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2005 ICIJ Awards

The ICIJ Awards were created in 1997 to honor transnational investigative reporting. The awards of $20,000 for first prize and $1,000 for finalists are made possible by The John and Florence…

June 2004

WorldNew Government Formed in Iraq (June 1): Cabinet of 36 Iraqis assumes power from the Iraqi Governing Council. Interim government is led by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Ghazi al-Yawar is…

August 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 Sunni Block Withdraws from Iraqi…

November 2008 Current Events

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 | Nation | Business/Science/Society U.S. Airstrike…

Glossary of Military Terms

Alliance Axis of Evil – In President Bush's 2001 State of the Union Address, he identified Iran, Iraq, nad North Korea as an axis of evil, meaning these countries supported terrorist…

September 1998 News and Events

1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldU.N. Tribunal Convicts Rwandan in Genocide (Sept. 2): In first such verdict, finds former small-town mayor guilty in mass killings.More Iraqi Interference Charged…

Timeline: U.S. Spying and Surveillance

Key happenings in the history of domestic and international surveillance The need to protect citizens' rights against “unreasonable searches and seizures“ is as old as our country; safeguards were…

Jerry Sandusky

Name at birth: Gerald Arthur SanduskyJerry Sandusky is the former Penn State football coach who in 2012 was tried and convicted of molesting young boys over the course of a decade. His arrest and…

Geraldo Rivera Biography

Geraldo Riveratalk-show host, journalistBorn: 7/4/1943Birthplace: New York City In 1997 Rivera cut a $30 million six-year contract with NBC as a news journalist, capping a career in…