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Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the deat
The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time
The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured
Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thi
Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997
The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complex
A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terroris
The Pakistani military storms the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad, which had been seized by Islamist militants.
The Siege of Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, ends after the Pakistan Army storms the mosque which had been occupied…
U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are…
U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are…
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring…
TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the…
Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation…
Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following…
The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people.
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70
Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure about 80
Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City