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
Rice Meets With Syrian Counterpart (May 3): At a…
Spot, Ernie, and India go to Washington by Holly Hartman This article was posted on February 4, 2000. Socks on the podium in the White House briefing room. The former First Cat belongs to…
WorldBritish and Mexican Airlines Cancel Flights to U.S. (Jan. 1): Act at request of U.S., which warned of possible terrorist attacks. (Jan. 2) U.K. grounds another flight to the United…
—By Borgna Brunner
Disaster. Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, destroying towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing almost 1,800.…
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…
WorldMadrid Bombing Suspect Kills Himself (April 3): Three others die in blast in Madrid during a police raid. U.S. Troops Under Attack (April 4): Eight Americans die in coordinated attacks…
