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WEB20 February. The Soviets open a new phase in space exploration with the launch of the world's biggest space station, Mir. Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool. Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Timeline: Break-up of Yugoslavia
WEBMay 22, 2006 · Timeline: Break-up of Yugoslavia. A brief history of the dramatic and violent changes that took place as the Yugoslav Federation disintegrated during the 1990s. 1991-1992: DISINTEGRATION. Yugoslavia was first formed as a kingdom in 1918 and then recreated as a Socialist state in 1945 after the Axis powers were defeated in World War II.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
WEB1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash. Diana, Princess of Wales, has died after a car crash in Paris. She was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning where surgeons tried for two hours to save her life but she died at 0300 BST. In a statement Buckingham Palace said the Queen and the Prince of Wales were "deeply shocked and ...
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Gilgamesh tomb believed found
WEBApr 29, 2003 · Archaeologists in Iraq believe they may have found the lost tomb of King Gilgamesh - the subject of the oldest "book" in history. Gilgamesh was believed to be two-thirds god, one-third human. The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of ...
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 1948: The State of Israel is founded
WEBMay 6, 2008 · 1948: The State of Israel is founded. The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948, the culmination of nearly 2,000 years of hopes by Jewish people that they would one day return to the land from which the Romans expelled them. The Holocaust of European Jewry in the Second World War strengthened their determination.
What does the Bible actually say about being gay? - BBC News
WEBOct 23, 2003 · A pro-gay position might be that this is a clear indication that King David had a gay relationship, and to pretend otherwise is naive. An anti-gay opinion might be that the friendship between the two men was exactly that - a very close and loyal allegiance. Similarly, the tale of Sodom is often debated.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saddam Hussein's last moments
WEBDec 31, 2006 · Saddam Hussein's last moments. In the wake of the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a fuller picture has gradually emerged of how his final moments played out. In an interview with the BBC, one of the witnesses, Judge Munir Haddad, gave a detailed account of what he saw, painting a …
BBC News | Americas | Lost people of Appalachia
WEBJul 3, 1999 · Lost people of Appalachia. In the heart of Appalachia in the southern United States, an isolated, dark skinned people known as the Melungeons, are challenging the accepted version of modern America's earliest history. For centuries, they remained almost invisible to the American mainstream. They live hidden away …
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Timeline: Soviet war in Afghanistan
WEBFeb 17, 2009 · A chronology of key events around the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the decade-long war it sparked. 27 April: Afghanistan's communist People's Democratic Party seizes power in a coup but is split along ethnic lines and in-fighting begins. The country is renamed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA).
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Oliver! star Jack Wild dies at 53
WEBMar 2, 2006 · Actor Jack Wild, who played The Artful Dodger in 1968 film Oliver!, has died at the age of 53. Wild was nominated for an Oscar when he was just 16 for the role. He also starred in late-1960s US children's fantasy TV series HR Pufnstuf. He suffered from mouth cancer after years of heavy drinking and smoking …