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| January 2, 2002 | Wednesday | Shawwal 17, 1422 |
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12 EU states adopt single currency
BRUSSELS, Jan 1: Europe''s historic New Year switchover to the euro was heralded with fireworks and millions of enthusiastic citizens rushing to obtain their new single currency.... 
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Marines, allies launch operation near Kandahar: US soldiers fired at
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: US Marines have launched an operation against a large compound in Afghanistan’s Helmand province to gather intelligence on the Taliban and Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network, the...
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Spy chief asks villagers to ‘hand over’ Omar
KABUL, Jan 1: The anti-Taliban intelligence chief in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar said on Tuesday he had asked villagers in neighbouring Helmand province to hand over Taliban supreme leader...
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500,000 attend NY new year festivities
NEW YORK, Jan 1: An estimated 500,00 people celebrated wildly in Times Square at midnight, banishing the horrors of Sept 11 with a roaring, glittering, patriotic party to ring in the...
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400 killed in Thailand accidents
BANGKOK, Jan 1: Nearly 400 people have died on Thai roads since the New Year holiday began on Thursday, with more than half the deaths attributed to drink-driving, Public Health Minister...
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