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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military…
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military…
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150…
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2008…
Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and…
Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and…
The battle of Mirali begins in which the Pakistan Armed Forces and Taliban militias clash for four days.
A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this…
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70
Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure about 80