 2000 UNPRECEDENTED TRANSMISSION OF DOCTORED TV IMAGES JAN 1 FIGHTING IN AMBON, INDONESIA JAN RUSSIAN ARMIES TAKE GROZNY AFTER 120 DAYS BOMBARDMENT FEB AUSTRIA INCLUDES FREEDOM PARTY IN GOVERNMENT FEB E.U. POLITICIANS POSING AS HYPOCRITES THREATEN AUSTRIA. FEB AFGHAN HIJACK JET ENDS UP IN STANSTEAD AIRPORT, UK FEB SEVERE RAINSTORMS IN MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA FEB NASA SPACECRAFT MAKES RENDEZ-VOUS WITH EROS FEB 14 MITROVICA RIOTS SHAKE NATO COMPLACENCY IN KOSOVO FEB RELIGIOUS RIOTING IN KADUNA, UPSTATE NIGERIA FEB CHINA MAKES HEAVY THREAT TO TAIWAN ON REUNIFICATION FEB FLOODS DEVASTATE MOZAMBIQUE MAR FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA APR ANTI-CAPITALIST RALLIES IN WASHINGTON DC APR RIOTS IN LONDON, BERLIN MAY 1 SMALL FASCIST RALLIES IN PARIS & BERLIN MAY 1 LOVEBUG V.B. WORM INFECTS GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS MAY UN PEACE KEEPERS KIDNAPPED IN SIERRA LEONE MAY LOS ALAMOS NUCLEAR LAB BURNED DURING FOREST FIRES MAY EXPLOSION IN NETHERLANDS FIREWORK FACTORY KILLS 20 MAY PALESTINIANS RIOT FOR FREEDOM OF PRISONERS MAY NORTHERN IRELAND RETURNS TO LOCAL RULE MAY ISRAELIS WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON UNDER FIRE MAY BRITISH TROOPS IN SIERRA LEONE MAY EARTHQUAKE IN SUMATRA JUNE HAFEZ AL ASSAD DIES JUNE KIM DAE JUNG MEETS KIM JONG IL IN PYONGYANG JUNE DISASTROUS EXPLOSION IN URUMCHI SEPT EUROPE WIDE PROTESTS OVER FUEL PRICES SEPT FLOODS IN VIET-NAM, KAMPUCHEA SEPT SLOBODAN MILOSEVITCH VOTED OUT OF POWER OCT ISREALIS DEPLOY ATTACK HELICOPTERS IN GAZA OCT FLOODS & LANDSLIDES IN ITALY OCT FLOODS IN ENGLAND NOV US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION GOES INTO EXTRA TIME NOV GUN BATTLES IN ISREAL & PALESTINE NOV KIM DAE JUNG GETS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE DEC EUROPEAN LEADERS SIGN TREATY OF NICE DEC US ELECTION GOES TO SUPREME COURT DEC BARAK CALLS NEW ISRAELI ELECTIONS DEC BUSH DECLARED WINNER DEC CRISES IN 2001 EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRAL AMERICA JAN 'THAI RAK THAI' PARTY SWEEPS TO POWER IN SIAM JAN BODYGUARDS GUN DOWN CONGOLESE LEADER, LAURENT KABILA JAN CASH CRISIS CAUSES CALIFORNIA POWER BLACKOUTS JAN ESTRADA FORCED FROM POWER IN PHILIPPINES JAN EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES GUJURAT JAN CLINTON PARDONS ARMS DEALERS, DRUGS TRAFFIKERS &C FEB ISRAELIS VOTE FOR SHARON OF SABRA & SHATILLA FAME FEB TURKEY SUFFERS A FINANCIAL CRISIS FEB BUSH & BLAIR GIVE IRAQIS A WARNING BOMBING FEB ALBANIAN PATRIOTS/MAFIA BRING MAYHEM TO BALKANS FEB FIERCE ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN KALIMANTAN (BORNEO) FEB TALIBAN PROMISE TO DESTROY BAMIYAN BUDDHA IDOLS FEB FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE INFECTS UK LIVESTOCK FEB FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE BECOMES NATIONAL CRISIS IN UK MARCH AFGHANI TALIBAN DESTROY BAMIYAN BUDDHAS MARCH MACEDONIAN ARMY DEPLOYS HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS MARCH ISREALIS USE ROCKETS, ARTILLARY ETC IN GAZA, HEBRON. MARCH GEORGE BUSH REPUDIATES KYOTO EMISSIONS PROTOCOL MARCH JUGOSLAV AUTHORITIES PUT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC IN PRISON MARCH 31 U.S. SPY PLANE LANDS IN HAINAN AFTER COLLISION APRIL 1 ISRAEL SENDS TANKS, BULLDOZERS INTO REFUGEE CAMP APRIL RIOTS IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. APRIL ARMY SHELLS VILLAGES IN MAKEDONIA MAY SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACK PEOPLE IN ISRAEL MAY CHINESE AIDS SCANDAL GETS PUBLICISED ABROAD MAY TAKSIN SINAWAT FIRES HEAD OF THAI RESERVE BANK MAY NEPALI ROYAL FAMILY DECIMATED IN FAMILY DISPUTE MAY TONY BLAIR WINS UK ELECTIONS FOR 'NEW LABOUR' JUNE CIA HEAD, TENET, IN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS JUNE IRISH VOTE AGAINST TREATY OF NICE JUNE SERIOUS VIOLENCE DISRUPTS E.U. SUMMIT AT GOTHENBURG JUNE MACEDONIAN MILITIAS STORM SKOPJE PARLIAMENT JUNE SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC GETS EXTRADITED TO THE HAGUE JUNE CHINA GETS AWARDED 2008 OLYMPICS JULY MORE WESTERN TELECOMMS COMPANIES LAY OFF WORKERS JULY SEVERE FLOODING IN ORISSA, INDIA JULY JUDGE CONDEMNS ST MARY'S HOSPITAL PADDINGTON JULY RIOTS DISRUPT G8 SUMMIT IN GENOA JULY POLICE BEATINGS AFTER G8 SUMMIT TARNISH ITALIAN STATE JULY INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT DEPOSES THE LEADER, WAHID JULY RIOTS IN UK TOWNS. BELFAST, BRADFORD, BRIXTON. JULY ISRAEL DEPLOYS TANKS IN WEST BANK AUG PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MACEDONIA AUG SEVERE FLOODS IN NORTHERN IRAN AUG AHMAD SHAH MASSOUD KILLED 10 SEPT AIRPLANE FLIES INTO WORLD TRADE CENTER, NYC 11 SEPT SECOND AIRPLANE HITS WTC 11 SEPT WTC COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED 11 SEPT AIRPLANE HITS PENTAGON 11 SEPT CAR BOMB GOES OFF IN USA STATE DEPARTMENT 11 SEPT WHITE HOUSE EVACUATED 11 SEPT LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKMARKETS CLOSED 11 SEPT OSAMA BIN LADEN BRANDED AS THE MASTER ASSASSIN 11 SEPT CHINA AND RUSSIA EXPRESS CONDOLENCES SEPT TOULOUSE CHEMICAL PLANT AUTO_DESTRUCTS SEPT OSCILLATING CEASE-FIRES IN ISRAEL / PALESTINE SEPT BELFAST (NORTHERN IRELAND) HAS WORST RIOTS FOR 20 YEARS SEPT PROTESTANT PARAMILITARIES GUN DOWN ULSTER JOURNALIST SEPT SWISSAIR GOES BANKRUPT AND STRANDS PASSENGERS OCT USA AND UK START BOMBING OF AFGHANISTAN 7 OCT AIR ACTION KILLS UN LANDMINE CLEARANCE TEAM IN KABUL OCT CHINA 1 - OMAN 0 IN FOOTBALL. CHINA GOES TO JAPAN OCT LETTER BORN ANTHRAX TARGETS USA POLITICS & MEDIA OCT ISRAEL PALESTINE CRISIS WORSENS OCT BUSH GROVELS FOR SUPPORT AT APEC MEETING IN SHANGHAI OCT CHINA SHOWS OFF MODEL TERRORIST FREE SKYSCRAPER CITY OCT SINN FEIN ANNOUNCES IRA WEAPONS DECOMISSIONING OCT FOOTBALL RIOTS DISRUPT LIFE IN TEHERAN OCT USA STARTS GROUND OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN OCT FIRE IN SWISS (ST GOTTHARD) TUNNEL KILLS DOZENS OCT CUBA WEATHERS SEVERE HURRICANE (MICHELLE) NOV CHINA JOINS WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION IN QATAR NOV TAIWAN JOINS WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION NOV NORTHERN ALLIANCE TAKE MAZAR-I-SHARIF NOV TALIBAN POSITION COLLAPSES IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN NOV FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES KILL HUNDREDS IN ALGIERS NOV NORTHERN ALLIANCE ENTERS KABUL NOV BUSH MEETS PUTIN NOV E.C. INDICTS DRUG COMPANIES IN VITAMIN CARTEL NOV CROSSAIR PLANE CRASHES IN FOREST OUTSIDE ZURICH NOV TALIBAN PRISONERS REBEL IN MAZAR-I-SHARIF NOV HUMAN EMBRYO CLONED IN MASSACHUSSETS LABORATORY NOV MAOIST INSURGENTS CONTINUE REBELLION IN NEPAL NOV BOMBERS ATTACK ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN MINDANAO NOV LEADING ENERGY SUPPLY COMPANY, 'ENRON', GOES BUST NOV ALLIED FORCES HUNT OSAMA BINLADEN IN CAVES DEC DEVASTATING SIUCIDE BOMB ATTACKS IN JERUSALEM AND HAIFA DEC ISRAELIS DESTROY ARAFAT'S HELICOPTERS & GAZA AIRPORT DEC AFGHANS MEETING IN BONN CHOOSE NEW LEADER DEC TALIBAN LEADER SURRENDERS KANDAHAR DEC TERRORISTS ATTACK INDIAN PARLIAMENT DEC BUSH ABROGATES 1972 ANTI-BALISTIC MISSILE TREATY DEC SHARON DECLARES YASSER ARAFAT IRELEVANT DEC ARGENTINE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN PROVOKES STREET RIOTS DEC CARBON COPY, THE CLONED CAT IS BORN DEC INDIAN POLITICIANS WIND UP WAR FEVER DEC ISREALIS DESTROY YASSER ARAFAT'S HAPPY CHRISTMAS DEC CRISES IN 2002 COINS & NOTES TO ISSUED FOR EUROPEAN CURRENCY JAN ARGENTINE ROTATES PRESIDENTS IN MUSICAL CHAIRS GAME JAN BUSH FIRES RAGE IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA JAN ISRAELIS DETAIN ARMS SHIPMENT IN RED SEA JAN TONY BLAIR VISITS INDO-PAK & AFGHANISTAN JAN VOLCANIC ERUPTION FLOODS GOMA (CONGO) WITH LAVA JAN FIGHTING CONTINUES IN AFGHANISTAN JAN FIGHTING CONTINUES IN ISRAEL / PALESTINE JAN AMMUNITION DUMP BLOWS UP IN RESIDENTIAL AREA OF LAGOS JAN AMERICANS SEND MILITARY ADVISORS TO PHILIPPINES FEB WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM HELD IN NEW YORK FEB RIOTS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA FEB ALLIED IRISH BANK ADMITS 500 MILLION LOSS FEB AMERICANS ANNOUNCE THEY WANT CHANGE OF REGIME IN IRAQ FEB ISRAELIS CONTINUE BOMBING AND OPPRESSION IN PALESTINE FEB NOAM CHOMSKY SAVES TURKISH WRITER FROM JAIL FEB ANGOLAN WARLORD, JONAS SAVIMBI, GETS KILLED FEB ISRAELIS DEPLOY TANKS IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS MAR AMERICANS CRASH HELICOPTER IN AFGHANISTAN MOUNTAINS MAR BRITISH CRASH MILITARY HELICOPTER IN SOUTH ARMAGH MAR AMERICANS CALL ON BRITISH TO HELP OUT IN AFGHANISTAN MAR AMERICANS TALK UP OIL PRICE BY THREATENING IRAQ FEB-MAR BANDITS BURGLE CASTLREAGH ROAD POLICE STATION, BELFAST MAR SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HITS NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN. >1000 DEAD MAR FRENCHMAN SHOOTS 15 AT COUNCIL MEETING IN NANTERRE MAR HAMAS SUICIDE BOMBER BLASTS ISRAELI RESORT MAR YASSER ARAFAT QUARANTINED DURING ARAB SUMMIT IN BEIRUT MAR ISRAELIS STORM PALESTINIAN COMPOUND IN RAMALLAH MAR YASSER ARAFAT GIVES TV INTERVIEW BY CANDLE LIGHT MAR ISREALI TANKS DEPLOYED IN TURKAM, QALQALIYA APR AMERICAN PEACE ENVOY, GENERAL ZINI, BECOMES SPECTATOR APR ISRAEL SHELLS YASSER ARAFAT'S RAMALLAH OFFICES APR ISRAELI ARMY BESEIGES CHURCH OF NATIVITY, BETHLEHEM APR ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANISATION MEETS IN MALAYSIA APR FORCE 6.x EARTHQUAKE SHAKES TAIWAN APR ISRAELI ONSLAUGHT CONTINUES. MASS GRAVES IN NABLUS APR HEZBOLLAH FIRES ROCKETS AT VILLAGES IN ISRAEL APR RIOTS IN CARACAS, VENEZUALA APR VENEZUELAN STROMGMAN, HUGO CHAVEZ, OUSTED APR USA SECRETARY OF STATE, COLIN POWELL, VISITS ISRAEL APR SUICIDE BOMBINGS CONTINUE IN ISRAEL APR HUGO CHAVEZ TALKS HIS WAY BACK INTO POWER APR POWELL MEETS ARAFAT IN HIS BOMBED OUT HQ AT RAMALLAH APR FRENCH VOTERS BACK EXTREME RIGHT MR. LE PEN APR CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH MEETS BUSH AND SAYS NASTY THINGS APR CHIRAC BEATS LE PEN 82%-18% IN FRENCH ELECTIONS MAY DUTCH RIGHTWINGER, PIM FORTUYN, SHOT DEAD MAY ISRAEL RELEASES YASSER ARAFAT FROM HIS RAMALLAH HQ. MAY BRITISH SOLDIERS FALL SICK IN AFGHANISTAN MAY BLACK FRIDAY FOR UK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MAY 17 JACK STRAW VISITS SOUTH ASIA MAY DUTCH PvDA GETS WIPED OUT IN ELECTIONS MAY INDIA AND PAKISTAN HEAD FOR WAR MAY E.U. LEADERS PREPARE FOR FORTRESS STATE MAY ALLEGATIONS OF FBI INCOMPETANCE OVER '9/11' MAY USA AND UK ADVISE EXPATRIATES TO AVOID SOUTH ASIA JUNE PLO CAR BOMB DETONATES ON TEL AVIV HIGHWAY JUNE ISRAELI ARMY RE ENTERS JENIN JUNE WORLD FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN JAPAN & KOREA JUNE G8 SUMMIT HELD IN ISOLATED TOWN SOMEWHERE IN CANADA JUNE GERMAN LEADER FLIES ON TO JAPAN TO WATCH FOOTBALL GAME JUNE ISRAELI ARMY REGULARLY SHOOTS CURFEW VIOLATORS JUNE AMERICAN PHONE COMPANY 'WORLDCOM' GOES BUST JUNE TWO AIRLINERS COLLIDE OVER SWITZERLAND JULY FLOODS IN BENGAL JULY AMERICANS BOMB WEDDING PARTY IN AFGHANISTAN JULY HAJI QADEER, AFGHAN VICE PRESIDENT, SHOT DEAD JULY ISRAELI ASSASINATION SQUADS WORK IN GAZA,WEST BANK JULY NEO NAZI ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT PRESIDENT CHIRAC JULY 14 ISRAELIS DROP BOMB ONTO HEAVILY POPULATED GAZA CITY JULY SUCIDE BOMBING IN HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM JULY UKRAINIAN JET KILLS 80 AT AIR DISPLAY IN LVIV JULY FLOODS SWAMP UKRAINE AND CENTRAL EUROPE AUG ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS JUNKET IN SOUTH AFRICA AUG FARC ROCKET ATTACKS IN BOGOTA AUG COLOMBIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AUG PRAGUE FLOODED AUG DRESDEN FLOODED AUG HUGE FLOODS IN CHINA AUG ASSAM FLOODED AUG 50000+ DELEGATES ATTEND EARTH SUMMIT IN JOHANNESBURG AUG SEVERE TYPHOON HITS KOREA SEPT CROWD JEERS AT COLIN POWELL DURING HOOLIGAN SUMMIT SEPT TAMIL TIGERS SIGN CEASE FIRE DOCUMENT SEPT JAPANESE PM, KOIZUMI, VISITS NORTH KOREA SEPT ARMY MUTINY STARTS FIGHTING IN IVORY COAST SEPT ISRAELI ARMY BESIEGE ARAFAT H.Q. IN RAMALLAH SEPT BUSH, CHEYNEY WIND UP FOR WAR AGAINST IRAQ SEPT KING BIRENDRA DISMISSES NEPALI GOVERNMENT OCT ISRAELIS LAUNCH ROCKET AT A CROWD IN GAZA CITY OCT LULA ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPSETS CAPITALISTS IN BRAZIL OCT INDIA HOLDS ELECTIONS IN VIOLENCE RACKED KASHMIR OCT TAROT CARD SNIPER TERRORISES WASHINGTON OCT PAKISTAN HOLDS ELECTIONS OCT BOMB BLAST KILLS 200 IN BALI RESORT OCT CHECHEN MILITANTS SEIZE 700 HOSTAGES IN MOSCOW THEATRE OCT TROOPS & POLICE STORM MOSCOW THEATRE. 60 DEAD OCT GAS USED IN MOSCOW THEATRE RESCUE POISONS DOZENS OCT BELTWAY SNIPERS ARRESTED IN PARKED CHEVROLET CAPRICE OCT VIETNAMESE DISCO FIRE KILLS DOZENS OCT AKP (JUSTICE & DEVELOPMENT) WINS ELECTIONS IN TURKEY NOV CIA ROBOT MISSILE KILLS AL QAEDA TERRORIST IN YEMEN NOV MISS WORLD PAGEANT PROVOKES BLOODY RIOTS IN NIGERIA NOV UN ARMS INSPECTORS RETURN TO IRAQ WITH NEW MANDATE NOV WORLD BANK CHIEF WOLFSOHN CONGRATULATES LULA NOV NATO SUMMIT HELD IN PRAGUE. BUSH ADVOCATES WAR NOV TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELI TOURISTS IN KENYA NOV SPANISH INTERCEPT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE CARGO TO YEMEN DEC ARIANE-5 EUROPEAN ROCKET EXPLODES AFTER LAUNCH DEC IRAQ FILES A WEAPONS DECLARATION TO UNITED NATIONS DEC NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT RESTARTS NUCLEAR REACTOR DEC ELECTIONS IN KENYA END THE MOI ERA DEC VENEZUELAN STRIKE WORSENS. LULA SENDS OIL FROM BRAZIL DEC CRISES IN 2003 SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN TEL-AVIV JAN NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR CRISIS DEEPENS JAN BIG FREEZE UP IN RUSSIA JAN VENEZUELA STRIKES AFFECT WORLD OIL PRICES JAN BRITAIN SENDS NAVEL TASK FORCE TO GULF (KHALEEJ) JAN LENI REIFENSTAL MISSES FILM OPPORTUNITIES IN ISRAEL JAN ISRAELI ARMY ENTERS GAZA ON PUNITIVE RAID JAN UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS DELIVER REPORT ON IRAQ JAN SHARON WINS ISRAELI ELECTIONS JAN THAI EMBASSY BURNED DOWN IN PHNOM PEN RIOT JAN PEACE CONFERENCE IN PARIS TO SETTLE IVORY COAST WAR JAN SPACE SHUTTLE BURNS UP OVER TEXAS FEB KOREA SUBWAY FIRE KILLS HUNDREDS FEB DRUGS CRACKDOWN IN THAILAND CLAIMS HUNDREDS OF LIVES FEB IRANIAN MILITARY PLANE CRASHES KILLING 300 FEB RHODE ISLAND ROCK CONCERT FIRE KILLS 90 FEB MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST BLAIR-BUSH WAR POLICY FEB WHITE HOUSE AND PENTAGON 'BEAT DRUMS OF WAR' FEB MASS DEMENSTRATIONS AGAINST WAR WORLDWIDE FEB WORLD WIDE ALERT FOR 'SARS' VIRUS FROM CHINA MAR YUGOSLAV P.M. ZORAN DZINDZIC GUNNED DOWN IN BELGRADE MAR BRITAIN AND USA FAIL TO SECURE UN BACKING FOR WAR MAR THIRD GULF WAR STARTS MAR ALLIED ADVANCE ON BAGHDAD MEETS RESISTANCE MAR DR CARLO URBANI DIES OF SARS MAR AMERICANS AT GATES OF BAGHDAD APR AMERICAN MISSILE WOUNDS JOHN SIMPSON OF BBC APR AMERICANS ROCKET AL-JAZEERA OFFICE IN BAGHDAD APR HUNDREDS MASSACRED IN CONGO APR HUNDREDS TORTURED IN ZIMBABWE FOLLOWING GENERAL STRIKE APR SARS PANIC AFFECTS MUCH OF EAST ASIA APR BLAIR BUSH SUMMIT IN NORTHERN IRELAND APR URBAN FIGHTING INJURES THOUSANDS IN IRAQ APR CROWDS IN BAGHDAD CHEER COLLAPSE OF SADDAM REGIME APR AYETOLLAH AL KHOEI MURDERED IN NAJAF APR WIDESPREAD LOOTING OF IRAQI HOSPITALS AND MUSEUMS APR WHO BLACKLISTS TORONTO BECAUSE OF SARS APR TARIQ AZIZ TURNS HIMSELF IN APR EARTHQUAKE HITS BINGOL IN EASTERN TURKEY APR AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF IRAQ MAY SARS HITS TAIWAN MAY SUICIDE BOMBINGS HIT RIYADH EX-PATRIATE COMPOUNDS MAY SUICIDE BOMBING KILLS MUSICIAN IN TEL AVIV BAR MAY SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN CHECHENYA MAY BRITISH CANCEL FLIGHTS TO EAST AFRICA MAY SUICIDE BOMBING IN CASABLANCA MAY INDONESIA RELAUNCHES MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN ACEH MAY EARTHQUAKE HITS ALGERIA'S MOST POPULATED ZONE MAY BURMESE GOVERNMENT ARRESTS AUUNG SAN SU KI MAY RIOTS IN GENEVA DURING G8 SUMMIT JUNE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN ROW WITH NATIONAL BROADCASTER JUNE TURMOIL IN LIBERIA JULY BRITISH ARMS INSPECTOR FOUND DEAD IN WOODLAND JULY AMERICAN TROOPS KILL UDAY AND QUSAY HUSSEIN IN MOSUL JULY FOREST FIRES IN FRANCE KILL TOURISTS JULY PORTUGAL SEEKS INTERNATIONAL AID TO QUENCH FOREST FIRES AUG CAR BOMBERS TARGET MARRIOT HOTEL IN JAKARTA AUG CAR BOMBERS TARGET JORDANIAN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD AUG ISRAEL RELEASES ABOUT 350 PRISONERS (1000s IN JAIL) AUG PESSIMISTS CLAIM CLIMATIC CHANGE THREATENS HUMANITY AUG SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL AND WEST BANK AUG HEAT CAUSES POWER GENERATION PROBLEMS IN EUROPE AUG POWER BLACKOUT HITS NORTH EAST USA AND CANADA AUG 14 SUICIDE TRUCK BOMBERS DESTROY U.N. MISSION IN BAGHDAD AUG SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS TWENTY IN JERUSALEM AUG CAR BOMBS BLAST BOMBAY CITY CENTER AUG HUGE FIRES DEVASTATE CANADIAN FORESTS AUG POWER BLACKOUT IN LONDON AUG 28 TYPHOONS & FLOODS KILL OVER A HUNDRED IN KOREA SEPT TERMINATOR ENDERS CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR RACE SEPT AMERICAN GENERAL ENTERS PRESIDENCY RACE SEPT RECYCLED IMAGES OF OSAMA BIN LADEN ON TV, NEWSPAPERS SEPT MILITARIZED MURDERS CONTINUE IN IRAQ SEPT MILITARY OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN AFGHANISTAN SEPT POWER BLACKOUT IN ITALY SEPT EDWARD SAID DIES SEPT CANADIAN 'OFFICIAL POT' FIASCO SEPT IRANIAN LAWYER, SHIRIN EBADI, WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OCT FIRST CHINESE TAIKONAUT ORBITS EARTH OCT DEMOCRACY RALLY SUPPRESSED IN RIYADH OCT STATEN ISLAND FERRY DISASTER OCT BOLIVIAN PEOPLE OUST PRO-AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OCT TONY BLAIR SUFFERS HEART ATTACK OCT SUICIDE BOMBERS LAUNCH MULTIPLE ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD OCT BUSH VISITS FAR EAST OCT CALIFORNIA FOREST FIRES BLAZE OUT OF CONTROL OCT IRAQI GUERRILLAS DOWN LARGE AMERICAN HELICOPTER NOV MS CHAMARATUNGA SUSPENDS SRI LANKA PARLIAMENT NOV SUICIDE BOMBERS BLAST RIYADH HOUSING COMPOUND NOV AL QAIDA BOMBERS TARGET SYNAGOGUES IN ISTANBUL NOV BUSH VISITS BLAIR IN LONDON NOV AL QAIDA TARGETS HSBC, BRITISH CONSULATE IN TURKEY NOV POPULAR UPRISING IN GEORGIA OUSTS SHEVERNADZE NOV SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED DEC E.U. SUMMIT ENDS IN ACRIMONY DEC ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON PAKISTANI PREMIER, MUSHARRAF DEC IRAQI RESISTANCE CONTINUES DEC ISRAELIS CONTINUE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA ETC. DEC AMERICAN BEEF INDUSTRY HIT BY BSE SCARE DEC ITALIAN AGRIBUSINESS PARMELAT GOES BUST DEC LIBYA PUBLICLY RENOUNCES NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEC CHINESE OIL WELL BLOWOUT POISONS HUNDREDS DEC EARTHQUAKE KILLS THOUSANDS IN EASTERN IRAN DEC USA INSISTS ON ARMED SKYMARSHALS ON VISITING PLANES DEC FASCISTS MAINTAIN HIGH VOTE IN SERBIAN ELECTIONS DEC CRISES IN 2004 ISRAELI VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN NABLUS AND GAZA JAN IRAQIS SHOOT DOWN AMERICAN HELICIPTERS JAN TONY BLAIR VISITS BASRA IN SOUTHERN IRAQ JAN OSAMA BIN LADEN RELEASES AUDIO TAPE JAN ARISTIDE'S POLICE SHOOT DEMONSTRATORS IN HAITI JAN NASA MARS LANDER SENDS BACK PICTURES JAN CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT LEADERS AGREE JAN IRANIAN CLERGY DISMISS MANY ELECTION CANDIDATES JAN SHELL OIL ADMITS OVERESTIMATING ITS OIL RESERVES JAN H5N1 FEAR CAUSES MASS CHICKEN SLAUGHTER IN FAR EAST JAN SARS CASES REPORTED IN CHINA JAN SUICIDE BOMBING IN JERUSALEM JAN SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET IRAQI KURD POLITICAL PARTIES JAN MOSCOW METRO BOMBING KILLS THIRTY FEB SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET IRAQI POLICE AND ARMY FEB PRINCE CHARLES VISITS IRAQ, IRAN & SAUDI ARABIA FEB IRAQI CONSTITUTION AGREED MAR BOMBS CAUSE SLAUGHTER AT SHIITE CELEBRATIONS IN IRAQ MAR AMERICANS RELEASE FIVE BRITISH GUANTONOMO DETAINEES MAR RUCKSACK BOMBERS KILL OVER 180 ON MADRID TRAINS MAR SYRIAN ARMY AND POLICE SUPRESS RIOTS IN KURDISH AREAS MAR ETHNIC RIOTS IN KOSOVO MAR US & PAKISTAN TROOPS FAIL TO FLUSH OUT TALIBAN LEADERS MAR TAIWAN ELECTIONS END IN CONTROVERSY AND SCANDAL MAR TONY BLAIR MEETS MUAMMAR GHADAFI IN A TENT MAR ISRAELIS ROCKET WHEELCHAIR BOUND HAMAS LEADER MAR FIGHTING BREAKS OUT IN HERAT, AFGHANISTAN MAR ALEISTER COOK DIES MAR US CONTRACTORS KILLED AND HUNG FROM BRIDGE IN IRAQ APR AMERICANS ATTACK FALLUJA WITH HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS APR AMERICANS CLOSE DOWN SHIITE NEWSPAPER IN IRAQ APR THE TRAIN BOMBERS BLOW THEMSELVES UP IN MADRID APR FULL SCALE SHIITE UPRISING AGAINST AMERICANS APR IRAQI RESISTANCE BECOMES AN INTIFADA AGAINST OCCUPATION APR BATTLES IN FALUJA APR ISRAELI MISSILE HITS CAR OF NEW HAMAS LEADER APR BLAIR MEETS BUSH AND ENDORSES SHARON'S LANDGRAB APR MINOR GUN BATTLES IN RIYADH APR LARGE CAR BOMB HITS OLD MINISTRY BUILDING IN RIYADH APR CAR BOMB DESTROYS SCHOOL BUS IN BASRA APR MORDECHAI VANUNU LEAVES ISRAELI JAIL AFTER 18 YEARS APR EXPLOSION KILLS HUNDREDS IN NORTH KOREA APR 100+ MUSLIM INSURGENTS GUNNED DOWN IN SOUTHERN THAILAND APR 28 YANBU SHOOTINGS TARGET SENIOR MANAGERS OF OIL COMPLEX MAY PHOTOS OF US AGENTS TORTURING IRAQIS AIRED IN USA MAY PHOTOS OF BRITISH SQUADDIES ABUSING IRAQI PRISONERS MAY TAKSIN SINAWAT BIDS FOR LIVERPOOL F.C. MAY BOMB BLAST KILLS CHECHENIA'S PRESIDENT KYDOROV MAY CONGRESS PARTY TRIUMPHANT AFTER INDIAN ELECTIONS MAY SEVERE CONFESSIONAL RIOTING IN NIGERIA MAY GEORGIA REASSERTS CONTROL IN ABKHAZIA APR-JUNE ISRAELIS KILL 33 IN ONE DAY DURING ATTACKS ON RAFAH MAY SAUDI MILITANTS TARGET EX-PAT MANAGERS IN AL KHOBAR MAY U.N. PROGRAMS GEAR UP FOR REFUGEE RELIEF IN CHAD JUNE BBC REPORTERS SHOT WHILE FILMING IN RIYADH JUNE TEST FLIGHT OF COMMERCIAL RIVAL TO SPACE SHUTTLE JUNE CHECHEN WAR SPILLS OVER TO INGUSHETIA JUNE SEVERE FLOODS HIT ASSAM AND BANGLADESH JULY URBAN FIGHTING IN IRAQ JULY HURRICANE FRANCES HITS FLORIDA AUG MAOIST GROUPS BLOCKADE KATHMANDU, NEPAL AUG AYETOLLAH SISTANI DEFUSES CRISIS IN NJAF AUG CHECHEN PASSENGERS BLOW UP TWO PLANES IN RUSSIA AUG CHECHENS STAGE SCHOOL HOSTAGE DRAMA IN OSSETIA SEP MALAYSIAN COURT FREES ANWAR IBRAHIM SEP HUNDREDS DEAD IN OSSETIA SCHOOL MASSACRE SEP FLOODS IN SZECHUAN, CHINA DISPLACE 0.5 MILLION SEP HURRICANE HITS FLORIDA SEP HURRICANE DEVASTATES GRENADA IN CARRIBEAN SEP U.S. CUMULATIVE DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ EXCEDDS 1000 SEP BOMB BLAST ROCKS AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN JAKARTA SEP HEAVY FIGHTING AROUND BAGHDAD, FALLUJA ETC. SEP HURRICAN DEVASTATES NORTHERN HAITI SEP ISMAIL KHAN OUSTED IN HERAT SEP VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN IRAQ OCT AFGHANI ELECTIONS OCT BURMESE JUNTA OUSTS TWO OF ITS LEADERS OCT NIIGATA AREA OF JAPAN ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKE OCT THAI POLICE SUFFOCATE DOZENS OF DETAINEES OCT OIL PRICES SUSTAINED AT OVER $50 A BARREL OCT YASSER ARAFAT SEEKS MEDICAL TREATMENT IN PARIS OCT 'THE LANCET' REPORTS 100000 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ OCT AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NOV KERRY WHITE HOUSE BID HITS THE ROCKS NOV AMERICAN BEGIN FINAL ASSAULT ON FALLUJA NOV DUTCH FILM MAKER ASSASSINATED BY CYCLIST IN AMSTERDAM NOV YASSER ARAFAT'S MEDICAL CONDITION WORSENS NOV BOTCHED EFFORT TO REUNIFY COTE D'IVOIRE USHERS IN CHAOS NOV YASSER ARAFAT DIES NOV IRIS CHANG, AUTHOR OF RAPE OF NAN JING, DIES BY SUICIDE NOV BATTLES IN SEVERAL IRAQI TOWNS NOV FRENCH, SPANISH EVACUATE EX_PATS FROM COTE D'IVOIRE NOV UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS GIVE DISPUTED RESULT NOV TSUNAMI DEVASTATES COASTS ON INDIAN OCEAN DEC 26 EARTHQUAKE OFF NORTH SUMATRA DEC TSUNAMI HITS SRI LANKA, INDIA, THAILAND, MALAYSIA ETC. DEC CRISES IN 2005 DEATH TOLL FOR TSUNAMI REACHES MORE THAN 150000 JAN UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE PRECEDES IRAQI ELECTIONS JAN BUSH INAUGERATED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEAR TERM JAN PALESTINIANS CHOSE NEW LEADER (BUT OLD MAN) JAN BRITISH SQUADDIES ON TRIAL FOR TORTURE IN IRAQ JAN AMERICAN SOLDIER JAILED FOR ABU GRAIB ABUSES JAN TSUNAMI DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO ABOUT 250000 JAN IRAQIS VOTE JAN KING DISMISSES GOVERNMENT IN NEPAL FEB SHELL ANNOUNCES RECORD PROFITS FEB SAUDIS HAVE SOME LOCAL ELECTIONS FEB ISREALI AND PALESTINE LEADERS MEET IN EGYPTIAN RESORT FEB IRAQI VOTE GETS COUNTED FEB BEIRUT CAR BOMB KILLS HARIRI AND MANY OTHERS FEB FORMER LONDON FAMILY DOCTOR BECOMES IRAQI PM FEB EARTHQUAKE HITS SOUTH EAST IRAN FEB REVOLT IN KYRGYZSTAN OVER DISPUTED ELECTIONS MAR LARGE EARTHQUAKE OFF SUMATRA MAR POPE DIES APR GUN BATTLE IN AL QASIM AREA, SAUDI ARABIA APR BOMB EXPLOSION IN HATYAI, SOUTH THAILAND APR JALAL TALABANI BECOMES PRESIDENT OF IRAQ APR MANY HEADS OF STATE ATTEND POPE'S FUNERAL APR FORMER KMT LEADER VISITS CHINA APR FRANCE TEST NEW A380 'SUPER JUMBO' AIRBUS APR BRIT POLITICIANS TARGET GYPSIES IN RUN UP TO ELECTION APR BRITISH GENERAL ELECTIONS GIVE LABOUR SMALLER WIN MAY DEMONSTRATORS MASSACRED IN UZBEKISTAN (FERGANA REGION) MAY IRAQI INSURGENCY CONTINUES MAY BOB GELDORF PLANS ROCK CONCERT TO HELP AFRICA JUNE ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT DEMOLISHES HOUSES OF STREET TRADERS JUNE ETHIOPIAN POLICE SHOOT PROTESTERS IN ADDIS ABABA JUNE STRIKES AND RIOTS IN BOLIVIA FORCE OUT GOVERNMENT JUNE FLOODS DROWN DOZENS OF CHILDREN IN HEILONGJIANG, CHINA JUNE BOMB BLASTS IN AHWAZ & TEHRAN MAR ELECTION CAMPAIGN JUNE AHMADINEJAD BEATS RAFSANJANI TO IRANIAN PRESIDENCY JUNE LONDON BEATS PARIS IN 2012 OLYMPIC BID AT SINGAPORE JULY G8 LEADERS MEET IN SCOTLAND JULY BOMB BLASTS ROCK LONDON TRANSPORT SYSTEM JULY 7 PAKISTAN MULTIPLE TRAIN CRASH KILLS 135 JULY INSURGENCY CONTINUES IN IRAQ JULY LONDON BOMBINGS TRACED TO YORKSHIRE MUSLIMS JULY SHOOTINGS AND BOMBINGS IN SOUTHERN THAILAND JULY LONDON TRANSPORT DISRUPTED BY FOUR SMALL BOMBS JULY 21 UK POLICE START MANHUNT FOR FAILED SUICIDE BOMBERS JULY 21 POLICE PURSUE AND SHOOT DEAD SUSPECT ON LONDON TUBE JULY 22 SUICIDE BOMBERS STRIKE SHARM AL SHEIKH RESORT JULY IRA RENOUNCE POLITICAL VIOLENCE JULY MUMBAI WASHED OUT BY ONE METRE OF RAIN IN ONE DAY JULY BRITISH AND ITALIAN POLICE CATCH FAILED SUICIDE BOMBERS JULY SPLA LEADER, GARENG, DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH AUG FAMINE STORY FROM NIGER AUG KING FAHD OF SAUDI ARABIA DIES AUG SPACE SHUTTLE, DISCOVERY, UNDERTAKES MISSION AUG FOREST FIRES BLAZE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL AUG IRAN PREPARES TO RESTART ITS NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AUG SPACE SHUTTLE SUCCESSFULLY RETURNS TO EARTH AUG ISRAELI GOVERNMENT EVACUATES GAZA SETTLEMENTS AUG CHIANG MAI CHEST DEEP IN WATER AFTER FLOODS AUG GREATEST EVER HURRICANE, KATRINA, HITS AMERICAN GULF AUG OIL PRICE TOPS $70 A BARREL AUG GULF COAST TOWNS DESTROYED. NEW ORLEANS FLOODED. SEPT DELAYED RELEASE OF MORTALITY STATISTICS FOR HURRICANE SEPT HEAVY HANDED SHOW OF MILITARY FORCE IN NEW ORLEANS SEPT JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI WINS JAPANESE ELECTION SEPT ISRAELIS EVACUATE LAST SETTLEMENTS IN GAZA STRIP SEPT FEROCIOUS LOYALIST RIOTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND SEPT OIL PRICE FALLS SLIGHTLY SEPT GERMAN ELECTIONS GIVE AMBIGUOUS RESULT SEPT BRITISH ARMY CAUSES AND SUFFERS VIOLENCE IN BASRA SEPT I.R.A. DECOMISSION ARMS IN ABSENCE OF CAMERAS. SEPT SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET BALI TOURIST RESORTS OCT AMERACAN COMBAT OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN IRAQ OCT FORTRESS EUROPE FIRES ON REFUGEES AT CEUTA AND MELISSA OCT BIRD FLU CASES REPORTED FROM ROMANIA OCT DR BARRY MARSHALL GETS NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE OCT AMERICAN SCIENTISTS RECREATE 1918 SPANISH FLU VIRUS OCT HURRICANE STAN FLOODS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES OCT EARTHQUAKE HITS PAKISTAN / KASHMIR OCT IRAQI REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION OCT SYRIAN INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITS SUICIDE OCT SADDAM HUSSEIN APPEARS ON TRIAL OCT SADDAM TRIAL PERILOUS FOR LAWYERS, JOURNALISTS ETC. OCT HURRICANE WILMA STRONGEST IN HISTORY OCT PAKISTAN/KASHMIR QUAKE DEATH TOLL > 60000 OCT TERRORISTS KILL 50 IN DELHI MARKETS WITH BOMBS OCT NIGHTLY RIOTS IN PARIS BANLIEUX NOV UNREST IN ADDIS ABABA NOV 'JAQUERIE DES BANLIEUX' CONTINUES IN FRANCE NOV CHINISE LEADER, HU JINTAO VISITS LONDON NOV FRANCE DECLARES ETAT D'URGENCE NOV SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET HOTELS IN AMMAN, JORDAN NOV BUSH VISITS CHINA AND GOES TO CHURCH NOV EPIDEMIC OF MARKET BOMBING IN BANGLADESH NOV SADDAM TRIAL CONTINUES AS LETHAL FARCE NOV OIL DEPOT GOES UP IN FLAMES NORTH OF LONDON DEC JOURNALIST CAR BOMBED IN BEIRUT DEC IRAQIS VOTE FOR NEW PARLIAMENT DEC KOREAN FARMERS TEST POLICE AT HONG KONG WTO MEETING DEC CRISES IN 2006 ISRAELI P.M. SHARON SUFFERS SEVERE STROKE JAN MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY VERIFIES M30402457 PRIME JAN PIPELINE WARS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE JAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN IRAQ JAN H5N1 CLAIMS CHILDREN IN TURKEY JAN STROKE FELLS ARIAL SHARON JAN HAJ CRUSH KILLS HUNDREDS (340) IN MAKKAH JAN HAMAS WINS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS JAN ISLAMIC FURORE OVER SCANDINAVIAN CARTOONS FEB FERRY SINKS IN RED SEA. HUNDREDS DEAD. FEB AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT SHOOTS LAWYER DURING HUNTING FEB MUDSLIDE KILLS HUNDREDS IN PHILIPPINES FEB SOME AMERICAN OPPOSITION TO DUBAI PORTS TAKOVER OF P&O FEB H5N1 APPEARS IN FRANCE FEB TERRORISTS BLOW UP SHIITE SHRINE IN SAMARRA FEB SLOBODON MILOSEVICH FOUND DEAD IN HIS HAGUE CELL MAR 11 CONTINUED POSTURING OVER IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME MAR THAI OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS LIKEN TAKSIN TO HITLER MAR BELORUSSIAN ELECTIONS MAR ISRAELI ELECTIONS MAR THAI ELECTIONS APRIL 2 TAKSIN RESIGNS AFTER MASS VOTE FOR 'NONE OF THESE' APRIL ITALIAN ELECTIONS GIVE CLOSE RESULT APRIL BERLOSCNI DEMANDS RECOUNT OF 45000 SPOILT VOTES APRIL IRAN CLAIMS THAT IT CAN ENRICH URANIUM APRIL SEVERE FLOODING ALONG COURSE OF DANUBE APRIL MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN NEPAL APRIL SRI SLANKAN CEASE FIRE ERODES APRIL NEPALESE KING PROMISES TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY APRIL TORORRISTS TARGET EGYPTIAN RESORT WITH BOMB BLASTS APRIL FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS SRI LANKAN MILITARY CHIEF APRIL MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN USA AGAINST IMMIGRATION LAWS MAY 1 RIOT POLICE PUT DOWN PROTESTS IN EGYPT MAY 1 VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN EAST TIMOR MAY CARNAGE CONTINUES IN IRAQ MAY EARTHQUAKE HITS YOGJKARTA, INDONESIA MAY ZARQAWI KILLED AFTER AMERICAN BOMBING RAID JUNE ISRAELIS SHELL AND KILL PALESTINIAN PICKNICKERS IN GAZA JUNE NEPALESE PARLIAMENTARIAN MEETS MAOIST LEADER JUNE THREE GUANTANAMO INMATES COMMIT SUICIDE JUNE GAZA FEYADEEN KIDNAP ISRAELI SOLDIER JUNE SHARIA COURTS MILITIA GAINS ADVANTAGE IN SOMALIA JUNE TALIBAN FORCES STRONGLY RESIST BRITISH IN HELMAND JUNE GAZA CRISIS ESCALATES. ISRAELIS THREATEN HELL. JULY SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY BLASTS OFF JULY 4 NORTH KOREA TEST LAUNCHES MISSILES JULY 4 MEXICAN ELECTIONS JULY SECTARIAN CARNAGE CONTINUES IN IRAQ JULY ITALY WIN WORLD FOOTBALL CUP JULY RUCKSACK BOMBERS TARGET BOMBAY METRO SYSTEM JULY HIZBULLAH CAPTURES ISRAELI SOLDIERS AT LEBANESE BORDER JULY ISRAEL BOMBS AND SHELLS LEBANON JULY HIZBULLAH STRIKES AT HAIFA WITH ROCKETS JULY ISRAEL BOMBS LEBANON SOME MORE JULY SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY RETURNS JULY GREAT POWERS EVACUATE NATIONALS FROM BEIRUT JULY ISRAEL BOMBS SHIA SUBURBS OF BEIRUT JULY ISRAELIS DETAIN YET MORE PALESTINIAN POLITICIANS JULY HIZBOLLAH ROCKETS HIT HAIFA JULY ISRAELI GROUND OFFENSIVE STALLS AT LEBANESE BORDER JULY FIDEL CASTRO RELINQUISHES POWER FOR SURGERY AUG ISRAEL CONTINUES TO DEPLOY LETHAL FORCE IN GAZA STRIP AUG SOUTH LEBANON BECOMES DEATH ZONE FOR WHEELED VEHICLES AUG BRITAIN LOSES ANOTHER SOLDIER IN HELMAND PROVINCE AUG ALASKA PIPELINE PROBLEMS PUSH OIL PRICE TO 77 DOLLARS AUG VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN SRI LANKA. AID WORKERS KILLED. AUG UK ANNOUNCES TERRORIST PLOT TO BLOW UP AIRLINERS AUG UK AIRPORT SECURITY DESCENDS INTO CHAOS AUG HIZBOLLAH-ISRAELI CEASEFIRE AUG 14 ZAIRIAN ELECTIONS PROVOKE VIOLENCE DURING VOTE COUNT AUG PAKISTANI AIRFORCE KILLS 79 YEAR OLD BALUCHI SHEIKH AUG BRITISH AWACS PLANE CRASHES OVER AFGHANISTAN. 14 DEAD SEPT SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BLASTS OFF SEPT TONY BLAIR VISITS MIDDLE EAST SEPT IRAQI PILGRIMAGE INDUSTRY REMAINS RESILIANT SEPT CUBA HOSTS NON ALIGNED SUMMIT SEPT TAKSIN SHINAWATR GOES TO NEW YORK FOR UN CONFERANCE SEPT MOHAMMED AHMADINEJAD MAKES SENSIBLE SPEECH TO UN SEPT HUGO CHAVEZ EXCORAITES USA DURING UN SPEECH SEPT BOONYARATKALIN OUSTS TAKSIN SHINAWATR IN MILITARY COUP SEPT CARNAGE CONTINUES IN IRAQ SEPT JAPANESE PM, SHINZI ABE, VISITS CHINA OCT NORTH KOREA DETONATES DEFENSIVE NUCLEAR DEVICE OCT LANCET CLAIMS IRAQI MORTALITY AT 640000 SINCE 2003 OCT ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATSAV ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCT RIOTS IN BUDAPEST 50 YEARS AFTER SOVIETS CRUSH RISING OCT BUSH AND BLAIR CONTEMPLATE DEFEAT IN IRAQ OCT IRAQI COURT DEALS SADDAM HUSSEIN DEATH SENTENCE NOV TYPHOON KILLS A DOZEN IN HOKKAIDO NOV SHORTLIVED ELECTRICITY BLACKOUT HITS MAINLAND EUROPE NOV DEMOCRATS DO WELL IN USA MIDTERM ELECTIONS NOV RUSSIAN DEFECTOR POISONED IN LONDON NOV LEBANESE MINISTER, PIERRE GEMAYAL, ASSASSINATED NOV INDUSTRY MINISTER,PIERRE GEMEYAL,GUNNED DOWN IN BEIRUT NOV BAGHDAD SINGLE DAY DEATH TOLL HITS NEW MAXIMUM (230) NOV PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS ARRANGE GAZA CEASE FIRE NOV TAMIL LEADER DECLARES RESUMPTION OF WAR IN SRI LANKA NOV TYPHOON DURIAN KILLS HUNDREDS IN PHILIPPINES NOV SHARIA COURT MILITIAS BATTLE ETHIOPIAN ARMY IN SOMALIA DEC SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MAKES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT DEC TURKMENISTAN DICTATOR, SAPURMURAT NIYAZOV, DIES DEC ISRAELI ALLOW FATAH TO IMPORT WEAPONS INTO GAZA DEC ETHIOPIAN ARMY INSTALLS SOMALI GOVERNMENT IN MOGADISHU DEC IRAQI COURT RATIFIES SADDAM DEATH SENTANCE DEC IRAQI VOLUNTEERS HANG SADDAM HUSSEIN DEC 30 NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN BANGKOK MARRED BY EXPLOSIONS DEC 31 CRISES IN 2007 SECTARIAN CIVIL WAR CONTINUES IN IRAQ JAN THOUSANDS OF HOMES FLOODED IN MALAYSIA JAN HAMAS/FATAH ENGAGE IN ARMED CONFLICT IN PALESTINE JAN ELECTIONS IN SERBIA BOOST EXTREME NATIONALIST HOPES JAN AMERICANS ROCKET ISLAMIC CAMP IN SOMALIA JAN LEBANESE STRIKE PROVOKES SHOOTING INCIDENTS JAN BUSH PROMISES 'MORE OF THE SAME' FOR IRAQ JAN SINN FEIN ACCLAIMS HISTORIC POLICING AGREEMENT FOR N.I. JAN SRI LANKA ARMY CONTINUES OFFENSIVE AGAINST TAMIL TIGERS FEB TORNADOS TRASH HUNDREDS OF FLORIDA HOMES FEB WORLD SCIENTISTS CONFIRM CLIMATE CHANGE WARNINGS FEB H5N1 STRIKES BIRDS IN BRITISH FARM FEB SEVERE FLOODS HIT JAKARTA FEB FATAH AND HAMAS SIGN CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT IN MECCA FEB ZAMBESI FLOODING MAKES 275000 HOMELESS FEB FIREBOMBS KILL 64 ON INDIA-PAKISTAN RAILWAY TRAIN FEB RICE AND OLMERT GIVE THUMBS DOWN TO PALESTINIAN ACCORD FEB SEVERE FLOODS SUBMERGE EAST BOLIVIAN TOWNS FEB BRITISH DIPLOMATIC STAFF GO MISSING IN ETHIOPIA MAR IRANIANS DETAIN CREW OF SMALL BRITISH GUNBOAT MAR TAMIL TIGERS USE PLANES TO BOMB SRI LANKAN AIRFIELD MAR GERRY ADAMS AND IAN PAISLY SIT AT SAME TABLE IN ULSTER MAR PALESTINIANS KIDNAP BBC JOURNALIST IN GAZA MAR BOMBER HITS CAFETERIA OF IRAQI PARLIAMENT APR VIRGINIA CAMPUS SHOOTINGS SHOCK AMERICA APR GARY KASPAROV ARRESTED AT ANTI GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION APR GUN BATTLES KILL HUNDREDS IN MOGADISHU APR IRAQI PM ORDERS USA ARMY TO STOP BUILDING BAGHDAD WALL APR BANGLADESH MILITARY PREVENT RETURN OF HOSEINA APR SARKOZY WINS FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MAY PAKISTAN CRISIS WORSENS WITH GUN BATTLES IN KARACHI MAY TONY BLAIR ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION AS BRITISH PM MAY HAMAS AND FATAH FIGHT IT OUT IN GAZA MAY ISRAELI AIRFORCE BOMBS SOME NEIGHBOURHOODS MAY BOMBERS TARGET LEBANESE CHRISTIAN SUBURBS MAY LEBANESE ARMY BATTLES JEHADI MILITIA IN TYRE MAY GERMAN ANARCHISTS BATTLE RIOT POLICE IN BALTIC RESORT JUNE AMERICAN STARWARS PLAN FOR CZECH REPUBLIC ANGERS RUSSIA JUNE PUTIN CLAIMS HE WILL TARGET NUCLEAR MISSILES ON EUROPE JUNE G8 SUMMIT TAKES PLACE NEAR ROSTOK, GERMANY JUNE GARY KASPAROV LEADS ANTI-PUTIN DEMONSTRATION IN MOSCOW JUNE GAZA CIVIL CONFLICT KILLS DOZENS JUNE HAMAS TAKE OVER GAZA STRIP.FATAH CONSOLIDATES WEST BANK JUNE FLOODS DISPLACE MILLIONS IN PAKISTAN JUNE HAMAS SECURE RELEASE OF KIDNAPPED ALAN JOHNSTON JULY SEVERE FLOODING IN CHINA JULY ARMY BESEIGES MILITANTS IN ISLAMABAD'S RED MOSQUE JULY PAKISTAN ARMY ELIMINATES MILITANTS IN MOSQUE JULY FLOODING IN NORTH EAST INDIA JULY ENDEVOUR SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH AUG AL QAIDA MASSACRE 500 IRAQI KURDS WITH TRUCK BOMBS AUG PERU EARTHQUAKE KILLS HUNDREDS AUG ENDEVOUR RETURNS SAFELY AUG FOREST FIRES KILL DOZENS IN GREECE AUG BUDDHIST MONKS MARCH IN BURMA PROTEST RALLIES SEPT FLOODS AFFECT SAHEL REGION OF AFRICA SEPT PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM CONDEMNED BY IRAQI GOVERNMENT SEPT BRITISH SOLDIERS CONTINUE TO DIE IN AFGHANI FIGHTING SEPT BURMESE MILITARY SUPPRESS ALL PROTESTS SEPT WORLD FINANCE TROUBLES CAUSE RUN ON BRITISH BANK SEPT MUSHARRAF GETS REELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN OCT TURKISH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ OCT DORIS LESSING WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE OCT BENAZIR BHUTTO RETURNS TO PAKISTAN OCT BOMBERS ATTACK AND KILL BHUTTO SUPPORTERS IN KARACHI OCT OIL PRICE HITS $90 A BARREL OCT AMERICA IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON IRAN OCT CATASTROPHIC FLOODS HIT MEXICO NOV MUSHARRAF DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PAKISTAN NOV SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS SCHOOLCHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN NOV PRESS REPORT OTHER CHILDREN SHOT BY BODYGUARDS IN MELEE NOV HAMAS POLICE SHOOT FATAH DEMONSTRATORS IN GAZA NOV FRENCH STATE SECTOR WORKERS CONFRONT SARKOZY NOV SHARIF RETURNS TO PAKISTAN NOV BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN SEVERE DATA LEAK SCANDAL NOV LES BANLIEUX PARISIENS BRULENT NOV RUSSIA SENDS GARY KASPAROV TO PRISON FOR FIVE DAYS NOV PUTIN'S PARTY WINS RUSSIAN ELECTIONS AS EXPECTED DEC CHAVAZ LOSES VENEZUELA REFERENDUM FOR INCREASED POWER DEC TURKEY BOMBS PARTS OF NORTHERN IRAQ DEC CAR BOMBS KILL DOZENS IN ALGIERS DEC BENAZIR BHUTTO ASSASSINATED DEC FRAUDULENT ELECTORAL COUNT SPARKS OFF KENYA VIOLENCE DEC CRISES IN 2008 OIL PRICE TOUCHES $100 A BARREL (VANITY TRADER ?) JAN HILARY CLINTON COMES THIRD IN IOWA CAUCUS JAN CHAVEZ MEDIATES RELEASE OF TWO FARC HOSTAGES JAN TURMOIL ON WORLD FINANCIAL MARKETS JAN SOCIETE GENERALE EMPLOYEE LOSES 3.7 BILLION POUNDS JAN GAZA ACTIVISTS BREAK DOWN BORDER WITH EGYPT JAN SEVERE BLIZZARDS DISRUPT CHINESE NEW YEAR TRAVEL PLANS JAN VULNERABLE WOMEN PUSHED INTO BAGHDAD SUICIDE BOMBING JAN SHELL ANNOUNCES RECORD PROFITS (& OMITS RESERVES DATA) JAN ANTI-MUSHARRAF PARTIES GAIN IN PAKISTANI ELECTIONS FEB KOSOVO DECLARES INDEPENDENDENCE AS KOSOVA FEB MOB SETS FIRE TO AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE FEB TURKEY SENDS 5000+ TROOPS INTO IRAQ TO ATTACK PKK FEB HAMAS ROCKETS MAKE LIFE HELL IN ISRAELI TOWN, SIDEROT FEB BRITISH TROOPS CONTINUE TOUGH COMBAT IN HELMAND FEB OVER ONE HUNDRED DEAD IN GAZA FIGHTING MAR COLOMBIAN MILITARY RAID FARC CAMP IN ECUADOR MAR CHAVEZ CONDEMNS COLOMBIA GOVERNMENT MAR OIL PRICE HITS $100 A BARREL MAR UNREST IN LHASA AND OTHER TIBETAN AREAS OF CHINA MAR FIGHTING IN BASRA MAR IRAQI GOVERNMENT CALLS OFF OFFENSIVE AGAINST MILITIAS APR NEW LONDON AIR TERMINAL FARCE CONTINUES APR PROTESTS DISRUPT LONDON OLYMPIC FLAME CEREMONIES APR SLEW OF ASIAN COUNTRIES RESTRICT RICE EXPORTS APR MAOISTS SURGE AHEAD IN NEPALI ELECTIONS APR ZIMBABWE ELECTION RESULT DELAYED FOR WEEKS APR BURLOSCONI WINS THIRD TERM IN ITALY (+FASCIST ALLIES) APR CYCLONE KILLS 20000 IN IRRAWADY DELTA, MYANMAR MAY CLINTON AND OBAMA SLUG IT OUT IN USA MAY HEZBOLLAH FIGHT IN BEIRUT TO DEFEND TELECOMMS SYSTEM MAY 7.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS SZECHUAN (12/5/8) MAY ETHNIC VIOLENCE HITS SOUTH AFRICA (ZIMBABWE PROBLEM) MAY OIL PRICE HITS $135 PER BARREL MAY DISCOVERY SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH JUNE FUEL PROTESTS HIT SPAIN, THAILAND ETC. JUNE RIOTS IN MANY COUNTRIES CAUSED BY FOOD PRICE RISES JUNE AFGHAN CONFLICT KILLS FIVE BRITISH SOLDIERS IN A WEEK JUNE IRISH ELECTORATE VETO E.U. TREATY VIA REFERENDUM JUNE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FAILS TO CONTROL MISSISSIPI JUNE GORDAN BROWN MEETS OIL SHEKHS IN JEDDAH JUNE BUSH FIRES HIT CALIFORNIA JUNE ZIMBABWE RULING CLIQUE UNLEASHES VIOLENCE ON ELECTORATE JUNE BERSERK BULLDOZER DRIVER CAUSES MAYHEM IN JERUSALEM JULY SAUDI REVERSES WATER COSTLY DESERT FARM SCHEMES JULY DROUGHT HIT CYPRUS AND CATALONIA IMPORT WATER JULY PAKISTAN PILOTS RESCUE ITALIAN CLIMBERS ON NANGA PARBAT JULY ICC GENOCIDE INDICTMENT FOR SUDAN LEADER, OMAR BASHIR JULY RADOVAN KARADZIC ARRESTED IN SERBIA JULY MULTIPLE BOMB BLASTS STRIKE AHMADEBAD, GUJURAT JULY TWO BOMBS CAUSE CARNAGE IN ISTANBUL JULY BOMBERS KILL 47 IN IRAQ JULY GEORGIA SEEKS MILITARY SOLUTION IN OSSETIA AUG BEIJING OLYPICS OPENS 8-8-08 AUG MOST GLORIOUS CHINESE OPERA EVER PERFORMED AUG RUSSIAN TANKS ENTER SOUTH OSSETIA TO CONFRONT GEORGIA AUG MAHMOUD DAWISH, PALESTINIAN POET, DIES AUG MUSHARRAF RESIGNS PAKISTANI LEADERSHIP AUG NATO LEADERSHIP TRY TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA AUG TAKSIN SHINAWAT SEEKS ASYLUM IN UK VIA BEIJING OLYMPICS AUG AIRLINES AND BANKS SUFFER FINANCIAL COLLAPSE SEPT TRUCK BOMB ATTACK DEMOLISHES MARRIOT HOTEL IN ISLAMABAD SEPT CONTINUED FAILURES UNDEMINE WORLD FINANCIAL SYSTEM OCT BEIJING HOSTS FIRST WORLD MINDSPORT GAMES (WMSG) OCT BARAK OBAMA WINS PRESIDENCY IN HISTORIC US ELECTION NOV THAI AIRPORTS SHUT BY PRO ROYALIST DEMONSTRATORS NOV 'MUJEHADDIN' RUN BERSERK IN MUMBAI NOV INSENSATE ATTACKS ON GLOBAL ELITE IN BOMBAY NOV THAI PM DENOUNCES REBELS FROM PERIPHERAL CENTER NOV ZIMBABWE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CAUSES REGEIONAL CONCERN DEC THAI CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES GOVERNMENT INVALID DEC US AUTO CHIEFS GO CAP IN HAND TO WASHINGTON DEC ANARCHIST RIOTS BREAK OUT IN GREECE DEC ISRAELI AIRFORCE LAUNCHES ALL OUT BOMBING OF GAZA DEC CRISES IN 2009 OIL PRICES HAVE FALLEN TO < $50 / BARREL JAN ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA CONTINUE. TANKS GO IN. JAN SEVERE PIPELINE DISPUTE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE JAN ISRAEL ENDS ATTACKS AFTER KILLING > 1300 PALESTINIANS JAN SRI LANKAN ARMY WAGES ERADICATION CAMPAIGN ON LTTE JAN BRITISH BANKS TAKE A HAMMERING ON STOCK MARKET JAN BARAK OBAMA ADRESSES MILLIONS DURING INAUGRAL SPEECH JAN OBAMA DECLARES/HINTS AT "WAR ON TORTURE". JAN BRITISH COURTS DEAL WITH 'TORTURE CASES'. FEB AUSTRALIAN BUSH FIRES WREAK HAVOC IN PROSPEROUS STATES FEB SRI LANKA ERADICATION CAMPAIGN REACHES FINAL STAGES FEB TALIBAN CONTINUE MILITARY PRESSURE ON NATO FORCES FEB UNEMPLOYMENT HITS BRITISH ECONOMY MARCH G20 MEETING IN LONDON APRIL THAI RIOTS FORCE ABANDONMENT OF ASEAN SUMMIT APRIL BRITISH POLITICIANS BOGGED DOWN IN PERKS SCANDAL MAY SRI LANKA ARMY CONTINUES TO POUND TAMIL ENCLAVE MAY PAKISTANI ARMY ATTACKS TALIBAN IN SWAT VALLEY MAY SRI LANKA FORCES LIQUIDATES LAST TAMIL ENCLAVE MAY HERMIT STATE (DPRK) MASTERS NUCLEAR BOMB TECHNOLOGY MAY MASS DEMONSTRATIONS FOLLOW DISPUTED IRAN ELECTIONS JUNE SERIOUS ETNIC UNREST IN URUMQI, CHINA JULY PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITS RUSSIA JULY TYPHOON MORAKOT DEVASTATES TAIWANESE VILLAGES AUG DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN TEHERAN AUG BAGHDAD BOMBS KILL 95 IN ONE DAY AUG AFGHANISTAN HOLDS ELECTIONS AUG OBSERVERS CONDEMN AFGHAN ELECTION COUNT SEPT MAJOR FLOODING IN PHILIPINES OCT PAKISTAN SUFFERS URBAN VIOLENCE OCT EARTHQUAKE IN SUMATRA OCT PAKISTANI ARMY ENAGES TALIBAN IN THE HILLS OCT DUBAI PROPERTY COMPANY SEEKS DEBT MORATORIUM NOV URBAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN PAKISTAN NOV CAR BOMBS IN BAGHDAD DEC MUCH HYPED CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT IN COPENHAGEN DEC FUNERAL OF AYETOLLAH MONTAZERI SPARKS REVOLT IN IRAN DEC CRISES IN 2010 BIG FREEZE HITS INDUSTRIALISED NORTHERN HEMISPHERE JAN FORCE SEVEN EARTHUAKE HITS HAITI JAN GOOGLE CHALLENGES CHINESE GOVERNMENT JAN PAKISTAN SUFFERS ANTI-CIVILIAN VIOLENCE JAN TOYOTA STICKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL (HORROR CARS) CRISIS FEB FINACIAL MARKETS PANIC OVER SOUTH EUROPE DEBTS FEB PAKISTAN ENDURES FURTHER URBAN VIOLENCE FEB CLIMATE CHANGE DATA SCANDLE HITS SCIENCE COMMUNITY FEB NATO PREPARES MAJOR ANTI-TALIBAN OFFENSIVE FEB CHILE SUFFERS FORCE 8.8 EARTHQUAKE FEB STORMS BATTER FRANCE AND PORTUGAL FEB NATO OFFENSIVE IN HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN MAR KANDAHAR SUFFERS CAR BOMB ATTACKS MAR TAKSIN SHINAWAT SUPPORTERS TAKE TO STREETS IN BANGKOK MAR