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On 30 September 2000, the second day of the Second Intifada, 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was killed at the Netzarim Junction in the Gaza Strip during widespread protests and rio…
Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead in the Gaza Strip; the Israel Defense Forces initially accepted…
The colour revolutions are a series of often non-violent protests and accompanying changes of government and society taking place in post-Soviet states and the former Yugoslavia du…
Colour revolutions: During protests over irregularities in the Yugoslavian general election, a wheel-loader was driven…
Fernando de la Rúa was an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1999 until his resignation in 2001. A member of the Radical Civic Union, he previously …
Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos…
The Hatfield rail crash was a railway accident on 17 October 2000, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. It was caused by a rolling contact fatigue-induced derailment, killing four …
A fatal rail crash at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout…
Robert Guéï was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after …
Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the president of Ivory Coast.