Former Houston Rockets star Calvin Murphy acquitted of charges that he molested his five daughters. (Houston Chronicle) Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams recommends that Sinn Féin support a British -Irish power-sharing plan for Northern Ireland that involves the public decommissioning of the arms held by the Irish Republican Army . Ian Paisley of the loyalist Democratic Unionist Party may become first minister of Northern Ireland , with former IRA member Martin McGuinness as his deputy. (BBC) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has come under fire after reports claim that his son received payments from a Swiss company that won a lucrative contract under the UN Oil for Food program . (BBC ) The U.S. consular compound in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia is stormed by gunmen, who kill nine Saudis in a four-hour battle but do not gain entry to the consulate building itself. Saudi security forces kill three of the gunmen, arrest two others, and pursue several more. There are no Americans dead, though some are slightly wounded. (BBC) (Reuters/AFP) In Spain the Basque separatist group ETA detonate seven bombs in bars, cafes and town squares across the country. The cities attacked are León , Ávila , Santillana del Mar , Ciudad Real , Málaga , Valladolid , and Alicante . All the attacks were preceded by warnings and nobody was seriously hurt. (BBC) Ukrainian presidential election controversy : EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has returned to Ukraine for talks on the country's political crisis.(BBC) December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...
The Houston Rockets are a National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas. ...
Calvin Murphy is a hall of fame professional basketball player who played guard for the Houston Rockets from 1970-1983. ...
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Gerry Adams Gerry Adams, MP, MLA, (born 6 October 1948) is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for West Belfast. ...
Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area - Total Ranked...
The West Cork Flying Column during the War of Independence. ...
The Reverend and Right Honourable Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, MP, MLA (born 6 April 1926), also known as Dr. Ian Paisley, is a prominent politician and church leader from Northern Ireland. ...
In the context of Irish politics, Unionists are people in Northern Ireland, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union 1800, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, under which Northern Ireland, created in that latter Act, remains part of the United Kingdom of Great...
The Democratic Unionist Party is a right wing unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ...
Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area - Total Ranked...
Martin McGuinness, MP, MLA John Martin McGuinness (born May 23, 1950 in Derry) is an Irish republican politician. ...
The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ...
Kofi Atta Annan (born April 8, 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat and the seventh and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
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The Oil-for-Food Programme was established by the United Nations in 1996 to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine and the like. ...
Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to present) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government ⢠President ⢠Vice President Federal republic George W...
The term Consulate can refer to: the office or the period in office of a consul a diplomatic consulate the French Consulate which governed between 1799 and 1804 a brand of menthol cigarettes Consulate This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share...
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The term Consulate can refer to: the office or the period in office of a consul a diplomatic consulate the French Consulate which governed between 1799 and 1804 a brand of menthol cigarettes Consulate This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share...
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For other uses, see ETA (disambiguation). ...
This article is about explosive devices. ...
The city of León, located at 42. ...
Complete name of this city: Ãvila de los Caballeros Ãvila is a town in the south of Old Castile, the capital of the province of the same name, now part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. ...
Santillana del Mar is a historic town situated in Cantabria, Spain. ...
Ciudad Real is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. ...
Málaga is a port city in Andalucia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. ...
Plaza Mayor and city hall, Valladolid The unfinished cathedral and the Plaza de la Universidad, near the University of Valladolid The church of Santa MarÃa la Antigua, Valladolid Valladolid, which name comes from the Arabic phrase for land of the father (Balad-Al-Walid), is an industrial city in...
Alicante (Castillian Spanish) or Alacant (Valencian Catalan) is the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of the AlacantÃ, in the southern part of the Land of Valencia, Spain, a historic Mediterranean port. ...
The presidential election held in November and December 2004 in Ukraine was mostly a political battle between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and former Prime Minister and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. ...
Javier Solana Francisco Javier Solana Madariaga (born July 14, 1942 in Madrid, Spain) is the High Representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary-General of both the Council of the European Union (EU) and the Western European Union (WEU). ...