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Lamar Hunt 2006 Deaths

Lamar HuntAge: 74 founding member of the American Football League and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, he gave the Super Bowl its name. The AFL championship trophy is named after him. He also…

Iraq Timeline: 2004

  by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • Jan. 15, 2004 Tens of thousands of Shiites hold a peaceful demonstration in Basra in…

Steve Irwin 2006 Deaths

Steve IrwinAge: 44 television personality and animal conservationist, known to fans worldwide as the “Crocodile Hunter,” whose stunts with crocodiles, alligators, and snakes brought him fame—…

Georgie Anne Geyer Biography

Georgie Anne Geyerforeign correspondentBorn: 4/2/1935Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. After graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1956, Geyer won a Fulbright…

Iraq: Rulers

Kings Faisal I (1921–1933) Ghazi I (1933–1939) Faisal II (1939–1958) Abd al-Ilah, regent (1939–1941, 1941–1953) Sharaf ibn Rajih al-Fawwaz, regent (1941) Chairman of the Sovereignty Council…

Valerie Plame Wilson

Valerie Plame Wilson is a central figure in a complicated political investigation of the George W. Bush administration. On 14 July 2003, newspaper columnist Robert Novak published a column…

The Iraqi Albatross

1998 News of the Nation Us. foreign policy was dominated in 1998 by continued difficulties with Iraq. On Nov. 13, 1997, Iraq expelled the American members of the U.N. inspection team mandated…

Mandaeans

(Encyclopedia) Mandaeans or MandeansMandeansmănˈdēənz [key], a small religious sect who maintain an ancient belief resembling that of Gnosticism and that of the Parsis. They are also known as…

Iraq Timeline: 2005

  by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • Jan. 4, 2005 Ali al-Haidari, governor of Baghdad Province, is assassinated by…