Saddam HusseinAge: 69 president of Iraq, 1979–2003. A despotic megalomaniac who rose from poverty to an erratic and extraordinarily bloody rule. In November, a court sentenced Saddam to death…
WorldTaiwanese President Accused of Corruption (Nov. 3): Prosecutors indict Wu Shu-chen, the wife of President Chen Shui-ban, charging that she spent $450,000 in public funds on personal…
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…
(Encyclopedia) Osman Nuri PashaOsman Nuri Pashaōsmänˈ n&oomacr;rēˈ päshäˈ [key], 1837–1900, Turkish general. He fought in the Crimean War of 1854–56 and in Lebanon, Crete, and Arabia in the 1860s…
WorldShiite Bloc Urges Prime Minister to Resign (April 2): Leaders of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq call on Ibrahim al-Jaafari to resign, citing his failure to form a…
Jordanian militant, was killed by U.S. troops in an air strike north of Baghdad in June. Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia and the most-wanted terrorist in Iraq, was blamed for…
Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News.
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