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Slobodan Milosevic, 2001 News

former president of Yugoslavia, was arrested in April after a 26-hour armed standoff with police at his Belgrade home. He was charged with corruption and stealing state funds during his 13-…

Who uses Euros in the EU?

The Question: Which EU members are using the euro as a currency? Is EU different from EEC? What does EEC stand for? The Answer:…

December 1998 News and Events

1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldBosnian Serb General Arrested (Dec. 2): U.S. and Allies seize Maj. Gen. Radislav Krstic, charged with genocide by Yugoslav war crimes tribunal.Libya Refuses to…

January 1999 News and Events

1999 Month-By-MonthWorldOpposition to Khmer Rouge Trial Denied (Jan. 1): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says earlier comments misinterpreted and that he supports investigation into mass…

February 1999 News and Events

1999 News Month-By-MonthWorldU.S. Expands Air Strikes on Iraq (Feb. 2): Pilots hit wide range of military targets under broadened rules for attacks over northern and southern no-fly zones.…

Freedom in the World, 2010

Since 1972, Freedom House has published Freedom in the World, an annual comparative assessment of the state of political rights and civil liberties around the world. Widely used by…

2022 Winter Olympics: Competing Countries

 91 countries to compete at Beijing, including two newcomers Source: AP Photo/Ivan SekretarevRelated Links 2022 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics…

Superpower Takes a Back Seat

1999 News of the Nation The four days of air strikes against Iraq in Dec. 1998, an international P.R. disaster for the U.S. and Britain, were followed by a low-profile war of attrition, in which…

Wesley K. Clark

Wesley Kanne Clark is the former U.S. Army general who ran as a Democratic candidate for the presidency in the 2004 election. Clark grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and, at the age of 16, started at…

1990 – 1999 World History

Lech Walesa (1943– ) Archive Photos Hubble Space Telescope NASA Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007) Imapress/Archive Photos Toni Morrison (1931– ) Archive Photos…