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A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial…
One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial…
A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21…
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing: A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them…
The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to…
In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved…
Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along…
Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the…
Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia…
Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia…
The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.
Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum
Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of