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President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of…
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of…
Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills…
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the…
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three…
Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh.
The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160
The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in elim
The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in elim
CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Uni
American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamist militants
The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun
The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's inter
The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D
Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of
In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional
Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the