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8 August: STS-114 landing September 6: John Roberts hearings
August 1: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
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June 1: Dutch EC referendum June 17: Iran presidential June 24: Iran presidential runoff July 3: Albanian general election July 10: Kyrgyz presidential July 16: Kuomintang Chairmanship July 24: Guinea-Bissau presidential
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5: Labor Day (Canada & USA)
Chile: Augusto Pinochet ICTY: Slobodan Milošević Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal — Saddam Hussein, among others Singapore: Took Leng How UK: Railtrack shareholders US: Zacarias Moussaoui US: Brian Nichols US: Ali al-Tamimi
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