Russia attacks Chechen capital
Amid a constant barrage of artillery fire, Russian special forces today launched their ``special operation'' to take the Chechen capital Grozny.



Discovery mission crowned with success for Hubble
The Discovery space shuttle's Christmas mission to repair the crippled Hubble space telescope was declared a complete success late Friday as two US astronauts completed a third and final space walk and



Millennium bash fails to impress Egypt
Jean Michel Jarre must have suspected that his staging of the millennium celebrations at the pyramids of Giza would pose problems.



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