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1993
03 Jan
US and Russia halve nuclear warheads
05 Jan
Oil tanker runs aground off Shetland
11 Jan
BA dirty tricks against Virgin cost £3m
14 Feb
Missing two-year-old found dead
20 Feb
Two boys charged with toddler's murder
26 Feb
World Trade Center bomb terrorises New York
05 Mar
Johnson gets life ban from athletics
06 Mar
Angolans die in battle for Huambo
12 Mar
Bombay hit by devastating bombs
20 Mar
Child killed in Warrington bomb attack
03 Apr
Grand National ends in 'shambles'
16 Apr
UN makes Srebrenica 'safe haven'
19 Apr
Waco cult siege ends with inferno
24 Apr
IRA bomb devastates City of London
26 Apr
Recession over - it's official
29 Apr
Queen to open Palace doors
30 Apr
Tennis star stabbed
15 May
French police rescue child hostages
24 Jun
Minister resigns over business links
13 Jul
Green light for Manchester Olympics
16 Jul
Secret Service goes public
25 Jul
Failed Bosnian ceasefire threatens peace
29 Jul
Israeli court sets Demjanjuk free
29 Jul
Lawrence murder suspects freed
02 Oct
Hardline Communists riot in Moscow
04 Oct
US forces killed in Somali gun battle
24 Aug
Michael Jackson accused of child abuse
13 Sep
Rabin and Arafat shake on peace deal
14 Sep
UK tourist shot dead in Florida
17 Sep
Shock as racist wins council seat
09 Nov
Diana sues over gym photos
29 Nov
Secret meetings with IRA revealed
07 Dec
Activists lose battle over chestnut tree
09 Dec
Astronauts put Hubble back in action
15 Dec
Anglo-Irish pact paves way for peace
28 Dec
Mafia link in cocaine haul
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