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1999 Year in Review - News of the Nation

Handguns became the issue of the day as the nation grappled with a spate of senseless shootings. by Borgna Brunner Clinton Acquittal | Budget Surplus | Gun Control | Campaign 2000 | Superpower…

July 2004

WorldPowell Visits Sudan (July 1): U.S. secretary of state and Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the UN, urge government to rein in the Arab militias in Darfur.Hussein Appears in Court (July 1…

October 1997 News and Events

1997 Month-By-MonthWorldU.S. Sends Carrier to Gulf (Oct. 3): The Nimitz is dispatched in a warning to Iran to halt air attacks on Iraq, a violation of the no-flight zone imposed at the end of…

Entertainment News from February 1997

Kenneth “Babyface” EdmondsArchive Photos1Bill Cosby performs a standup routine in West Palm Beach, Florida, his first since his son, Ennis, was murdered in January. He opened his show by…

Entertainment News from January 1998

1The figures are in, and U.S. moviegoers dished out more than $6.2 billion dollars at the box office in 1997, a 7 percent increase over 1996's $5.76 billion take. Men in Black fared best in…

March 2007

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World U.S. Troops Kill Several Civilians…

July 2005

WorldDiplomats Kidnapped in Iraq (July 3): Ihab al-Sharif, who was to become Egypt's ambassador to Iraq, is seized by gunmen in Baghdad. (July 7): Militant group al-Qaeda in Iraq says it has…

March 1998 News and Events

1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldRussian Atomic Minister Ousted (March 2): Viktor N. Mikhailov, influential in nation's military and civilian nuclear establishment, dismissed to surprise of many…