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Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least…
Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred…
Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred…
Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to…
The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf…
Uzbek Interior Ministry and State Security Service troops fired at protesters in Andijan, killing between 187 and 1,500
Same-sex marriage became legal in Spain with the coming into effect of a law passed by the Cortes Generales.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Spain with the coming into effect of a law passed by the Cortes Generales.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced the formal end of its armed campaign to overthrow British rule in…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced the formal end of its armed campaign to overthrow British rule in…
Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of…
Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of…
A software bug caused a simulated pandemic in the online video game World of Warcraft, serving as a model for…
The New Yorker published an online article and photographs detailing accounts of torture and abuse by American military
Indonesia held its first direct presidential elections, which resulted in the election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as…
French Directorate General for External Security personnel aborted an operation to rescue Colombian politician Íngrid…
A Hamas suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 130 others, including many Orthodox Jewish children, on…
A car bomb destroyed the United Nations headquarters at Baghdad's Canal Hotel, killing Brazilian diplomat Sérgio…