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March 2007 is the third month of the year. It began on a Thursday, and, 31 days later, will end on a Saturday. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
The god Thor, after whom Thursday is named. ...
The god Saturn, after whom Saturday is named. ...
International holidays March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ...
Purim (Hebrew: ×¤×•×¨×™× Pûrîm lots, from Akkadian pÅ«ru) is a joyous Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of all the Jews at the time who were living under the authority of the Persian Empire, resulting from the Babylonian captivity (after Persia had conquered Babylonia), from Hamans plot...
Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. ...
March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ...
Arbaeen (اربعين, Arabic forty) is a Shia religious holiday that occurs forty days after Aashura, the commemoration of the martyrdom by beheading of Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. ...
Shī‘a Islam, also Shi‘ite Islam, or Shi‘ism (Arabic ) is the second largest denomination of the Islamic faith. ...
March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (72nd in leap years). ...
Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations held on the second Monday in March, and which is marked by a multi-faith service in Westminster Abbey normally attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Secretary-General and the Commonwealth High...
The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as The Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states all of which are former colonies of the United Kingdom, except for Mozambique and the United Kingdom itself. ...
March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (72nd in leap years). ...
Arbor Day is a holiday celebrated in the United States that encourages the planting and care of trees. ...
For the Lebanese political coalition, see March 14 Alliance. ...
White Day is a festival that was created by a concentrated marketing effort in Japan. ...
Korea (Korean: í•œêµ or ì¡°ì„ , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...
For the Lebanese political coalition, see March 14 Alliance. ...
This article is about January 1 in the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Sikh (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent of Sikhism. ...
The Nanakshahi (Punjabi: , ) calendar is a solar calendar that was adopted by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee to determine the dates for important Sikh events. ...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in leap years). ...
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many revolutions that year and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. ...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in leap years). ...
One of the smaller shrines at Tagata Shrine, where the HÅnen Matsuri is held. ...
March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ...
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March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ...
In contrast to Mothers Day, Mothering Sunday is not a celebration of motherhood. ...
March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
Saint Josephs Day is marked in some branches of Christianity in honor of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary and foster-father of Jesus. ...
Western Christianity comprises Catholicism, Anglicanism, Protestantism. ...
March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
Fathers Day is a holiday to celebrate fatherhood and parenting by males, as Mothers Day celebrates motherhood and mothering. ...
March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
Canberra Day is a public hoilday held annually in March in the Australian Capital Territory to celebrate the offical naming of Canberra. ...
Capital Canberra Government Const. ...
March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ...
Persepolis all nations stair case. ...
Zoroastrianism (Avestan Daênâ Vañuhi the good religion)[1][2] is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra, Zartosht). ...
March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...
World Poetry Day is on March 21, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. ...
March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...
Earth Day Flag. ...
March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ...
United Nations General Assembly World Day for Water, or unofficially World Water Day, occurs each year on March 22, as designated by United Nations General Assembly resolution. ...
March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ...
Republic Day is the name of a public holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they first became republics. ...
March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ...
World Tuberculosis Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of several million people each year, mostly in the third world. ...
March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...
Freedom Day is an unofficial holiday in Belarus, which is celebrated on March 25 to commemorate the creation on that date in 1918 of the Belarusian Peoples Republic (BPR). ...
March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...
A key piece of the Paleologan Mannerism - the Annunciation icon from Ohrid. ...
Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ...
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ...
In some countries, Teachers Days are special days for the appreciation of teachers. ...
March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (90th in leap years). ...
Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day is an annual public holiday celebrated in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on March 30. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
2003 USPS stamp featuring Chávez and the fields of the laborers who were so important to him César Estrada Chávez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later...
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March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
March 31, 1979 is remembered in the Maltese calendar as Freedom Day (Maltese: Jum il-Ħelsien). ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
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Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ...
Portal:Current events | | - Protestors set cars and barricades on fire in Copenhagen over evictions. (Fox News)
- Italian leader Romano Prodi is reinstated as prime minister after winning his second and final confidence vote in the Parliament, ending a political crisis that began last week when Prodi resigned after losing a foreign policy vote. (CNN)
- Cuban foreign minister Felipe Pérez Roque claims leader Fidel Castro is recovering from his illness and could come back to lead Cuba again. (CNN)
- The Bush administration selects a design from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for a new generation of nuclear warheads that could replace the Trident missile on submarines by 2012. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Prices at the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange continue to drop after a massive sell-off earlier in the week. (CBC)
- The Parliament of Chechnya appoints Ramzan Kadyrov as the President of Chechnya after his nomination by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. (BBC)
- The United States Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey resigns over poor conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. President Bush later orders a full review of health care available to returning soldiers. (New York Times)
- A bus carrying the baseball team of Bluffton University plunges off an overpass onto Interstate 75 near Atlanta, Georgia, killing six including four students. (CNN)
- Puerto Rico institutes a smoking ban in all public places. Smoking will only be allowed in homes, places dedicated to tobacco sales, and open and ventilated places. (El Nuevo Día)
- A bomb explodes near a car carrying a judge of the Pakistani anti-terrorist court, Mian Bashir Bhatti, wounding him and killing at least three others. (AP via IHT)
- Indonesia declares the deaths of the Balibo Five to be a closed case despite a New South Wales coronial inquest into their deaths in Balibo, East Timor in 1975. (News Limited)
- The Communist Party of China expels nine senior officials and business leaders over a Shanghai corruption scandal related to misuse of Government pension funds. The nine people will also face criminal charges. (BBC)
- The Attorney General for England and Wales, Lord Goldsmith, obtains an injunction from the High Court preventing the BBC from broadcasting an item about investigations into an alleged cash for honours political scandal. (BBC)
| | | - Reform of the House of Lords: In a British House of Commons vote, a majority of MPs express support for a fully elected House of Lords. A smaller majority support an 80% elected, 20% appointed chamber. Other options with a lower elected component are rejected. The proposals were put forward by Leader of the House of Commons Jack Straw, who describes the votes as "a historic step forward". (BBC) (Telegraph) (AP via Boston Globe)
- At least 30 Shia pilgrims heading to the city of Karbala for Arbaeen die as a suicide bomber attacks a café in Balad Ruz in Iraq's eastern Diyala Governorate. (BBC)
- Three Jordanians go on trial for plotting to assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush. (Al-Bawaba)
- The People's Republic of China announces that its first probe to the Moon, Chang'e 1, will be launched later in 2007, with the eventual goal of landing a man on the moon by 2022. The probe is supposed to orbit the Moon at least three times. (BBC)
- President of Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth threatens to leave the Commonwealth of Nations over the British government's treatment of the Îlois of the Chagos Archipelago. (BBC)
- Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki confirms that Iran will attend a conference on Iraq featuring Iraq's neighbours and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. (Dow Jones via NASDAQ)
- The Israel Defence Forces raid the Palestinian Authority's military intelligence headquarters in Ramallah. (AFP via News Limited) (AlJazeera)
- The Taliban claim that they have kidnapped Daniele Mastrogiacomo, an Italian journalist working for La Repubblica newspaper. (Washington Post)
- Rogerio Lobato, former Interior Minister of East Timor, is found guilty on five counts of arming hit squads during civil unrest in 2006. (The Melbourne Age)
- Voters in Northern Ireland go to the polls to elect new members to the Northern Ireland Assembly. (BBC) (BreakingNews.ie)
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes and catches fire during a landing in Yogyakarta, Indonesia resulting in 21 confirmed deaths. (The Age) (CNN) (ABC News Australia)
- The United States Department of State issues a report saying that human rights in Fiji have sharply deteriorated since the 2006 coup. (NZ Herald)
- Iranian general Ali Reza Askari is reported to have to defected to US custody after disappearing on February 7 in Istanbul.(The Jerusalem Post)
- Turkey bans user generated content web site YouTube after insulting clips of Turkish founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk are discovered. (BBC)
| | | - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf suspends Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on charges of misuse of authority. (IBN)
- Following a recent referendum, the Portuguese Parliament votes to legalise abortion until the tenth week of pregnancy. (BBC)
- The European Union agrees to new targets to combat climate change including having a fifth of its power from renewable sources and 10% of its vehicles from biofuels. (Canadian Press)
- Ugandan judges end a week long strike after President Yoweri Museveni expressed regret over an incident where security men seized Opposition supporters from the High Court of Uganda. (Reuters Alertnet)
- The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit strikes down the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, a local law in the District of Columbia which banned residents from keeping handguns at home, on Second Amendment grounds. (Bloomberg)
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- Results from the Northern Ireland Assembly election show the DUP and Sinn Féin making gains, and ensuring that in order for direct rule to cease both parties must agree to cooperate in a powersharing Executive. (BBC)
- Cuba-United States relations: The United States Coast Guard stages an exercise in Florida in preparation for a possible mass exodus from Cuba in the event of the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. During the drill 40 Cuban exiles reach the United States. (BBC) (BBC)
- Kelvin Thomson, the Shadow Attorney-General, in Australia resigns after it is discovered that he provided a reference to fugitive accused drug trafficker Tony Mokbel when Mokbel applied for a liquor licence in 2000. (News Limited)
- Iraq War: Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the insurgency group the Islamic State of Iraq, is captured in Baghdad. (BBC), (CNN)
- Doğu Perinçek is found guilty of genocide denial by a Swiss district court, making him the first person ever convicted for denial of the Armenian Genocide by a court of law.(swissinfo)
| | | - While identifying as a Unitarian, Representative Pete Stark (D-CA) becomes the first member of the United States Congress to openly acknowledge that he does not hold a "god-belief". (Press Release) (AP via Guardian.co.uk)
- The BBC's correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Alan Johnston, who is the only Gaza-based foreign reporter from a major media organisation, is kidnapped. All the main Palestinian militant groups have called for his release. (BBC)
- The High Court of Zimbabwe rules that detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change must either be brought into court on Tuesday or released. (BBC)
- Nigel Griffiths resigns as the Deputy Leader of the British House of Commons over the proposed expansion of the Trident missile system. (The Scotsman), (BBC)
- Lieutenant General Kevin Kiley resigns as the surgeon general of the United States Army over the Walter Reed Medical Center scandal. (CNN) (BBC)
- Asanbekov Sarybayev, the Deputy Culture Minister of the Government of Kyrgyzstan, resigns and joins the United Front For A Worthy Future For Kyrgyzstan opposition coalition. The United Front says it will hold protests in Bishkek in April against the Constitution and in favor of early presidential elections. (RFE/RL)
- United Nations investigators criticise Sudan for gross human rights violations in Darfur, including murder, mass rape and kidnapping. (BBC)
- The blueprint for the Chinese space program, including the first Chinese-built astronomy satellite, a joint unmanned mission to Mars with Russia, and other extensive international cooperation, is released. (PTI via the Hindu),(Xinhua)
- Lawyers in Pakistan boycott courts in protest at President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for alleged "misuse of authority". More than 20 lawyers were injured in clashes with police during demonstrations in Lahore. (BBC)
- 2007 National People's Congress: After announcements in February that China's trade surplus is near a record high, in an open press conference, People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai were both vocal in their criticism towards the United States in a proposed 27.5% tariff, with Bo calling it "destructive to bilateral trade". (The New York Times) (BBC)
| | | - Demonstrators in Mexico City clash with police as U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Mexican President Felipe Calderón in Mérida, Yucatán. (AP via Jerusalem Post)
- Relatives of the 17 victims of the USS Cole bombing take Sudan to court in a civil suit claiming that the terrorist attack could not have happened without Sudan's help. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
- Twenty Ecuadoran lawmakers clash with police after trying to regain their seats in Congress. The legislators were part of a group of 57 dismissed by President Rafael Correa for trying to block a referendum. (BBC)
- Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe, appears in court limping and with a head wound after having been arrested on Sunday. Tsvangarai is later taken from court to a hospital under police guard. (New York Times)
- Spanish police arrest Brian David Anderson, a Canadian citizen, in Madrid, on behalf of the U.S. government, for allegedly engaging in fraud and funding a terrorist camp in Afghanistan. (The Columbus Dispatch)
- Alexander Veshnyakov, the head of Russia's Central Election Commission, is removed after criticising changes to electoral laws favouring United Russia associated with Vladimir Putin. (BBC)
- Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General of the United States, acknowledges that mistakes were made in the handling of the firing of eight federal prosecutors. His top aide Kyle Sampson resigns for not advising other senior officials of the Department of Justice about discussions with former White House counsel Harriet Miers regarding the possible firings. (AP via the Advocate)
- At least 50 people die due to heavy snow in Kashmir and thunderstorms in the rest of northern India. (AFP via News Limited)
- Five British Embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia twelve days ago have been set free in neighbouring Eritrea. (The Times)
- The first match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, between West Indies and Pakistan, takes place at Sabina Park in Jamaica. The West Indies win by 54 runs.(BBC)
- A draft Climate Change Bill is published in the United Kingdom, outlining a framework for achieving a mandatory 60% cut in carbon emissions by 2050. (BBC)
- Japan and Australia sign a security pact, the first defence treaty for Japan with a nation other than the United States since the end of World War II. (BBC)
- The Mauritanian government announces that Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah have won the most votes in the first round of the 2007 presidential election, and their runoff election will be held on March 25. (Reuters)(Xinhua via People's Daily) (BBC)
| | | - Four people die in a shootout in Greenwich Village in New York City. (AP via CNN)
- Twelve people die in Nandigram near Kolkata in India, as police shoot at farmers protesting the establishment of a special economic zone. (BBC)
- Nancy Worley, former Secretary of State of the U.S. state of Alabama, is indicted for violations related to solicitation of campaign contributions from Secretary of State employees.(Associated Press)
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, long suspected as the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, confesses to that and a string of others in a closed military hearing held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. (AP via CBS Atlanta)
- Dutch police seal off the streets of Ondiep in Utrecht on the second day of rioting. (DutchNews) (Canada Free Press)
- The United States military states in a report that some aspects of the situation in Iraq could be described as a "civil war". (AP via Houston Chronicle)
- The United Kingdom Government wins the support of the House of Commons to update the Trident nuclear missile system. There was a significant revolt within the Labour Party, with two PPSs, Stephen Pound and Chris Ruane, resigning. (UK Telegraph)
- NASA announces that the Cassini spacecraft has captured images of several sea-sized bodies of liquid, likely hydrocarbons, on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Police in India arrest two people in relation to the Samjhauta Express bombing. (BBC)
- Eight people in southern Thailand are shot dead after their vehicle is bombed by suspected Islamic insurgents. Law enforcement warns of more violence by separatists, citing the anniversary of the founding of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional. (AP via CNN)
- An explosion at a gun shop in Kabul kills at least six people. (AFP via Melbourne Herald-Sun)
- Tonga is considering options for the redevelopment of its capital city, Nuku’Alofa, after 2006 riots destroyed the CBD. (Radio NZ)
- The U.S. state of Colorado adopts "Rocky Mountain High", written by John Denver, as its second official state song. (Denver Post)
- The trial against former media baron Conrad Black begins in Chicago. He is accused of defrauding Hollinger's shareholders of millions of dollars. (CBC News)
- The WWF declares a new species, the Bornean clouded leopard. (WWF)
| | | - Two Iraqi police officers are killed and hundreds wounded or sickened as three suicide attacks using chlorine gas occur in Anbar province. (New York Times)
- The Inter-American Development Bank forgives US$4.4 billion in debt owed by Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti and Guyana, five of the poorest countries in the Americas. (AP via San Diego Union Tribune)
- Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa becomes the first cricketer to hit six sixes in one over in a One-day International at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. (BBC)
- Three officers of the New York Police Department are indicted on charges related to the death of a black man, Sean Bell, on his wedding day. (AP via IHT)
- British coroner Andrew Walker finds that the death of soldier Matty Hull in the 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals "friendly fire" incident was "unlawful and criminal". (AP via CNN) (BBC) The U.S. Department of State rejects this ruling. (BBC)
- Airbus workers in Germany, France and Spain hold protest meetings and strikes in response to plans to cut 10,000 jobs and close six plants. (AP via ABC News America)
- Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie is sentenced to two and a half years for his role in securities fraud at the company. (BBC)
- Santo Santoro, the federal Minister for Ageing in Australia, resigns after revealing that he owned shares in at least 50 companies not disclosed on the Senate register of interests. (ABC News Australia)
- The Property Law of the People's Republic of China is adopted at the 2007 National People's Congress. (BBC)
- Foreign ministers of Pacific Islands Forum countries meet in Vanuatu and call on Fiji to hold elections within two years. (ABC) (Radio New Zealand)
| | | - At least 27 people are killed in a landslide in northern Pakistan following days of heavy rain. (Reuters via the Irish Times)
- Indonesian police shoot dead a suspected member of Jemaah Islamiyah, wound three people and arrest others in an anti-terrorist raid. (AP via USA Today)
- The G33 group of developing countries meet in Indonesia to develop what they consider to be fairer trade options and restart the stalled Doha Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations. (BBC)
- Commercial spaceflight venture SpaceX launches the second Falcon 1 rocket into space, though failing to reach orbit. (Space.com)
- Jamaican police announce investigation into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer with suspicions that it was murder. (ABC News Australia)
- Local tribesmen and Uzbek militants clash in South Waziristan, Pakistan, leaving at least 46 people dead. (The Independent)
- Britain releases a school uniform policy allowing schools to ban the niqab or full-face veil for girls. (ABC News Australia)
- Up to 65 people die as a truck overturns on a bridge near Gueckedou, Guinea. (AP via Houston Chronicle) (BBC)
- United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Des Browne orders the military to destroy cluster bombs that lack self-destruct mechanisms in order to avoid harming civilians. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy: The Bush administration agrees to allow Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers to testify but not under oath. (AP via San Francisco Examiner)
- France signs an extradition treaty with the People's Republic of China but will only extradite people in death penalty cases when China agrees that the person will not receive a death penalty. (BBC)
- European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana says that the EU is doing all it can to find Alan Johnston, the BBC Gaza correspondent who has been missing for 8 days. (BBC)
- At least 63 people die in a fire in a home for elderly and disabled people in a village in Russia's Krasnodar Krai. (AFP via Independent Online South Africa), (AP via CNN)
- Taha Yassin Ramadan, former Baathist Vice President of Iraq and the Ten of Diamonds in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, is hanged in Baghdad for his role in the Dujail killings. (BBC)
- The wife of Sami Al-Arian, a former university professor convicted by a United States district court of funneling money to Islamic Jihad, fears for his life as his hunger strike to protest his imprisonment enters its 61st day. (St. Petersburg Times)
| | | - An arms depot explodes in Maputo, Mozambique, killing at least 93 people and injuring hundreds more. (AP via CNN)
- French space agency CNES releases its UFO files to the public via its website. (Washington Post)
- Jamaican Police announce that Bob Woolmer, the coach of the Pakistan national cricket team, was murdered on Sunday, and proceed to question all members of the team. (This is London), (IOL (S. Africa))
- NBC, News Limited, AOL, MSN and Yahoo! join forces to develop an ad-supported online video network to compete with YouTube. (Business Week)
- 2007 Zimbabwean political crisis: The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo Pius Ncube calls for mass protests to force President Robert Mugabe from power. (BBC)
- Fighting erupts in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, between Government troops and the personal militia of Jean-Pierre Bemba, defeated presidential candidate in 2006 and recently elected Senator. The Spanish embassy is caught in the crossfire, leading to its evacuation under United Nations guard. (Reuters via CNN)
- The European Union agrees to open the trans-Atlantic air market to greater competition. (New York Times)
- A senior U.S. District Judge, Lowell Reed Jr., strikes down the Child Online Protection Act, which made it an offence for commercial website operators to allow minors to access "harmful" material. (The Times)
- Police arrest three men in England in relation to the 7 July 2005 London bombings. (Bloomberg)
- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is left shocked, but uninjured at a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Baghdad as a nearby bomb explodes. (BBC)
- Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton claims the United States deliberately resisted calls for an immediate ceasefire during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. (BBC)
- Amnesty International calls on governments not to co-operate with U.S. military in trials of detainees at Guantánamo Bay. (BBC)
- The ventromedial prefrontal cortex is identified as the part of the human brain that combines logic and emotion in order to make moral decisions. (The Times)
- Insurgency in Somalia:
- Clashes flare up in Mogadishu between the interim government forces and local militiamen. (Shabelle.net)
- Heavy fighting between interim government forces from Puntland and local militia erupts in Adado, 500 km north of Mogadishu. (Shabelle.net)
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U.S. Army soldier removes fuse from a Russian-made mine to clear a minefield outside of Fallujah, Iraq. ...
Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi/Hindi: छतà¥à¤¤à¥€à¤¸à¤—ढ़, IPA: ) , a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ...
Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 50 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $305,437 (1st) - Product per capita $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006) - Population 6,817,100 (1st) - Density 8. ...
A coroner is either the presiding officer of a special court, a medical officer or an officer of law responsible for investigating deaths, particularly those happening under unusual circumstances. ...
Warrant has several meanings: In law, a warrant is a form of authorization, such as A writ issued by a judge. ...
The Chicago Police Department arrests a man An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the law, to take a person into custody so that they may be forthcoming to answer for the commission of a crime. ...
Yunus Yosfiah, (also Muhammad Yunus Yosfiah), (b. ...
The Balibo Five were a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), who were killed on October 16, 1975 by Indonesian troops mounting incursions, prior to the full-scale invasion of the territory on December 7 that year. ...
Balibo is a town in East Timor situated approximately 10km from the Indonesian border. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
The International Polar Year (or IPY) was a collaborative, international effort researching the polar regions. ...
North Pole Scenery When not otherwise qualified, the term North Pole usually refers to the Geographic North Pole – the northernmost point on the surface of the Earth, where the Earths axis of rotation intersects the Earths surface. ...
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. ...
City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...
In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (IPA pronunciation: ; Greek or ) was the wife and older sister of Zeus. ...
Dion (Greek, Modern: Δίο Dio, Ancient/Katharevousa -on) is a place in Pieria Prefecture, Northern Greece. ...
This article is about the mountain in Greece. ...
March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...
(born 9 August 1939) is a centre-left Italian politician. ...
The Parliament of Italy (Italian: Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. ...
Felipe Pérez Roque is the foreign minister of the Republic of Cuba. ...
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...
The Bush administration includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Bushs Cabinet, and other select officials and advisors. ...
Aerial view of the lab and surrounding area. ...
The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ...
The Trident missile, named after the trident, is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it a SLBM. The Trident was built in two variants: the I (C4) UGM-96A and II (D5) UGM-133A. The C4 and D5...
German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter Typhoon class nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a watercraft that can operate underwater...
2012 (MMXII) will be a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange privately-owned by the NYSE Group (NYX). ...
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A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. ...
Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Nokhchiyn, is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ...
Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov (Russian: Рамзан Ðхмадович Кадыров) (born 5 October 1976, Tsenteroi, Chechnya) is the acting President of the Federal government Russian republic of Chechnya since February 15, 2007. ...
Chechnyas last de facto Presidental elections were held in 1997. ...
The President of Russia (ru: Президент РоÑÑии is the highest position within the Government of Russia. ...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the incumbent President of Russia. ...
Flag of the United States Secretary of the Army The United States Secretary of the Army has statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management. ...
Francis J. Harvey Francis J. Harvey served as the 19th Secretary of the United States Army from November 19, 2004 to March 9, 2007. ...
This article is about the U.S. Army medical center/hospital (not the research institute). ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
Bluffton University (Bluffton, Ohio) is a four-year educational institution affiliated with Mennonite Church USA. The university also offers the following graduate degrees: Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts in Organizational Management, and Master of Arts in Education. ...
Interstate 75 (abbreviated I-75) is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ...
Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area - City 132. ...
Non-Smoking sign. ...
The Balibo Five were a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), who were killed on October 16, 1975 by Indonesian troops mounting incursions, prior to the full-scale invasion of the territory on December 7 that year. ...
Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 50 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $305,437 (1st) - Product per capita $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006) - Population 6,817,100 (1st) - Density 8. ...
Balibo is a town in East Timor situated approximately 10km from the Indonesian border. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ...
Wall Street, Manhattan is the location of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the world of business. ...
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Her Majestys Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales. ...
Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, PC, is the current Attorney General of England and Wales. ...
High Court usually refers to the superior court of a country or state. ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion...
Cash for Peerages (also Loans for Peerages, Cash for Honours, Loans for Honours) is the name given by some in the media to a political scandal in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 concerning the connection between political donations and the award of life peerages. ...
March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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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. ...
Nørrebro seen from one of the lakes (Søerne) that separate the area from the inner city center. ...
For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...
The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
Coffee County is a county of the State of Alabama. ...
A tornado in central Oklahoma. ...
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A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earths shadow. ...
Midwest as shown by U.S. Census Bureau official map from [3] Regional definitions vary from source to source. ...
Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...
For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ...
Alternate meanings: Cherokee (disambiguation) The Cherokee are a people native to North America who first inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau. ...
A freedman is a former slave who has been manumitted or emancipated. ...
March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Parliamentary elections took place in Estonia on Sunday, March 4, 2007. ...
Andrus Ansip (born 1 October 1956), is the current Prime Minister of Estonia, and chairman of the Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Reformierakond). ...
The Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Eesti Reformierakond) is a free market liberal party in Estonia. ...
Riigikogu is the name of the national parliament of Estonia. ...
The idea of having electronic voting in Estonia came up in early 2001 and quickly gained popularity among figureheads of the then proactively e-minded coalition government of the small Northern-Eastern-European country. ...
Parliamentary elections were held in the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia on 4 March 2007. ...
National anthem Aiaaira Official languages Abkhaz, with Russian having co-official status and widespread use by government and other institutions Political status De facto independent Capital Sukhumi Capitals coordinates President Sergei Bagapsh Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab Independence – Declared – Recognition From Georgia 23 July 1992 none Currency Russian ruble Official...
This article describes the Politics of Georgia Georgia (სáƒáƒ¥áƒáƒ თველრ(Sakartvelo) in Georgian) has been a democratic republic since the first multiparty, democratic parliamentary elections of October 28, 1990. ...
Sunil Kumar Mahato (11 January 1966 – 4 March 2007) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. ...
Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ...
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (झारखंड मुक्ति मोर्चा) is a political party in India. ...
Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to violent communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Indian communist movement. ...
Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
Jharkhand (झारखंड) is a state of India. ...
The military budget of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is the portion of the overall budget of the Peoples Republic of China that is allocated for the funding of the Department of Defense . ...
A budget deficit occurs when an entity (often a government) spends more money than it takes in. ...
Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ...
Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ...
St. ...
Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port town. ...
M/S Herald of Free Enterprise was a roll-on roll-off (RORO) car and passenger ferry that sank on March 6, 1987, killing 193 passengers, due to negligence by the crew and company operating the ship. ...
Combatants al-Qaeda Taliban Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Afghanistan Northern Alliance United States ISAF NATO members: United Kingdom Canada Netherlands other allies Commanders Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Omar, Obaidullah Akhund Mullah Dadullah Bismillah Khan Tommy Franks Dan McNeill David Fraser Strength Taliban: unknown al-Qaeda: unknown Afghan National Army: 43...
The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
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). ...
Jalalabad (Persian: JalÄlÄbÄd, 34°31′N 70°31′E) is the capital of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, 150 km east of Kabul near the Khyber Pass and west of the Kunar River. ...
Combatants Afghan National Army, NATO, US Army Taliban Commanders Hamid Karzai, David Richards Mohammed Omar Casualties Coalition casualties:496 killed, 1000 wounded[1] Afghan security forces casaulties:1100 killed, 125 captured 5500 killed, 1000 captured(est. ...
The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown[2]. Their Commander-in-Chief is the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II and they are managed by the Defence Council of the...
NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ...
Logo of ISAF. Persian writing: کمک و همکاری (Komak va Hamkari) means Help and Cooperation.. International Security Assistance Force (6) (ISAF) is an international stabilization force in Afghanistan led by NATO and consisting of about 32,000 personnel from 37 nations as of October 5, 2006. ...
Helmand (Balochi/Pashto: هلمند) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
Armed Taliban in pickup truck in Herat, July 2001. ...
// Department of Defence Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) Australian Defence Force forces Australian Army Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Air Force Special Operations Command (Australia) Australian Defence Force Academy Royal Military College, Duntroon civilian support Defence Intelligence Organisation Defence Materiel Organisation Defence Science and Technology Organisation Russell Offices Australian Army Australian...
Same is a city in the interior of East Timor, 81 km south of Dili, the national capital. ...
A fugitive is a person who is fleeing from custody, whether it be from a government arrest, government or non-government questioning, vigilante violence, or outraged private individuals. ...
Military of East Timor from the CIA World Factbook 2002 // Military branches The Forças de Defesa de Timor Leste (Tetum: Forcas Defensa Timor Lorosae English: Timor Leste Defense Force) or FALINTIL-FDTL (often F-FDTL) comprises an Army and a small Naval component; note - plans are to develop a...
Alfredo Reinhado. ...
The Chicago Police Department arrests a man An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the law, to take a person into custody so that they may be forthcoming to answer for the commission of a crime. ...
East Timor is an emerging democratic state, the newest in the world. ...
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão (born June 20, 1946), born José Alexandre Gusmão, is the first President of East Timor in Southeast Asia. ...
March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area...
U.S.-North Korea relations developed primarily during the Korean War, but in recent years have been largely defined by the United States suspicions regarding North Koreas nuclear programs, and North Koreas perception of an imminent U.S. attack. ...
North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and is widely believed to have a substantial arsenal of chemical weapons, deliverable by artillery against South Korea. ...
Ramush Haradinaj (born 3 July 1968 in the village of Glodjane near DeÄani, in Kosovo, Yugoslavia) is a former guerrilla leader and prime minister of Kosovo. ...
Prime Minister of Kosovo is the head of the Government of Kosovo. ...
The Tribunal building in The Hague. ...
Arms of The Hague Flag of The city of The Hague. ...
In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...
Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës. ...
For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...
Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ...
Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
The United States Army is one of the armed forces of the United States and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
Modern soldiers. ...
Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
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. ...
For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...
Demolition of the Old Myer Building, Perth, Western Australia. ...
A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government, may work to alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors, or may order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. ...
Port Vila (population 29,356, coordinates ) is the capital city of Vanuatu. ...
The 5th Plenary Session of the 10th National Peoples Congress (第å届全国人民代表大会五次全体会议) was held from March 5 to March 15, 2007 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2007 CPPCC. The event offers significant insight to Chinas domestic and foreign policy every year. ...
Great Hall of the People by day. ...
(Chinese: ; Pinyin: Běijīng; IPA: ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
The Premier ( Chinese: 总理 pinyin: zŏnglĭ), sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister, is the Chairman of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China and head of Central Peoples Government. ...
Wen Jiabao (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao) (born September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Taiwan independence (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: , PeÌh-oÄ“-jÄ«: Tâi-oân ToÌk-liÌp; abbreviated to å°ç¨, Táidú, Tâi-toÌk) is a political movement whose goal is primarily to create a de jure independent and sovereign Republic of Taiwan (out of the lands currently administered...
March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...
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). ...
The 2007 Al Hillah bombings happened on March 6, 2007 when two bombers wearing explosive vests blew themselves up in a large crowd of Shiite pilgrims in Al Hillah, Iraq. ...
Al Hillah (Arabic: الØلة) is a city in central Iraq on the river Euphrates, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, with an estimated population of 364,700 in 1998. ...
The Foreign Minister of the Peoples Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China and one of the countrys most important cabinet posts. ...
Li Zhaoxing (born October 1940) is the foreign minister of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Presidential Building is located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City. ...
Chen Shui-bian, President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian (ch. ...
Taiwan independence (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: , PeÌh-oÄ“-jÄ«: Tâi-oân ToÌk-liÌp; abbreviated to å°ç¨, Táidú, Tâi-toÌk) is a political movement whose goal is primarily to create a de jure independent and sovereign Republic of Taiwan (out of the lands currently administered...
United States of America v. ...
The Bush administration includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Bushs Cabinet, and other select officials and advisors. ...
I. Lewis Scooter Libby Irve Lewis Scooter Libby, Jr. ...
Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements on a material matter under oath or affirmation in a court of law or in any of various sworn statements in writing. ...
Modern Obstruction of Justice, in a common law state, refers to the crime of offering interference of any sort to the work of police, investigators, regulatory agencies, prosecutors, or other (usually government) officials. ...
Type Bicameralism Houses Senate House of Representatives United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D, since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D, since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups (as of November 7, 2006 elections) Democratic Party Republican...
The dismissal of U.S. Attorneys controversy, also referred to as Attorneygate,[1] is an ongoing political dispute concerning the dismissal of eight United States Attorneys by the George W. Bush administration in late 2006 and early 2007. ...
George W. Bush administration is the administration of the 43rd president of the United States of America, 2001-present George H. W. Bush administration is the administration of the 41st president of the United States of America, 1989-1993 This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise...
United States Attorneys represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court. ...
Nickname: Athens of Latin America Motto: Bogotá, 2600 metros más cerca de las estrellas Bogotá, 2600 meters closer to the stars Municipalities of Bogotá Country Colombia Department Bogotá, D.C.* Foundation August 6, 1538 - Mayor LuÃs Eduardo Garzón, PDA Area - City 1,587 km² (Expression error: Unrecognised...
The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in leap years). ...
Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ...
Kyodo News (å…±åŒé€šä¿¡ç¤¾ KyÅdÅ TsÅ«shinsha) is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. ...
Empress Michiko of Japan, (born October 20, 1934) formerly Michiko ShÅda (æ£ç”° 美智å ShÅda Michiko) and later the Crown Princess of Japan (April 10, 1959 to January 7, 1989), is the wife and consort of the reigning Emperor of Japan, HIM Emperor Akihito. ...
Internal bleeding is when bleeding occurs inside the body. ...
The March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes were two earthquakes which hit near the northern end of Lake Singkarak in Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 6, 2007 within two hours of each other. ...
The moment magnitude scale was introduced in 1979 by Tom Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori as a successor to the Richter scale and is used by seismologists to compare the energy released by earthquakes. ...
Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ...
Lake Singkarak is a lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. ...
Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam), is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ...
Terrorist redirects here. ...
The Samjhauta Express bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred just before midnight and into the early hours of February 19, 2007, on the Friendship Express, a twice-weekly train service connecting Delhi, India, and Lahore, Pakistan. ...
Ghana was previously called the Gold Coast, but was renamed Ghana upon independence in 1957, because of indications that the inhabitants were descended from migrants who moved south from the ancient Ghana Empire. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
NATO 2002 Summit in Prague. ...
Combatants United Kingdom, United States, Afghan National Army, Canada, Netherlands Taliban insurgents Commanders Maj. ...
Armed Taliban in pickup truck in Herat, July 2001. ...
Helmand (Balochi/Pashto: هلمند) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
The House of Lords Chamber For almost a century, governments in the United Kingdom have attempted to find a way to undertake a comprehensive reform of the House of Lords, which is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
This article is about the British House of Lords. ...
The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ...
John Whitaker Straw (born August 3, 1946) is a British Labour Party politician. ...
Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ...
Shrine of Karbala Karbala (Arabic: ‎; BGN: KarbalÄ’; also spelled Kerbala, Kerbela, Karbila) is a city in Iraq, located about 100 km southwest of Baghdad at 32. ...
Arbaeen (Arabic: ‎, means forty), or Chehlum, as it is known by Urdu-speaking Muslims, is a Shia religious holiday that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashurah, the commemoration of the martyrdom by beheading of Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad which falls on...
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). ...
Coffeehouse in Damascus A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ...
Balad Ruz is a small village in the Diyala province of Iraq. ...
Diyala (Arabic: ديالى) is one of the constituent governorates of the nation of Iraq. ...
assassin, see Assassin (disambiguation) Jack Ruby assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald in a very public manner. ...
The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
A space probe is an unmanned space mission in which a spacecraft leaves Earths orbit. ...
Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ...
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
2022 (MMXXII) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This page contains a list of presidents of Mauritius. ...
Anerood Jugnauth with George W. Bush From: Jai Ramdin mailto:simplylettings@simplylettings. ...
The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as The Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states all of which are former colonies of the United Kingdom, except for Mozambique and the United Kingdom itself. ...
Politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland take place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy in which the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government. ...
Flag of the Ilois (Chagossian) people Ilois (also known as Chagossians) are a group of Creole-speaking people, mostly of Indian descent (along with populations from Madagascar, Mauritius, and Mozambique), who dwelled on the island of Diego Garcia and other parts of the Chagos Archipelago for a more than a...
Map of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) The Chagos Archipelago is a group of six atolls with more than 600 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, that lies about 500 km (300 miles) due south of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, and 1600 km (1000 miles...
The first Minister of Foreign Affairs (or Foreign Minister) of Iran was Mirza Abdolvahhab Khan Motamed od-Dowleh Neshat who served between 1819 and 1824. ...
Manouchehr Mottaki (In Persian: منوچهر متکی) is the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran) appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ...
A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces...
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. ...
Military intelligence (abbreviated MI, int. ...
Ramallah (Arabic: ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank of approximately 57,000 residents. ...
Armed Taliban in pickup truck in Herat, July 2001. ...
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La Repubblica (meaning: The Republic) is an Italian daily newspaper. ...
The 2006 East Timorese crisis began as a conflict between elements of the military of East Timor over discrimination within the military, and expanded to general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili. ...
Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Office...
The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007. ...
The Northern Ireland Assembly is a home rule legislature established in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, but currently under suspension. ...
PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of Indonesia. ...
Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (GA200) was the scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737 operated by Garuda Indonesia between Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ...
The Special Region of Yogyakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, or DIY), is a province of Indonesia on the island of Java. ...
The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...
Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...
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. ...
Ali-Reza Asgari (Persian: ‎ ) is a retired[1] Iranian general of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, former deputy defense minister, and former cabinet member of President Mohammad Khatami. ...
Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically known in English as Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ...
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A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ...
YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. ...
Video (Latin for I see, first person singular present, indicative of videre, to see) is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion. ...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – November 10, 1938), army officer, revolutionary statesman, the founder of the Republic of Turkey and its first President. ...
March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
The multinational force in Iraq, also known as the Shit heads, are the nations whose governments have military personnel in Iraq as part of the American-led war effort. ...
The 2006–07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season started on July 1, 2006, and will end on June 30, 2007, reaching its peak from mid-February through early March. ...
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The 2006–07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season started on July 1, 2006, and will end on June 30, 2007, reaching its peak from mid-February through early March. ...
Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 15 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $100,900 (4th) - Product per capita $50,355/person (3rd) Population (December 2006) - Population 2,050,900 (4th) - Density 0. ...
Port Hedland is Australias biggest mineral port. ...
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ...
Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ...
The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 5th Plenary Session of the 10th National Peoples Congress (第å届全国人民代表大会五次全体会议) was held from March 5 to March 15, 2007 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2007 CPPCC. The event offers significant insight to Chinas domestic and foreign policy every year. ...
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Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran Strength 111,000[1] 11,000[2] The Sri Lankan civil war is an ongoing...
Sri Lanka Army Flag And Crest The Sri Lanka Army is a branch of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces with the responsbility of overseeing land-based operations. ...
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Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Alleged: Eritrea Foreign jihadists Puntland Galmudug Transitional Government of Somalia Ethiopia[1] Commanders Hassan Aweys Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Barre Adan Shire Hirale Abdi Qeybdid Adde Musa (Puntland) Meles Zenawi Strength 10,000 – 30,000 soldiers 500 – 2000 technicals Heavy weapons including artillery...
Anthem: Let Us All Unite and Celebrate Together Capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Membership 53 member states Official languages The languages of Africa, as well as Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese Formation - As Organisation of African Unity - As AU - May 25, 1963 - July 9, 2002 Chairman of the African Union John...
The African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) was authorized on January 19, 2007 to provide for security and peacekeeping in the wake of the 2006–2007 war in Somalia. ...
An ambush is a long established military tactic in which an ambushing force uses concealment to attack an enemy that passes its position. ...
Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Popular Resistance Movement (PRM) Alleged: Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda Ethiopia Transitional Government of Somalia Commanders Hassan Aweys Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Barre Adan Shire Hirale Meles Zenawi Strength 3,000–3,500 militia 10,000 militia 30,000 Ethiopian infantry Casualties Unknown Dozens...
Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ‎ ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its nominal capital. ...
The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...
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Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ...
A man carries a sign at the September 24, 2005 anti-war protest, a demonstration in Washington, D.C. American Civil Rights March on Washington, leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963. ...
Greek Cypriot refers to the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus. ...
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a 300 km (187 mile) separation barrier along the 1974 Green Line (or ceasefire line) de facto dividing the Republic of Cyprus into north and south regions. ...
Anthem: İstiklâl Marşı (Turkish) Independence March Capital Lefkoşa (Nicosia) Official languages Turkish Government Representative democratic republic[1] - President Mehmet Ali Talat - Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer Sovereignty from Republic of Cyprus (de facto) - Proclaimed November 15, 1983 - Recognition Only by Turkey Area - Total 3,355 km² (not ranked...
Platia Eleftherias (Freedom square) Nicosia, Cyprus Satellite photo of Nicosia, Cyprus Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia (Greek: Λευκωσία , also colloquially Khora, ΧώÏα or Turkish: LefkoÅŸa) is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. ...
March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
(PA – 6920) Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرÙ); born August 11, 1943) is the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. ...
The Chief Justice of Pakistan heads the Supreme Court of Pakistan. ...
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (Urdu: ‎) (born 12 December 1948) is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2005 to 2007. ...
Ballots of the Argentine plebiscite of 1984 on the border treaty with Chile A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
The Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament; its building in Lisbon is referred to as Palácio de São Bento. ...
A pregnant woman near the end of her term Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. ...
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Biofuel is any fuel that derives from biomass _ recently living organisms or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. ...
The President of Uganda is the head of state in Uganda. ...
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (born c. ...
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ...
The Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 was passed by the District of Columbia city council on June 26, 1976. ...
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A handgun is a firearm small enough to be carried and used in one hand. ...
The Bill of Rights in the National Archives Amendment II (the Second Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, declares the necessity for a well regulated militia, and prohibits infringement of the right of the people to keep and bear arms. ...
On January 15, 2007 the Pratinidhi Sabha, the legislature of Nepal, was dissolved and a new Interim legislature was formed. ...
Political federalism is a political philosophy in which a group or body of members are bound together (Latin: foedus, covenant) with a governing representative head. ...
Combatants Government forces Communist Party Commanders Prime Ministers of Nepal Prachanda Casualties 12,700+ deaths The Nepali Civil War was a conflict between monarchist government forces and Maoist rebels in Nepal which lasted from 1996 until 2006. ...
Politics of Nepal takes place in a framework of a monarchy in transition to a parliamentary democracy. ...
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) or CPN(M) is a Maoist political party founded in 1994 and led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, otherwise known as Prachanda. ...
Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Office...
The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007. ...
DUP redirects here. ...
Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ...
Direct Rule is the term given to the running of the day-to-day administration of Northern Ireland directly from Westminster. ...
Political scientists define a consociational state as a state which has major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, yet nonetheless manages to remain stable, due to consultation among the elites of each of its major social groups. ...
Cuba and the United States of America have had a mutual interest in one another since well before either of their independence movements. ...
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States armed forces involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, and national defense. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²) - Width 361 miles (582 km) - Length 447 miles (721 km) - % water 17. ...
history sux mtDNA-based chart of large human migrations. ...
The President of Cuba is the Head of State of Cuba. ...
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...
The term Cuban exile usually refers to the large exodus of Cubans fleeing Fidel Castros communist state since the 1959 Cuban Revolution and in particular the wave of Cuban American refugees to the U.S. during the years 1960 and 1979, who sought greater political and economic freedom. ...
Kelvin Thomson Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Wills, Victoria. ...
In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General or Attorney-General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...
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For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...
Sheikh Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi a. ...
Iraqi militants celebrating orders that the surrounding Coalition forces were given to stand-down. ...
The Islamic State of Iraq was established in 2006 to protect the Sunni Iraqi people and defend Islam, by the Pact of the Scented People. It is composed of a variety of insurgency groups, including the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq, Conquering Army (Jeish al-Fatiheen), Army Squad of the...
Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
Doğu Perinçek (born June 17, 1942 in Gaziantep) is a Turkish politician of Turkeys nationalist socialist left, leader of Turkeys Workers Party, former chairman of the Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey. ...
Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate actions leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories. ...
Turkish Denial: To have genocide denied is to die twice — An advertisement for the Armenian Genocide Commemoration Holiday on 24th April, 2006 posted in The Times newspaper. ...
March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Picture of flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand For other uses, see Flood (disambiguation). ...
Labasa (IPA:) is a town in Fiji with a population of 24,187 at the last census held in 1996. ...
Vanua Levu is the second largest island of Fiji, and was formerly known as Sandalwood Island. ...
Picture of flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand For other uses, see Flood (disambiguation). ...
Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ...
Location within China Fushun (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a city in Liaoning, China, about 45 km from Shenyang, with a population about 1. ...
A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision. ...
Shenyang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: , Manchu: Mukden) is the capital city of Liaoning province in Northeast China. ...
The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area - City 1285 km² (580 sq mi) - Urban...
Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran Strength 111,000[1] 11,000[2] The Sri Lankan civil war is an ongoing...
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Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area - Land 607 km² (234. ...
The Gernika oak is a symbol of Basque freedoms. ...
José Ignacio de Juana Chaos, better known as Iñaki de Juana Chaos (born 1955 in Legazpia,[1] Guipuzcoa) is an imprisoned Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) member. ...
ESA redirects here. ...
Ariane 5 mock-up Ariane 5 is a European expendable launch system designed to deliver satellites into geostationary transfer orbit and to send payloads to Low Earth orbit. ...
Skynet 5 is a military satellite project led by the UK Ministry of Defence to provide a new generation of strategic communication services among the three branches of the UK Armed Forces, replacing the existing Skynet 4 system. ...
An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ...
This articles deals with the British ministry, see defence minister for other countries. ...
Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia. ...
Kosovo (Serbian: КоÑово и Метохија or Kosovo i Metohija, also КоÑмет or Kosmet, Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova) is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. ...
Anthem: Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Parliamentary republic - President Boris Tadić - Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica Establishment - Formation 7th century - Independence c. ...
The Albanians or Shqiptarë are a people of the western Balkan peninsula, numbering today approximately six million. ...
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). ...
Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born 21 February 1924) is a Zimbabwean politician and the current President of Zimbabwe. ...
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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as the official opposition party to the Zanu-PF party led by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. ...
Harare (pronounced , formerly Salisbury) is the capital city of Zimbabwe. ...
The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...
Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) has served as the Gaullist President of France since he was first elected in 1995. ...
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...
Ariane 5 mock-up Ariane 5 is a European expendable launch system designed to deliver satellites into geostationary transfer orbit and to send payloads to Low Earth orbit. ...
Skynet 5 is a military satellite project led by the UK Ministry of Defence to provide a new generation of strategic communication services among the three branches of the UK Armed Forces, replacing the existing Skynet 4 system. ...
An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ...
Kourou is a town and commune in French Guiana. ...
A Mauritanian presidential election is scheduled for 11 March 2007. ...
This page contains a list of Presidents and Heads of State of Mauritania See also lists of incumbents List of Heads of State of Mauritania Affiliations:- PPM = Partie des Personnes de Mauritanian (Mauritanian Peoples Party, to 1961 PRM) - authoritarian PRDS = Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social (Social and...
Colonel (IPA: or ) is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ...
Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (Arabic: ‎; born 1953 in Nouakchott) has been the military leader of Mauritania since a coup détat in August 2005. ...
The 2005 Mauritanian coup détat took place on 3 August 2005. ...
Runoff voting is a voting system used in single-seat elections. ...
The Cricket World Cup, is the premier international championship of mens One-day International (ODI) cricket. ...
Greenfield Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Trelawny, Jamaica that was completed in 2007. ...
Doctors Cave Beach Club is a popular tourist destination in Montego Bay Montego Bay is a city in Jamaica that contains Jamaicas largest airport, Sangster International Airport. ...
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup is currently taking place in the West Indies; it started on 13 March and will run to 28 April 2007. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
West Indian redirects here. ...
March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (72nd in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ...
Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ...
Stark delivers his response to President George W. Bushs 2005 State of the Union address. ...
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
Type Bicameralism Houses Senate House of Representatives United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D, since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D, since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups (as of November 7, 2006 elections) Democratic Party Republican...
The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion...
Alan Johnston (BBC photo) Alan Graham Johnston (born May 17, 1962) is a journalist working for the BBC. He has been the BBCs correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Gaza. ...
The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...
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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as the official opposition party to the Zanu-PF party led by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. ...
Nigel Griffiths (born 20 May 1955) is a Labour politician in Scotland. ...
The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ...
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Trident submarine (SSBN) HMS Vanguard Trident, in popular British usage, refers to the the United Kingdoms ballistic missile submarine-based nuclear deterrent. ...
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ...
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Surgeon General can have several different meanings. ...
The United States Army is one of the armed forces of the United States and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal is a case of unsatisfactory conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, D.C. Cases of neglect, which are currently under investigation, were reported as early as 2004 and generated substantial public and media attention in early 2007. ...
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The United Front For A Worthy Future For Kyrgyzstan (UFFWFK) is an alliance of political parties making up the largest political opposition organization in Kyrgyzstan. ...
Bishkek cityscape Bishkek (Бишкек) is the capital of Kyrgyzstan. ...
The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...
Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...
Flag of the Fur national movement Darfur (Arabic دار Ùور, meaning home of the Fur) is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. ...
The space program of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) began in 1956 with the cooperation of the USSR and continued as an indigenous nuclear deterrent program after the Sino-Soviet split in 1960. ...
A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant Astronomy is the science of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere (such as auroras and cosmic background radiation). ...
An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ...
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The President of Pakistan (Urdū: صدر مملکت Sadr-e-Mamlikat) is Head of State of Pakistan. ...
(PA – 6920) Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرÙ); born August 11, 1943) is the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. ...
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (Urdu: ‎) (born 12 December 1948) is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2005 to 2007. ...
Lahore (Urdu: لاÛور, Punjabi: Ù„Ûور) is the capital of the province of Punjab, and the second most populated city in Pakistan, also known as the Gardens of the Mughals or City of Gardens, after the significant rich heritage of the Mughal Empire. ...
The 5th Plenary Session of the 10th National Peoples Congress (第å届全国人民代表大会五次全体会议) was held from March 5 to March 15, 2007 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2007 CPPCC. The event offers significant insight to Chinas domestic and foreign policy every year. ...
Balance of trade figures are the sum of the money gained by a given economy by selling exports, minus the cost of buying imports. ...
The Peoples Bank of China (PBC) (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å›½äººæ°‘银行; Traditional Chinese: ä¸åœ‹äººæ°‘銀行; pinyin: ZhÅngguó RénmÃn YÃnháng ) (not to be confused with the Bank of China or the Central Bank of China) is the central bank of the Peoples Republic of China with the power to...
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The Ministry of Commerce of the Peoples Republic of China (MOFCOM) is one of the ministries of the State Council of China. ...
Bo Xilai (薄熙æ¥; pinyin: Bó XÄ«lái) (born July 1949) is the current Minister of Commerce of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Nickname: Ciudad de los Palacios Location of Mexico City in central Mexico Coordinates: Country Mexico Federal entity Federal District Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded (as Tenochtitlan) c. ...
For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ...
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (b. ...
Cathedral on the Plaza Mayor, the oldest in North America [1]. Mérida is the capital city of the Mexican state of Yucatán. ...
The USS Cole bombing was a suicide bombing attack against the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on October 12, 2000 while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. ...
A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in order to recover a right, obtain damages for an injury, obtain an injunction to prevent an injury, or obtain a declaratory judgment to prevent future legal disputes. ...
Motto: Dios, patria y libertad[] God, homeland and liberty Anthem: Salve, Oh Patria We Salute You, Our Homeland Capital Quito Largest city Guayaquil Government Republic - President Rafael Correa - Vice-President LenÃn Moreno Independence - from Spain May 24, 1822 - from Gran Colombia May 13, 1830 Area - Total 256,370 km...
The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the unicameral legislative branch of the government of Ecuador. ...
Juan José Flores 1830-1834 Vicente Rocafuerte 1834-1839 Juan José Flores 1839-1845 José Joaquín de Olmedo 1845 Vicente Ramón Roca 1845-1849 Manuel de Ascásubi 1849-1850 Diego Noboa 1850-1851 José María Urbina 1851-1856 Francisco Robles 1856-1859 Gabriel García 1859...
Rafael Correa Delgado (born 6 April 1963) is an Ecuadorian economist, former finance minister, and current president-elect. ...
Ballots of the Argentine plebiscite of 1984 on the border treaty with Chile A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as the official opposition party to the Zanu-PF party led by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. ...
A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...
Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area - Land 607 km² (234. ...
Alexander Albertovich Veshnyakov (Russian: ; b. ...
The Central Election Commission of Russia is the superior power body responsible for conducting federal elections and overseeing local elections in the Russian Federation founded in Spetember 1993. ...
Vladimir Putin with United Russia emblem in the background United Russia (Yedinaya Rossiya, Russian Ð•Ð´Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð Ð¾ÑÑиÑ; the more correct translation is Unified Russia) is a political party in Russia which usually labels itself centrist. ...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the incumbent President of Russia. ...
Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is the 80th and current Attorney General of the United States. ...
The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ...
Eight United States Attorneys were dismissed by the United States Department of Justice in December 2006 and January 2007. ...
D. Kyle Sampson was the Chief of Staff and Counselor of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. ...
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. ...
North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ...
Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is an American lawyer, and former White House Counsel. ...
Animation of snowcover changing with the seasons Snow is precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. ...
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. ...
A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede, The Netherlands. ...
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup is currently taking place in the West Indies; it started on 13 March and will run to 28 April 2007. ...
Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ...
Sabina Park is a historic cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica in the West Indies. ...
In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. ...
Global carbon dioxide emissions 1800–2000 Countries by carbon dioxide emissions (red the highest) IMF 2005 figures of total GDP of nominal compared to PPP. Absolute, not adjusted for population. ...
Top: Increasing atmospheric CO2 levels as measured in the atmosphere and ice cores. ...
2050 (MML) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (born 1938[1]) is a Mauritanian politician who is currently running for president in the upcoming March 2007 presidential election. ...
Ahmed Ould Daddah (born 7 August 1942[1]) is a Mauritanian economist, politician and civil servant. ...
A Mauritanian presidential election is scheduled for 11 March 2007. ...
March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...
For the Lebanese political coalition, see March 14 Alliance. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ...
Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area...
Nandigram is a rural area in Purba Medinipur district of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...
(IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...
Traditional Eastern European Farmer Woman. ...
A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws different from a countrys typical economic laws. ...
Nancy Worley is an American Democratic politician. ...
Secretary of State is an official in the state governments of 47 of the 50 states of the United States. ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of...
Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area Ranked 30th - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²) - Width 190 miles (306 km) - Length 330 miles (531 km) - % water 3. ...
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Prosecution Exhibit from the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (Arabic: خالد شيخ Ù…Øمد; also transliterated as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, , and additionally known by as many as twenty-seven aliases[1]) (b. ...
A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
Map of Cuba with location of Guantánamo Bay indicated. ...
Ondiep is a working-class district in northwest Utrecht, Netherlands, between the river Vecht and Amsterdamsestraatweg street. ...
Utrecht refers to various cities and areas: Utrecht (province), of the Netherlands Utrecht (city), Netherlands, and capital of the province of the same name Utrecht (municipality), includes the city of Utrecht and two neighbouring villages (Vleuten / de Meern) Utrecht (agglomeration), in the Netherlands, includes the city of Utrecht Diocese of...
Ondiep is a working-class district in northwest Utrecht, Netherlands, between the river Vecht and Amsterdamsestraatweg street. ...
The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. ...
The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of a number of ministerial departments (usually headed by a Secretary of State) and non-ministerial departments headed by senior civil servants. ...
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
A Trident missile launches from a submerged submarine The British replacement of Trident is a proposal to replace the existing Vanguard class of four submarines each armed with 16 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles. ...
Trident submarine (SSBN) HMS Vanguard Trident, in popular British usage, refers to the the United Kingdoms ballistic missile submarine-based nuclear deterrent. ...
The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ...
A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ...
Stephen Punch Pound (born 3 July 1948) is the Labour member of Parliament for Ealing North, in London, and has been MP since 1997. ...
Christopher Shaun Ruane (born 18 July 1958) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ...
Cassini-Huygens is a joint NASA/ESA/ASI unmanned space mission intended to study Saturn and its moons. ...
Hydrocarbons are refined at oil refineries and processed at chemical plants A hydrocarbon is a chemical compound that consists only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). ...
Titan (, from Ancient Greek Τῑτάν) or Saturn VI is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the solar system,[4] after Jupiters moon Ganymede. ...
The Saturnian system (photographic montage) Saturn has fifty-six confirmed natural satellites, plus three unconfirmed moons. ...
The Samjhauta Express bombing is a suspected terrorist attack that occured in the early hours of February 19, 2007, on the Friendship Express, a train traveling from Delhi to Lahore. ...
This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
Combatants Thai Government/Military Muslim separatists Pattini Raya Commanders Gen. ...
Barisan Revolusi Nasional (National Revolutionary Front) is a Patani independent movement in Patani, southern Thailand. ...
For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ...
Busy Talamahu market in Nukualofa Nukualofa, population 22400 (1996), is the capital of Tonga. ...
The start of the major fires On November 16, 2006, rioting broke out in the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa. ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
Rocky Mountain High is a folk-rock song written by John Denver and Mike Taylor about Colorado,and should be considered as Colorados Official state song, although lawmakers have yet to make this decision. ...
John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. ...
Each state in the United States (except New Jersey) has a state song, selected by the state legislature as a symbol of the state. ...
A media proprietor is a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a public company, a significant part of the mass media. ...
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour PC, OC, KCSG (born 25 August 1944, in Montreal, Quebec), is a prominent and controversial British biographer, financier and former newspaper magnate. ...
Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government...
Sun-Times Media Group (until recently Hollinger International) NYSE: SVN is the holding company of a Chicago based newspaper group. ...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization for the conservation, research and restoration of the natural environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States and Canada. ...
Binomial name Neofelis diardi (G. Cuvier, 1823) Range Synonyms Felis diardii Felis macrocelis Felis marmota Neofelis nebulosa diardi Neofelis diardi is a medium-sized wild cat found on Borneo, Sumatra and the Batu Islands in the Malay Archipelago and publicised under the name Bornean Clouded Leopard by the World Wide...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-pressure stream of water. ...
A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent (or lacrimatory agent). ...
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Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ...
Iskandariya (إسكندرية, also given as Iskandariyah, Iskanderiyah, Iskanderiya, Iskanderiyeh or Sikandariyeh) is an ancient town in central Iraq, one of a number of towns in the Near East named after Alexander the Great (Iskander in Arabic). ...
Willie Virgile Brigitte (born 10 October 1968 in Pointe-Ã -Pitre, Guadaloupe) is a French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia. ...
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Planum Australe, taken by Mars Global Surveyor. ...
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. ...
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The eight planets and three dwarf planets of the Solar System. ...
Impact of a drop of water Water is a chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life[1]. It covers 71% of Earths surface. ...
Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis with President George W. Bush (2003) Seal of the Governor of California (without the Roman numerals designating the governors sequence) See also: List of pre-statehood governors of California, List of Governors of California The Governor of California is the highest executive authority...
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): ) (born on July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor and an American politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. ...
The series of presidential primary elections is one of the first steps in the process of electing a President of the United States of America. ...
June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days. ...
February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Alexandroupolis (Greek: Αλεξανδρούπολη) is a city of Greece and the capital of the Evros Prefecture in Thrace. ...
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Sanctions is the plural of sanction (see also penalty). ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion...
Map of the Gaza Strip from The World Factbook. ...
Alan Johnston (BBC photo) Alan Graham Johnston (born May 17, 1962) is a journalist working for the BBC. He has been the BBCs correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Gaza. ...
The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is a militant group which has attacked petrol operators in Nigeria. ...
Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to violent communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Indian communist movement. ...
Bijapur (Kannada: ವಿಜಾಪà³à²°) is a district in the state of Karnataka in southern India. ...
Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi/Hindi: छतà¥à¤¤à¥€à¤¸à¤—ढ़, IPA: ) , a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ...
An SNCF multiple unit. ...
The LGV Est européenne (sometimes referred to as TGV Est, or occasionally as TGV East in English) is an extension to the French high-speed TGV network, connecting Paris and Strasbourg. ...
City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...
City flag City coat of arms Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Alsace Department Bas-Rhin (67) Intercommunality Urban Community of Strasbourg Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) City Statistics Land area¹ 78. ...
March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number chlorine, Cl, 17 Chemical series halogens Group, Period, Block 17, 3, p Appearance yellowish green Atomic mass 35. ...
Al Anbar (Arabic: ‎ ) is a province of Iraq. ...
The Inter-American Development Bank (preferred abbreviation: IDB; but frequently given as IADB), was established in 1959 to support Latin American and Caribbean economic/social development and regional integration by lending mainly to public institutions. ...
The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...
World map showing the Americas CIA map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. ...
Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. ...
For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Boundary has two distinct meanings in the sport of cricket. ...
One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ...
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup is currently taking place in the West Indies; it started on 13 March and will run to 28 April 2007. ...
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) , the largest police department in the United States, has primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ...
Sean Bell, his fiancee Nicole Paultre, and their daughter For the actor, see Sean Bell (actor). ...
A coroner is either the presiding officer of a special court, a medical officer or an officer of law responsible for investigating deaths, particularly those happening under unusual circumstances. ...
Andrew Walker is a British barrister and former deputy coroner for Hornsey, London. ...
Modern soldiers. ...
Matty Hull Lance-Corporal of Horse Matty Hull (31 March 1976 - 28 March 2003) was a British soldier from D Squadron, The Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry. ...
Two A-10 Thunderbolt jets FV107 Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle The 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident was a friendly fire incident involving two United States Air Force Air National Guard 190th Fighter Squadron attack aircraft and vehicles from the United Kingdoms D Squadron, The Blues...
Friendly fire (fratricide or non-hostile fire) is a term originally adopted by the United States military in reference to an attack on friendly forces by other friendly forces,[1] which may be deliberate (e. ...
The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...
This article is about the airliner manufacturer. ...
livedoor Co. ...
Takafumi Horie Takafumi Horie (å €æ±Ÿè²´æ–‡: Horie Takafumi; October 29, 1972–) is a Japanese entrepreneur who won a name for himself as the former CEO of Livedoor (officially: livedoor Co. ...
Santo Santoro (born 27 April 1956), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from October 2002 to March 2007, representing the state of Queensland. ...
In finance a share is a unit of account for various financial instruments including stocks, mutual funds, limited partnerships, and REITs. ...
Australian Senate chamber The Australian Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ...
The Property Law of the Peoples Republic of China is a property law adopted by the National Peoples Congress in 2007. ...
The 5th Plenary Session of the 10th National Peoples Congress (第å届全国人民代表大会五次全体会议) was held from March 5 to March 15, 2007 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2007 CPPCC. The event offers significant insight to Chinas domestic and foreign policy every year. ...
The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental consultative organization which aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean and represent their interests. ...
March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Promotional flyer for March 17 protest. ...
This article is about the U.S. military building. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ...
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). ...
A political crisis began in Zimbabwe on 11 March 2007 when opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was beaten and tortured after being arrested, prompting widespread domestic and international criticism. ...
Professor Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara (born October 25, 1966) is a Zimbabwean politician who was elected President of the Movement for Democratic Change in February 2006 by a a small break away faction of the party dominated by Gibson Sibanda and Welshman Ncube. ...
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as the official opposition party to the Zanu-PF party led by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. ...
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup is currently taking place in the West Indies; it started on 13 March and will run to 28 April 2007. ...
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John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician, is the Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The Palestinian Legislative Council, (sometimes referred to to as the Palestinan Parliament) the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 88 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza. ...
A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ...
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Hamas (Arabic: ‎; acronym: Arabic: ‎, or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement; the Arabic acronym means zeal) is a Palestinian Islamist terrorist group that currently (since January 2006) forms the majority party of the Palestinian National Authority. ...
The President of Pakistan (Urdū: صدر مملکت Sadr-e-Mamlikat) is Head of State of Pakistan. ...
(PA – 6920) Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرÙ); born August 11, 1943) is the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. ...
Geo TV or GEO Television is Urdu-language Pakistani television network that was established in May 2002 and officially began transmission in October 2002. ...
Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam), is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ...
An Aeroflot Tu-134 sits on the tarmac The Tupolev Tu-134 was a Russian twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9. ...
The 2007 Samara Tu-134 aircraft crash was a March 17, 2007 crash of a Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft during a hard emergency landing at Samara Kurumoch Airport, seving Samara, Russia. ...
Samara (Russian: ), from 1935 to 1991—Kuybyshev (), is a major city situated on the Volga River in the southeastern part of European Russia, Volga Federal District, the administrative center of Samara Oblast. ...
March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by coal mining, either underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ...
Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Cesare Battisti (born in 1954) is an Italian author of thrillers, and a former member of the autonomist Armed Proletarians for Communism (Proletari Armati per il Comunismo - PAC), a far left group which supported armed struggle during Italys anni di piombo. He is alleged by Italian justice to have...
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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). ...
Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
Cargo is a term used to denote goods or produce being transported generally for commercial gain, usually on a ship, plane, train, van or truck. ...
The East China Sea is a marginal sea and part of the Pacific Ocean. ...
Robert Andrew Woolmer, (born May 14, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - died March 18, 2007, Kingston, Jamaica), more commonly known as Bob Woolmer, is a professional cricket coach known for having coached the South African cricket team and Warwickshire. ...
The Pakistani cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. ...
The City of Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica. ...
16 teams competed in the group stage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, which took place between 13 March and 25 March 2007. ...
The 2007 Finnish parliamentary election was held on March 18, 2007. ...
A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ...
The Centre Party (in Finnish: Suomen Keskusta, ) is a centrist political party in Finland. ...
The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) is one of the most influential political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the Coalition Party. ...
Matti Taneli Vanhanen ( ) (born November 4, 1955, in Jyväskylä) is the current Prime Minister of Finland, as well as Chairman of the Centre Party. ...
The National Coalition Party (Kansallinen Kokoomus or Samlingspartiet) is a political party in Finland. ...
The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ...
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the main crossing of Sydney Harbour carrying rail, vehicular, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. ...
March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government, may work to alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors, or may order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. ...
Impact of a drop of water Water is a chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life[1]. It covers 71% of Earths surface. ...
A drought is a period of time when there is not enough water to support agricultural, urban, human, or environmental water needs. ...
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup is currently taking place in the West Indies; it started on 13 March and will run to 28 April 2007. ...
One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ...
The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the 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. ...
Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. ...
ISO 4217 Code CAD User(s) Canada Inflation 2. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) Ranked 4th 1,076...
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The Peoples Bank of China (PBC) (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å›½äººæ°‘银行; Traditional Chinese: ä¸åœ‹äººæ°‘銀行; pinyin: ZhÅngguó RénmÃn YÃnháng ) (not to be confused with the Bank of China or the Central Bank of China) is the central bank of the Peoples Republic of China with the power to...
Zhou Xiaochuan. ...
The Inter-American Development Bank (preferred abbreviation: IDB; but frequently given as IADB), was established in 1959 to support Latin American and Caribbean economic/social development and regional integration by lending mainly to public institutions. ...
Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...
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As currently constituted, the state of Iraq has two vice presidents or deputy presidents. ...
Taha Yasin Ramadan (also: Taha Yasin Ramadan Al-Jizrawi) (1938 - March 20, 2007) was the Vice President of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. ...
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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. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Tawfiq bin Attash, aka Khallad, is an Al Qaeda member of long standing. ...
Al-Qaeda (also al-Qaida or al-Qaida) ( , trans. ...
The USS Cole bombing was a suicide bombing attack against the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on October 12, 2000 while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest judicial body...
Holding Awaiting decision of the Court Court membership Chief Justice: John Roberts Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Case opinions Laws applied U.S. Const. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area Ranked 1st - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²) - Width 808 miles (1,300 km) - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km) - % water 13. ...
Freedom of speech is the right to freely say what one pleases, as well as the related right to hear what others have stated. ...
Location in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska Coordinates: Country United States State Alaska Borough Juneau City and Borough Founded 1881 Incorporated 1890 - Mayor Bruce Botelho Area - City 3,255. ...
I hope Talibans will never return to the Afghanistan government —Daniele Mastrogiacomo Daniele Mastrogiacomo (Karachi, Pakistan, September 30, 1954) is an Italian journalist, war correspondent of la Repubblica newspaper. ...
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La Repubblica (meaning: The Republic) is an Italian daily newspaper. ...
Armed Taliban in pickup truck in Herat, July 2001. ...
Afghanistan consists of 34 provinces, or velayat: Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamiyan Daikondi - established March 28, 2004 Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghowr Helmand Herat Jowzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Konar Kondoz Laghman Lowgar Nangarhar Nimruz Nurestan Oruzgan Paktia Paktika Panjshir - established April 13, 2004 Parvan Samangan Sar-e Pol Takhar Vardak...
Helmand (Balochi/Pashto: هلمند) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. ...
March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ...
Combatants Hezbollah Amal LCP Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General of Hezbollah) Imad Mughniyeh (Commander of Hezbollahs armed wing)[5] Dan Halutz (CoS) Moshe Kaplinsky[12] Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[6] 30,000 ground troops (plus IAF & ISC)[13...
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Methane is a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4. ...
The Piper Alpha platform on fire A Gas explosion is the result of a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source. ...
Location of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster was caused by an explosion that occurred on March 19, 2007 in the Ulyanovskaya longwall coal mine near the Russian city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo Oblast. ...
Church in Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk (Russian: ) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. ...
Kemerovo (Russian: Кемерово) is an industrial city on the River Tom situated east-northeast of Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia (55 25N 86 05E). ...
Siberian Federal District (darker red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) arctic northeast Siberia Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia and comprising a large part of the Euro-Asian Steppe. ...
The Airbus A380 manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. is a double-decker, four engined airliner capable of flying 800 passengers in a high density format or 555 passengers in a typical three-class configuration. ...
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ISIN: DE0008232125) (pronounced ) is the largest German airline, and the second-largest in Europe (behind Air France-KLM, but before British Airways). ...
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Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government...
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). ...
A convoy is a group of vehicles traveling together for mutual support. ...
For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ...
The six-party talks aim to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns raised by the North Korean nuclear weapons program. ...
March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ...
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// Jemaah Islamiyah[1] (JI, Arabic phrase meaning Islamic Group or Islamic Community) is a Southeast Asian militant Islamic organization dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah[2] (Islamic State) in Southeast Asia incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines, Singapore and Brunei[3]. JI was added to the United Nations...
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The Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations aims to lower trade barriers around the world, permitting free trade between countries of varying prosperity. ...
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The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is a space-transportation startup company whose stated goal is to improve the cost and reliability of access to space ultimately by a factor of ten. It is based in El Segundo, California, USA. SpaceX is developing a family of partially reusable two-stage...
The Falcon 1 is a partially reusable launch system, designed and manufactured by SpaceX to provide commercial launch-to-space services. ...
Layers of Atmosphere - not to scale (NOAA)[1] Outer space, also simply called space, refers to the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. ...
Earth orbit is an orbit around the planet Earth. ...
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Robert Andrew Woolmer, (born May 14, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - died March 18, 2007, Kingston, Jamaica), more commonly known as Bob Woolmer, is a professional cricket coach known for having coached the South African cricket team and Warwickshire. ...
South Waziristan (Urdu: جنوبی وزیرستان) is southern part of Waziristan a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering some 11 585 km² (4,473 mi²). It comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south, forming part...
Students in Bangkok Over one thousand students in uniform during an assembly at Nan Hua High School in Singapore. ...
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A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ...
Guéckédougou is a town in southern Guinea near the Sierra Leone and Liberian borders. ...
The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. ...
The Right Honourable Desmond Henry Browne MP (born March 22, 1952) British politician and barrister. ...
A US B-1 Lancer releasing its payload of cluster bombs Cluster munitions are air-dropped or ground launched shells that eject multiple small submunitions (bomblets) and that primarily hit civilians. ...
In times of armed conflict a civilian is any person who is not a combatant. ...
The dismissal of U.S. Attorneys controversy, also referred to as Attorneygate,[1] is an ongoing political dispute concerning the dismissal of eight United States Attorneys by the George W. Bush administration in late 2006 and early 2007. ...
The Bush administration includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Bushs Cabinet, and other select officials and advisors. ...
The Deputy White House Chief of Staff is the top aide to the White House Chief of Staff, who is the senior aide to the President of the United States. ...
Karl Rove Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. ...
The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. ...
Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is an American lawyer, and former White House Counsel. ...
In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. ...
An oath (from Old Saxon eoth) is either a promise or a statement of fact calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually a god, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. ...
Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal. ...
Single European Act A treaty is a binding agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely states and international organizations. ...
Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ...
The Common Foreign and Security Policy or CFSP was established as the second of the three pillars of the European Union in the Maastricht treaty of 1992, and further defined and broadened in the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997. ...
Javier Solana Francisco Javier Solana Madariaga (born July 14, 1942 in Madrid, Spain) is the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary-General of both the Council of the European Union (EU) and the Western European Union (WEU). ...
Alan Johnston (BBC photo) Alan Graham Johnston (born May 17, 1962) is a journalist working for the BBC. He has been the BBCs correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Gaza. ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion...
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// A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. ...
Krasnodar Krai (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Southern Federal District. ...
Taha Yasin Ramadan (also: Taha Yasin Ramadan Al-Jizrawi) (1938 - March 20, 2007) was the Vice President of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. ...
Baath Party symbol Party flag The Arab Socialist Baath Party (also spelled Bath or Baath; Arabic: Øزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي Ḥizb al-Ba`ṯ al-`ArabÄ« al-IÅ¡tirÄki) was founded in 1947 as a radical, secular Arab nationalist political party. ...
As currently constituted, the state of Iraq has two vice presidents or deputy presidents. ...
Saddam Hussein as the Ace of Spades. ...
Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
Dujail (, Arabic: الدجيل; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a small Shiite town in northern Iraq. ...
Sami Al-Arian. ...
Map of the boundaries of the United States Courts of Appeals and United States District Courts The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. ...
Islamic Jihad (Arabic: ‎, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami) is a terrorist Islamist group based in the Syrian capital, Damascus. ...
A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ...
March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom and a Labour Party politician. ...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. ...
Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. ...
Corporation tax is a tax levied in the United Kingdom on the profits made by UK-resident companies and associations. ...
An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income of persons, corporations, or other legal entities. ...
United States Ambassador to the United Nations, full title, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations (also known as the...
The Dayton Agreement or Dayton Accords is the name given to the agreement at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio to end the war in the former Yugoslavia that had gone on for the previous three years, in particular the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (born April 24, 1941) is an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, Peace Corps official, and investment banker. ...
The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...
Kosovo (Serbian: КоÑово и Метохија or Kosovo i Metohija, also КоÑмет or Kosmet, Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova) is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. ...
Combatants Hezbollah Amal LCP Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General of Hezbollah) Imad Mughniyeh (Commander of Hezbollahs armed wing)[5] Dan Halutz (CoS) Moshe Kaplinsky[12] Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[6] 30,000 ground troops (plus IAF & ISC)[13...
Combatants Hezbollah Amal LCP Islamic Courts Union[4] Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General of Hezbollah), veteran Fatah operative Imad Mughniyeh[5] Dan Halutz (CoS), Moshe Kaplinsky[13], Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 active fighters (of 3,000 - 5,000 available and 10,000 reservists) [6] 30,000...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
HMS Tireless (S88 117?), a Trafalgar-class submarine, is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to bear this name. ...
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. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
The Bush administration includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Bushs Cabinet, and other select officials and advisors. ...
It has been suggested that Palestinian government of March 2006 be merged into this article or section. ...
Hamas (Arabic: ‎; acronym: Arabic: ‎, or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement; the Arabic acronym means zeal) is a Palestinian Islamist terrorist group that currently (since January 2006) forms the majority party of the Palestinian National Authority. ...
The post of Supreme Leader (Persian: ولی Ùقیه or رهبر, Rahbar, literally leader) was created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the highest ranking political authority of the nation (see Guardianship of the jurists (doctrine)). Other Persian terms include the Valiye-Faqih (sometimes shortened to Faqih) or the Jurisprudent...
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Grand Âyatollâh (Persian: آیت‌الله سید علی Øسینی خامنه‌ای Ä€yatollÄh Seyyed `AlÄ« ḤoseynÄ« KhÄmeneÄ«) (Also known as : Seyyed Ali Khamenei) born 17 July 1939[1], is the current Supreme Leader of Iran and was the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. ...
This article is about Irans nuclear power programme. ...
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Sanctions is the plural of sanction (see also penalty). ...
Union generally refers to two or more things joined into one, such as an organization of multiple people or organizations, multiple objects combined into one, and so on. ...
The Histadrut (Federation [of labor]) or HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim BEretz Yisrael (ההסתדרות הכללית של ×”×¢×•×‘×“×™× ×‘×רץ ישר×ל) (Hebrew: General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel) is the Israeli trade union congress. ...
Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Popular Resistance Movement (PRM) Alleged: Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda Ethiopia Transitional Government of Somalia Commanders Hassan Aweys Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Barre Adan Shire Hirale Meles Zenawi Strength 3,000–3,500 militia 10,000 militia 30,000 Ethiopian infantry Casualties Unknown Dozens...
Combatants Popular Resistance Movement (PRM) Ad hoc Hawiye clan militiamen Ethiopia Transitional Government of Somalia Casualties Unknown 9 TFG soldiers [1], at least 1 Ethiopian soldier[2] Dozens of civilians [3][4] The Battle of Shirkole [5] took place on March 21, 2007 in the Shirkole area of Mogadishu, the...
Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ‎ ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its nominal capital. ...
Anthem: Capital Mogadishu Largest city Mogadishu Official languages Somali[1] Government Transitional Federal Government - President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed - Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi Independence from the UK and Italy - Date July 1, 1960 Area - Total 637,657 km² (42nd) 246,201 sq mi - Water (%) 1. ...
Ethiopian T-55 in Somalia The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) is one of the largest military forces in Africa along with Egypt, Eritrea and Morrocco, and 29th largest in the world. ...
Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran Strength 111,000[1] 11,000[2] The Sri Lankan civil war is an ongoing...
Sri Lanka Army Flag And Crest The Sri Lanka Army is a branch of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces with the responsbility of overseeing land-based operations. ...
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Batticaloa (මඩකළපුව in Sinhala, மடà¯à®Ÿà®•à¯à®•à®³à®ªà¯à®ªà¯ in Tamil) was the provincial capital of the eastern province of Sri Lanka. ...
The President of Russia (ru: Президент РоÑÑии is the highest position within the Government of Russia. ...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the incumbent President of Russia. ...
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Location of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia The Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster was caused by an explosion that occurred on March 19, 2007 in the Ulyanovskaya longwall coal mine near the Russian city of Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo Oblast. ...
UT Air Flight 471[1] was a scheduled domestic passenger flight of a Tupolev Tu-134 on March 17, 2007 that suffered heavy structural damage during a hard landing at Samara Kurumoch Airport, serving Samara, Russia. ...
A retirement home is a place of residence intended for the elderly. ...
March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
A Depot is usually a centralised store or operating base for logistical use by commercial or governmental bodies. ...
Map of Mozambique with Maputo highlighted Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ...
Space agency can refer to: NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Canadian Space Agency China National Space Administration Korea Aerospace Research Institute European Space Agency Iranian Space Agency Italian Space Agency Indian Space Research Organisation Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Russian Aviation and Space Agency Soviet space program (historical) National...
The Centre National dÉtudes Spatiales is the French government space agency (administratively, a public establishment of industrial and commercial character). Its headquarters are located in central Paris. ...
UFO can mean: Unidentified flying object United Future Organization, a Japanese-Brazilian electronic jazz band UFO, the rock band that previously featured Michael Schenker UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV series United Farmers of Ontario, a political party that formed the government in Ontario from 1919 to 1923 U.F.O...
A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is the police force of the island nation of Jamaica. ...
Robert Andrew Woolmer, (born May 14, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - died March 18, 2007, Kingston, Jamaica), more commonly known as Bob Woolmer, is a professional cricket coach known for having coached the South African cricket team and Warwickshire. ...
The Pakistani cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. ...
NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
News Limited was the principal holding for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch until the formation of News Corporation in 1979. ...
Screenshot of AOL.com AOL LLC (formerly America Online, Inc) is an American online service provider, bulletin board system, and media company operated by Time Warner. ...
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Yahoo! Inc. ...
Video (Latin for I see, first person singular present, indicative of videre, to see) is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion. ...
YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. ...
A political crisis began in Zimbabwe on 11 March 2007 when opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was beaten and tortured after being arrested, prompting widespread domestic and international criticism. ...
The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. ...
In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ...
The City of Bulawayo is highlighted in this map of Zimbabwe. ...
Pius Ncube Pius Ncube (1956 - ) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, widely known as a human rights advocate and an outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe. ...
This page contains a list of presidents of Zimbabwe. ...
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born 21 February 1924) is a Zimbabwean politician and the current President of Zimbabwe. ...
Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville or, before 1960, also Leopoldstad) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
Lexington Minuteman representing militia minuteman John Parker Militia is the activity of one or more citizens organized to provide defense or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity. ...
Jean-Pierre Bemba (4 November 1962) is one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30, 2006, the first multiparty elections in the country in 46 years. ...
Elections to the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be held on 2007-01-19, though they were originally scheduled for 2007-01-16. ...
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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. ...
The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...
For the similarly named rock band, see TransAtlantic. ...
Map of the boundaries of the United States Courts of Appeals and United States District Courts The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. ...
The Child Online Protection Act[1] (COPA)[2] is a law in the United States of America, passed in 1998 with the declared purpose of protecting children from harmful sexual material on the internet. ...
A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ...
In law, a person who is not yet a legal adult is known as a minor (known in some places as an infant or juvenile). ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of coordinated terrorist bomb blasts that hit Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...
The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...
The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ...
Ban Ki-moon (IPA pronunciation: (born June 13, 1944 in Eumseong, North Chungcheong, Korea) is a former South Korean politician who succeeded Kofi Annan as the Secretary-General of the United Nations on January 1, 2007. ...
List of Prime Ministers of Iraq The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraqs head of government. ...
Nouri Kamel al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل المالكي, transliterated NÅ«rÄ« KÄmil al-MÄlikÄ«; born c. ...
Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
The Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb produced in the United States. ...
United States Ambassador to the United Nations, full title, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations (also known as the...
There are several people named John Bolton, including: John Gatenby Bolton – British-Australian astronomer (1922–1993) John R. Bolton – U.S. politician and diplomat U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. (2005-current) (b. ...
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. ...
Combatants Hezbollah Amal LCP Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General of Hezbollah) Imad Mughniyeh (Commander of Hezbollahs armed wing)[5] Dan Halutz (CoS) Moshe Kaplinsky[12] Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[6] 30,000 ground troops (plus IAF & ISC)[13...
Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.[1] Founded in the UK in 1961, AI compares actual practices of human rights with internationally accepted standards and demands compliance where these...
The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
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Location of the cerebral cortex Slice of the cerebral cortex, ca. ...
A sketch of the human brain by artist Priyan Weerappuli, imposed upon the profile of Michelangelos David. ...
Logic, from Classical Greek λόγος logos (the word), is the study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. ...
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Combatants Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Popular Resistance Movement (PRM) Alleged: Foreign Mujahideen al-Qaeda Ethiopia Transitional Government of Somalia Commanders Hassan Aweys Hasan Hersi Adan Ayrow Barre Adan Shire Hirale Meles Zenawi Strength 3,000–3,500 militia 10,000 militia 30,000 Ethiopian infantry Casualties Unknown Dozens...
Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ‎ ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its nominal capital. ...
Main article: Military of Somalia The Ministry of Defense of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of the Somali Republic is the government body in charge of the TFG armed forces // The Somali National Army (SNA) had dissolved after the downfall of the government of Siad Barre in the early 1990s. ...
Motto: None Anthem(s): Puntland Somalian National Anthem Capital Garowe Largest city Bosaso Official language(s) Somali and Arabic Government - President Mohamud Muse Hersi - Vice-President Hasan Dahir Independence From Somalia - Declared 1998 - Recognition none Area - Total ~250,000 km² (not ranked) n/a sq mi - Water (%) Negl. ...
March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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. ...
Seal of the United States Department of State. ...
A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
It has been suggested that Palestinian government of March 2006 be merged into this article or section. ...
In the court system of a state or of a subordinate regional entity, an appeals court is a court of second instance where a party to a case on which judgment has been entered can ask to have their case reheard if they suspect an error of law, fact, or...
Lexington Minuteman representing militia minuteman John Parker Militia is the activity of one or more citizens organized to provide defense or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity. ...
Combatants al-Qaeda Taliban Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Afghanistan Northern Alliance United States ISAF NATO members: United Kingdom Canada Netherlands other allies Commanders Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Omar, Obaidullah Akhund Mullah Dadullah Bismillah Khan Tommy Franks Dan McNeill David Fraser Strength Taliban: unknown al-Qaeda: unknown Afghan National Army: 43...
Armed Taliban in pickup truck in Herat, July 2001. ...
A convoy is a group of vehicles traveling together for mutual support. ...
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. ...
In times of armed conflict a civilian is any person who is not a combatant. ...
A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ...
The President of Iran holds a very important office in Irans political establishment. ...
(Persian: ‎ ​, IPA: ), transcribed into English as Mahmud or Mahmood, Ahmadinezhad, Ahmadi-Nejad, Ahmadi Nejad, Ahmady Nejad) (born October 28, 1956) is the current president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ...
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Sanctions is the plural of sanction (see also penalty). ...
The government of the United States, established by the United States Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates. ...
Image of an entry visa valid in Schengen treaty countries. ...
On March 23, 2007, a Transaviaexport Cargo Airline Ilyushin Il-76 airplane crashed in Mogadishu, Somalia. ...
The African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) was authorized on January 19, 2007 to provide for security and peacekeeping in the wake of the 2006–2007 war in Somalia. ...
Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ‎ ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its nominal capital. ...
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Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. ...
From a Keynesian point of view, a balanced budget in the public sector is achieved when the government has enough fiscal discipline to be able to equate the revenues with expenditure over the business cycles. ...
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The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
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Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ...
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq has been a contentious issue within the United States since the beginning of the Iraq War. ...
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The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
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The Council of Ministers of Iraq is the executive branch of the (now transitional) government of Iraq. ...
Salam al-Zaubai is the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq. ...
On November 6 2003 the United States Congress created the appointed position Inspector General of the Coalition Provisional Authority. ...
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Reconstruction of Iraq describes attempts by the international community, and particularly the United States, to improve and repair the infrastructure of Iraq in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
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Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought (Chinese: 毛澤東思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng), also called Marxism-Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism (MLM), is a variant of communism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893–...
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Jean-Pierre Bemba (4 November 1962) is one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
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View in December 2000, just before opening The Burnley Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Melbourne, Australia. ...
Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ...
A west-bound tunnel joining the Monash Freeway to the West Gate Freeway in Melbourne, Australia. ...
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Menu Foods Limited[1] is a store-brand, or private-label, wet pet food manufacturer based in Streetsville, Ontario, Canada. ...
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March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville or, before 1960, also Leopoldstad) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
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Jean-Pierre Bemba (4 November 1962) is one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown[2]. Their Commander-in-Chief is the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II and they are managed by the Defence Council of the...
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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). ...
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Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ...
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A typical suburban police station in the United States (this one is in San Bruno, California). ...
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Economic sanctions are economic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries) on another for a variety of reasons. ...
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Elections for the 54th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 24 March 2007. ...
Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 50 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $305,437 (1st) - Product per capita $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006) - Population 6,817,100 (1st) - Density 8. ...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...
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The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
Approximate location of the incident on the Iraqi-Iranian border river Arvand rud / Shatt al-Arab On 23 March 2007 fifteen Royal Navy personnel were seized at gunpoint by the naval forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in disputed Iraqi / Iranian waters known as the Arvandrud/Shatt al-Arab waterway. ...
Donald Tsang Yam Kuen, GBM, KBE, JP, (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: , born October 7, 1944) has been the Chief Executive of Hong Kong since 2005. ...
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The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ...
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ...
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PlayStation 3 , trademarked PLAYSTATION®3,[7] commonly abbreviated PS3) is Sony Computer Entertainments third video game console. ...
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March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...
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The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ...
March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ...
The Quebec general election of 2007 will be held in the province of Quebec, Canada, on March 26, 2007. ...
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March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (87th in leap years). ...
Young Buck (born March 15, 1981) is an American rap artist. ...
Buck the World is the second album of Nashville rapper Young Buck. ...
March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (87th in leap years). ...
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design applications made by Adobe Systems. ...
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ...
Rock Star or Rockstar may refer to: Rock Star, a 2001 film starring Mark Wahlberg. ...
Grand Theft Auto IV (also known as GTA IV) is the upcoming eleventh installment of the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, announced for release by Rockstar Games on October 16, 2007 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
Final Four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament. ...
The 2007 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involves 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ...
This is a list of Doctor Who television serials. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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February 2007 is the second month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
April 2007 is the fourth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
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June 10 - One Night Stand (pay-per-view wrestling event) will take place from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York. ...
July 7 - The 2007 Tour de France will begin. ...
August 10 - Scheduled release date for the upcoming Jackie Chan movie, Rush Hour 3. ...
September 2007 is the ninth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
October 2007 is the eighth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
January 2006 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 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 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 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 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ...
May 2006 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ...
June 2006 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Extraordinary renditions. ...
Early elections in November are announced in the Netherlands. ...
August 2006 is the eighth month of that year, and has yet to occur. ...
September 2006 is the ninth month of 2006 and has begun on a Friday. ...
October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ...
December 2006 is the twelfth and final month of the year and will begin in 2 day(s). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday 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...
February 2005 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ...
↠- 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F...
April 2005 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → 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- → 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- → 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- → 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- → 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- → 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...
Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone...
December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 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. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
January 2004 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 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- → // 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 – 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...
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...
August 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: August 2004 in sports Deaths in August 2004 • 30 Fred Whipple • 26 Laura Branigan • 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 18 Elmer Bernstein • 15 Amarsinh Chaudhary • 14 Czesław Miłosz • 13 Julia Child • 8...
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...
↠- 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 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...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. ...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for February, 2003. ...
March 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // 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. ...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for April 2003. ...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for May, 2003. ...
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. ...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for July, 2003. ...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for August, 2003. ...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2003. ...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2003. ...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for November, 2003. ...
December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Events December 31, 2003 In Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian signs a law that allows referendums to be held. ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 27, 2002 Alicia Keys wins five Grammys. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for March, 2002. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for April, 2002. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2002. ...
July 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events See also: Afghanistan timeline July 2002 July 31, 2002 The Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate begins hearings on the proposed invasion of Iraq The Stock Market continues its recovery from the Stock...
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...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2002. ...
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 - → // 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...
2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the 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. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: April 1: An EP-3E United States Navy plane 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. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: June 5-June 9 - Houston, Texas is devastated by flooding when Tropical Storm Allison dumps 36 inches of rain on the city. ...
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. ...
2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous...
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. ...
2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the 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. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, 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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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