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February 2001 News and Events

WorldCongo's New President Addresses UN (Feb. 2): Joseph Kabila, son of slain president Laurent Kabila, promises Security Council he will open dialogue with opponents in an effort to end his…

Utopia: Introduction

Introduction Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of the King's Bench, was born in 1478, in Milk Street, in the city of London. After his earlier education at St. Anthony's…

shipping

(Encyclopedia) shipping, transportation of passengers and goods on waterways. From prehistoric times shipping has had a major influence on human social development. Water routes, unlike roads, did…

May 2002

WorldUN Drops Plans for Jenin Fact-finding Mission (May 2): Secretary General Kofi Annan disbands team that would have investigated deadly Israeli attack on Palestinian refugee camp after…

December 2003

WorldInternational Court Convicts Rwandans of Genocide (Dec. 3) Three-judge panel in Arusha, Tanzania, finds three Rwandan media figures guilty of genocide in the slaughter of the Tutsi…