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David Brock, 2001 News
former conservative journalist, admitted in June that when he was covering the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in 1991, he libeled Anita Hill in depicting her as “a little bit nutty…Saad Eddin Ibrahim, 2001 News
sociologist and human rights activist, was convicted in May of defaming Egypt, accepting money from the European Union without authorization, and embezzlement. He was sentenced to seven…Pervez Musharraf, 2001 News
Pakistani general, declared himself president and formal head of state in June, less than a month before a summit meeting in India with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. He promptly…Silvio Berlusconi, 2001 News
Italian politician and media magnate, became prime minister of Italy's 59th postwar “revolving door” government after May elections. Berlusconi is one of the richest men in the world.…Augusto Pinochet, 2001 News
Chilean general and former president, in July was declared mentally unfit to stand trial on charges of genocide, torture, and kidnapping. The Chilean appeals court said that his ill health…David Trimble, 2001 News
Ulster Unionist leader, resigned his post as first minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly in July after the Irish Republican Army once again stalled on disarmament. The move threatened to…Louis J. Freeh, 2001 News
seasoned prosecutor, was tapped by President Bush to succeed Louis J. Freeh as the director of the FBI. Mueller served as U.S. attorney twice, in Boston from 1982 to 1988 and in San…Consolata Mukangango (Sister Gertrude) and Julienne Mukabutera (Sister Maria Kisito), 2001 News
Roman Catholic nuns, were convicted in June by a Brussels court of war crimes and genocide for allowing Hutu militia to take and slaughter some 7,000 Tutsis who had sought refuge in their…Andre Agassi, 1999 News
29, professional tennis player, made the comeback of his life in June when he won the French Open. The win made him the first American in 61 years to win all four majors. He went on to…Amadou Diallo, 1999 News
22, West African immigrant, was shot 19 times in February in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment by four plainclothes police officers. Diallo, a street peddler, was unarmed. The officers,…Trending
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