Berlin Timeline, Year 2001
Mikhail Sidorin
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EVENT OF THE YEAR:
Nov. 13 4 jailed for Berlin bombing
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SUMMARY:
Jan. 10 2 ministers quit over mad cow crisis
Jan. 15 Minister to testify in kidnap trial
Apr. 30 Schroeder backs EU government
May. 1 Berlin protesters clash with police
Jul. 4 Kohl wins bid to seal spy files
Jul. 5 Schroeder meets Sharon
Aug. 1 Germany's first gay couple wed
Sep. 25 Putin: We failed to see threat
Nov. 13 4 jailed for Berlin bombing
Nov. 13 Schroeder to force confidence vote
Nov. 16 Schroeder wins key confidence vote
Nov. 24 SWITZERLAND. Plane crashes at Zurich
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DETAILS:
Jan. 10
2 ministers quit over mad cow crisis
Chancellor Schroeder will name replacements:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010110/wl/germany_madcow_dc_1.html
Jan. 15
Minister to testify in kidnap trial
Foreign Minister Fischer is to testify at the trial of a man charged
with assisting in the 1975 kidnap of OPEC ministers
Apr. 30
Schroeder backs EU government
Chancellor suggests turning the EU's Executive Commission into a
European government
May. 1
Berlin protesters clash with police
500 protesters erected barricades, started fires and threw rocks and
bottles at police:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/05/01/mayday.protests/index.html
Jul. 4
Kohl wins bid to seal spy files
The Stasi recorded the conversations of West German politicians
Jul. 5
Schroeder meets Sharon
Israeli Prime Minister told by German Chancellor to show more
flexibility on settlements
Aug. 1
Germany's first gay couple wed
Angelika and Gudrun Pannier made Germany's first legal homosexual union:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/08/01/germany.gays/index.html
Sep. 25
Putin: We failed to see threat
Russian President has said that because Cold War mentality East and West
failed to spot terrorism:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/25/gen.russia.germany/index.html
Nov. 13
4 jailed for Berlin bombing
A Libyan diplomat, 2 Palestinians and Palestinians' former German wife
were given sentences of 12 to 14 years:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/13/berlin.disco/index.html
Nov. 13
Schroeder to force confidence vote
Chancellor will hold a vote on his offer to send troops for the war on
terror
Nov. 16
Schroeder wins key confidence vote
Chancellor narrowly survived a confidence vote on decision to send 3,900
troops to Afghanistan:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/16/ret.schroeder.vote/index.html
Nov. 24
SWITZERLAND. Plane crashes at Zurich
A Crossair flight from Berlin was carrying about 30 people. 24 died:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/25/swiss.plane/index.html
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Mikhail Sidorin
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