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7 Die in Explosion in Moscow Square
Wednesday, 9 August 2000, 3:14 pm | AP News Wire
MOSCOW (AP) - A bomb tore through a crowded underground walkway in central Moscow on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and sending wounded pedestrians staggering out, their clothes singed, tattered and soaked in blood. More >>
Scoop Link: Mexico President Stresses Continuity
Wednesday, 5 July 2000, 12:54 am | AP News Wire
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President-elect Vicente Fox sought Monday to reassure a country giddy, stunned and a bit fearful of what it had done - elected an opposition candidate for the first time in more than a century. More >>
Scoop Link: Scientists Announce DNA Mapping
Tuesday, 27 June 2000, 2:13 pm | AP News Wire
WASHINGTON (AP) - Proclaiming a ``historic point in the 100,000-year record of humanity,'' scientists announced that the human genetic code essentially has been deciphered, a monumental achievement that opens a dramatic new frontier in medicine. Leaders ... More >>
Scoop Link: Another Arrest in Brit Truck Deaths
Thursday, 22 June 2000, 11:29 am | AP News Wire
LONDON (AP) - Dutch police investigating the deaths of 58 Chinese illegal immigrants found packed into an unventilated truck in England said Wednesday they have arrested the owner of the trucking company. More >>
Scoop Link: 2 Arrested in British Truck Deaths
Wednesday, 21 June 2000, 11:11 am | AP News Wire
LONDON (AP) - Police arrested a second suspect in the deaths of 58 Chinese illegal immigrants and a Chinese refugee came forward Tuesday to say his cousin called repeatedly during a four-month odyssey from China through Russia and into Western Europe and ... More >>
Scoop Link: Judge Orders Microsoft Split in Two
Thursday, 8 June 2000, 11:11 am | AP News Wire
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) on Wednesday, declaring the software giant that spurred an explosion in home computing should be split into two because it ``proved untrustworthy in the past.'' More >>
Link: May Day Rallies Create Tensions
Tuesday, 2 May 2000, 11:59 am | AP News Wire
LONDON (AP) - Anti-capitalist protesters clashed with police Monday in central London, tearing down the golden arches of a McDonald's and spray-painting a hammer and sickle on a statue of Winston Churchill in a May Day protest. More >>