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Paris Pacts

(Encyclopedia) Paris Pacts, four international agreements signed in Paris on Oct. 23, 1954, to establish a new international status for West Germany. Since the end of World War II, West Germany had…

Chrétien, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Chrétien, Jean (Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien)Chrétien, Jeanzhōsĕfˈ zhäk zhäN krātyăNˈ [key], 1934–, Canadian politician and prime minister (1993–2003), b. Quebec. He received his legal…

October 2005

WorldBombers Attack in Bali (Oct. 1): At least 22 people die when several bombs explode at tourist sites on the Indonesian island of Bali, which was also attacked in 2002. Suicide bombers are…

Comoros, the

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Comoros, the Comoros, the kŏmˈərōs [key], officially Union of the Comoros (2020 est. pop. 869,…

2015 Year in Review Slideshow: World News

Top events for the nation and the world in 2015 Jennie Wood Prev Next The Immigration Crisis The Crisis Intensifies Throughout Europe in 2015 During the summer of 2015, the Balkans route…

Alija Izetbegovic 2003 Deaths

Alija IzetbegovicAge: 78 Bosnian politician who presided over Bosnia's move toward independence in the early 1990s. In a March 1992 referendum, Bosnian voters chose independence, and…

Seth Lewelling Biography

Seth Lewellinghorticulturist, developer of several varieties of fruitBorn: 3/6/1820Birthplace: Randolph, N.C. Lewelling arrived in Oregon Territory in 1850 with a wagon-full of fruit seeds…

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris is the first woman, as well as the first woman of Black and Indian heritage, to be vice president of the United States. Kamala Harris grew up in central California, the child of two…

Hugo Chavez

Name at birth: Hugo Rafael Chávez FriasHugo Chavez was the elected strongman of Venezuela who took office in 1999 and remained there until his death from cancer in 2013. Chavez was the son of…