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The International Cycling Union provisionally suspends Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador, the current Tour de France champion, after he was found to have tested positive for a small amount of clenbuterol, a banned substance, on July 21. He blames food contamination for the positive sample. , | Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has tested positive to a banned substance in news that will send shockwaves through the cycling world.
Cycling authorities have confirmed Contador did fail a test but say his reading for the banned stimulant is very small.
Alberto Contador of team Astana celebrates with his tr... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | September 2010 | ['(Sydney Morning Herald)', '(AAP via The Australian)', '(New York Times)', '(Reuters)'] |
The United States will send thousands of troops to West Africa to build Ebola virus clinics and train health workers. | The United States will send thousands of troops to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by building clinics and training hundreds of healthcare workers, US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday.
Mr. Obama called the outbreak a national security threat and planned to travel to the Centres for Disease Contr... | Disease Outbreaks | September 2014 | ['(The Hindu)'] |
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 50 people on an island on Lake Chad, bordering Cameroon and Chad. | Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 50 people on an island on Lake Chad, bordering Cameroon and Chad, a local official told the BBC.
The militants, disguised as traders, attacked fishermen, local mayor Ali Ramat said, quoting a survivor.
The attack happened on 22 December, but news from the remote area ... | Armed Conflict | December 2019 | ['(BBC)'] |
Bushfires consume 13,400 hectares (33,000 acres) of land and destroy at least 37 homes near Toodyay, northeast of Perth, Western Australia. | The wildfires blaze around the township of Toodyay
Nearly 40 homes have been razed in wildfires tearing through farming areas north of the Western Australian capital, Perth.
State Premier Colin Barnett declared a natural disaster, freeing up emergency funds for those in need. The blazes have consumed about 13,400 hecta... | Fire | December 2009 | ['(BBC News)'] |
Rescuers continue a search for survivors of the earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan including in areas controlled by the Taliban. The death toll from the earthquake is 339 with many thousands injured. | Rescuers are picking their way through rugged terrain and pockets of Taliban insurgency in the search for survivors after a massive quake hit Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing at least 306 people.
The toll was expected to rise as search teams reach remote areas that were cut off by the powerful magnitude 7.5 quake, whi... | Earthquakes | October 2015 | ['(AFP via ABC News)', '(Himalayan Times)'] |
Hurricane Alex becomes the first hurricane to form in the Atlantic Ocean in January since 1938 with warnings issued for the Azores. | .
A rare January Atlantic hurricane, Alex, made landfall in The Azores early Friday as a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center, and has now made the transition to a non-tropical low-pressure system in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.
The center of Alex made landfall on the island of Terceira in the ce... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | January 2016 | ['(Weather Channel)'] |
John Banville wins the 2011 Franz Kafka Prize. | Languishing in the Nobel prize for literature odds last year at 66/1, Irish author John Banville may be in with a better shot this time round after landing the Franz Kafka prize, a literary award with an uncanny ability of predicting future Nobel laureates.
The prize is given by the Kafka Society to an international au... | Awards ceremony | May 2011 | ['(The Guardian)', '(Irish Independent)', '(CBS News)'] |
First time qualifier Iceland holds off a late charge from two-time champion Argentina and comes away with a 1–1 draw in the opening World Cup matches for both countries. | Lionel Messi had a penalty saved as Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw by Iceland in their World Cup opener.
Messi's chance came and went after 63 minutes when keeper Hannes Halldorsson guessed right to parry the spot-kick and earn a hard-fought point.
The Barcelona star had created the game's first moment of danger whe... | Sports Competition | June 2018 | ['(ESPN)'] |
Japan intervenes in the foreign exchange market for the first time in six years to reduce the exchange rate for the yen in order to stimulate the Japanese economy. | TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan’s bold strike to weaken its currency on Wednesday sent the yen tumbling more than 3.0 percent against the U.S. dollar, but unsettled allies who feared the unilateral move may complicate efforts to restore balanced global economic growth.
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Côte d'Ivoire Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny dissolves his Cabinet after toxic waste was dumped in the city of Abidjan, making over 1,500 people ill and killing three. | Three people have died and more than 1,500 have been treated after inhaling fumes from waste apparently dumped at sites in the city two weeks ago. Mr Banny, who will remain in office, was asked by Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to form a new cabinet at a meeting scheduled for Thursday.
It is unclear who dumped th... | Organization Closed | September 2006 | ['(BBC)'] |
Asa'ib Ahl al–Haq, the Iranian–backed Shiite militia that carried out deadly attacks on U.S. troops agrees to lay down its arms and join the political process in Iraq. | A decision by a Shiite militia to transform itself from an armed, anti-American movement into a viable political force could complicate Iraq's political crisis and strengthen Iran's clout in this country as U.S. influence wanes.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government has welcomed the recent decision by Asaib Ahl a... | Sign Agreement | January 2012 | ['(ABC News)'] |
Greek Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toskas resigns after a wildfire that killed 88 people and led to wide criticism of the government for its handling of the disaster. | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toskas resigned on Friday in the wake of a wildfire last month that killed 88 people and led to widespread criticism of the government for its handling of the disaster.
Toskas had previously offered to quit after the July 23 blaze in the small seaside town of Mat... | Fire | August 2018 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Iran sentences two officials to death and nine others to fines and floggings for the deaths in custody of three protesters during the 2009-2010 Iranian election protests. | An Iranian court has sentenced to death two people charged with killing three anti-government protesters in prison.The court announced the verdicts Wednesday for the unnamed suspects. Nine other people were sentenced to flogging or prison terms. A tenth person was acquitted. The case stems from protests by political ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | June 2010 | ['(AP)', '(BBC)', '(Tehran Times)', '(Ynetnews)', '(Voice of America)'] |
Somalian troops open fire killing at least two people during food riots in Mogadishu. | Troops opened fire and killed at least two people as tens of thousands of people rioted over high food prices in Somalia's capital Monday.
Several people also were injured in the protest in Mogadishu in this Horn of Africa nation.
Prices of rice and other food staples have been rising rapidly around the world, boosted ... | Riot | May 2008 | ['(AP via Google News)'] |
Supporters of the Jordanian government clash with anti-government protesters in Amman, resulting in 1 death and over 100 injuries. | Reports say supporters of the king threw stones at the hundreds of protesters camped in Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, injuring a number of them.
The protesters were demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit, reforms to parliament and for corrupt officials to stand trial.
King Abdullah appointed Mr Bakhi... | Protest_Online Condemnation | March 2011 | ['(BBC)', '(Al Jazeera)'] |
Part of the South Devon Railway sea wall carrying the railway line linking London with the west of England is washed away by a powerful storm that has hit the UK overnight. Thousands of homes are also left without electricity. | Parts of Britain have been hit by a storm which destroyed a stretch of railway, forced people from their homes and left thousands without power. A section of the sea wall in Dawlish, Devon, collapsed and left the railway to Cornwall suspended in mid-air. Residents of homes on the Somerset Levels were evacuated amid fe... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | February 2014 | ['(BBC)'] |
A shooting takes place at a pub in Tel Aviv, Israel, leaving two dead and eight injured. The gunman managed to escape and possibly killed his accomplice, an Arab taxi driver, whose body was found nearby. The police identified the shooter as 30 year old muslim Nisa'at Melkham from Ar'ara and searched his home. | Massive manhunt underway for suspect, identified as an Israeli Arab; two seriously wounded in shooting on corner of Gordon and Dizengoff; growing consensus among security officials that shooting was a terrorist attack.
Two people were killed and seven were wounded in an apparent shooting attack in a central Tel Aviv p... | Riot | January 2016 | ['(Haaretz)'] |
Celtic shock Barcelona in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage. | writer: AFP Neil Lennon said Celtic are in a great position to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League after his injury-ravaged side produced a shock 2-1 defeat of Group G favourites Barcelona at Parkhead on Wednesday.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon celebrates at the final whistle during their UEFA C... | Sports Competition | November 2012 | ['(The Guardian)', '(CBC News)', '(Irish Independent)', '(Bangkok Post)'] |
A fire breaks out at an orphanage in San José Pinula, Guatemala after students protesting conditions including alleged sexual and physical abuse set fire to their bedding, killing at least 19 children. | Nineteen teenage girls have died in a blaze at a children's care home in Guatemala, officials say.
About 25 other people were injured in the fire at the Virgen de Asuncion shelter in San Jose Pinula, about 25km (15 miles) south-east of the capital, Guatemala City.
Police said the blaze may have been started by some of ... | Fire | March 2017 | ['(BBC)'] |
The Indian Space Research Organization successfully launches Chandrayaan–2 to survey lunar water from Satish Dhawan Space Center, India's second lunar exploration mission. If successful, Chandrayaan–2 will become the first spacecraft to land on the lunar south pole. | With the spectacularly successful launch of ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 mission on 22 July, the three-part spacecraft carrying a lunar orbiter, lander, and rover destined for the moon's surface was launched into the Earth's Parking Orbit, a temporary orbit used during the launch of a satellite or spacecraft.
Surely there was ... | New achievements in aerospace | July 2019 | ['(FP)'] |
Michel Martelly is sworn in as the democratically-elected President of Haiti. | Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- With expectations of change running high, former bad-boy pop star Michel Martelly was sworn in Saturday as the president of impoverished Haiti, still reeling from last year's devastating earthquake.
In a sign of the nation's troubles, the electricity went out moments before the inaugurati... | Government Job change - Appoint_Inauguration | May 2011 | ['(CNN)'] |
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are held with Matthew McConaughey winning Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Dallas Buyers Club and Cate Blanchett winning Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her... | The awards season now turns on a delicate dance between “American Hustle” and “12 Years a Slave.”
The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards gave David O. Russell’s con-man comedy “American Hustle” the top prize Saturday night, making it the front-runner for Oscar gold. But if it has any competition at the Academy Awar... | Awards ceremony | January 2014 | ['(Los Angeles Times)'] |
The Nigerian Army announces a cyber warfare operation as protests against police brutality in the country continue. | The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of a nationwide “cyberwarfare” operation, as protests against police brutality continue in the country.
The army said the operation will be under the banner of Exercise Crocodile Smile, which it said is an annual exercise and traditionally holds in the last quarter of th... | Protest_Online Condemnation | October 2020 | ['(Premium Times)'] |
Four people including members of the Bin Laden family are killed in a business jet crash close to Blackbushe Airport in the United Kingdom. , | Four people have died in a plane crash at a car auction site in Hampshire. The Saudi-registered private jet - which was arriving from Italy - crashed during an attempt to land at Blackbushe Airport in Yateley. Its pilot and all three passengers were killed but no-one on the ground was injured, Hampshire Constabulary sa... | Air crash | July 2015 | ['(BBC)', '(BBC)'] |
In football, the final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations played at Libreville, Gabon, between Zambia and Ivory Coast, with Zambia winning 8–7 on penalties in a shock result. | Zambia clinched their first African Nations Cup crown with a poignant penalty shoot-out win over Ivory Coast.
Nineteen years after a plane crash which killed 18 members of their squad in Libreville, the Chipolopolo returned to the Gabon capital to record the most famous victory in the country’s history.
A dramatic shoo... | Sports Competition | February 2012 | ['(Bleacher Report)', '(Irish Examiner)'] |
South Korea's economy enters recession after exports plunge to their lowest levels since 1963. | SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plunged into recession in the second quarter in its worst economic decline in more than two decades as the coronavirus pandemic battered exports and social distancing curbs paralysed factories.
Asia’s fourth-largest economy shrank by a seasonally adjusted 3.3% in the June quarter from thre... | Financial Crisis | July 2020 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is convicted on one count of conspiracy in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for his role in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. | The first former Guantánamo detainee to be tried in a civilian court was acquitted on Wednesday of all but one of more than 280 charges of conspiracy and murder in the 1998 terrorist bombings of the United States Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The case has been seen as a test of President Oba... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | November 2010 | ['(New York Times)'] |
Leaders of the Burmese junta, including Senior General Than Shwe, resign from their posts ahead of general elections in November. | Leaders of Burma's junta are reported to have resigned from their military posts, days before the deadline to register candidates in the country's first general election in two decades.
Some reports said junta leader Gen Than Shwe was among those to have stepped down, but other reports denied this.
Observers believe he... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | August 2010 | ['(BBC)', '(Sify India)', '(Bangkok Post)', '[permanent dead link]'] |
The centre–right parties win a majority in the Norwegian parliamentary elections, with the Conservative Party's Erna Solberg defeating incumbent Jens Stoltenberg for the position of Prime Minister. | Norwegian centre-right leader Erna Solberg is set to form a new government after Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg admitted election defeat.
Ms Solberg described her win as "a historic election victory for the right-wing parties".
Her Conservative Party is widely expected to form a government with the anti-immigra... | Government Job change - Election | September 2013 | ['(Labour)', '(BBC)', '(AAP via SBS)'] |
A fire at the Perseus shopping centre in western Moscow kills at least one person and injures at least six others. | At least one person has died following a fire at the Perseus shopping centre in the west of Moscow. Video on social media showed thick black smoke rising from the blue mall building. According to multiple reports, the blaze began in a toys stockroom on the third floor, before spreading to the roof of the building. Thre... | Fire | April 2018 | ['(The Independent)'] |
The Connecticut Supreme Court rules that gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry in Connecticut. | HARTFORD, Connecticut (CNN) -- The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay and lesbian couples have the right to get married.
The ruling makes Connecticut the third state, after Massachusetts and California, to decide its constitution mandates treating citizens equally when applying for marriage licenses, re... | Government Policy Changes | October 2008 | ['(CNN)'] |
Nine Extinction Rebellion protesters are arrested for storming U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. | The hunger strike inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office to protest inaction on climate change wasn’t going well Thursday.
It was day four without food for nine young strikers who vowed to stay until the bitter end, and Pelosi (D-Calif.) had not come close to meeting their demand to talk with them for an hour on ca... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | November 2019 | ['(Washington Post)'] |
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation into the collision between container ship MV Beijing Bridge and trawler FV Saxon Onward concludes both vessels saw each other in the lead-up to the collision but neither took appropriate avoiding action in time, with evasive manoeuvres by the cargo ship increasing the... | The Maritime Executive The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released the final investigation report into the collision between the container ship Beijing Bridge and fishing vessel Saxon Onward noting that the container ship's evasive action actually increased the risk of colli... | Shipwreck | July 2018 | ['(The Maritime Executive)'] |
Following a meeting with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon, Cameron calls for economic sanctions against Burma to be suspended in recognition of the changes taking place there. | David Cameron has said economic sanctions against Burma should be suspended in recognition of the changes taking place in the country.
The prime minister spoke after a meeting with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon.
Ms Suu Kyi welcomed his call and said the suspension of sanctions would "strengthen the h... | Diplomatic Visit | April 2012 | ['(BBC)'] |
SpaceX successfully launches CRS–16 on its way to the International Space Station. The first stage crashes into the ocean near Cape Canaveral and is later recovered. | It’s been a busy time for Elon Musk and SpaceX, lately. Earlier this week, the company launched 64 satellites (and a art project known as the Orbital Reflector) in what was the largest rideshare mission in history. The mission was also historic because it involved a booster making its third successful landing. And this... | New achievements in aerospace | December 2018 | ['(Universe Today)'] |
Judge Ghassan Ouiedat, a Lebanese prosecutor, imposes a travel ban on former Chairman of Nissan Carlos Ghosn after he was summoned over an Interpol warrant issued by Japan seeking his arrest on financial misconduct charges. | BEIRUT/TOKYO (Reuters) - Carlos Ghosn’s lawyer said he was “very comfortable” with legal proceedings in Lebanon on Thursday, after the fugitive ex-Nissan boss was questioned over an extradition request from Japan where he faces financial misappropriation charges.
Ghosn fled Japan to Lebanon, his childhood home, last mo... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | January 2020 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori arrives in Lima a day after Chile's Supreme Court ruled his extradition back to his home country due to charges of human rights abuses and corruption. | Hundreds of supporters were waiting at a police base in Lima but his plane landed at a nearby military air base.
The ex-leader denies the allegations, which date back to the early 1990s, and has fought extradition since 2005. But after the Chilean decision, he said the extradition would give him an opportunity to clear... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | September 2007 | ['(BBC)'] |
Twin bombs injure eight people outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore ahead of an IPL3 league game between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians. A third device is located outside. | A bomb has exploded outside a cricket stadium in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police say.
At least eight people were injured in the explosion. The blast happened shortly before the start of an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match. Police say the device was hidden in the perimeter wall. The match went ahe... | Armed Conflict | April 2010 | ['(Indian Express)', '(BBC)', '(The Daily Telegraph)'] |
The United States House of Representatives votes 216–208 to pass a bill that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state, with general support from Democrats and opposition from Republicans. | WASHINGTON (AP) — A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation’s capital the 51st state.
Approval came by a 216-208 vote along strict party lines. Republicans oppose the idea given that the new state would b... | Government Policy Changes | April 2021 | ['(AP)'] |
An air ambulance on its way to University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City crashes in Elko, Nevada. 4 people, including 3 crew and one patient are killed, and vehicles on the ground are damaged during the crash. | Follow NBC News ELKO, Nev. — An air-ambulance plane taking a heart-disease patient to a Utah hospital crashed in a parking lot in northern Nevada, killing all four people aboard and sending up explosions and flames.
Three crew members and a patient were killed in the Friday night crash in Elko, American Medflight said ... | Air crash | November 2016 | ['(NBC News)'] |
Terrorists fire an antitank missile at the Embassy of the United States in Athens. No one is injured or killed. | The rocket, fired from street level into the front of the embassy, caused minor damage to the building but no-one was injured. The US envoy condemned the "very serious attack", as fire engines and police cordoned off the area. Greece's Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras said it was "very likely" a domestic group was... | Armed Conflict | January 2007 | ['(BBC)', '(CNN)'] |
The Ukrainian military urges residents of Donetsk to evacuate amid reports of "increased rebel attacks" on civilians and to clear the way for government troops to advance on one of the insurgency’s biggest stronghold. | KIEV, Ukraine The Ukrainian military on Monday appeared to be readying a long-awaited major assault on the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, warning civilians to leave as troops tightened their ring around the city amid heavy fighting.
Extra evacuation corridors were set up for cars bearing white flags, said Andriy Lysen... | Armed Conflict | August 2014 | ['(Washington Post)'] |
The entire board of France's César Awards resigns following controversy over the Academy giving Roman Polanski's An Officer and a Spy 12 award nominations, the most out of any film this year. | The entire board of the César Academy, which distributes France's equivalent of the Oscars, has resigned amid a wave of criticism of its nomination for 12 awards for a film by Roman Polanski.
The decision to honour Polanski's An Officer and a Spy has angered feminist groups and led to calls for a boycott.
The Polish-Fr... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | February 2020 | ['(BBC)'] |
Drought fleers located at camps in Mogadishu are struck down by days of killer rain. | People who have fled the drought in Somalia to camps near the capital Mogadishu have now been hit by days of heavy rain.
Aid workers say five people, including three children, had died of exposure. A doctor told the BBC that people could not find shelter from the cold rain. The victims have been displaced by a drought... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | July 2011 | ['(BBC)'] |
UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab announces that the United Kingdom will "immediately and indefinitely" suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over the controversial national security law. | Announcing the move, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK "wants a positive relationship" with China.
But he said the "imposition" of the new security law in Hong Kong by Beijing was a "serious violation" of the country's international obligations. Labour said it would support changes to the law, calling it a "st... | Government Policy Changes | July 2020 | ['(BBC)'] |
Conservative leader David Cameron launches his party's election manifesto, which he says is a "plan to change Britain for the better". He said the "optimistic" plan would bring a "new kind of government" with less state and more "people power". | David Cameron: ''The Labour way assumes that only big government can solve our problems''
Conservative leader David Cameron has launched his party's election manifesto, which he says is a "plan to change Britain for the better".
He said the "optimistic" plan would bring a "new kind of government" with less state and m... | Government Job change - Election | April 2010 | ['(BBC News)'] |
United States President Barack Obama vows to keep United States borders open to refugees, "as long as I'm president," as he visited a Malaysian humanitarian center and met migrant children, many of whom escaped violence in homelands that include Myanmar, Pakistan, and Syria. | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- President Obama vowed Saturday to keep United States borders open to refugees "as long as I'm president" as he visited a Malaysian humanitarian center and met migrant children, many of whom escaped violence in homelands that include Myanmar, Pakistan and Syria.
Obama, in Malaysi... | Famous Person - Give a speech | November 2015 | ['(UPI)'] |
Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed by a vote of 52–48 in the United States Senate and is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. She is expected to take the second of two necessary oaths and fully become a Justice on October 27. | President Trump watches as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administers the constitutional oath to Amy Coney Barrett during a ceremony at the White House Monday evening.
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... | Government Job change - Appoint_Inauguration | October 2020 | ['(NPR)'] |
U.S. Department of Justice immigration Judge Jose A. Sanchez in Boston, Massachusetts, approves an extradition request from the government of Guatemala for Juan Alicio Samayoa Cabrera, who is wanted for trial for war crimes. | Accused Guatemalan war criminal Juan Alecio Samayoa Cabrera has been denied bail by an immigration judge in Boston.
Department of Homeland Security attorney Jennifer Mulcahy argued Judge Jose Sanchez did not have the jurisdiction to release Samayoa, citing a law that strips judges of the power to grant bond if the deta... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | March 2018 | ['(WBUR News)'] |
Gunmen kill two polio vaccinators in northwest Pakistan. | Gunmen have killed two anti-polio health workers in north-west Pakistan, police said on Sunday, in the latest violence directed at efforts to eradicate the endemic disease from the country.
Two attackers shot the Pakistani health workers, who were on a vaccination drive in Kandar village, said Swabi district police chi... | Riot | June 2013 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
Israeli soldiers catch a 15 year old Palestinian carrying two pipe bombs at a West Bank checkpoint. | Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Tuesday arrested a 15-year-old Palestinian boy at a West Bank checkpoint, who was found to be carrying two pipe bombs intended for attacks against Israelis.It was the second such arrest of a teenager at the Hawara checkpoint, on the outskirts of Nablus, in the past two days.On Sunday, ... | Armed Conflict | May 2005 | ['(Haaretz)'] |
Pratibha Patil wins the 13th presidential election in India to become the first female President of India. | NEW DELHI, July 21 -- Lawmakers elected India's first female president, officials announced Saturday, in a vote seen as a step forward for hundreds of millions of Indian women and girls who face bitter discrimination in everyday life.
The position is largely ceremonial. But observers said the selection of Pratibha Pati... | Government Job change - Election | July 2007 | ['(Washington Post)'] |
Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving member of a group responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is sentenced to death. | The only gunman captured alive after the 2008 Mumbai attacks has been sentenced to death by an Indian court.
Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, a Pakistani citizen aged 22, was found guilty on Monday of many charges, including murder and waging war on India. Sentencing Qasab, the judge said he could not be rehabilitated. Qasab... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | May 2010 | ['(The Times of India)', '(BBC)'] |
Australia sends an official to the Indonesian province of Maluku to investigate claims that Detachment 88, part of the Indonesian National Police, tortured a group of separatists. | Australia has sent an official to the Indonesian province of Maluku to investigate claims that Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, which receives millions of dollars from Australia each year, brutalised a group of separatists last month, repeatedly beating them in detention.
Fairfax newspapers say ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | September 2010 | ['(AAP via Sydney Morning Herald)'] |
Dave Zabriskie becomes the third American to ever wear the yellow leader's jersey in the Tour de France, beating fellow American Lance Armstrong by two seconds in the prologue stage. le Tour de France official website | If you believed that the American influence on the Tour de France is going to wane because of the retirement of one particular rider at the end of this year’s race, think again. The young time trial protégé Dave Zabriskie has landed on Planet Tour in spectacular fashion. He won the stage, relegating six-time champion L... | Sports Competition | July 2005 | [] |
A suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 20 people, including 10 children. | Kabul: A suicide bomber targeting an American patrol outside a busy market in eastern Afghanistan killed 20 people Monday,including 10 schoolchildren and two international service members,officials said. | Armed Conflict | June 2013 | ['(India Express)'] |
Verizon Communications agrees to buy the core business at Yahoo Inc. for $4.48 billion. Completion of this July 2016 deal had been delayed because of two data breaches Yahoo disclosed last year. | (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc VZ.N said on Tuesday it would buy Yahoo Inc's YHOO.O core business for $4.48 billion, lowering its original offer by $350 million in the wake of two massive cyber attacks at the internet company.
The closing of the deal, which was first announced in July, had been delayed as the c... | Organization Merge | February 2017 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Two Palestinians, both aged 15, are arrested in a checkpoint near Jenin after 11 explosive charges were found on them. One teenager told interrogators that he was recruited to act as a couriers by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the second by the alAqsa Martyrs' Brigades. , | .
While working her job at Starbucks, the daughter of Miami Gardens’ police chief was allegedly threatened with a gun over an order mix-up the gunman was given his bagel without cream cheese, police say.
| Armed Conflict | April 2005 | ['(Haaretz)', '(AP photo)'] |
China, Chile and Egypt lift their bans on importing meat from Brazil. | China has lifted a total ban on imports of Brazilian meat imposed over allegations that companies have been selling unsafe produce for years.
Brazil's Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi says the move follows a "giant effort" by officials to explain the investigation into tainted food.
Chile and Egypt have also lifted th... | Government Policy Changes | March 2017 | ['(BBC)'] |
The top U.S. diplomat in Belarus Scott Rauland and Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimer Makey said that their countries are ready to discuss the possible return of their ambassadors. Makey told reporters in Minsk that "there is readiness from both sides for a full normalization of our relations." Belarus recalled its ... | The top U.S. diplomat in Belarus, Scott Rauland, and Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimer Makey said on April 25 that their countries are ready to discuss the possible return of their ambassadors.
Makey told reporters in Minsk that "there is readiness from both sides for a full normalization of our relations."
He sai... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | April 2016 | ['(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)'] |
The European Commission blocks the third attempt of the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse at a merger, citing the danger of a "de facto monopoly in the crucial area of fixed income instruments". | The £21bn merger between the London Stock Exchange and its German rival Deutsche Börse has fallen apart after it was blocked by the European commission on the day that Britain served notice on its EU membership.
Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition regulator, said the deal between the London and Frankfurt exchanges w... | Organization Merge | March 2017 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
Also in the Philippines, resigned ministers, other politicians and businessmen call president Gloria Arroyo to resign as well and hand the reins of the country over to vice president Noli de Castro. | The Liberal Party, which belongs to the pro-administration coalition, and the Makati Business Club on Friday joined calls for President Arroyo to resign, as the most serious political crisis to hit the Philippines since January 2001 appeared to be reaching a climax.
Senate President Franklin Drilon, who is also preside... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | July 2005 | ['(Channel News Asia)', '(ABS–CBN)', '(Reuters)'] |
Five deaths occurred in Haiti as Tropical Storm Erika dumped heavy rains there, on the Dominican Republic, and on Puerto Rico. The storm weakened to a Tropical Depression before it hit Cuba (max winds 56 kph , heading to the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. , , , | Tropical storm Erika has broken up over eastern Cuba, bringing heavy rain to the drought-stricken region. Earlier, it killed at least 20 people in Dominica and caused widespread devastation.
Tropical storm Erika "dissipated" as it crossed Cuba on Saturday, with its maximum winds dropping to 56 kph (35 mph), the Miami-... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | August 2015 | ['(35 mph)', '(WTSP)', '(Relief Web)', '(Deutsche Welle)', '(NHC)'] |
An attack on a village near the town of Sangha in central Mali kills 95 Dogon villagers. The mayor of nearby Bankass blames local Fulani. | Nearly 100 people have been killed in an attack in a village in central Mali inhabited by the Dogon ethnic group, officials say.
The attack happened in Sobame Da, near Sanga town in the Mopti region.
The search for bodies is ongoing, but officials say 95 people have been found dead, with many of the bodies burned.
Ther... | Armed Conflict | June 2019 | ['(BBC)'] |
The Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard announces a Cabinet reshuffle with Bob Carr, a former Premier of New South Wales, appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs to replace Kevin Rudd. | In a shock announcement, former NSW premier Bob Carr will join the Senate and take the role of Foreign Affairs Minister.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard revealed her new cabinet today after a week of speculation. As late as this morning it was believed that Defence Minister Stephen Smith would be reappointed to his former... | Government Job change - Appoint_Inauguration | March 2012 | ['(Sydney Morning Herald)'] |
Three men possessing homemade bullets at an illegal arms workshop are arrested in connection with the March 19, 2004, assassination attempt in Taiwan. | The men were arrested following the discovery of homemade bullets similar to those used in the attack last March.
A spokesman for the task force investigating the shooting said the men had been charged with weapons offences.
But police could not yet prove they were involved in the attack itself, the spokesman said.
Inv... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | September 2004 | ['(BBC)', '(Channel News Asia)'] |
In Rabat, Morocco, some 30.000 protesters march to call for release of prisoners of war held by Polisario in Algeria. | The March was organized by Collectif Watanouna - set up on January 20 - calling on international organizations to “intervene to put an end to the sufferings of families and children, who are separated from their mothers, and to release all Moroccans held in Tindouf.” These Moroccans were imprisoned for more than 25 yea... | Protest_Online Condemnation | March 2005 | ['(Morocco Times)', '(Reuters SA)'] |
Three men possessing homemade bullets at an illegal arms workshop are arrested in connection with the March 19, 2004, assassination attempt in Taiwan. | The men were arrested following the discovery of homemade bullets similar to those used in the attack last March.
A spokesman for the task force investigating the shooting said the men had been charged with weapons offences.
But police could not yet prove they were involved in the attack itself, the spokesman said.
Inv... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | September 2004 | ['(BBC)', '(Channel News Asia)'] |
German police detain two suspects with over 150kg of pyrotechnic explosives and an IED inscribed with a swastika and SS runes, stating the two may have a connection to a neoNazi terrorist group. | The explosives were found in a private flat in Lauterecken in western Germany on December 29. A local prosecutor’s office said the suspects may belong to a neo-Nazi group called the ‘Oldschool Society,’ DPA reports.
In addition to the explosives, investigators found an improvised explosive device bearing a swastika and... | Armed Conflict | January 2017 | ['(RT)'] |
The United States Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard halt a massive search and rescue operation for seven Marines and Navy sailors who went missing on Thursday off the coast of San Clemente Island in California. All the missing are now presumed dead. | A massive search and rescue operation for seven Marines and a Navy sailor who went missing after a training accident off the California coast has been halted and all are presumed dead, authorities said Sunday.
Fifteen Marines and the sailor were participating in a routine training exercise off the coast of San Clemente... | Shipwreck | August 2020 | ['(USA Today)'] |
The United States Supreme Court rules six–to–three that "illegal combatants" such as those held in Guantánamo can challenge the basis of their detentions, yet can also be held without charges or trial. | The six-to-three ruling is seen as a major blow to the Bush administration and could herald hundreds of appeals in US courts on behalf of the inmates.
Lower US courts had previously ruled that Guantanamo prisoners were beyond US legal jurisdiction.
The ruling did not pass judgement on the guilt or innocence of any deta... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | June 2004 | ['(BBC)', '(NYT)'] |
A disgruntled bus driver goes on a rampage in Dublin, Ireland, smashing through stopped and on–coming vehicles as he drives through streets, across tram lines and up the wrong side of a dual–carriageway. One woman is killed and 13 people more injured, including five Gardaí . Armed Gardaí open fire on three occasions t... | A 61-year-old woman has been killed and 13 other people were injured, including five gardaí, after being hit by a stolen bus in Dublin. The driver of the bus, a 36-year-old man, from Tallaght, has been arrested. He was treated earlier at Tallaght hospital and is now being questioned at Kevin Street Garda Station.
The i... | Road Crash | May 2006 | ['(Irish Police)'] |
Russian prosecutors launch a terrorism investigation after an improvised bomb derailed an overnight express train near the village of Malaya Vishera in the Novgorod region. | MALAYA VISHERA, Russia (Reuters) -- Russia launched a terrorism investigation on Tuesday after a bomb derailed an express train traveling from Moscow to St Petersburg, overturning carriages and injuring dozens of passengers.
Rescuers work at the site of train derailment near the Malaya Vishera village caused by an a... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | August 2007 | ['(CNN)'] |
Protesters storm the Iranian consulate in Basra, in protest of corruption and misrule by Iraq's political elite, damaging the consulate's offices and shouting anti-Iranian slogans while others briefly take workers hostage at a nearby oilfield. | BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Protesters stormed the Iranian consulate in Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra on Friday, local security sources said.
The consulate is in the upscale neighborhood of al-Barda’iya, southeast of the city center.
Demonstrators have targeted local government buildings and political party offices since p... | Riot | September 2018 | ['(Reuters)', '(Ynet News)'] |
The Indian tourism industry reports that, as a result of protests, December visits to the Taj Mahal and the state of Assam declined by 60% and 90% respectively compared to the same period last year. These declines are also occurring in the midst of general economic slowdown in the country. | MUMBAI (Reuters) - India’s tourism industry has been hit by a wave of violent anti-government protests against a new citizenship law that have rocked several cities this month, with at least seven countries issuing travel warnings.
At least 25 people have been killed in clashes between police and protesters, and demons... | Protest_Online Condemnation | December 2019 | ['(Reuters)'] |
FC Shakhtar Donetsk defeat SV Werder Bremen to win the final UEFA Cup. | Rodrigues Jadson's extra-time winner sank Werder Bremen and ensured Shakhtar Donetsk won the last Uefa Cup final.
Luiz Adriano's delicate finish put Shakhtar in front after 25 minutes. Werder equalised before the interval when Shakhtar keeper Andriy Pyatov could only divert Ronaldo Naldo's long-range free-kick into the... | Sports Competition | May 2009 | ['(BBC)', '(UEFA)'] |
Lee Man-hee, a Shincheonji Church of Jesus pastor, is arrested for allegedly hiding contact information from virus trackers and embezzling 5.6 billion won. | Lee Man-hee’s Shincheonji Church of Jesus was at the centre of an outbreak but police say he hid details on members and their movements
California sees record number of deaths on four separate days South Korean authorities have arrested the founder of a secretive Christian sect at the centre of the country’s largest ou... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | August 2020 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
Sixteen people are killed and many more injured by a car bomb and a second, delayed explosion near a hospital in Syria's mainly Alawite, government-controlled neighborhood of al-Zahra, east of Homs' old city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. The attack comes just five days after the government and re... | Twin explosions in a government-controlled neighborhood of Syria’s Homs city killed at least 16 people and wounded scores more on Saturday, a group monitoring the war and state media said, in an attack claimed by the hardline Islamic State group.
The blasts come days after the government extended its control of the we... | Sign Agreement | December 2015 | ['(Reuters)', '(EuroNews)'] |
Italian military police general Giampaolo Ganzer is sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and fined €65,000 for drug smuggling between 1991 and 1997. | An Italian military police general, Giampaolo Ganzer, has been jailed for 14 years for drug smuggling and organising fake anti-drug operations. Gen Ganzer was found guilty of using his work to import and sell drugs between 1991 and 1997, the newspaper Corriere della Serra reported. Under the leadership of the General, ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | July 2010 | ['(BBC)'] |
In Namibia, president Sam Nujoma retires and is succeeded by Hifikepunye Pohamba. | Windhoek - President-elect Hifikepunye Pohamba was sworn in on Monday as Namibia's second president since independence, succeeding veteran leader Sam Nujoma who held power in the southern African country for 15 years. Pohamba, 69, a fellow veteran of Namibia's struggle against apartheid South African rule, took the... | Government Job change - Appoint_Inauguration | March 2005 | ['(AllAfrica)', '(Reuters SA)', '(News24)', '(Reuters)', '(Bloomberg)', '(BBC)'] |
Two earthquakes strike Gansu province, China, killing at least 89 people and injuring over 500. | (CNN) -- Rescue teams are scrambling to reach the site of Monday morning's strong and shallow earthquake in northwestern China that has killed at least 89 people, according to state media.
Another 593 people were injured and five were believed missing after the quake tore through Gansu Province, China Daily reported.
T... | Earthquakes | July 2013 | ['(CNN)', '(Reuters)', '(NBC News)', '(BBC)'] |
In baseball, game 3 of the World Series, in which the Boston Red Sox lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 3–2, extends to 18 innings and lasts 7 hours and 20 minutes, becoming by far the longest game in World Series history. | World Series Game 3 between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers reached epic proportions.
The Dodgers, thanks to a walk off homer by Max Muncy, outlasted the Red Sox with a 3-2 victory in 18 innings, shattering the World Series record for longest game in history - in time and frames.
The two franchises have be... | Sports Competition | October 2018 | ['(USA Today)'] |
The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of Thailand's Phuket Island climbs to 41, with 15 people still missing. | PHUKET/BANGKOK (Reuters) - The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of Thailand’s Phuket island climbed to 41 on Saturday with 15 people still missing, officials said.
Rescuers have resumed a search for those still missing from the sunken vessel, the Phoenix, which capsized in rough waters on Thursday ... | Shipwreck | July 2018 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Myanmar's security forces open fire on a funeral being held for a person killed in Yangon, with no casualties reported. The Kachin Independence Army also attacks a police station, prompting the military to conduct airstrikes. | (Reuters) -Myanmar security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, as people across the country gathered to mourn 114 people killed the previous day in the worst crackdown on protests since last month’s military coup.
Mourners fled the shooting at a service for 20-year-old student Thae Maung Maung i... | Armed Conflict | March 2021 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Eleven cars from a 96-car Union Pacific oil train derail, and at least one catches fire, in the Columbia River Gorge near Mosier, Oregon, within about 20 feet of the city's sewage plant. Coincidentally, a Wasco County Planning Department public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday concerning a Union Pacific proposal to ex... | A light oil sheen was spotted on the Columbia River, while Mosier residents face continued disruption.
The fire is out and I-84 re-opened overnight.
An oil train derailment Friday in the Columbia River Gorge near Mosier sent up a massive plume of black smoke and stoked long-standing fears about the risks of hauling cr... | Train collisions | June 2016 | ['(The Oregonian)', '(Wasco County Planning Commission)'] |
Three more dissidents released by Cuba on humanitarian grounds arrive in Spain. | Three more Cuban dissidents recently released by Havana have arrived in Spain, along with dozens of relatives.
They are part of a group of 52 dissidents jailed since 2003 that Cuba has began to release in the last two weeks.
Their arrival has brought to 15 the number of freed dissidents taken in by Spain.
Cuba has agre... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | July 2010 | ['(BBC)'] |
Takuma Sato of Japan wins the 104th Indianapolis 500. It is Sato's second career Indy 500 victory. (US News & World Report) | Takuma Sato pulled away from Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal late in the race to capture his second career Indianapolis 500 victory, under caution. Spencer Pigot hit the wall with five laps to go, putting the race under a yellow flag as he careened into the barrier near pit road, forcing the finish under caution. Pigot wa... | Sports Competition | August 2020 | ['(CBS Sports)'] |
Mexico retaliates with equivalent levies on pork legs, apples, grapes, cheeses and steel. The Secretariat of Economy says that the measures will be in place until the U.S. eliminates their new tariffs. | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico hit back fast on U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum on Thursday, targeting products from congressional districts that President Donald Trump’s Republican party is fighting to retain in November elections.
Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said the tit-for-tat measures would complicate t... | Government Policy Changes | May 2018 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Cyclone Favio hits central Mozambique. | Cyclone Favio made landfall in the central province of Inhambane, near the town of Vilanculos, and is heading north towards the city of Beira.
Winds reportedly hit 170mph (270km/h) and there are fears of flooding.
Mozambique is still struggling after floods left an estimated 120,000 people homeless earlier this month.
... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | February 2007 | ['(BBC)'] |
The death toll in the worst flooding in the Philippines for forty years reaches 140 as the capital Manila is "overwhelmed". | The death toll from devastating floods in the Philippine capital, Manila, and surrounding areas has climbed to 140, with 32 people still missing, the government said on Monday.
Officials fear that the death toll will continue to rise. More than 453,033 people have been displaced so far.
The government has appealed for ... | Floods | September 2009 | ['(The Guardian)', '(The Times)', '(The Daily Telegraph)'] |
Suspected ADF militants kill eight civilians during a shooting attack at a market in Mambelenga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ADF attacks have increased, with more than 140 people killed by the group since the beginning of the year. | BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Armed insurgents killed at least eight people during a raid on a weekly market in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a witness and a rights group said on Wednesday, blaming fighters from a Ugandan Islamist armed group.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan ... | Armed Conflict | March 2021 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Hillary Clinton is forecast to win the Democratic Party primary in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware while Bernie Sanders wins Rhode Island. With her victory, Clinton came close to securing the number of delegates she needs to win the nomination. , , , | Follow NBC News Donald Trump swept all five Republican primary contests held Tuesday, racking up significant wins in Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton also got close to a sweep in contests in the same states, winning in four of the five northeastern ... | Government Job change - Election | April 2016 | ['(NBC News)', '(CNN)', '(The Hill)', '(AP)'] |
Flying in an orbit 100 kilometers above the moon, the CE–2 is tasked to collect data for a soft–landing designed for its successor, the Chang'e–3. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation , said at the Global Lunar Conference held in Beijing. | Flying in an orbit 100 kilometers above the moon, the CE-2 is tasked to collect data for a soft-landing designed for its successor, the Chang'e-3. Photo:Xinhua
By Deng Jingyin and Song Shengxia The development of the country's second lunar probe is well on track and it is to be launched at the end of this year, a landm... | New achievements in aerospace | June 2010 | ['(CASC)', '(Global Times)'] |
The United Kingdom and France sign a deal to improve cooperation on nuclear energy. | The UK has signed a deal with France to strengthen co-operation in the development of civil nuclear energy.
The government said it reiterated the UK's commitment to nuclear energy "as part of a diversified energy mix".
The coalition said the agreement would create a number of commercial deals in the nuclear energy fiel... | Sign Agreement | February 2012 | ['(BBC)'] |
The corpse of 31–year–old former Great Britain rugby league hooker Terry Newton is located hanging dead at a house in England. | The game of rugby league was in a state of shock today after the news that Terry Newton, the former Leeds, Wigan, Bradford and Great Britain hooker, was found dead at his home in Wigan, aged 31.
Newton achieved sporting notoriety in February when he became the first sportsman in the world to be banned after testing pos... | Famous Person - Death | September 2010 | ['(The Guardian)', '(BBC News)', '(The Independent)', '(The Daily Telegraph)'] |
Iceland’s incumbent, centre-right Independence Party surprised pollsters by winning 29 percent of the vote , thereby putting leader Bjarni Benediktsson in position to organize another coalition government. The Progressive Party, the current ruling partner, garnered 11.5% and eight positions, a loss of 11 seats. The ... | Iceland’s incumbent Independence party was in pole position to try to form a new government after voters chose continuity in Saturday’s elections and support for the anti-establishment Pirate party, while sharply up, fell below early expectations. The Pirates, founded four years ago by a group of activists, anarchists ... | Government Job change - Election | October 2016 | ['(21 seats)', '(Althing)', '(NBC News)', '(Bloomberg)', '(The Guardian)', '(Iceland Review)'] |
Ulster Unionist Party leader Tom Elliott accepts an invitation to meet with members of the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association in a groundbreaking move. | Ulster Unionist leader Tom Elliott is set for a groundbreaking meeting with members of the gay community
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Ulster Unionist leader Tom Elliott is set for a groundbreaking meeting with m... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | January 2011 | ['(Irish Independent)', '(The Belfast Telegraph)'] |
Northern Ireland appoints its first justice minister in 38 years. | From BBC Democracy Live: Justice Minister appointment
Stormont assembly members are voting to appoint a new justice minister.
The successful candidate will be the first Northern Ireland politician to take responsibility for justice and policing in 38 years. The Ulster Unionists nominated Danny Kennedy but he failed to... | Government Job change - Appoint_Inauguration | April 2010 | ['(BBC)'] |
Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade is reappointed to a second, three–year term as head of the Pacific Islands Forum. | PACIFIC Islands Forum leaders have endorsed Tuiloma Neroni Slade of Samoa as their Secretary General for a second term.
The communiqueé said the decision was unanimous and was made during the leaders' retreat at Waiheke Island in Auckland, New Zealand yesterday.
Last week, the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) decided t... | Government Job change - Appoint_Inauguration | September 2011 | ['(Fiji Times)'] |
Kosovo's government is brought down. | The fall comes less than three years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia to become Europe's newest state.
Snap elections will now take place in December.
The motion, which was brought by an opposition party, took place after the governing coalition collapsed when a junior partner withdrew. Sixty-six MPs vote... | Regime Change | November 2010 | ['(BBC)'] |
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