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January 2003

WorldBritain Arrests Terror Suspects (Jan. 5): Six arrested when police find traces of the toxic agent ricin in a London apartment. (Jan. 14): Three more arrested in Manchester. (Jan. 21):…

February 2005

WorldNepalese King Fires Government (Feb. 1): King Gyanendra also declares a state of emergency. Many of the country's politicians are placed under house arrest, phone and Internet lines are…

November 2005

WorldIraq Seeks Former Soldiers (Nov. 2): Iraqi Defense Ministry begins recruiting former junior officers from Saddam Hussein's army to bolster army's forces and to siphon fighters away from…

John McCain: Maverick Nature

  Engineering the "Straight Talk Express"   by Beth Rowen   This article was posted on October 15, 1999. McCain is a three-term senator, Vietnam veteran, and straight-talker. "We…

Condoleezza Rice, 2004 News

national security adviser, testified before the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in April. During the often contentious questioning, she said that although the…

January 2005

WorldRelief Pours into Asia (Jan. 2): Helicopters based on American aircraft carriers off the Indonesian coast begin dropping tons of supplies to survivors of the tsunami that devastated 11…

February 2001 News and Events

WorldCongo's New President Addresses UN (Feb. 2): Joseph Kabila, son of slain president Laurent Kabila, promises Security Council he will open dialogue with opponents in an effort to end his…

Joseph Wilson, 2003 News

former ambassador, discredited President Bush's claim—and a justification for war in Iraq—that Saddam Hussein was pursuing a nuclear weapons program by seeking to obtain uranium from Niger.…

Iraq Timeline: 2002-2003

1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • Jan. 29, 2002 In President George W. Bush's state of the union speech, he identifies Iraq, along with Iran…

John Snow Biography

John SnowGeorge W. Bush's Secretary of the TreasuryBorn: 8/2/1939Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio John Snow became President Bush's second treasury secretary in Feb. 2003, replacing Paul H. O'Neill,…