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United Nations Day is celebrated internationally on 24 October for the purpose of informing the people of the world as to the aims, goals, and achievements of the UN. It commemorates the coming into being of the United Nations Organization on that day in 1945 when the UN Charter was...
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Combatants United States Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Dominica Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Grenada Cuba Commanders Ronald Reagan Joseph Metcalf H. Norman Schwarzkopf Hudson Austin Pedro Tortolo Strength 7,300 Grenada: 1,500 regulars Cuba: about 722 (mostly military engineers)[1] Casualties 19 killed; 116 wounded[2...
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Motto Pax et justitia (Latin: Peace and justice) Anthem St Vincent Land So Beautiful Capital (and largest city) Kingstown Official languages English Government Parliamentary democracy Commonwealth Realm - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II - Governor-General Sir Frederick Ballantyne - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves Independence From the United Kingdom - Date 27 October 1979 Area...
Portal:Current events | Current events of October 1, 2007 (2007-10-01) (Monday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 2, 2007 (2007-10-02) (Tuesday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03) (Wednesday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04) (Thursday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 5, 2007 (2007-10-05) (Friday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 6, 2007 (2007-10-06) (Saturday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 7, 2007 (2007-10-07) (Sunday) | edit | history | watch | | - War in Afghanistan: Sixteen militants fighting under wanted Uzbek warlord Tahir Yuldash are killed in eastern Afghanistan. (AP via Google)Dale Wilson 19 killed in his northeast home on greeby street in the oxford circle he was stabbed in the chest,back,and arm he died at albert enstine medical center shortly before 1:00
- The United Auto Workers sets a Wednesday deadline to reach a new four-year contract with Chrysler. (NYT)
- A sheriff's deputy shoots dead six young people in Crandon, Wisconsin, United States. It was initially believed that he was killed by a police sniper after a manhunt, but is now believed to have committed suicide by multiple gunshots. (Reuters)
- Costa Ricans approve CAFTA in a referendum with 52% of the votes. (AP via Google News)
- Pro-Taliban militants capture 28 Pakistan soldiers in the North Waziristan tribal region.[citation needed]
- 2007 Pacific typhoon season:
- Typhoon Krosa moves towards China's southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian provinces. (AP via CNN)
- The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Lekima (Hanna) rises to 55. (AP via CNN)
- A Syrian military plane crashes near Damascus, killing all three on board. (AP via Google News)
- Record-setting temperatures cause the 2007 Chicago Marathon to shut down after only three and a half hours and after the race has a men's open division photo finish, a death, and sprint finishes in the women's open and men's wheelchair divisions. (Chicago Tribune)
- Vandals punch a 10-cm (4") tear in the Claude Monet painting Le Pont d'Argenteuil at the Orsay Museum during Paris's annual Nuit Blanche all-night cultural festival. (AP via Yahoo! News
- Randy Orton is awarded the vacant WWE championship which he loses in 10 minutes to Triple H, who defeats Umaga in the second title defense of the night, but loses in the 3rd to Randy Orton in a last man standing match.
- U.S. college football: On the heels of last week's historic AP Poll shakeup, another one of comparable size occurs, in which four Top Ten teams and eleven ranked teams overall move down the list or off the poll entirely. LSU receives first place from all 65 sports critics, the first time that has occurred for any team since December 2006. #2 California earns its highest rank since 1951, #4 Boston College earns its highest showing since 1984, and #5 South Florida continues its ascent after first moving into the AP Poll three weeks ago. (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
| | Current events of October 8, 2007 (2007-10-08) (Monday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09) (Tuesday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 10, 2007 (2007-10-10) (Wednesday) | edit | history | watch | | - Polish police evict about 65 rebellious ex-nuns who had illegally occupied a convent in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, for more than two years in defiance of a Vatican order. (AP)
- The general election in the Canadian province of Ontario gives the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty an enlarged majority. (Bloomberg)
- Tibetan exiles storm the embassy of the People's Republic of China in New Delhi to protest the lack of religious freedom in China. (AP via CNN)
- Taliban frees one German and four Afghan hostages kidnapped in mid-July.[citation needed]
- The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns consumers not to eat Banquet pot pies or other pot pies made by ConAgra with a printed code ending in C9 due to possible links with a salmonella outbreak. (AP via WJBF)
- Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, spells out his conditions for a peace deal with Israel prior to a conference in Annapolis, Maryland next month. (The Guardian)
- The United Automobile Workers reaches a tentative agreement with Chrysler shortly after workers commence strike action. (Fox News)
- The first Malaysian astronaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, and the first female space station commander, Peggy Whitson, are launched towards the International Space Station on board Soyuz TMA-11. (Spaceflightnow)
- German scientist Gerhard Ertl is announced as the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on chemical processes on solid surfaces. (BBC)
- The International Monetary Fund warns of a slowdown of the global economy in 2008 as a result of financial turmoil on global markets. (BBC)
- An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale is recorded just south of Katanning, Western Australia, and felt as far away as Perth, Western Australia. (ABC)
- A 14-year-old high school student goes on a shooting rampage in Cleveland, Ohio, wounding two teachers and two students before his death. (CNN)
| | Current events of October 11, 2007 (2007-10-11) (Thursday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 12, 2007 (2007-10-12) (Friday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 13, 2007 (2007-10-13) (Saturday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 14, 2007 (2007-10-14) (Sunday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 15, 2007 (2007-10-15) (Monday) | edit | history | watch | | - Montenegrin Prime Minister Željko Šturanović signs a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union, saying that Montenegro is hoping to lodge an official application for EU membership in the first half of 2008. (EUobserver)
- Battle of Las Anod: Troops from the breakaway Somali republic of Somaliland seize a town inside Puntland, a rival region loyal to the interim Somali government, killing at least 10 people. (Al Jazeera)
- Sir Menzies Campbell resigns as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom, starting a leadership election. (The Guardian)
- Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson are announced as winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory. (Nobelprize.org)
- Ibrahim Gambari, the United Nations special envoy to Myanmar, warns the Burmese government to stop arresting dissidents. (Reuters Canada)
- Airbus delivers its first A380 aircraft to launch customer Singapore Airlines in a ceremony in Toulouse, France, almost 18 months behind schedule, but denies rumours that further delays to the programme are looming. (BBC News) (Reuters UK)
- William Street underground platforms and The Esplanade Station begin service in Perth, Western Australia. Part of the New MetroRail project, they are the first stations to open on the new Mandurah Line. (ABC News Australia)
- Police raids are made across New Zealand under the Terrorism Suppression Act, with individuals supporting Māori sovereignty targeted, and arrested, for their alleged involvement in paramilitary activities. Activist Tame Iti is among those arrested. (The New Zealand Herald)
- The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opens in Beijing, China, marking the beginning of a 7-day conclave of China's top leadership. General Secretary Hu Jintao delivers the work report for the past five years, and sets the party's direction in the coming five years. Hu also said in the keynote speech that the Communist Party has "fallen short of the people's expectations". (BBC News) Xinhua
- Richard Brunstrom, the Chief Constable of North Wales Police, calls for all classified drugs to be legalised in the United Kingdom. He argues that the current policy of prohibition is not working, and is based on dogma. (The Independent)
| | Current events of October 16, 2007 (2007-10-16) (Tuesday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 17, 2007 (2007-10-17) (Wednesday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18) (Thursday) | edit | history | watch | | - Oil prices reach $90 a barrel for the first time due to the low dollar and ongoing tension between Turkey and Iraq. (BBC)
- The BBC announces 1,800 job cuts as part of restructuring to fill a £2 billion (US$4 bn) shortfall caused by lower than expected funding by the British government. (AFP via Google)
- At least four people are killed in three days of tribal warfare near the Grasberg mine in the Papua province of Indonesia. (BBC)
- French commuters face chaos after a public transport strike over proposed changes to pensions of transit workers continue. (Reuters)
- Cécilia and Nicolas Sarkozy file for divorce. (CNN)
- Return of Benazir Bhutto:
| | Current events of October 19, 2007 (2007-10-19) (Friday) | edit | history | watch | | - EU leaders agree in Lisbon that the transcription "eвро" (evro) will be used in Bulgarian translations of the euro in official EU documents. (EuObserver)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 369.1 points, or 2.7%, on the 20th anniversary of Black Monday. (CNN Money)
- James D. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel prize for deciphering the double-helix of DNA, apologizes for reported comments suggesting that black people, over all, are not as intelligent as whites. (NYT)
- Six people die as a result of storms in the midwestern United States and Washington state. (AP via Google)
- Two US Marines including a battalion commander will face a court martial in connection with the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha in 2005. (BBC)
- Tens of thousands of people are evacuated from villages near Mount Kelud on Java as the volcano threatens to erupt. (AP via IHT)
- Four United States Air Force officers are relieved of command following an investigation of an incident where live nuclear warheads were carried on a B-52 bomber from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. (CNN)
- Sam Brownback, Senator for Kansas, pulls out of the United States presidential election, 2008 due to a lack of support and funds. (AP via Fox News)
- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says that his predecessor Tony Blair would be a "great candidate" to become the first President of the European Council after EU leaders agree on a new Reform Treaty for the union. (AP via PR Inside)
- 2007 Karachi bombings: The death toll from the bombings rises to 136 with 387 people wounded. (CNN)
- An explosion kills up to eight civilians Glorietta Mall in Makati City, PhilippinesJee Ann De Gracia was one of the 11th victim of Bombing. (AFP via Inquirer)
- A ship sinks off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia resulting in at least 31 deaths and 35 people missing. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- Thailand arrests suspected Canadian child molester Christopher Paul Neil after an international man hunt. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Leaders of the European Union reach agreement on the Lisbon Treaty following last-minute concessions to Poland, Italy and Bulgaria. (EuObserver) (ABC News Australia)
| | Current events of October 20, 2007 (2007-10-20) (Saturday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 21, 2007 (2007-10-21) (Sunday) | edit | history | watch | | - Tokelauan ex-pats in Samoa go to the polls for the Tokelauan self-determination referendum. (Radio New Zealand)
- Turkish people vote in favor of a constitutional referendum on electoral reform with a 69% majority. (AP via IHT)
- Voters go to the polls in Slovenia to elect a new President, with Lojze Peterle winning most votes but not a majority. A runoff between him and Danilo Türk will be held on November 11. (AP via Google News)
- Marco Fu wins the 2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix snooker tournament, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 frames to 6. (BBC)
- Kyrgyz people go to the polls to vote on a constitutional referendum called by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. (Reuters)
- Speaking at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, United States Vice President Dick Cheney states: "The United States joins other nations in sending a clear message - we will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon." (BBC)
- A fire in an illegal shoe factory kills at least 34 people in Putian in Fujian province, China. (BBC)
- The Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians 11-2 winning the 2007 American League Championship Series and going on to meet the Colorado Rockies, the 2007 National League champions, in the 2007 World Series. (AP via Fox News)
- 2007 California fires:
- The world's biggest banks endorse a rescue plan, also supported by the United States Treasury, to restore the world's financial system. (BBC)
- Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski is conceding defeat as exit polls give Donald Tusk's Civic Platform a large lead over his ruling nationalists in the parliamentary elections. (VOA) (BBC)
- Kimi Räikkönen wins the 2007 Formula One World Drivers Championship. (BBC)
- Kurdistan Workers Party militants kill at least 12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others on Sunday in a cross-border attack in mountains near the Iraqi border, security sources said. (Reuters)
- Soyuz TMA-10 lands safely outside Arkalyk, 340 kilometers (211 mi) short of the planned landing site in Kazakhstan, due to a computer glitch. (ABC News)
- 2007 Ogaden conflict: A rebel group in eastern Ethiopia, the Ogaden National Liberation Front, says it has carried out an attack on government troops, killing 140 troops. (BBC)
- Swiss voters go to the polls for the Swiss federal election, 2007, with the right-wing Swiss People's Party set to win. (BBC)
- Three of the Peoples Republic of China's top politicians, namely, Vice-President Zeng Qinghong, anti-corruption chief Wu Guanzheng, and Luo Gan, are dropped from the Communist Party of China's Central Committee. Also retiring are Vice-Premier Wu Yi, Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan, and Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan. Hu's Scientific Development Concept is enshrined in the Party Constitution. (BBC)
| | Current events of October 22, 2007 (2007-10-22) (Monday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23) (Tuesday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 24, 2007 (2007-10-24) (Wednesday) | edit | history | watch | | - Comet 17P/Holmes grows significantly brighter overnight, going from magnitude 17 to magnitude 3 in just a few hours, while in the constellation of Perseus. (USA Today)
- The Bank of America announces that it will lay off 3,000 staff following an announcement of a significant decline in earnings in the third quarter. (NYT)
- A storm in the Gulf of Mexico kills 18 Mexican oil workers fleeing an oil rig, with Navy rescue teams trying to reach survivors. (Reuters) (BBC)
- Moderating winds improve the outlook in the fight against the California wildfires of October 2007. (CNN)
- Richard J. Griffin resigns as head of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security in the United States State Department following the Blackwater shooting in Iraq. (AP via CNN)
- The United Kingdom announces a unilateral end to the Common Travel Area with the Republic of Ireland. From 2009, passports will be required for the first time, bringing to an end centuries of unimpeded travel between the two countries. (Irish Times)
- Turkey-PKK conflict
- China launches its first lunar orbiter, Chang'e 1, on an exploration mission to the moon. (BBC)
- The Pakistan Peoples Party claims that its leader, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, has been forbidden to leave the country. (BBC)
- Prime Minister of Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls early elections for 13 November 2007, less than three years after the last elections in early 2005. (ABC)
| | Current events of October 25, 2007 (2007-10-25) (Thursday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 26, 2007 (2007-10-26) (Friday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 27, 2007 (2007-10-27) (Saturday) | edit | history | watch | | | Current events of October 28, 2007 (2007-10-28) (Sunday) | edit | history | watch | | | | | Current events of October 29, 2007 (2007-10-29) (Monday) | edit | history | watch | | - The strain of HIV most common in the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia and much of South America is traced back to Haiti in 1969. (BBC)
- The USS Arleigh Burke enters Somali waters in pursuit of a Japanese ship carrying benzene that was hijacked by pirates. (CNN)
- Argentine general election, 2007: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is elected President of Argentina. (Argentina results) (CNN)
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia claims the Government of the United Kingdom failed to act on intelligence given to it by the Government of Saudi Arabia which could have prevented the 7 July 2005 London bombings. (Guardian Unlimited)
- The Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert announces that he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer. (NYT)
- Salim Aliyow Ibrow becomes Prime Minister of Somalia in the Transitional Federal Government as the embattled Ali Mohamed Ghedi resigns. (BBC)
- The UK embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, is closed as a precaution after a terrorist attack in the city is prevented. The US embassy also closes its doors after the Azerbaijan Government reports of the thwarting of a "large-scale, horrifying terror attack." (Sky) (AP)
- People's Republic of China:
- An earthquake with magnitude of five on Richter scale shakes central Nepal.[citation needed]
- All banks and post offices in Borlänge, Sweden, are kept closed by the local police due to an "elevated risk level of bank robbery". (TT via Dagens Nyheter) [1]
- Kasereka Kabamba, a Mai Mai militia leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, surrenders to Nord-Kivu Army Chief Vainqueur Mayala. Kabamba maintains his forces fought against rebels loyal to Laurent Kabila, in the service of the government. (BBC)
- One of two men alleged to be involved in a gay-sex-and-drugs blackmail plot against a minor member of the British Royal Family will appear in court this week. (Times Online)
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Senior General Than Shwe (Burmese: ááá¹ââá¸á±áá¹áá¹á; IPA: ; born February 2, 1933) is the military dictator of Myanmar (Burma), serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw and chairman of the State Peace and Development Council since April 23, 1992. ...
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Yangôn, formerly Rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of Myanmar. ...
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Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. ...
Elandskraal mine is a gold mine [1] located near Carletonville, Gauteng that has been owned by Harmony Gold (mining) since February 2001[2]. Prior to the purchase the mine was owned by AngloGold[2]. There is currently an ongoing project to allow the mine to begin operations at a new...
Elandsrand (Afrikaans for elk ridge) is a small mining town approximately 20km outside Carletonville next to Blyvooruitsig. ...
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Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY) is the largest gold mining company in South Africa and the sixth largest in the world. ...
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George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
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Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, in Urdu ÙØ²Ûر اعظÙ
Wazir-e- Azam meaning Grand Vizier, is the Head of Government of Pakistan. ...
Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بÛÙØ¸Ûر بھٹÙ, IPA: ; Sindhi:بÛÙØ¸Ûر ÚÙÙ½Ù ) (born 21 June 1953 in Karachi) is a Pakistani politician who became the first elected woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state. ...
Sheikh Rashid Ahmad (born on 1950-11-06) is a Pakistani politician and writer. ...
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For the Lal Masjid of Delhi, see Lal Masjid, Delhi The Lal Masjid The Lal Masjid (Urdu: ÙØ§Ù Ù
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Combatants Pakistan Army Lal Masjid students and militants Commanders Haroon-ul-Islam â Waheed Arshad Abdul Rashid Ghazi â Abdul Aziz Ghazi Strength 12,000 Army and Rangers 164 SSG commandos[3][4] 1,300 students 110+ militants Casualties 11 SSG killed[5] 1 Ranger killed[5] 33 SSG wounded[5] 8...
Protesters in Yangon with a banner that reads non-violence: national movement in Burmese, in the background is Shwedagon Pagoda The 2007 Burmese anti-government protests are a wave of anti-government protests that started in Burma (also known as Union of Myanmar) on August 15, 2007. ...
The State Peace and Development Council (Burmese: ; IPA: ; abbreviated SPDC) is the official name of the military regime of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). ...
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A demonstration is the public display of the common opinion of a activist group, often economically, political, or socially, by gathering in a crowd, usually at a symbolic place or date, associated with that opinion. ...
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This is a Korean name; the family name is Roh Roh Moo-hyun (IPA: ) (born September 1, 1946 in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea) is the President of South Korea. ...
Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born February 16, 1942) is the leader of North Korea. ...
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Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born February 16, 1942) is the leader of North Korea. ...
This is a Korean name; the family name is Roh Roh Moo-hyun (IPA: ) (born September 1, 1946 in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea) is the President of South Korea. ...
South Korean name Chinese name Japanese name Russian name The six-party talks aim to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. ...
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North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and the CIA asserts that it has a substantial arsenal of chemical weapons. ...
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Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States...
Pietro Pete Vichi Domenici (born May 7, 1932) is a powerful Republican United States senator from New Mexico. ...
Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Largest metro area Albuquerque metropolitan area Area Ranked 5th - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²) - Width 342 miles (550 km) - Length 370 miles (595 km) - % water 0. ...
Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas Politics Portal The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ...
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...
Mark J. Carney (born March 16, 1965 in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories[1]) is expected to succeed David A. Dodge as the Governor of the Bank of Canada on February 1, 2008. ...
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The record industry (or recording industry) is the industry that manufactures and distributes mechanical recordings of music. ...
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Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915 â December 10, 2006) was President of Chile from 1974 to 1990, and was the President of the military junta from 1973 to 1981. ...
Location of Santiago commune in Greater Santiago Coordinates: , Region Province Foundation February 12, 1541 Government - Mayor Raúl AlcaÃno Lihn Area 1 - City 22. ...
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Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States...
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Anthem Kaba Ma Kyei Capital Naypyidaw Largest city Yangon Official languages Burmese Demonym Burmese Government Military junta - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Than Shwe - Prime Minister Soe Win - Acting Prime Minister Thein Sein Establishment - Bagan 849â1287 - Taungoo Dynasty 1486â1752 - Konbaung Dynasty 1752â1885 - Colonial rule...
Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese: ; MLCTS: ; IPA: ); born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is a pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma, and a noted prisoner of conscience and advocate of nonviolent resistance. ...
The supreme court functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged, in some countries, provinces and states. ...
The word bail as a legal term means: Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that persons appearance for trial. ...
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...
Khaleda Zia (Bangla: à¦à¦¾à¦²à§à¦¦à¦¾ à¦à¦¿à¦¯à¦¼à¦¾) (born 15 August 1945, Controversy she has another 2 birth dates) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996, the first woman in the countrys history to hold that position, and then again from 2001 to 2006. ...
Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either obtains money, property or services from another through coercion or intimidation or threatens one with physical harm unless they are paid money or property. ...
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Romanian Air Force Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a 2-engined light prop transport aircraft and is a development of the An-24 passenger aircraft, with particular attention made to the potential military use. ...
FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ...
The 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash occurred when an aging twin engine Antonov An-26, belonging to the Congolese air carrier Africa One, crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from Kinshasa Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on October 4, 2007. ...
Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville or, before 1960, also Leopoldstad) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, called Zaïre between 1971 and 1997, is a nation in central Africa. ...
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Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954), Australian politician, was the Federal Minister for Environment and Water Resources until November 2007. ...
Gunns Limited (ASX: GNS) is a major forestry enterprise located in Tasmania, Australia. ...
Proposed project site The Bell Bay Pulp Mill, also known as the Tamar Valley Pulp Mill, is a proposed $1. ...
Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. ...
Elandsrand (Afrikaans for elk ridge) is a small mining town approximately 20km outside Carletonville next to Blyvooruitsig. ...
The Fijian coup détat of December 2006 occurred as a continuation of the pressure which had been building since the military unrest of the 2000 Fijian coup détat and 2005-2006 Fijian political crisis. ...
Laisenia Qarase (born February 4, 1941) was Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006. ...
Suva is the capital city of Fiji. ...
Sputnik 1 (Russian: , Satellite-1, or literally Co-traveler-1 byname ÐС-1 (PS-1, i. ...
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Kidapawan City is a 2nd class city in the province of Cotabato, Philippines. ...
Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. ...
Topps Meat Company was a privately owned family company founded in 1940,[1] headquartered in Elizabeth, New Jersey. ...
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Novartis headquarters in Basel Suffern, New York: the sole Novartis pharmaceutical production facility in the United States. ...
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Prexige or Lumiracoxib is a new selective cox-2 inhibitor from novartis, basel, switzerland. ...
The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body, and is an organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. ...
Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to liver characterised by presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue. ...
Protesters in Yangon with a banner that reads non-violence: national movement in Burmese, in the background is Shwedagon Pagoda The 2007 Burmese anti-government protests are a wave of anti-government protests that started in Burma (also known as Union of Myanmar) on August 15, 2007. ...
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There have been three conflicts in the late 20th century and early 21st century called Gulf War, all of which refer to conflicts in the Persian Gulf region: Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) (aka First Gulf War). ...
Shi‘as (the adjective in Arabic is شيعى shi‘i; English has traditionally used Shiite) which mean follower in Arabic make up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%-35% of all Muslim. ...
Lebanese Kataeb militia The term Militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary [1] citizens to provide defense, emergency, law enforcement, or paramilitary service, and those engaged in such activity, without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service. ...
Marion Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is a former American track and field athlete of Belizean descent. ...
A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ...
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Elections for a constituent assembly will be held in Nepal in June 2007. ...
The Seven Party Alliance is a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. ...
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Two bodies with a slight difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. ...
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ...
For others with the same or similar names, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation). ...
Under the provisions of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, the next United Kingdom general election must be held on or before 3 June 2010, barring exceptional circumstances. ...
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Ungdomshuset as seen from the street Ungdomshuset (literally the Youth House) was the attributed name of a building located in Copenhagen on Jagtvej 69, Nørrebro, which functioned as an underground scene venue for music and rendezvous point for varying anarchist and leftist groups from 1982 until 2007. ...
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Zhejiang (also spelled Chehkiang or Chekiang) is an eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
(Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal map spelling: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kià n) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...
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The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ...
Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: ) (born 11 August 1943, Delhi) is the current President of Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. ...
Indirect presidential elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 2007. ...
The Supreme Court (Urdu: Ø¹Ø¯Ø§ÙØª عظÙ
ÛÙ° ) is the apex court in Pakistans judicial hierarchy, the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes. ...
Jason Lewis, born 1967 in Catterick UK, is a self-powered circumnavigator. ...
Expedition 360 is an ongoing attempt by Briton Jason Lewis to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe using only human power. ...
Quentin LaMar Cook (born September 8, 1940) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ...
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The LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City In Mormonism, a general conference is a meeting meant for instruction of all members of the Latter Day Saint faith. ...
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Hay River on Great Slave Lake Hay River connection to the Arctic Ocean Hay River is a town in the Northwest Territories, Canada, located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Hay River. ...
is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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Tohir Abdukhalilovich Yuldashev (his name is also transliterated as Tahir Yuldashev, Tohir Yoldoshev, Takhir Yuldashev and other ways) is the founder of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the leader Islamic Movement of Central Asia. ...
The United Auto Workers (UAW), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest labor unions in North America, The UAW has approximately 540,000 active members and over 500,000 retired members in the United States, Canada...
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The Crandon, Wisconsin shooting was a mass murder that occurred at 2:45 a. ...
Crandon is a city in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States; it is in the northeastern part of the state, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Green Bay. ...
Deadly force or shoot to kill is that level of force which is inherently likely to cause death or great bodily injury. ...
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Multiple gunshot suicide occurs when an individual commits suicide by firearm and succeeds in inflicting two or more gunshots upon himself before incapacitation ensues. ...
The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is a free trade agreement between the United States and the Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and Canada, and Mexico. ...
A referendum on the Dominican RepublicâCentral America Free Trade Agreement will be held in Costa Rica on 7 October 2007; it was originally to be held on 23 September 2007, but it was postponed on 5 June 2007 due to a court challenge. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: , also anglicized as Taleban) are a Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement [2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance, United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. ...
The word militant has come to refer to any individual or party engaged in aggressive physical or verbal combat, normally for a cause. ...
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Zhejiang (also spelled Chehkiang or Chekiang) is an eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
(Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal map spelling: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kià n) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, held in Chicago, is one of the largest marathon road races in the world, as well as one of the fastest growing. ...
A photo finish occurs in a sporting race, when two (or more) competitors cross the finishing line at near the same time. ...
Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 â December 5, 1926)[1] was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movements philosophy of expressing ones perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein...
Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night Over the Rhone, painted in September 1888 at Arles Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre, 1876 Ãdouard Manet: The Luncheon on the Grass, 1862-3 Gustave Courbet: The Artists Studio (detail), 1855 Paul Cézanne: Apples and Oranges, circa 1899...
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Nuit Blanche (White Night in English) is an annual all-night cultural festival. ...
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The Associated Press (AP) Poll, along with the USA Today Coaches Poll, ranks the top 25 NCAA Division I college football and basketball teams, weekly. ...
For other uses, see LSU. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ...
December 2006 is the twelfth and final month of the year and will begin in 2 day(s). ...
Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ...
For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ...
The University of South Florida (USF), known within its system as USF Tampa[2][3][4], is a public university system located in Tampa, Florida, USA, with an autonomous campus in St. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ...
Marion Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is a former American track and field athlete of Belizean descent. ...
The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
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OrÅ«zgÄn (Persian and Pashto: Ø§Ø±ÙØ²Ú¯Ø§Ù, also spelt Oruzgan or Uruzgan) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ...
Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea...
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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ...
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Hardanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born December 19, 1959) popularly known as H D Kumaraswamy, also known as Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician. ...
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India is a federal republic comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. ...
, Karnataka (Kannada: , IPA: ) is a state in the southern part of India. ...
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Governor Rameshwar Thakur, born in Thakur Gangti village in Godda district of Jharkhand took charge in November 2004. ...
Mario Renato Capecchi (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. ...
Oliver Smithies (born July 23, 1925) is a British-born American geneticist and Nobel laureate,[1] credited with the discovery of gel electrophoresis in 1950, and the simultaneous discovery, with Mario Capecchi, of the technique of homologous recombination of transgenic DNA with genomic DNA, a much more reliable method of...
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Emil Adolf von Behring was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the treatment of diphtheria. ...
Gene targeting is a genetic technique that uses homologous recombination to change an endogenous gene. ...
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The President of Pakistan (UrdÅ«: صدر Ù
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Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: ) (born 11 August 1943, Delhi) is the current President of Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. ...
Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ...
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A spokesperson (person could be replaced with the gender of the person), or spokesmodel is a person who speaks on behalf of others, but is understood not to be necessarily part of the others (e. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: , also anglicized as Taleban) are a Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement [2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance, United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. ...
Combatants Pakistani Army Taliban Casualties 45 killed 13 missing[1] 20 wounded[1] 150 killed, 50 wounded[1] 70 civilians killed[1] The Battle of Mir Ali occurred between October 7 and October 9, 2007 and involved Taliban militants and Pakistani soldiers. ...
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is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
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The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS[1]) is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. ...
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Combatants Pakistani Army Taliban Casualties 45 killed 13 missing[1] 20 wounded[1] 150 killed, 50 wounded[1] 70 civilians killed[1] The Battle of Mir Ali occurred between October 7 and October 9, 2007 and involved Taliban militants and Pakistani soldiers. ...
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There have been three conflicts in the late 20th century and early 21st century called Gulf War, all of which refer to conflicts in the Persian Gulf region: Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) (aka First Gulf War). ...
Unity Resources Group is an Australian-owned[2] private military company headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, founded in 2000, which describes itself as having a diverse client base, spanning government, non-government and multi-national business sectors. ...
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The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ...
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Dr Peter Grünberg is a German physicist and one of the discoverers of the Giant magnetoresistive effect which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks. ...
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The Giant Magnetoresistive Effect (GMR) is a quantum mechanical effect observed in thin film structures composed of alternating ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic layers. ...
The Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007 is scheduled to be held on October 9, 2007 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ...
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The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and the provincial wing of the Liberal Party of Canada. ...
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In the Roman Catholic Church, the threefold order, or hierarchy, of bishop, priest, and deacon, conferred through the sacrament of Holy Orders, is a structural feature considered to be of divine institution. ...
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The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ...
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The Ontario Liberal Party is a centre-left provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ...
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A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ...
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Freedom of religion is the individuals right or freedom to hold whatever religious beliefs he or she wishes, or none at all. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: , also anglicized as Taleban) are a Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement [2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance, United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. ...
A hostage is an entity which is held by a captor in order to compel another party to act or refrain from acting in a particular way. ...
July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, is recognized as the leading United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people. ...
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Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: ) (born March 26, 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (اب٠Ù
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The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ...
A Middle East peace conference, informally called the Annapolis summit, will be held in late November or early December 2007 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. ...
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The United Auto Workers (UAW), officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest labor unions in North America, with more than 700,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico organized into approximately 950 union locals. ...
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Sheikh Muzhaphar Shukor (born Sheikh Muzhaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha on July 27, 1972) is a Malaysian orthopedic surgeon and is the first Malaysian to go into space. ...
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Soyuz TMA-11 is a current Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. ...
Gerhard Ertl (born October 10, 1936) in Stuttgart) is a German chemist, and a Nobel prize winning Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. ...
List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ...
The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ...
Katanning is a town located 277 km south east of Perth, Western Australia. ...
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The SuccessTech Academy shooting was a school shooting that took place on October 10, 2007 at SuccessTech high school in Cleveland, Ohio. ...
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The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. ...
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
// Federal Referendums In Australia, referendums are nationwide polls held to approve government-proposed changes to the Australian constitution. ...
Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group...
The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (in full, An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia) is the primary constitutional text of the Commonwealth of Australia. ...
Jena Six refers to a group of six black teenagers who have been arrested and charged with crimes related to their alleged involvement in the assault of a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana, on December 4, 2006. ...
The Jena Six is a name given to six African-American teenagers who were charged with attempted second-degree murder after a fight with a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana. ...
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AMC Airlines is a charter airline based in Cairo, Egypt. ...
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 are twin-engine, single-aisle jet commercial aircraft derived from the DC-9. ...
A Belly landing is an emergency landing procedure in which an aircraft lands without its landing gear fully extendedâusing its underside, or belly, as its primary landing device. ...
Atatürk International Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) (Turkish: Atatürk Uluslararası Havalimanı) is the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey. ...
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Papal Arms of Pope Benedict XVI. The papal tiara was replaced with a bishops mitre, and pallium of the Pope was added beneath the coat of arms. ...
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A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...
Doris Lessing CH OBE (born Doris May Tayler in Kermanshah, Iran,[1] on 22 October 1919[2]) is a British writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook. ...
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Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas Politics Portal The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ...
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...
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The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ...
The President of Russia (Russian: ) is the Head of State and highest office within the Government of Russia. ...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ...
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U.S. President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty, 1987. ...
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A payload launch vehicle carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck Island at the Kwajalein Missile Range on December 3, 2001, for an intercept of a ballistic missile target over the central Pacific Ocean. ...
Seal of the United States Department of State. ...
Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush to hold the office. ...
The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense, concerned with the armed services and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ...
Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. ...
The Vice President of the United States[1] (sometimes referred to as VPOTUS[2] or Veep) is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. ...
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IPCC is the science authority for the UNFCCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to evaluate the risk of climate change brought on by humans, based mainly on...
Lester B. Pearson after accepting the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ...
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ...
The Newhall Pass interchange is a highway interchange at Newhall Pass, north of San Fernando in Southern California, United States. ...
In the U.S. state of California, Interstate 5, a major north-south route of the Interstate Highway System, has its southern terminus at the United States-Mexico border at the San Ysidro crossing. ...
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A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ...
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Open Pit is the name of a brand of sauces marketed by Pinnacle Foods. ...
Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. ...
Suarez is a municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. ...
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Catherine IIs carved, painted and gilded Coronation Coach (Hermitage Museum) George VI and Queen Elizabeth in a landau with footmen and an outrider, Canada 1939 The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century...
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Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bengali: á¸hÄkÄ; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ...
Yangôn, formerly Rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of Myanmar. ...
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Flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. ...
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Walter Veltroni (Rome, 03 July, 1955) is a Italian politician and lead member of the Democrats of the Left party. ...
The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ר×ש ×××ש××, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ...
Ehud Olmert (IPA ; Hebrew:×××× ××××ר×; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. ...
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Flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. ...
Khao Sok national park is located in Surat Thani province in Thailand. ...
A parliamentary election was held in Togo on October 14, 2007[1][2] for the 81 seats in the National Assembly. ...
The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. ...
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. ...
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The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia, in which 13. ...
The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis (high city, The Sacred Rock) in the world. ...
The New Acropolis Museum is a museum by architect Bernard Tschumi located near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. ...
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Prime Minister of Montenegro, full title: Predsjednik Vlade Republike Crne Gore (President of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro) is the leader of the Government of Montenegro. ...
Željko Å turanoviÄ Å½eljko Å turanoviÄ (Serbian: , born 31 January 1960 in NikÅ¡iÄ, Peoples Republic of Montenegro, Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia) is a politician and likely the new Prime Minister of Montenegro. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Somaliland Puntland Commanders Unknown Casualties 10â20 killed The Battle of Las Anod occurred on October 15, 2007 when a Somaliland force attacked the town of Las Anod, which was under Puntland forces control. ...
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Sir Walter Menzies Campbell, CBE, QC (born 22 May 1941), commonly known as Ming Campbell, is a British politician and retired sprinter. ...
The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, is a liberal political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party; the two parties had already been in an alliance for seven years prior to this, since not long...
The 2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election is being held following the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell as leader on 15 October 2007, after 19 months as leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest political party in the United Kingdom. ...
Leonid Leo Hurwicz (born August 21, 1917, Moscow, Russia) is Regentsâ Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Minnesota. ...
Eric Stark Maskin (born December 12, 1950) is an American economist and co-winner, along with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson, of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory. ...
Roger Bruce Myerson (born March 29, 1951) is an American economist and co-winner, along with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin, of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory. ...
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly called the Nobel Prize in Economics, is a prize awarded each year for outstanding intellectual contributions in the field of economics. ...
Mechanism design is a sub-field of game theory. ...
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Anthem Kaba Ma Kyei Capital Naypyidaw Largest city Yangon Official languages Burmese Demonym Burmese Government Military junta - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Than Shwe - Prime Minister Soe Win - Acting Prime Minister Thein Sein Establishment - Bagan 849â1287 - Taungoo Dynasty 1486â1752 - Konbaung Dynasty 1752â1885 - Colonial rule...
The State Peace and Development Council (Burmese: ; IPA: ; abbreviated SPDC) is the official name of the military regime of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). ...
Airbus S.A.S. (pronounced in English, in French, and in German) is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace concern. ...
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, an EADS subsidiary. ...
Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 9V-SPA takes off from London Heathrow Airport bound for Singapore Changi Airport. ...
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Perth Train Station (sometimes called City Train Station) is the largest railway station in Perth, Western Australia, and functions as an interchange between the Armadale / Thornlie, Clarkson, Fremantle and Midland railway lines. ...
, Esplanade Train Station is a below ground Transperth train station less than 1 km from Perth Train Station, in Western Australia, on the Mandurah Line. ...
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Mandurah Line is a suburban railway line currently under construction in Perth, Australia. ...
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The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: Pinyin: ZhÅngguó GÅngchándang DìshÃqÃci Quánguó Dà ibiÇodà huì, abbreviated Shiqi-da [åä¸å¤§]) will be held in Beijing, China, at the Great Hall of the People from 15 October 2007...
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Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بÛÙØ¸Ûر بھٹÙ, IPA: ; Sindhi:بÛÙØ¸Ûر ÚÙÙ½Ù ) (born 21 June 1953 in Karachi) is a Pakistani politician who became the first elected woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state. ...
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Anthem Kaba Ma Kyei Capital Naypyidaw Largest city Yangon Official languages Burmese Demonym Burmese Government Military junta - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Than Shwe - Prime Minister Soe Win - Acting Prime Minister Thein Sein Establishment - Bagan 849â1287 - Taungoo Dynasty 1486â1752 - Konbaung Dynasty 1752â1885 - Colonial rule...
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Dera Bugti is small village type of city, and mostly bugti tribe people live their, and Akbar khan Bugti was the rular of that area, nobody can happened without his permission, he captured the lands of the Bugti people, and there wasnt any Government employ can do without his permission. ...
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The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: or PKK, Turkish: , also called KADEK, Kongra-Gel, and KCK) is a militant group founded in the 1970s and led by Abdullah Ãcalan until his capture in 1999. ...
A ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of a war or any armed conflict, where each side of the conflict agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. ...
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Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: â; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ...
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A referendum on self-determination was held in Tokelau on 20 October and on 22â24 October 2007[1][2][3] but fell short of the required total by 16 votes. ...
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Anuradhapura, ( in Sinhala), is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, world famous for its well preserved ruins of the Great Sri Lankan Civilization. ...
The Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会 pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Zhèngzhìjú Chángwù Wěiyuánhuì) is a committee whose membership varies between 5 and 9 and includes the top leadership of the Communist Party of China. ...
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The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ...
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The December 2001 riots were a period of civil unrest and rioting in Argentina, which took place during December 2001, with the most violent incidents taking place on December 19 and December 20 in the capital, Buenos Aires. ...
The Argentine economic crisis was part of the situation that affected Argentinas economy during the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...
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(Sindhi: , Urdu: ) is the largest city in Pakistan and is the provincial capital of Sindh province. ...
The 2007 Karachi bombing of October 18, 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan, was an attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. ...
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The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) (Urdu: پاکستا٠پÛÙ¾ÙØ² Ù¾Ø§Ø±Ù¹Û ) is a mainstream centre-left political party in Pakistan. ...
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Wazir-e- Azam meaning Grand Vizier, is the Head of Government of Pakistan. ...
Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بÛÙØ¸Ûر بھٹÙ, IPA: ; Sindhi:بÛÙØ¸Ûر ÚÙÙ½Ù ) (born 21 June 1953 in Karachi) is a Pakistani politician who became the first elected woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state. ...
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Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×Öµ××Ö¼× ×ָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ...
Swat (Pashto/Urdu: Ø³ÙØ§Øª) is a valley and a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
Economic sanctions are economic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries) on another for a variety of reasons. ...
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Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee (born December 11, 1935, West Bengal, India) is the Defence minister of India in the Manmohan Singh government. ...
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The Taliban (Pashto: , also anglicized as Taleban) are a Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement [2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance, United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. ...
Musa Qala is a town and the district center of Musa Qala District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on at 1043 m altitude in the valley of Musa Qala River in the central western part of the district. ...
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A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...
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George Washington is a racehorse foaled on March 1, 2003 at Coolmore Stud by champion sire Danehill out of Bordighera, also the dam of the high class coltcolt Grandera. ...
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Location within Mexico Municipalities of Baja California Country Capital Municipalities 5 Largest City Tijuana Government - Governor José Guadalupe Osuna Millán (PAN) - Federal Deputies PAN: 8 - Federal Senators Alejandro González (PAN) Rafael DÃaz (PAN) Fernando Castro (PRI) Area Ranked 12th - Total 69,921 km² (26,996. ...
The international border between Mexico and the United States runs a total of 3,141 km (1,951 miles) from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east. ...
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Yu Zhengsheng (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: born 1945) is the current CPC party chief in Shanghai, China, a post which makes him first-in-charge of Chinas largest city. ...
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The Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党中央政治局常务委员会 pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Zhèngzhìjú Chángwù Wěiyuánhuì) is a committee whose membership varies between 5 and 9 and includes the top leadership of the Communist Party of China. ...
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Hamas (; acronym: , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement[1]) is a Palestinian Islamist[2][3] militant organization and political party. ...
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Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ...
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The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک ÙÙØ¬) is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Pakistan within the framework of its international obligations. ...
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Atocha Station The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known in Spanish as 11-M) consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the CercanÃas (commuter train) system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004 (three days before Spains general elections), killing 191 people and wounding...
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Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
January 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses European nations of trying to complete the Holocaust by creating a Jewish camp Israel in the Middle East. ...
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March 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...
April 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ...
May 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ...
June 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Extraordinary renditions. ...
Early elections in November are announced in the Netherlands. ...
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67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief...
February 2005 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - â Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ...
â - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in March ⢠31 â Terri Schiavo ⢠30 â Mitch Hedberg ⢠29 â Johnnie Cochran ⢠27 â Wilfred Bigelow ⢠26 â Paul Hester ⢠26 â James Callaghan ⢠21 â Jeff Weise ⢠21 â Bobby Short ⢠19 â John De Lorean ⢠18 â Gary Bertini ⢠17 â George F...
April 2005 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - â Hamas and Islamic Jihad have declared, in principle, their intention to join the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby...
Ongoing events ⢠2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes ⢠2005 Maharashtra floods ⢠2005 Gujarat Flood ⢠Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan ⢠Fuel prices ⢠Gomery Comm. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles...
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December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ...
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January 2004 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Irelands Roman Catholic and Protestant Boy Scouts organisations merge after nearly a century of division, in spite of efforts by the Roman Catholic bishops to block the merger. ...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â // February 29, 2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti and flees the country for the Central African Republic. ...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths ⢠08 Abu Abbas ⢠20 Queen Juliana ⢠28 Peter Ustinov ⢠30 Alistair Cooke More March 2004 deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Israeli-Palestinian conflict Occupation of Iraq Same-sex marriage in...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in April ⢠18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara ⢠19 Norris McWhirter ⢠22 Pat Tillman ⢠24 Estée Lauder Other recent deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Reconstruction of Iraq â Occupation & Resistance Israeli...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in May • 28 Gerald Anthony • 27 Umberto Agnelli • 22 Richard Biggs • 20 Len Murray • 17 Tony Randall • 17 Ezzedine Salim • 9 Alan King • 9 Akhmad Kadyrov • 8(?) Nick Berg • 7 Waldemar Milewicz Other recent deaths Ongoing...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: June 2004 in sports Deaths in June ⢠28 Anthony Buckeridge ⢠26 Naomi Shemer ⢠26 Yash Johar ⢠22 Bob Bemer ⢠22 Thomas Gold ⢠22 Francisco Ortiz Franco ⢠16 Thanom Kittikachorn ⢠10 Ray Charles ⢠5 Ronald Reagan...
2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: July 2004 in sports Deaths in July • 31 David B. Haight • 29 Francis Crick • 29 Nafisa Joseph • 23 Joe Cahill • 23 Mehmood • 23 Illinois Jacquet • 23 Carlos Paredes • 22 Sacha Distel • 21 Jerry Goldsmith • 21...
August 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: August 2004 in sports ⢠30 Fred Whipple ⢠26 Laura Branigan ⢠24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross ⢠18 Elmer Bernstein ⢠15 Amarsinh Chaudhary ⢠14 CzesÅaw MiÅosz ⢠13 Julia Child ⢠8 Robert Bootzin ⢠8 Fay...
September 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: September 2004 in sports Events Deaths in September ⢠27 Tsai Wan-lin ⢠24 Françoise Sagan ⢠20 Brian Clough ⢠18 Russ Meyer ⢠15 Johnny Ramone ⢠12 Fred Ebb ⢠11 Peter VII of Alexandria ⢠8...
October 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Events Deaths in October ⢠29 HRH Princess Alice ⢠25 John Peel ⢠24 James Cardinal Hickey ⢠23 Robert Merrill ⢠19 Paul Nitze ⢠18 K. M. Veerappan ⢠16 Pierre Salinger ⢠10 Christopher...
November 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Events Deaths in November ⢠30 Pierre Berton ⢠29 John Drew Barrymore ⢠26 Bill Alley ⢠24 Arthur Hailey ⢠23 Rafael Eitan ⢠18 Bobby Frank Cherry ⢠16 John...
â - 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in December ⢠30 Artie Shaw ⢠29 Julius Axelrod ⢠28 Jacques Dupuis ⢠28 Jerry Orbach ⢠28 Susan Sontag ⢠26 Reggie White ⢠26 Sir Angus Ogilvy ⢠23 P. V. Narasimha Rao ⢠23 Doug Ault ⢠19 Renata Tebaldi ⢠16...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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March 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - â // Events March 1, 2003 Iraq disarmament crisis: The Turkish speaker of Parliament voids the vote accepting U.S. troops involved in the planned invasion of Iraq into Turkey on constitutional grounds. ...
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June 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events June 1, 2003 The Group of Eight summit opens in Evian, France to tight security and tens of thousands of protestors. ...
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December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - â Events December 31, 2003 In Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian signs a law that allows referendums to be held. ...
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2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ...
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July 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // See also: Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (July 2002) A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airliner and a Boeing 757 operated by DHL collide at 35,000ft over Uberlingen, due to failure of correct communication from...
August 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // See also: Afghanistan timeline August 2002 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian suicide bombing claims 9 lives, near Safed; there is a shooting attack in Jerusalem, claiming 2; there is an attack upon a settler family, killing...
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October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for November, 2002. ...
December 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - â // Events December 31, 2002 United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a month starting on Monday with 31 days. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: February - Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids attempting to disable Iraqs air defense network. ...
March 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December March 3 - A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21. ...
April 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December April 1: An EP-3E United States Navy spyplane collides with a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army fighter jet. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: May 1 - Chandra Levy disapears while jogging. ...
June 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December June 1 - Royal Family of Nepal massacred. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: July 3 - Mordecai Richler July 23 - Eudora Welty July 31 - Poul Anderson Films: July 4 - Cats and Dogs July 6 - Kiss of the Dragon starring Jet Li July 18 - Jurassic Park III July 27 - Planet of...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: August 25 - Aaliyah Films: August 10 - Osmosis Jones played by Chris Rock, starring Bill Murray August 24 - Bubble Boy Categories: 2001 by month ...
September 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events September 4 - Google is awarded U.S. Patent 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine September 5 - Perus attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ...
November 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December November - The Doha Declaration slightly relaxes the grip of international intellectual property. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8. ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: January 1- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in February, 2000. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in March, 2000. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in April, 2000. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in May, 2000. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in June, 2000. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in July, 2000. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in August, 2000. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in September, 2000. ...
October 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events October 1 - 2 - Nine Israeli-Arabs are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration of solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in November, 2000. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in December, 2000. ...
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1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
March 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December March 1 - One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
May 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December May 2 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
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1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
November 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December November 5 - United States v. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
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