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An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate c
Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and…
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 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…
An independent commission appointed by the Football Association voted two-to-one to allow Wimbledon F
India and Bangladesh began a six-day conflict over their disputed border, which ended in a stalemate
Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted
Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted
Timothy McVeigh, detonator of a truck bomb in front of the Oklahoma federal building, was executed by lethal injection f
Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month-long letter-bomb campaign against
President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian Americans, mostly from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, f
President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian Americans, mostly from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, f
The CIH virus activated widely, damaging hundreds of thousands of computers and causing hundreds of millions of dollars