World Events: 2007Q1

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1-Jan-07

Adam Air Jet Crashed.

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4-Jan-07

U.S. - New Democratic Congress; New Speaker: Nanci Pelosi.

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5-Jan-07

Zawahiri Calls for Jihad in Somalia.

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6-Jan-07

Iraq - U.S.-Iraqi Military Offensive: 251 Killed. [6-Jan-07 - 9-Jan-07.]

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9-Jan-07

Iraq - AN-26 Jet Crash.

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10-Jan-07

U.S. - President Bush Escalates War in Iraq.

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Afghanistan - NATO-Led Forces Killed up to 150 Insurgents.

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India - Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1). [10-Jan-07 - 22-Jan-07.]

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11-Jan-07

China - Anti-Satellite Test.

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12-Jan-07

ASEAN Summit.

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Athens - Greece - U.S. Embassy Attacked.

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15-Jan-07

CA - U.S. - Chevron Refinery Fire.

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16-Jan-07

China - China Trade Surplus at Record $177.47 Billion in 2006.

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Baghdad - Iraq - Bombs Killed 60 at Baghdad University.

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17-Jan-07

U.S. - BAS Doomsday Clock: 5 Minutes to Midnight.

19-Jan-07

Beijing - China - New Financial Policies. [19-Jan-07 - 20-Jan-07.]

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20-Jan-07

Iraq - U.S. Black Hawk Helicopter Downed; 12+7 Troops Killed.

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U.S. - Sen. Hillary Clinton Joined 2008 Race for President.

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22-Jan-07

Zawahiri: "The Correct Equation."

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23-Jan-07

Washington, DC - U.S. - State of the Union.

24-Jan-07

Davos - Switzerland - World Economic Forum (WEF). [24-Jan-07 - 28-Jan-07.]

25-Jan-07

U.S. - Ford Motor Company Lost $12.7 Billion in 2006.

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27-Jan-07

Washington, DC - U.S. - Anti-War Rally.

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28-Jan-07

Najaf - Iraq - More than 250 Killed.

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31-Jan-07

U.S. - Federal Climate Research Was Censured.

1-Feb-07

U.S. - Exxon Mobil Corp. 2006 Profit: $39.5 Billion.

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Washington, DC - U.S. - Senate Passes Minimum Wage Bill H.R.2.

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2-Feb-07

United Nations IPCC: Global Warming.

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FL - U.S. - Tornadoes.

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Iraq - U.S. Apache Copter Downed.

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Philippines - Tanker Blasts.

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3-Feb-07

Colombia - Mine Blast; 32 Killed.

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Baghdad - Iraq - Truck Bomb Killed 135.

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4-Feb-07

Jakarta - Indonesia - Floods Killed at Least 25.

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China - Beidou Navigational Satellite.

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5-Feb-07

Russia - Khodorkovsky: Money-Laundering Charges.

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U.S. - 2008 Budget: Anti Elderly; Anti Poor.

6-Feb-07

South Korea - Internet Hacked.

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7-Feb-07

Iraq - U.S. CH-46 Sea Knight Copter Downed.

U.S. - Blackstone Group Acquired Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 Billion.

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Russia - New Missiles, Nuclear Submarines Planned.

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8-Feb-07

U.S. - Douglas J. Feith: Neocon Allegedly Manipulated Iraq Intelligence.

9-Feb-07

Alcatel-Lucent to Cut 12,500 Jobs.

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10-Feb-07

U.S. - Sen. Barack Obama Joined 2008 Race for President.

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11-Feb-07

U.S. - Intel Corporation: Teraflop Chip.

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12-Feb-07

Baghdad - Iraq - Bombs Killed at Least 79 in Market.

14-Feb-07

Germany - DaimlerChrysler AG to Cut 13,000 Jobs.

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Al Qaeda Threatened Oil Supplies to U.S.

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U.S. - Rudolph W. Giuliani Joined 2008 Race for President.

16-Feb-07

Spain - BBVA to Acquire U.S. Bank Compass Bankshares Inc. for $9.6 Billion.

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TX - U.S. - Valero Energy Corp. Refinery Fire.

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18-Feb-07

Afghanistan - U.S. CH-47 Chinook Copter Downed.

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19-Feb-07

India - Train Bombing Killed 67, Mostly Pakistanis.

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20-Feb-07

E.U. - E.U. to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 20% by 2020.

Airbus S.A.S. to Cut 10,000 Jobs. [20-Feb-07 - 28-Feb-07.]

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21-Feb-07

U.K. - U.K. to Cut Troops in Iraq.

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23-Feb-07

Pakistan - Nuclear-Capable HAFT VI Tested.

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25-Feb-07

Iran - Rocket Launched into Space.

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Israel - IDF Raided Nablus.

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Baghdad - Iraq - College Bombings Killed 40.

26-Feb-07

U.S. - TXU Corp. to Be Acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, the Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs for $45 Billion.

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Saudi Arabia - Gunmen Killed 4 Frenchmen.

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James Cameron Team Claimed Finding Jesus Family Tomb.

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Shanghai - China - Shanghai Composite Index Hit Record High of 3,04.60.

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Beijing - China - China's State Council to Fight Stock Fraud.

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27-Feb-07

Shanghai - China - Shanghai Composite Index Plunged 268.81 (8.8%) to 2,771.79.

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New York, NY - U.S. - Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Plunged 416.02 (3.29%) to 12,216.24.

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1-Mar-07

AL, MO, GA - U.S. - Tornadoes Killed at Least 20.

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Copenhagen - Denmark - Riots Triggered by Eviction of Squatters. [1-Mar-07 - 3-Mar-07.]

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2-Mar-07

U.S. - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to Build New U.S. Hydrogen Bomb.

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5-Mar-07

Beijing - China - 10th National People's Congress (NPC). [5-Mar-07 - 16-Mar-07.]

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6-Mar-07

Sumatra - Indonesia - 2 Earthquakes Killed at Least 70.

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Hilla - Iraq - 2 Suicide Bombers Killed at Least 90 Shia Pilgrims; 9 U.S. Soldiers Killed.

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7-Mar-07

Java - Indonesia - Garuda Jet Overshot Runway; at Least 21 Killed.

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Cambridge - U.K. - International Team, Sanger Institute: 120 New Cancer Genes Identified; 350 Cancer Driver Mutations Already Known.

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8-Mar-07

U.S. - FORBES: 946 World Billionaires; Billionaires' Net Worth Climbed $900 Billion to $3.5 Trillion.

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Latin America - Anti-Bush Protests - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico. [8-Mar-07 - 13-Mar-07.]

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Brazil - Brazil-U.S. Biofuel Agreement.

11-Mar-07

Spain - 2004 Madrid Train Bombing Anniversary.

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U.S. - Halliburton Co. to Open Headquarters in Dubai, UAE.

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12-Mar-07

U.S. - Archives of Internal Medicine: 31% of OEF/OIF Veterans Received Mental Health or Psychosocial Diagnoses.

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13-Mar-07

Tokyo - Japan - Australia-Japan Security Pact.

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U.S. - Mortgage Bankers Association: SA FHA Loans Delinquency Rate at Record 13.46% in 2006Q4.

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New York, NY - U.S. - Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Tumbled 1.97%.

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14-Mar-07

Tokyo - Japan - Global Markets Tumbled; Nikkei 225 Plunged 2.82%.

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Washington, DC - U.S. - U.S. Current-Account Deficit Increased 8.24% -- to $856.7 billion (preliminary) in 2006, from $791.5 billion in 2005 (BEA).

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15-Mar-07

Athens - Greece - Russia-Bulgaria-Greece Sign €0.9-1 Billion Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline Agreement (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece).

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Budapest - Hungary - 200,000 people protest against Socialist government.

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U.S. - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo alleges deceptive practices in the student loan industry, including kickbacks to colleges; the 85 billion/year student-loan industry is under investigation (Office of the New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo).

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16-Mar-07

Islamabad - Pakistan - Thousands protested across Pakistan against President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of Pakistan's chief justice on 9-Mar-07.

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17-Mar-07

U.S.; Canada; Spain; Belgium; Denmark; Greece; Australia - 4th Anniversary of the war in Iraq: Thousands protested in Washington, New York, and Los Angeles, San Francisco. More than 100,000 people protested in Madrid, Spain. Anti-war protests were reported in Toronto, Canada; Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; Brussels, Belgium; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Athens, Greece.

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18-Mar-07

Crossmaglen - Northern Ireland - Army helicopter crashed.

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19-Mar-07

Novokuznetsk - Russia - Explosion at a coal mine in Siberia kills at least 106 people.

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Baghdad - Iraq - Bomb targeting a Shia mosque killed at least 8 people.

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U.K. - Thousands of women were traded as sex slaves (BBC News; Home Office). Migrant workers were exploited as slaves (BBC News). Anti-Slavery International, 17-Mar-07: "At least 12 million people worldwide, including in the UK, are in slavery 200 years after Britain abolished the Transatlantic Slave Trade."

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Cupertino, CA - U.S. - Top 3 countries for malicious Internet activity during 2006H2: U.S. 31%; China 10%; Germany 7%. Highest ranked country for malicious activity per Internet user: Israel. Top 3 countries for underground economy servers: U.S. 51%; Sweden 15%; Canada 7%. (Source: Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec Corporation.)

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20-Mar-07

Wana, Waziristan - Afghanistan - Fighting between Pakistani tribesmen and foreign militants killed about 110 people. [20-Mar-07 - 22-Mar-07.]

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Krasnodar - Russia - Retirement home fire killed 62 people.

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Samara - Russia - UTAir Tu-134 plane crash killed 6 people.

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21-Mar-07

Israel - General strike.

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Mogadishu - Somalia - Militants fought with government forces; at least 34 were killed (IRIN: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks). [21-Mar-07 - 22-Mar-07.]

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22-Mar-07

Maputo - Mozambique - Weapons depot explosion kills at least 96 people.

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Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo - Clashes between militants and the government killed about 60 people; a refinery was hit. [22-Mar-07 - 24-Mar-07.]

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23-Mar-07

Berlin - Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the creation of a European army (Bild Zeitung).

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Mogadishu - Somalia - Missile downed a cargo plane.

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Shatt al Arab - Iranian naval forces detain 15 British navy personnel. (MoD, U.K.)

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24-Mar-07

Baghdad - Iraq - Suicide bomber targeted police station; killed at least 20 people. Other bombings killed at least 54 more around Iraq.

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New York, NY - U.S. - U.N. Security Council imposed new sanctions aimed at isolating Iran financially (U.N/ Resolution 1747).

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Afghanistan; Pakistan - Floods and avalanches killed 51 people in Afghanistan and 29 in Pakistan (Los Angeles Times, 2-Apr-07). [24-Mar-07 - 2-Apr-07.]

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25-Mar-07

Berlin - Germany - European Union celebrated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome.

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Honshu - Japan - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Japan (USGS), killed 1 and injured more than 160.

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Chandipur - India - India test-fired the Astra air-to-air missile.

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26-Mar-07

Tokyo - Japan - Japan's Diet approves FY 2007 budget: 82.9 trillion yen; record reduction of 15.2% in new bond sales (Kyodo).

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Dalian - China - Intel Corp. to build a $2.5 billion chip fabrication facility (Fab 68) in China (Intel).

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Shanghai - China - Shanghai Composite Index climbed 48.53 to a record high of 3,122.81.

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New York, NY - U.S. - Citigroup reportedly may cut 15,000 jobs.

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Colombo - Sri Lanka - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched air attack on Katunayake airbase (TamilNet).

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Egypt - Amendments to Egypt's constitution approved in a referendum by about 20.5% of voters, according to government (by about 4% according to independent organization). (Percentages derived from data reported by BBC; NYT; Al Jazeera; 27-Mar-07.)

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27-Mar-07

Washington, DC - U.S. - House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on subprime mortgage market meltdown, foreclosures, and predatory lending. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Hearing: Subprime and Predatory Mortgage Lending: New Regulatory Guidance, Current Market Conditions and Effects on Regulated Financial Institutions (House Financial Services Committee).

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Tal Afar - Iraq - Truck bombs targeting the Shia killed at least 50 people.

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28-Mar-07

Tal Afar - Iraq - Shia police reportedly targeted Sunnis in Tal Afar in retaliation for the bombings on 27-Mar-07 and killed at least 45 people.

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Katugal, Kaduna - Nigeria - Fuel truck ignited killing at least 98 people (BBC News).

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Riyadh - Saudi Arabia - Arab summit revived 2002 Middle East peace plan (Beirut Declaration); King Abdullah of Sausi Arabia denounced "illegitimate foreign occupation" of Iraq (VOA News). [28-Mar-07 - 29-Mar-07.]

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Washington, DC - U.S. - Testimony of Chairman Ben S. Bernanke before the Joint Economic Commission, U.S. Congress: The impact of the problems in the subprime market and the weakness in the housing sector were likely to be contained; there was upward pressure on core inflation.

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Bahrain - Islamic mega-bank with $100 billion in capital planned for Bahrain (Al Jazeera-Agencies; MENAFN-Bahrain Tribune).

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29-Mar-07

Mogadishu - Somalia - Ethiopian troops clashed with insurgents; at least 30 were killed (Xinhua; NYT).

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Baghdad and Khalis - Iraq - Sectarian violence killed more than 130 people (Los Angeles Times); more than 300 were killed in 48 hours (Al Jazeera).

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Round Rock, TX - U.S. - Dell Inc. audit uncovered "accounting errors, evidence of misconduct, and deficiencies in the financial control environment." Dell delayed the filing of the Form 10-K for FY2007. (Dell Inc.)

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Framingham, MA - U.S. - TJX Companies, Inc.: multi-year "computer intrusion" resulted in the theft of information about at least 45.7 million credit and debit card holders in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. The intrusion was first discovered 18-Dec-06. (Washington Post; BBC; Guardian Unlimited.)

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30-Mar-07

Mogadishu - Somalia - Ethiopian forces claimed they killed more than 200 Islamic insurgents; insurgents downed an Ethiopian helicopter (VOA News; Al Jazeera). UNHCR: About 57,000 people have fled Mogadishu since Feb-07 (VOA News).

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31-Mar-07

Pakistan - Pakistan tested the Hatf II Abdali nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile (Times of India; Al Jazeera; CNN).

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