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2001
 
     
US and UK forces launch military action against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan        
2001
 
     
Describing September 11 as an act of war, President Bush retaliates with a 'War on Terrorism'        
2001
 
     
US President George W. Bush revives bitter memories in the Middle East when he describes the war on terrorism as a 'crusade'        
2001
 
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The Northern Alliance, the army of the Afghan resistance to the Taliban, drives the Taliban from Kabul        
2001
 
   
The giant Texas energy company Enron files for bankruptcy after disclosure of major accountancy fraud      
2001
 
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A month after the fall of Kabul, the Northern Alliance drives the Taliban from their power base in Kandahar       
2001
 
  
Five presidents succeed each other within a month in Argentina's economic crisis     
2001
 
   
UK terrorist Richard Reid tries to bring down a Paris-Miami flight but fails to light the exposive in his shoe      
2002
 
    
The trial of Slobodan Milosevic begins at the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague       
2002
 
     
The death of Jonas Savimbi is soon followed by the disbanding of UNITA and the end of 27 years of Angolan civil war