Late twentieth century political crises
This is a timeline for events in the latter half of the twentieth
century. I started the work about the time that people were talking
about Francis Fukiyama's book on the End of History. As can be seen
history is not yet dead, but alive and kicking. Human history may
of course end quite soon if we all get cooked by global warming.
CRISES IN 1908
EXPLOSION FLATTENS TREES IN TUNGUSKA, SIBERIA 30 JUNE
CRISES IN 1941
JAPANESE PLANES BOMB PEARL HARBOUR 7 DEC
JAPANESE TROOPS TAKE HONG KONG 25 DEC
CRISES IN 1942
YAMASHITA'S ARMY STORMS SINGAPORE FEB
CRISES IN 1945
AMERICANS INVENT ATOM BOMBS AND DROP TWO ON JAPAN AUGUST
CRISES IN 1962
CUBA MISSILE CRISIS OCT
CRISES IN 1976
TANGSHAN EARTHQUAKE KILLS 240000+ ???
CRISES IN 1978
VIETNAMESE FORCES BEGIN TO LIBERATE KAMPUCHEA DEC
CRISES IN 1984
METHYL ISOCYANATE GAS LEAK KILLS THOUSANDS IN BOPHAL DEC
CRISES IN 1990
INVASION OF KUWAIT, GULF CRISIS AUGUST
AMERICAN BUDGET DEFICIT NOVEMBER
G.A.T.T. NEGOCIATIONS DECEMBER
SOVIET DISINTEGRATION JAN-DEC
PALESTINIAN INTIFADA
ENGLISH POLL TAX RIOTS - FALL OF THATCHER
YEMENI REUNIFICATION
WEAKNESS OF AMERICAN BANKING SYSTEM
LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR
SOUTH AFRICA
FALL OF HASSAN HABRE IN TCHAD DEC
KASHMIR
PUNJAB
FALL OF ERSHAD IN BANGLADESH DEC
INDIAN CASTE SYSTEM THREATENED - RIOTS
COLLAPSE OF SAID BARRE REGIME IN SOMALIA
CRISES IN 1991
SOVIET USE OF FORCE IN BALTIC REPUBLICS JAN
MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN RIGA. CIVILIANS SHOT JAN 13
BOMBING OF BAGHDAD JAN
ATTACK ON 'GLASNOST' IN USA, UK JAN
UNREST IN ALBANIA JAN-FEB
REVOLUTION IN THAILAND FEB
GULF WAR - USA, SAUDI, UK AND FRANCE vs. IRAQ JAN-MAR
CIVIL WAR IN SOMALIA JAN-FEB
KUWAITI OIL WELLS SET ALIGHT. FEB-MAR
CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ - SHIITES AND KURDS MAR
NEW MILITARY RULE IN KUWAIT MAR
PERSECUTION OF PALESTINIANS IN KUWAIT MAR
RIOTS IN BELGRADE - WEAKNESS OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC MAR
YELTSIN CONFRONTS SOVIET GOVERNMENT JAN-MAR
FAMINE IN SUDAN, ETHIOPIA JAN-MAR
VIDEO-TAPED BEATING OF U.S.CITIZEN MAR
RIOTS IN BAMOKO, MALI MAR
BURMESE SUPPRESSION OF MINORITIES (KARENS) 1946-1991
FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FLEE ADDIS ABABA MAR
U.K. GOVERNMENT RETREATS ON POLL TAX ISSUE MAR
MASSACRE OF SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS 1960-1991
SOVIET COAL MINERS STRIKE MAR
ENORMOUS FLOODS IN CHINA MAR-APRIL
LEBANESE GOVERNMENT TO DISARM PALESTINIAN MILITIAS MAR-APRIL
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC: PERU, EQUADOR -> BRAZIL APRIL
KURDISH HEJIRA TO TURKEY AND IRAN APRIL
US, BRITISH, FRENCH & DUTCH MILITARY IN NORTH IRAQ APRIL
SOVIET LEADER'S VISIT TO JAPAN A FAILURE APRIL
FIGHTING BETWEEN SERBS AND MILITIA IN CROATIA APRIL-MAY
U.S. PRESSURES MENGISTU TO ALLOW HEJIRA OF FALASHAS APRIL-MAY
SHIITE REBELLION CONTINUES IN IRAQ APRIL-MAY
STUDENT RIOTS IN KOREA APRIL-MAY (1987)
FOOD CRISIS IN HORN OF AFRICA APRIL-MAY
MAYDAY RIOTS IN BERLIN MAY
EARTHQUAKE IN GEORGIA MAY
CYCLONE KILLS ~100000 IN BANGLA-DESH MAY (ANNUAL)
RUSSIANS LEAVE LATVIA MAY
CEASE FIRE FAILS IN KAMPUCHEA MAY 1976-1991
KILLINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA MAY
AIDS INFECTION PROJECTED AT 40 MILLION BY 2000 MAY
IRAN CONDEMNS MISERLY WESTERN AID FOR KURDS MAY
KURDISH SECURITY ZONE EXTENDED MAY
LEBANESE ARMY PEACEFULLY INCREASES ITS CONTROL MAY
PRESIDENT BUSH HAS HEART PROBLEM MAY
CLASHES BETWEEN ARMENIAN, AZERI AND SOVIET MILITIAS MAY
NEPALI ELECTIONS - COMMUNISTS DO WELL MAY
YUGOSLAV ARMY DECLARES CIVIL WAR (6 May) MAY
INDIAN ELECTIONS MAY
RAJIV GANDHI KILLED BY BOMB MAY 22
HAILE MIRIAM MENGISTU RESIGNS MAY 22
NEW PRESIDENT FOR ETHIOPIA MAY
STATUE OF LENIN TOPPLED IN ADDIS ABABA MAY 23
FORCIBLE REPATRIATION OF BURMESE IN THAILAND MAY
VOLCANO ERUPTION NEAR NAGASAKI (JAPAN) MAY - JUNE
NAZIS ON THE MARCH IN EAST GERMANY MAY - JUNE
REVOLT BY MUSLIMS IN ALGERIA JUNE
YELTSIN ELECTED RUSSIAN PRESIDENT JUNE
JAMES BAKER VISITS JUGOSLAVIA AND ALBANIA JUNE
VOLCANO CATASTROPHE IN PHILLIPINES (MANITUBO) JUNE
AMERICANS CLOSE CLARK AIRBASE JUNE
MANILA BLANKETED BY VOLCANIC ASH JUNE 12
SLOVENIA AND CROATIA DECLARE INDEPENDENCE JUNE 25
JUGOSLAV ARMY MEETS RESISTANCE IN SLOVENIA JUNE 27-28
BOMBING AND STRAFING OF FOREIGN WORKERS AT BORDER JUNE
TANKS IN LJUBLJANA JUNE 27-28
CLASHES IN ALGIERS JUNE 28
ULTIMATUM BY SERBIAN ARMY JUNE 29
ANTE MARKOVITCH MEETS SLOVENIAN LEADER JUNE 29
E.E.C. MEDIATION IN JUGOSLAVIA JUNE 28-30
ISLAMIC OPPOSITION LEADERS ARRESTED IN ALGIERS JUNE 30
PALESTINIAN MILITIAS SUPPRESSED BY LEBANESE ARMY JUNE - JULY
U.S. SENDS GESTAPO TO BOLIVIA JUNE - JULY
U.S. SENDS GESTAPO TO PERU JUNE - JULY
RECORD BRITISH BANKRUPTCIES JAN - JUNE
SERBIAN ULTIMATUM TO SLOVENIA JULY 4
N.P.A. LOSES HEADQUARTERS IN PHILIPPINES JULY 4
COLLAPSE OF BANK OF CREDIT AND COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL JULY 11
JUGOSLAV ARMY EVICTED FROM SLOVENIA JULY
'SHINING PATH' TARGETS JAPANESE EXPERTS IN PERU JULY
LEBANISATION OF CROATIA (HRVATSKA) JAN-JULY
ULTIMATUM DELIVERED TO IRAQ JULY
YELTSIN ACCEPTS 'CORONATION BY PATRIARCH' JULY
GORBACHEV CHEERS 'CORONATION CEREMONY' JULY
BRITISH JAIL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT JULY
U.S.A CITIES BECOME INSOLVENT JAN-JULY
SLOVENES DENY RECIEVING ARMS FROM LEBANON JULY
ASSAD ACCEPTS PEACE TALKS WITH ISRAEL JULY
G7 SUMMIT IN LONDON JULY
GORBACHEV VISITS LONDON JULY
ISRAEL DENIES PLALESTINIAN RIGHTS IN PEACE TALKS JULY
MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN MADAGASGAR JULY
B.C.C.I COLLAPSE THREATENS BRITISH P.M. JULY
SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT DEMOTES VLOCK, MALAN JULY
50 KILLED IN ONE DAY IN CROATIA JULY
B.C.C.I PUT ON TRIAL IN U.S.A. JULY
BUSH GORBACHEV SUMMIT JULY
SOVIETS DISCOURAGE ULTIMATA TO SERBIA JULY
CEASE FIRE IN CROATIA AUG
MACARTHY RELEASED BY HEZ'B ALLAH 8-8-91
FRENCH DOCTOR KIDNAPPED IN BEIRUT AUG
IRANIAN EX-PM, BAKHTARI ASSASSINATED IN PARIS AUG
FRENCH DOCTOR RELEASED BY LEBANESE GROUP AUG
HEZ'B ALLAH LEARN MEANING OF ISLAM, MAYBE. AUG
AMERICAN RELEASED IN BEIRUT AUG
KUWAITI GOLD RETURNED BY IRAQ AUG
ITALY FORCIBLY REPATRIATES 10,000 ALBANIANS AUG
YUGOSLAV BOMBERS ATTACK CROATIAN VILLAGES AUG
BOMB EXPLODES IN ZAGREB (OUTSIDE JEWISH CENTER). AUG
HEAVY FIGHTING FOR OKUCHANI, IN CROATIA AUG
MIHAIL GORBACHEV DEPOSED 18-AUG-91
IRAQ, LIBYA REGIMES CONGRATULATE 'SALVATION FRONT' 18 AUG
YELTSIN MAKES STAND IN RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT 19 AUG
U.S.A REFUSES TO RECOGNISE SOVIET JUNTA 19 AUG
THREE HUNDRED AFGHANTSI JOIN YELTSIN 19 AUG
TWO MEMBERS OF SOVIET JUNTA RESIGN, ONE SICK. 19 AUG
SCHEVERNADZE JOINS YELTSIN IN PARLIAMENT 20 AUG
ESTONIA DECLARES FULL INDEPENDENCE AUG
JEW KILLED IN BROOKLYN FOR BEING JEWISH AUG
SOVIET JUNTA FLEES MOSCOW. TROOPS WITHDRAW 21 AUG
CROATIAN LEADER ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA 22 AUG
200 DIE IN TWO DAYS IN CROATIA 22-23 AUG
COMMUNIST PARTY OUTLAWED IN LATVIA, LITHUANIA 23 AUG
MILITARY CONFLICT NEAR CROATIAN PORT OF SPLIT 24 AUG
UKRAINE, BELORUSSIA DECLARE INDEPENDENCE 23-24 AUG
INTENSIFIED FIGHTING IN POLASARIO REGION AUG
CHOLERA IN BOLIVIA AUG
E.E.C. LEADERS SNUB MUAMMAR GHADAFI (WATER PROJECT) AUG
AZERBAIJAN DECLARES INDEPENDENCE SEPT
ISIAS AFWERKI DENOUNCES FRANCE, EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA 5 SEPT
CROATIAN CEASE FIRE LASTS ONE HOUR 5 SEPT
OSIJEK UNDER SIEGE AUG-SEPT
UNREST IN BRITISH CITIES. BIRMINGHAM, CARDIFF, OXFORD. SEPT
GORBACHEV-YELTSIN CONSOLIDATE DICTATORIAL POWER SEPT
FIGHTING BETWEEN SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA SEPT
HEAVY FLOODING IN MEKONG VALLEY SEPT
USA DELAYS CREDIT GUARANTEE FOR ISRAEL SEPT
HEAVY FIGHTING IN SOMALI CAPITAL, MOGADISHU SEPT
LORD CARRINGTON GOES TO BELGRADE SEPT
FILIPINO SENATE VOTES TO TERMINATE SUBIC BAY SEPT
DEMONSTRATIONS IN TSIBLISI, GEORGIA SEPT
GEORGIA NATIONALISES SOVIET ASSETS SEPT
CROATIA WAGES ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST SERBIA SEPT
C.I.A-K.G.B PLAN TO END AFGHAN CONFLICT SEPT
JUGOSLAV NAVY BLOCKADES ADRIATIC PORTS SEPT
ZAGREB BOMBED SEPT
FIGHTING IN SPLIT, SIBENIK SEPT
SERBIANS IN BOSNIA MOBILISED SEPT
YELTSIN AND NARSULTAN VISIT NAGORNO KRABAKH SEPT
CEASE FIRE HOLDS FOR THREE DAYS IN CROATIA SEPT
5400 YEAR OLD CORPSE FOUND IN ITALIAN GLACIER SEPT
JACKIE MANN RELEASED FEOM CAPTIVITY IN BEIRUT 24 SEPT
UNREST IN ZAIRE. MILITARY INSURRECTION SEPT
FRANCE AND BELGIUM SEND TROOPS TO ZAIRE SEPT
DEMONSTRATIONS IN TADJAKISTAN SEPT
GEORGE BUSH CONTINUES TO THREATEN IRAQIS SEPT
MILITARY COUP IN HAITI. HUNDREDS SHOT. 31 SEPT
JEAN BERTRAND ARISTIDE FLEES TO VENEZUELA SEPT
RESURGENCE OF SKINHEAD-NAZI IDEOLOGY IN GERMANY SEPT
EROSION OF JUGOSLAV CEASE FIRE SEPT-OCT
CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AGAINST AFRO-ASIANS IN GERMANY SEPT-OCT
ANCIENT CITY OF DUBROVNIK UNDER SERBIAN ATTACK OCT
CEASE FIRE AND AGREEMENT IN JUGOSLAVIA 4 OCT
CROATIA EXTENDS MOBILISATION 5 OCT
POWER STRUGGLE AMONGST JAPANESE PATRICIANS OCT
E.E.C. CONSIDERS ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA OCT
ROCKETS FIRED AT MESIC, MARKOVICH, TUJDMAN OCT
HAITIAN ARMY STORMS PARLIAMENT OCT
PEACE ACCORD SIGNED IN ZAGREB OCT
SCANDINAVIAN BANKING CRISIS OCT-NOV
WORLD BANK MEETS IN BANGKOK TO DISCUSS SOVIET AID OCT
ACRIMONIOUS DISPUTE IN WASHINGTON OVER JUDGE OCT
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR AUNG SU KYI OF BURMA OCT
MILOSHEVIC AND TUJDEMAN MEET GORBACHEV. OCT
EARTHQUAKE IN HIMALAYAN REGION OF INDIA OCT
RIOTS IN KANO, NIGERIA OCT
FULL EVACUATION OF RICH FOREIGNERS FROM ZAIRE OCT
E.E.C. MONITORS LEAVE DUBROVNIK OCT
ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MEET IN MADRID OCT
KENNETH KAUNDA VOTED OUT IN ZAMBIA NOV
YELTSIN SEEKS RULE BY DECREE NOV
ISRAELI FORCES ATTACK SOUTHERN LEBANON NOV
TWELTH JUGOSLAV CEASE FIRE FAILS NOV
FIGHTING IN ZAGREB NOV
MUD-SLIDES KILL THOUSANDS IN PHILIPPINES NOV
LAST KUWAITI OIL FIRE PUT OUT NOV
BREAD RATIONING IN MOSCOW NOV
SHORTAGE OF CAPITAL REPORTED BY B.I.S. NOV
YELTSIN SENDS TROOPS TO CHETCHIN REPUBLIC NOV
FIERCE BOMBARDMENTS OF DUBROVNIK NOV
BATTLES AROUND KARLOVAC NOV
BRITISH TORIES DIVIDED ON E.E.C. NOV
U.N. DISCUSSES SERBIA NOV
U.S.A. INDICTS 'LIBYA' FOR LOCKERBIE BOMB NOV
U.S.-U.K. MEDIA DISCUSS 'PUNISHMENT' FOR LIBYA NOV
INDONESIAN ARMY MASSACRES CIVILIANS IN DILI, TIMOR NOV
FASCISTS GET ELECTORAL SUPPORT IN AUSTRIA NOV
TERRY WAITE FREED BY HEZ'B ALLAH NOV
VUKOVAR FALLS TO J.N.A. NOV
JAMES BAKER VISITS CHINA NOV
CRACKDOWN ON P.P.P IN PAKISTAN NOV
BANGLADESH FORCIBLY REPATRIATES BURMESE MOSLEMS NOV
SERBIAN ARMY TURNS ITS GUNS ON OSIJEK NOV
FASCISTS MAKE ELECTORAL GAINS IN FLANDERS NOV
U.N. CONDEMNS REGIME OF MYANMAR (BURMA) NOV
ISRAELIS BALK AT PEACE TALKS IN WASHINGTON NOV
MILITARY COUNTERREVOLUTION IN TOGO NOV
TERRY ANDERSON FREED BY HEZ'B ALLAH DEC
AGREEMENT OF BREST IN BYELORUSSIA DEC
ISRAELIS STALL IN WASHINGTON PEACE TALKS DEC
ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANISATION MEETS IN SENEGAL. DEC
YASSER ARAFAT SNUBBED BY SAUDI PRINCE DEC
KING HUSSEIN SNUBBED BY SAUDI PRINCE DEC
I.C.O. CONDEMNS IRAQ DEC
I.C.O. CANCELS PALESTINIAN 'JEHAD' DEC
JAMES BAKER MAKES ALARMIST SPEECH ABOUT EX USSR DEC
SALMAN RUSHDIE PROMISES PAPERBACK VERSION DEC
BURMESE GOVERNMENT RUSTICATES STUDENTS DEC
LEBANON GETS RECONSTRUCTION MONEY DEC
NIGERIAN ELECTIONS DEC
U.N. CANCELS 'ZIONISM IS RACISM' RESOLUTION DEC
BURMESE MILITARY LEADER HAS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN DEC
AMERICAN COMPANIES I.B.M, G.M. ANNOUNCE LAYOFFS DEC
U.S.A. - GERMAN CONFLICT OVER INTEREST RATES DEC
ANTE MARKOVICH RESIGNS FEDERAL PRESIDENCY DEC
BATTLES IN TBILISI, GEORGIA DEC
GORBACHEV RESIGNS DEC 25
FIERCE BATTLE FOR KARLOVAC DEC
MOGADISHU DEATH TOLL PUT AT 20000 DEC
SIKHS MASSACRE HINDUS IN PUNJAB DEC
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS WIN ELECTION IN ALGERIA DEC
CRISES IN 1992
ALGERIAN 'SECURITY COUNCIL' CANCELS ELECTIONS JAN
OFFICIALS SHOT DOWN OVER CROATIA JAN
CEASE FIRE HOLDS IN CROATIA JAN
FOOD RIOTS IN RUSSIAN PROVINCES JAN
ANTI-FASCIST ORGANISATIONS REVIVED IN FRANCE JAN
AMERICANS AND FRENCH SAY NOTHING TO ALGERIAN COUP JAN
GHAMZAKURDIA MAKES COME-BACK IN PROVINCES JAN
ALGERIANS CALL IN OLD LEADER TO HEAD GOVERNMENT JAN
MEETING TO DISCUSS FATE OF EX-U.S.S.R. IN WASHINGTON JAN
INTEREST RATES CONFLICT. D.M.-DOLLAR RATES JAN
BUSH-YELTSIN SUMMIT PHOTO SESSION FEB
GERMAN STRIKES FEB
GEORGE HABASH ARRESTED AND RELEASED BY FRENCH FEB
ATTEMPTED MILITARY COUP IN VENEZUELA FEB
ISREALIS KILL HEZ'B ALLAH LEADER WITH ROCKETS FEB
GREEK DEMONSTRATIONS OVER MAKEDONIAN QUESTION FEB
BUSH HUMILIATED IN ELECTION PRIMARY FEB
BOMB EXPLODES IN LONDON STATION FEB
HIGH LEVEL DRUGS SUMMIT IN AMERICAS FEB
NEWS RELEASED THAT COLOMBIANS ARE GROWING OPIUM FEB
NAGORNO KARABACH CONFLICT ESCALATES FEB
CIVIL WAR CLOSER IN BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA MAR
LIBYA THREATENS OILFIELD FIRES IF ATTACKED MAR
BURMESE GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF CRUELTY BY BANGLADESH MAR
SCHEVERNADZE RETURNS TO LEAD GEORGIA MAR
HUGE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY MAR
SOUTH AFRICA VOTES FOR REFORM MAR
KURDISH NEW YEAR MARKED BY REBELLION MAR
HEZ'B ALLAH BLOW UP ISRAELI EMBASSY IN ARGENTINA MAR
U.N. SANCTIONS REQUESTED FOR LIBYA MAR
MILITARY COUP IN PERU APR
IRAN SENDS BOMBERS OVER IRAQ APR
PEOPLE SHOT ON PEACE MARCH IN SARAJEVO APR
FIGHTING IN MOLDAVIA APR
LEBANISATION OF BOSNIA APR
FALL OF NAJIBULLAH REGIME IN AFGHANISTAN APR
ISRAELISATION OF SERBIA APR
STRIKES IN GERMANY APR
HEAVY FIGHTING IN SARAJEVO AND MOSTAR APR
RIOTS IN LOS ANGELES (SEE MARCH 1991) APR
EMERGENCE OF ROSS PEROT IN AMERICAN POLITICS APRIL-JULY
JANA SHELLS SARAJEVO MAY
U.N. PEACE KEEPING H.Q. LEAVES SARAJEVO MAY
TURKEY SUPPORTS ARMENIA OVER NAGORNO KARABACH MAY
SAMLONG SRIMUANG GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE MAY
MASS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THAI MILITARY REGIME MAY
ISLAMIC FORCES GATHER IN TADJAKISTAN MAY
RIOTS IN LAGOS MAY
SOLDIERS SHOOT AT DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS IN BANGKOK MAY
MORE PEOPLE TAKE TO STREETS IN BANGKOK MAY
SAMLONG SRIMUANG ARRESTED MAY
CONTINUOUS BATTLES IN BOSNIA JUNE
THAI STRONGMAN RESIGNS JUNE
ENVIRONMENT SUMMIT IN RIO JUNE
THREAT OF ALL OUT WAR IN BOSNIA HERZOGOVINIA JUNE
MASSACRES IN SOWETO JUNE
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS JUNE
YELTSIN DRAWS APPLAUSE FROM U.S. POLITICIANS JUNE
U.S. SUPREME COURT APPROVES OF ABDUCTION JUNE
U.N. FORCES LEAVE SARAJEVO TO ITS FATE JUNE
DE KLERK INVOLVED IN RIOT IN SOWETO JUNE
ESCALATION OF WAR IN NAGORNO KARABAK JUNE
ISLAMIC CONFERENCE DISCUSSES BOSNIA IN ISTANBUL JUNE
A.N.C. BREAKS OFF PEACE TALKS JUNE
LABOUR WINS ISRAELI ELECTIONS JUNE
HEAVY FIGHTING IN TRANS DNEISTER REPUBLIC (MOLDAVIA) JUNE
MITTERAND FLIES IN TO SARAJEVO JUNE
ALGERIAN PREMIER ASSASSINATED JUNE
FRENCH TRUCK DRIVERS BLOCKADE JULY
U.N. AIRLIFT TO SARAJEVO JULY
G7 CONFERENCE IN MUNICH JULY
BOSNIAN PREMIER DENOUNCES SERBIA AT HELSINKI SUMMIT JULY
BRITISH SEND SHIPS TO BLOCKADE LAND-LOCKED SERBIA JULY
CROATIANS FORWARD REFUGEES TO BORDERING COUNTRIES JULY
CLINTON-GORE TICKET FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRATS JULY
SUNNI-SHIITE CLASHES IN PAKISTAN JULY
SHINING PATH CAR BOMB LIMA SUBURBS JULY
IRAQ REFUSES U.N. ACCESS TO MINISTRY JULY
AMERICA MAKES THREATENING NOISES TO IRAQ JULY
MOSLEM WOMAN BRAVES BULLETS TO JOIN OLYMPIC GAMES JULY
AFGHAN KILLED BY RACIST THUGS IN LONDON AUG
KABUL UNDER FIERCE ROCKET ATTACK AUG
MILAN PANIC FAILS TO MEET IZBEGOVIC AT SARAJEVO AUG
SAUDI-IRAN PROXY WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AUG
FAMINE IN SOMALIA REPORTED ON WESTERN MEDIA AUG
U.N. PASSES 'USE OF FORCE' RESOLUTION FOR BOSNIA AUG
BAKER RESIGNS HIS POST TO RUN BUSH CAMPAIGN AUG
FRANCE, U.K AND U.S.A SEND AIRFORCE TO IRAQ AUG
U.K. TO SEND TROOPS TO BOSNIA AUG
FIGHTING IN GEORGIA AUG
BATTLES IN KABUL, SARAJEVO, ROSTOK, MOGADISHU AUG 24
LINE UP FOR CONFRONTATION WITH IRAQ AUG 18-30
DOLLAR SLIDES ON MARKETS AUG 25
U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES BOSNIA CONFLICT AUG
LONDON PEACE CONFERENCE ON BOSNIA AUG
FLOODS IN PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE SEPT
MAJOR PANIC ON EUROPEAN CURRENCY MARKETS SEPT
STERLING DEVALUED. BRITISH WITHDRAWAL FROM E.R.M. SEPT
JUGOSLAVIA EXPELLED FROM U.N. SEPT
ANTI-FASCIST RALLY HELD IN BUDAPEST SEPT
AIRLINER DEMOLISHES APARTMENT BLOCK IN BIJLMER OCT
DISINTEGRATION OF E.E.C. AUG-DEC
HELMUT KOHL PELTED BY ANARCHISTS NOV
ANGOLA SPINS OUT OF CONTROL AFTER ELECTIONS NOV-DEC
CLINTON OUSTS BUSH IN USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NOV
BENAZIR BHUTTO ON THE MARCH IN ISLAMABAD NOV
ANTI-FASCIST RALLY HELD IN MADRID NOV
IRISH GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES NOV
FRANCE LINES UP AGAINST REST OF E.E.C. OVER G.A.T.T. NOV
TURKISH YOUTH STARTS TO FIGHT BACK IN GERMANY DEC
IRA BOMBING CAMPAIGN TARGETS LONDON, MANCHESTER NOV-DEC
HINDU NATIONALIST OUTRAGE IN AYODEYA, INDIA DEC
ECONOMISTS SAY CHINA UNDERESTIMATES GDP, GNP STATS DEC
BOUTROS GHALI, RUSSIA OPPOSE INTERVENTION IN SERBIA DEC
IRAQI PLANE SHOT DOWN BY U.S.A FORCES DEC
U.S. MILITARY ARRIVE IN SOMALIA DEC
BUSH AND MAJOR FAIL TO AGREE ON POLICY IN BALKANS DEC
CRISES IN 1993
VELVET DIVORCE. CZECH REPUBLIC SEPARATES FROM SLOVAKIA JAN 1 1993
SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET (IN THEORY) JAN 1 1993
BOUTROS GHALI JEERED IN SARAJEVO, MOGADISHU, ADIS ABABA DEC 92-JAN 93
LARGE U.N. OPERATION FAILS TO RESOLVE KAMPUCHEA 1991-93
IRAQ DEFIES U.S.A, U.N. OVER UNRESOLVED ISSUES JAN
MILOSEVIC AGREES ON PEACE IN BOSNIA JAN
FRANCE, UK, USA SEND BOMBERS OVER IRAQ JAN
I.B.M. ANNOUNCES RECORD LOSSES JAN
CROATIAN ARMY ATTACKS SERBIAN KRAJINA JAN
MISHA GLENNY PREDICTS BOMBING OF ZAGREB AND BELGRADE JAN
GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT C.I.A. TURNOFF, WASHINGTON JAN
FUEL LADEN HULKS ON DANUBE. SANCTIONS CRISIS JAN
FILIPINO VOLCANO THREATENS INHABITANTS JAN-FEB
INCREASING CROAT MOSLEM CONFLICT JAN
BELGIUM PASSES CENTRIFUGAL LEGISLATION JAN
BOMBS IN LONDON AND NEW YORK FEB
HEAVY BOMBARDMENT OF KABUL FEB
AMERICAN TROOPS FIRE ON SOMALI DEMONSTRATORS FEB
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT DESTABILISED BY BRIBERY SCANDAL FEB
BRITISH SOLDIERS TAKEN HOSTAGE IN BOSNIA MAR
BORIS YELTSIN UNDER PRESSURE IN RUSSIA MAR
BOMBS EXPLODE IN BOMBAY. INDIAN STATE OF EMERGENCY MAR
BORIS YELTSIN DECIDES TO RULE BY DECREE MAR
BULGARIAN PEACEKEEPERS SHOT DEAD IN KAMPUCHEA APR
PAKISTAN BLAMED FOR BOMBINGS IN BOMBAY, NEW YORK APR
CLINTON DEMANDS TOUGHER SANCTIONS AGAINST ??? (LIBYA !) APR
ASSASSINATION OF CHRIS HANY IN SOUTH AFRICA APR
SERBIAN CHETNIKS TAKE SREBENICA. UN OBSERVERS PRESENT APR
RETURN OF KHMER ROUGE JAN-MAY
BILLION DOLLAR BLAST IN LONDON DETONATED BY IRA APR
ATHENS PEACE CONFERENCE MAY
GERMAN STRIKES SPREAD MAY
CROATIAN MASSACRES OF MUSLIMS FEB-MAY
MOSLEMS ORGANISE WASHINGTON D.C. DEMO FOR BOSNIA MAY
YELTSIN PLAN OPPOSES ARMING OF MOSLEMS IN BOSNIA MAY
INTERNATIONALISATION OF SOMALI CONFLICT JUNE
AMERICANS BOMB MOGADISHU TO HELP PAKISTANIS JUNE
BATTLES IN BOSNIA, SOMALIA, AZERBAIJAN, ANGOLA JUNE
TANSU CILLA ELECTED FIRST WOMAN P.M. OF TURKEY JUNE
MATHEMATICIAN ANNOUNCES PROOF OF FERMAT'S CONJECTURE JUNE
TURKISH FUNDAMENTALISTS KILL SALMAN RUSHDIE SUPPORTERS JULY
NIGERIA IN CHAOS OVER ABORTED ELECTIONS JULY
BRITISH WOMEN LET OUT OF THAI JAIL JULY
BATTLES IN SARAJEVO, MOGADISHU, ANGOLA, GEORGIA JULY
LARGE SCALE VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIPS JULY
RUSSIAN ROUBLE DEMONETISATION CRISIS JULY
MASSIVE FLOODING OF MISSISSIPPI JULY
LANDSLIDES IN NEPAL, FLOODS IN BANGLADESH JULY
ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANON, USA ATTACKS IRAQ JULY
E.E.C. E.R.M. UNDER ATTACK JULY
BRITISH RULING PARTY REACHES NEW UNPOPULARITY RATE JULY
U.K. TABLOID PRESS SETS PACE IN BOSNIA POLICY JULY
MAHMOUD DAWEISH QUITS P.L.O. COUNCIL AUG
BATTLES IN AZERBAIJAN, TADJIKISTAN, ANGOLA AUG
SUDAN CONDEMNED AS 'TERRORIST STATE' AUG
BOSNIA PEACE CONFERENCE BREAKS UP SEPT
P.L.O. AND ISRAEL SET TO SIGN PEACE AGREEMENT SEPT
KASPAROV SHORT CHESS MATCH (VS TIMMAN KARPOV) SEPT
YASSER ARAFAT MEETS ISRAELI LEADER IN WASHINGTON SEPT
NEW RUSSIAN COUP (YELTSIN-RUTSKOI SPLIT) SEPT
SCHEVERNADZE UNDER SIEGE IN BATTLE AT SUKHUMI SEPT
BATTLES AND STREET PROTESTS IN MOSCOW OCT 3
AMERICANS SEND IN MORE TROOPS TO SOMALIA AFTER LOSSES OCT
ENGLISH FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS RUN RIOT IN NETHERLANDS OCT
AMERICANS FAIL TO INSTALL ARISTIDE IN HAITI OCT
IRA TARGET SHANKHILL ROAD WITH BOMB OCT
KURDS ATTACK TURKISH TARGETS EUROPE WIDE NOV
FRENCH POLICE ROUND UP ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS NOV
SCHEVERNADZE LOOKS LIKE SURVIVING WITH C.I.S. HELP NOV
RIOTS IN GHANA AND IVORY COAST, OVER FOOTBALL MATCH NOV
ITALIAN ELECTIONS ELIMINATE CENTER PARTIES NOV
GERMAN POLICE ROUND UP KURDS NOV
ISRAELI - PLO ACCORD IN TROUBLE DEC
ANGLO - IRISH ACCORD IN DIFFICULTIES DEC
'GREATER RUSSIA' CANDIDATE DOES WELL IN ELECTIONS DEC
G.A.T.T. TALKS REACH CLIMAX DEC
FREAK WEATHER FLOODS EXPENSIVE PLACES IN RHINELAND DEC
CHRISTMAS SHELLING OF SARAJEVO DEC
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS PASS OFF OK IN BETHLEHEM DEC
CRISES IN 1994
BATTLES IN ANGOLA, BOSNIA, AFGHANISTAN JAN
BIG FIRES BURN SUBURBS OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA JAN
ZHERENEVSKY FRIGHTENS WESTERN POLITICIANS JAN
EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA JAN
INTENSE SNOW CLOSES DOWN WASHINGTON FEB
PLO-ISREAL TALKS CONTINUE IN DIFFICULTIES FEB
ALGERIAN F.I.S. TARGETS FOREIGNERS FEB
JAPAN USA TRADE TALKS FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT FEB
ZAPATISTA PEASANT REVOLT CONTINUES IN MEXICO FEB
STRIKES BY MINEFIELD CLEARERS IN NORTHERN SOMALIA FEB
ISRAELI SETTLER GUNS DOWN 50+ MUSLIMS AT PRAYER FEB
NATO AIRCRAFT SHOOT DOWN SERB BOMBERS OVER BOSNIA FEB
ISRAELI SETTLER MASSACRES MOSLEMS AT PRAYER RAMADAN
UN CALLS FOR MORE TROOPS TO POLICE CEASE FIRE LINES MAR
MALAYSIA BRITISH TRADE ROW MAR
US JAPAN TRADE DISPUTE MAR
IRA ATTACK LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT MAR
U.K. EMMERDE LES CONSEILS A PROPOS UNIE EUROPEAN MAR
ISREALI ARMY USES HEAVY ARTILLERY IN HEBRON MAR
GORAZDA CRISIS. NATO PLANES IN COMBAT OVER BOSNIA APR
MASS MURDER IN RUWANDA . EX-PATS EVACUATED APR
BOSNIA-CROATIA SETTLEMENT BROKERED FEB-MAY
NELSON MANDELA BECOMES Z.A. PRESIDENT APR-MAY
YEMENI CIVIL WAR STARTS MAY
RUWANDAN MASSACRES CONTINUE 500000 DEAD MAY JUNE
ADEN UNDER INTENSE BOMBARDMENT. MOSLEM COMMINITY SILENT JUNE
USA EMMERDEURS RATTLE SABRES AT NORTH KOREA JUNE
EX PREZ CARTER ACTS NICE BOY IN NORTH KOREA JUNE
CEASE FIRE IN BOSNIA (INTERLUDE) JUNE
ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR CONTINUES JUNE
KABUL UNDER BOMBARDMENT JUNE
IRAN SEEKS TO REPATRIATE AFGHAN REFUGEES JUNE
ANOTHER HIJACKING IN MINARALJE VODI (SOUTH RUSSIA) JUNE
MAJOR VETOS E.U. SUPREMO JUNE
USD DIPS BELOW 100 YEN JUNE
IRAN AND CHINA CELEBRATE W.O.D DAY WITH EXECUTIONS JUNE
UK AND KOREAN RAIL STRIKES JUNE
BATTLES IN KABUL JULY
STRIKES IN NIGERIA (ABIOLA ARRESTED) JULY
BATTLES IN ANGOLA JULY
KHMER ROUGE KIDNAP TOURISTS JULY
SERBS IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON BOSNIA AUG
SAUDI DISSIDENTS DEFECT/COMPLAIN/GET ARRESTED AUG-SEP
BOAT-PEOPLE CRISIS IN CARRIBEAN AUG
US SEND CARTER TO HAITI SEP
US SEND ARMY TO HAITI SEP
OJ SIMPSON TRIAL (OK, A WORLD EVENT) SEP
BATTLES IN SOMALILAND OCT
YASSER ARAFAT & YITZAK RABIN SHARE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OCT
UN THREATENS TO LEAVE BOSNIA OCT
SERIOUS BUS BOMBING IN TEL-AVIV OCT
SUICIDE BOMBING IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA OCT
AMERICA LURCHES TO RIGHT NOV
BIHAC CRISIS NOV
RUSSIA INVADES CHECHENYA DEC
ALGERIA HOSTAGE CRISIS DEC
CRISES IN 1995
HUGE EARTHQUAKE, KOBE JAPAN. 6000 + DEAD JAN
FULL SCALE WAR IN CHECHENYA JAN
MEXICAN FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS USA JAN
500 KILLED IN A WEEK IN ALGERIA FEB (RAMADAN)
USA-CHINA TRADE WAR LOOMS (COPYRIGHT WARS) DEC-FEB
UN QUITS SOMALIA FEB
EMERGENCE OF TALABAN FACTION IN AFGHANISTAN FEB
MAJOR/BRUTON RELEASE 'PEACE IN ULSTER' DOCUMENT FEB
ENGLISH MERCHANT BANK (BARING'S) GOES BUST FEB
USA DECLARES BOLIVIA AN INTERNATIONAL PARIAH FEB
UN SOCIAL SUMMIT, COPENHAGEN MAR
EU EXCHANGE RATE MECHANISM BROKEN (IBERIA) MAR
TERRORISTS USE NERVE GAS IN TOKYO MAR
TURKISH ARMY MOVES IN IRAQ TO CHASE PKK MAR
US ARMY TO HAND HAITI TO UN FORCE APR
BOSNIA CEASE FIRE CRUMBLES APR
TERRORIST CAR BOMB IN OKLAHOMA USA APR
MASSACRES IN CHECHENYA, RUWANDA APR
US IMPOSES TRADE EMBARGO ON IRAN MAY
UN BOMBS SERBIAN MILITARY STORES AT PALE MAY
BOSNIAN SERBS SEIZE UN PERSONNEL MAY
UK SEND MORE TROOPS TO BOSNIA MAY
BOSNIA AIR-STRIKE AND HOSTAGE TAKING MAY
ACCELERATION OF ISRAEL-PLO PEACE PROCESS MAY
EARTHQUAKE IN SAKHALIN MAY
BATTLES TO LIFT SIEGE OF SARAJEVO JUNE
CHECHEN GUERRILLAS SEIZE RUSSIAN TOWN JUNE
G7 SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY BOSNIA AND CHECHEN CRISES JUNE
CHINA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM USA JUNE
USA CONGRESS VETOES FURTHER USA SPENDING ON UNPROFOR JUNE
LATE MONSOON IN NORTHERN INDIA JUNE
FALL OF SREBENICA AND ZEPA TO BOSNIAN SERB ARMY JULY
SERIOUS CEASE FIRE NEGOCIATIONS IN CHECHENYA JULY
BORIS YELTSIN HEART ATTACK JULY
FLOODS IN CHINA JULY
CROATIA LAUNCHES WAR TO RECOVER KRAJINA AUG
SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS FLEE IRAQ WITH HUSBANDS AUG
CROATIA RECOVERS ALL OF DALMATIAN KRAJINA AUG
TURKEY ACCUSES SAUDI ARABIA OVER EXECUTIONS OF TURKS AUG
NATO BOMBS SERBIAN POSITIONS IN BOSNIA AUG
AMERICA LAUNCHES ROCKETS AT BANJA LUKA SEPT
WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS SEPT
LIBYA EXPELS FOREIGN WORKERS INCLUDING PALESTINIANS SEPT
RIOTS IN SUDANESE CITIES SEPT
OJ SIMPSON ACQUITTED OCT
BOSNIAN CIVIL WAR INTENSIFIES DESPITE PEACE EFFORTS OCT
BELGIAN PARLIAMENT INDICTS NATO LEADER, WILLI KLAAS OCT
BRITISH TORY MP DEFECTS TO LABOUR PARTY OCT
AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN MARCH IN WASHINGTON DC OCT
UNITED NATIONS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OCT
BIG OFFENSIVE AGAINST JAFFNA IN SRI LANKA OCT-NOV
YUGOSLAV LEADERS MEET IN DAYTON OHIO NOV
ISRAELI TERRORIST ASASSINATES RABIN IN TEL AVIV NOV
NIGERIAN JUNTA EXECUTES KEN SARO WIWA NOV
BOSNIA PEACE TREATY WORKED OUT IN DAYTON, OHIO NOV
CLINTON SWITCHES ON CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS IN BELFAST NOV
KOREANS INDICT EX-LEADER ON BRIBERY CHARGES NOV
KOREANS INDICT PERPETRATORS OF KWANG-JU MASSACRE NOV
LARGE SCALE STRIKES IN FRANCE DEC
KING FAHAD SICK. MISSES GCC SUMMIT IN OMAN DEC
YUGOSLAV LEADERS SIGN A PEACE IN PARIS DEC
COMMUNISTS COME FIRST IN RUSSIAN ELECTIONS DEC
ISLAMIC RIFAH PARTY COMES FIRST IN TURKISH ELECTIONS DEC
ERITREA AND YEMEN CLASH OVER RED SEA ISLANDS DEC
PALESTINE HEADS TOWARDS OCCUPATION FREE CHRISTMAS DEC
EXTREME ARCTIC WEATHER IN SCOTLAND DEC
WORLD POPULATION GROWS BY OVER 100 MILLION IN 1995 DEC
CRISES IN 1996
ABDULLAH REPLACES FAHD AS SAUDI SUPREMO JAN
AMERICAN BUDGET CRISIS CONTINUES JAN
JOINT USA-EURO PEACE KEEPING FORCE ENTERS BOSNIA (IFOR) JAN
CHECHEN WAR CONTINUES JAN
RUSSIANS OBLITERATE DAGESTAN VILLAGE IN HOSTAGE CRISIS JAN
HUGE BOMB IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA FEB
EARTHQUAKE HITS LIJIANG REGION, YUNNAN, CHINA FEB
IRA CEASE FIRE ENDS WITH LONDON BOMBING. 9 FEB
HAMAS BUS BOMBINGS - ISRAEL FEB
CHINA CONFRONTATION WITH TAIWAN FEB
SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS RETURN TO IRAQ WITH HUSBANDS FEB
SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS DIVORCE FEB
ARAB DIGNITY PRESERVED BY MURDER OF SEPERATISTS FEB
HAMAS BUS BOMBINGS - ISRAEL FEB
KING FAHD REASSUMES DUTIES MAR
ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANON. 250,000 REFUGEES APR
CHECHEN LEADER, DUDAYEV, KILLED APR
LIBERIAN CIVIL WAR REGAINS MOMENTUM APR
BRITISH 'MAD COW' CRISIS THREATENS EUROPE MAY
YELTSIN MEETS CHECHEN LEADER ZELIMKHAN YANDARBIEV MAY
SCANDINAVIAN 'BIKER GROUPS' IN GUN BATTLES MAY
CHECHEN CEASE FIRE SIGNED IN MOSCOW MAY
HOLLYWOOD MADAME HEIDI FLEISS WINS COURT CASE MAY
KASHMIRI ELECTIONS MAY
ISRAELI ELECTIONS: NETENYAHU WINS VICTORY FOR LIKUD MAY
ULSTER ELECTIONS: STRONGEST SINN-FEIN TURNOUT JUNE
POL-POT DEATH RUMOUR JUNE
BANGLADESHI ELECTIONS: ERSHAD'S GET OUT OF JAIL CARD JUNE
MANCHESTER BOMB JUNE
RUSSIAN ELECTIONS - YELTSIN WINS FIRST ROUND JUNE
FORMER GENERAL LEBED CO-OPTED INTO RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT JUNE
TENSION BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA JUNE
CHINA-USA TRADE TALKS REACH ELEVENTH HOUR DEAL JUNE
TRUCK BOMB EXPLODES AT AMERICAN BASE IN DAHRAN JUNE
G7 SUMMIT IN LYON. FURTHER DEMONISATION OF KARADZIC JUNE
LEBED ATTEMPTS TO SIDELINE AILING YELTSIN JUNE
ULSTER ELECTIONS: STRONGEST SINN-FEIN TURNOUT JUNE
SLOVENIA BREAKS ENGLISH NON-COOPERATION E.U. STRATAGY JUNE
RUSSIANS RE-ELECT YELTSIN JULY
RIOTS IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND JULY
CHECHEN CEASE FIRE FAILS JULY
RIOTS IN DERRY, BOMB IN ENISKILLIN, NORTHERN IRELAND JULY
BURMESE CONSUL TORTURED TO DEATH FOR FAX-CRIME JULY
ANTI-GHADAFI FANS SHOT IN LIBYAN FOOTBALL STADIUM JULY
BASQUE SEPARATIST BOMBING CAMPAIGN JULY
TURKISH PRISONERS FAST TO DEATH JULY
TWA 800 JUMBO JET CRASHES IN FLAMES OFF LONG ISLAND JULY
MILITARY COUP IN BURUNDI JULY
BOMB EXPLODES AT ATLANTA OLYMPICS JULY
LARGE STREET DEMONSTRATIONS IN JAKARTA: MEGAWATI JULY
G7 ANTI-TERRORISM SUMMIT JULY
SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUTERS DIE IN ELECTRIC BATON PANIC AUG
FAILURE OF E.U. BALKAN STRATAGY IN MOSTAR AUG
USA ENFORCES SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA, IRAN AUG
EUROPEAN UNION OPPOSES USA TRADE SANCTIONS AUG
CHECHEN FIGHTERS ATTACK GROZNY AUG
NASA SCIENTISTS CLAIM LIFE EXISTED ON MARS AUG
SPANISH CAMPSITE FLOOD DISASTER AUG
STUDENT RIOTS IN SEOUL, KOREA AUG
CHECHEN FIGHTERS ATTACK GROZNY AUG
MUDSLIDE DEVASTATES SPANISH CAMP SITE AUG
POLICE STORM YON SEI UNIVERSITY IN KOREA AUG
DRUG WARS IN CAPE TOWN AUG
LEBED SENT TO ARRANGE CHECHEN CEASE FIRE AUG
FOOD PRICE RIOTS IN JORDAN AUG
POLICE STORM YON SEI UNIVERSITY IN KOREA AUG
CHECHEN CEASE FIRE FAILS AUG
COCAINE PRODUCERS CONFRONT POLICE IN COLOMBIA AUG
IRAQIS HIJACK SUDANESE AIRPLANE TO STANSTEAD, UK. AUG
LEBED APPEARS TO STRENGTHEN PEACE MOVES IN CHECHENYA AUG
NETENYAHU GOVERNMENT BLOCKS MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AUG
IRAQI ARMY MOVES INTO IRAQI KURDISTAN SEPT
AMERICANS LAUNCH CRUISE MISSILES AT IRAQ SEPT
CLINTON POKES OUT SADDAM'S ELECTRONIC EYES SEPT
NETENYAHU MEETS ARAFAT SEPT
SINGAPORE CENSORS THE INTERNET SEPT
FURTHER AMERICAN POSTURING IN MIDDLE EAST SEPT
BOSNIAN ELECTIONS SEPT
KASHMIRI ELECTIONS SEPT
OJ SIMPSON CIVIL CASE STARTS SEPT
JALALABAD FALLS TO TALIBAN SEPT
MIRTAZA BHUTTO SHOT DEAD BY POLICE SEPT
KABUL FALLS TO TALIBAN. NAJIBULLAH HANGED SEPT
UPRISING IN PALESTINE SEPT
ISRAELIS DEPLOY HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS IN WEST BANK SEPT
YELTSIN ADMITS SERIOUS HEART PROBLEMS OCT
BIKERS ROCKET HQ OF RIVAL GANG IN DENMARK OCT
IRA DOUBLE CAR BOMB UK ARMY HQ IN NORTHERN IRELAND OCT
NORTH KOREAN SUBMARINE LANDS INFILTRATORS OCT
ANTI-TALIBAN FACTION EMERGES IN AFGHANISTAN OCT
VOLCANO MELTS VATNAJOKULL GLACIER, ICELAND OCT
TALIBAN SUFFER REVERSES NORTH OF KABUL OCT
JALAL TALABANI AND P.U.K. RETAKE SULIMANIYA, IRAQ OCT
YELTSIN FIRES SECURUTY CHIEF, LEBED OCT 18
ETHNIC CONFLICT INTENSIFIES IN EASTERN ZAIRE OCT
JAPANESE COPPER TRADER ARRESTED OCT
ZAIRE PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS RUWANDA NOV
BENAZIR BHUTTO FIRED NOV
YELTSIN HEART BYPASS OPERATION NOV
CLINTON ELECTED AS USA PRESIDENT NOV 5
CALIFORNIA VOTES 56-44 FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA NOV 5
ICELAND ICECAP FLOWS TO SEA NOV
ZAIRE PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS RUWANDA NOV
70000+ REFUGEES IN N.W.AFGHANISTAN NOV
SAUDI AND KAZAK AIRLINERS COLLIDE NEAR DELHI NOV
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT IN ROME NOV
FOOD RIOTS AMONGST REFUGEES IN ZAIRE NOV
PERU EARTHQUAKE NOV
THAI ELECTIONS: CHEVALIT YONGYUT IN NOV
ROUMANIAN ELECTIONS: IONESCU OUT NOV
CHANNEL TUNNEL FIRE: EURO-STAR SUSPENDED NOV
HIJACKED ETHIOPIAN PLANE CRASHES INTO SEA NOV
MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SERBIA AFTER ELECTION FIXES NOV
LABASHENKO WINS REFERENDUM TO BECOME BELARUS DICTATOR NOV
WORLD AIDS DAY DEC 1
PARIS METRO BOMB OUTRAGE DEC
STOCK MARKET CRASH DEC 6
SIDDIQ AL MAHDI SEEKS EXILE IN ERITREA DEC
CONTINUING DEMONSTRATIONS IN BELGRADE DEC
ISRAELI SETTLER SHOT. SETTLEMENTS EXPANDED DEC
GREEK TRANSPORT STRIKES DEC
SCOTTISH E-COLI POISONING EPIDEMIC DEC
RIOT POLICE BEAT DEMONSTRATORS IN BELGRADE DEC 24
SOUTH KOREA PASSES NEW LABOUR LAW DEC 26
CRISES IN 1997
WORKERS' DEMONSTRATIONS IN KOREA JAN
TADZIK HOSTAGE CRISIS JAN-FEB
DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOFIA, BULGARIA JAN
CONTINUING DEMONSTRATIONS IN BELGRADE JAN
SUDAN OPPOSITION GAINS MILITARY VICTORIES JAN
PAKISTAN PRESIDENT FIRES BENAZIR BHUTTO JAN
NAZI GOLD SCANDAL SOURS ISRAELI-SWISS RELATIONS JAN
LIMA HOSTAGE CRISIS CONTINUES JAN
WAR CONTINUES IN ZAIRE, RUWANDA, BURUNDI JAN
BORIS YELTSIN INCAPACITATED BY PNEUMONIA JAN
ANTI-TALIBAN FORCES DESTROY SALANG PASS ROAD JAN
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED IN ALGERIAN VIOLENCE RAMADAN
BILL GATES, GEORGE SOROS, YASSER ARAFAT AT DAVOS (CH) FEB
BENAZIR BHUTTO LOSES PAKISTAN ELECTIONS TO ISLAMISTS FEB
ISRAELI HELICOPTOR COLLISION KILLS 74 IDF PERSONNEL FEB
TURKISH ARMY CONDUCTS ARMED PROPAGANDA IN ANKARA FEB
ALBANIAN FUND FAILURES PROVOKE VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS FEB
PERU HOSTAGE CRISIS CONTINUES FEB
SOUTH AFRICA SEEKS TO OUTLAW LANDMINES FEB
MANDELA AND SAMORA MACHEL IN JOINT FAR EAST TOUR FEB
DENG XIAOPING DIES FEB
ZAIRE REBELS MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS FEB
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE FEB
KOREAN DIPLOMAT DEFECTS TO SEOUL EMBASSY IN BEIJING FEB
SPANISH TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE FEB
SOUTH ARMAGH SNIPER SCORES AGAIN FEB
EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN MAR
ALBANIA CRISIS TURNS INTO FULL SCALE INSURRECTION MAR
GERMAN ANTI NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING DEMONSTRATIONS MAR
USA CERTIFIES MEXICO, BOUNCES COLUMBIA IN DRUG WAR MAR
FOREIGN NATIONALS EVACUATED FROM ALBANIA MAR
PNG ARMY OPPOSES GOVERNMENT OF HIRING OF MERCENARIES MAR
GERMAN COAL MINERS INTIMIDATE KOHL MAR
KISINGANI FALLS TO REBELS IN ZAIRE MAR
WHEELCHAIR-BOUND CLINTON MEETS YELTSIN IN HELSINKI MAR
RIOTS IN PORT MORESBY AND LAE (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) MAR
HAMAS SUICIDE BOMBER DEVASTATES TEL-AVIV CAFE MAR
RUSSIA AND BELORUSSIA SIGN UNIFICATION TREATY APRIL
TAIWAN WELCOMES DALAI LAMA APRIL
ABBAS GOKAL INDICTED AT OLD BAILY IN BCCI FRAUD TRIAL APRIL
NETENYAHU VISITS USA APRIL
CHAINSAW MASSACRE IN ALGERIA APRIL
NORTH KOREA BEGS FOR FAMINE RELIEF APRIL
ZAIRIAN REBELS ENTER LUBUMBASHI APRIL
ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN KINSHASA, ZAIRE APRIL
VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN PALESTINE APRIL
NETENYAHU WEAKENED BY FRAUD ALLEGATIONS APRIL
PERUVIAN POLICE STORM JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LIMA APRIL
MAYDAY RIOTS IN GERMANY, KOREA, TURKEY MAY
LABOUR PARTY WIN UK ELECTIONS MAY
BRITISH TORY PARTY WIPED OUT IN WALES & SCOTLAND MAY
GERRY ADAMS WINS WEST BELFAST FOR SINN FEIN MAY
RUWANDAN REFUGEES DIE BY THOUSANDS IN ZAIRE MAY
ZAIRIAN REBELS AT GATES OF KINSHASHA MAY
TALIBAN TAKE MAZAR-I-SHARIF MAY
ANTI-KABILA RIOTS IN KINSHASHA MAY
TALIBAN EXPELLED FROM MAZAR-I-SHARIF MAY
ANOTHER MILITARY COUP IN SIERRA LEONE MAY
EARTHQUAKE IN KHORASSAN PROVINCE OF IRAN MAY
MACHINE BEATS MAN IN KASPAROV-COMPUTER MATCH MAY
MOBUTU FLEES KINSHASHA IN DISGUST MAY
JOSPIN'S LEFTIST PARTY WINS FRENCH ELECTIONS JUNE
NIGERIAN FORCE MEETS RESISTANCE IN SIERRA LEONE JUNE
ALGERIAN ELECTIONS - ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUD JUNE
FIGHTING IN CONGO BRAZZEVILLE JUNE
SUPPLY CRAFT COLLIDES WITH MIR IN ITS ORBIT JUNE
RUMOURS THAT POL POT WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE JUNE
MORE MAYHEM IN SIERRA LEONE, CONGO BRAZZEVILLE JUNE
RIOTS IN AMSTERDAM FOR E.U. SUMMIT JUNE
HONG KONG RETURNS TO CHINESE RULE JUNE
THAI CENTRAL BANK FORCED INTO 20% BAHT DEVALUATION JULY
CHALLENGER ROBOT LANDS ON MARS JULY
BA CABIN STAFF TAKE STRIKE ACTION JULY
NATO FORCES ABDUCT LOW LEVEL BOSNIAN WAR CRIMINALS JULY
SEVERE FLOODS IN CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND AND SLOVAKIA JULY
PATTAYA HOTEL FIRE DISASTER JULY
TALIBAN SUFFER REVERSES. KABUL ROCKETED BY MASSOUD JULY
FILIPINO AND INDONESIAN CURRENCIES COME UNDER PRESSURE JULY
SEVERE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AFFECT MIR JULY
YET ANOTHER IRA CEASEFIRE JULY
POL POT PUT ON TRIAL BY KHMER ROUGE JULY
SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL MANY IN A JERUSALEM MARKET JULY
MIR COSMONAUTS RELIEVED. PROJECT CONTINUES AUG
ATTACKS ON POLICE STATIONS IN MOMBASA, KENYA AUG
MASSACRES IN ALGERIA AUG
SERBIAN POWER STRUGGLE INVOLVES UN FORCES AUG
FLOODING IN THAILAND AUG
I.M.F. LOAN NEGOCIATED FOR THAILAND AUG
BRITISH PRINCESS DIES IN PARIS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AUG 31
MORE SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN JERUSALEM SEPT 4
HUNDREDS MASSACRED IN ALGERIA SEPT
MOTHER TERESA DIES IN CALCUTTA SEPT 6
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT TOURS MIDDLE EAST SEPT
I.M.F. STAGES A MEETING IN HONG KONG SEPT
FOREST FIRES IN INDONESIA POLLUTE S.E.ASIA AUG-SEPT
YASSER ARAFAT HEALTH SCARE SEPT
PAUL SOROS JUNKS DR MAHATHIR AT HK MEETING SEPT
SMOKE HAZE FROM INDONESIA CLOSES MALAYSIAN AIRPORTS SEPT
I.M.F. STAGES A MEETING IN HONG KONG SEPT
YASSER ARAFAT HEALTH SCARE SEPT
USA THREATENS IRAN BECAUSE OF FLIGHTS OVER IRAQ OCT
REFUGEE CRISIS IN CONGO OCT
LARGE SCALE FIRES IN AMAZONIA OCT
CONGO SENDS TROOPS TO NEIGHBOURING BRAZZEVILLE OCT
MASSACRES IN ALGERIA OCT
EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY OCT
USA POSTPONES ACTION TO LIMIT POLLUTION OCT
STOCK MARKET CRASHES IN HONG KONG OCT
BRITISH NANNY CONVICTED OF MURDER IN USA OCT
FLOODS IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL OCT
AMERICA THREATENS IRAQ OCT
A VICTOR EMERGES IN BRAZZEVILLE CIVIL WAR OCT
BRITISH NANNY FREED BY MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE NOV
FLOODS IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA NOV
IRAQ EXPELS AMERICAN WEAPONS INSPECTORS NOV
BURMA: SLORC BECOMES STATE PEACE & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL NOV
ISLAMISTS MASSACRE TOURISTS IN EGYPT NOV
KOREAN ECONOMY IN TROUBLE NOV
TOP JAPANESE FINANCIAL BROKER (YAMAICHI) GOES BUST NOV
ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE IN KYOTO NOV
SOUTH EAST ASIA FOREST FIRES ARE DAMPENED NOV
KOREAN ECONOMIC CRISIS WORSENS DEC
C.D.C. EXPERTS INVESTIGATE 'BIRD FLU' IN HONG KONG DEC
FIRE CLOSES HEATHROW AIRPORT DEC
KIM DAE-JUNG WINS KOREAN ELECTIONS DEC
CARLOS, 'THE JACKAL' INDICTED BY PARIS COURT DEC
KOREA FACES BANKRUPTCY DEC
BRITISH CABINET MINISTER'S SON IN DRUG DEALING SCANDAL DEC
NORTHERN IRELAND SEES INCREASING VIOLENCE DEC
CRISES IN 1998
KIM DAE-JUNG MEETS PAUL SOROS JAN
RAMADAN MASSACRES IN ALGERIA JAN
BRIT SUPPORTING TERRORISTS RAMPAGE IN ULSTER JAN
IRAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI GOES ON CNN JAN
TAMIL TIGERS BLOW UP 'TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH' JAN
OPRAH WINFREY DEFENDS HERSELF AGAINST MEAT INDUSTRY JAN
WATERGATE SEX BOMB THREATENS CLINTON PRESIDENCY JAN
CHUAN LEEKPAI ADDRESSES DAVOS ECONOMIC FORUM JAN
USA GOVERNMENT THREATENS IRAQ JAN
YELTSIN SUGGESTS USA AGRESSION MIGHT START A WORLD WAR FEB
TONY BLAIR MAKES AFFECTIONATE VISIT TO BILL CLINTON FEB
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN FEB
FURTHER FIGHTING IN SIERRA LEONE FEB
FOOD RIOTS IN INDONESIA FEB
SINN FEIN SUSPENDED FROM PEACE TALKS FOR ASSASSINATION FEB
POPULAR OPPOSITION TO USA AGRESSION IN BOTH USA AND UK FEB
SECOND EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN FEB
ANTI-USA DEMONSTRATIONS IN JORDAN AND PALESTINE FEB
KOFI ANNAN VISITS IRAQ AND CANCELS GULF WAR III FEB
SMALLISH CAR BOMBS EXPLODE IN NORTHERN IRELAND FEB
SERB TROOPS SEAL OFF VILLAGES AFTER VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO MAR
NASA PROBE SHOWS WATER EXISTS ON THE MOON MAR
TEEN-AGE SOLDIERS SHOOT PALESTINIAN WORKERS MAR
LARGE BOMB BLAST IN COLUMBO, SRI LANKA MAR
EXTENSIVE FOREST FIRES IN BRAZIL MAR
ZHU RONGJI BECOMES PRIME MINISTER IN CHINA MAR
INFIGHTING AMONGST KARENS ON THAI-BURMESE BORDER MAR
TV SHOWS DEMOLISHED VILLAGES IN SERBIAN KOSOVO MAR
PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS AFRICA: UGANDA, GHANA etc MAR
YELTSIN DISMISSES RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT MAR
SCHOOL-KID TERRORISTS RAMPAGE IN AMERICA MAR
BURMESE REFUGEES IN THAILAND COME UNDER FIRE MAR
MALAYSIA SEEKS TO EXPEL INDONESIAN REFUGEEES MAR
MANDELA DISAGREES WITH CLINTON ON LIBYA AND IRAN MAR
PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS GHANA AND SENEGAL APRIL
FRENCH COURT INDICTS PAPON FOR NAZI DEPORTATIONS APRIL
NEW DOCUMENTS IMPLICATE FRANCE IN RUWANDA MASSACRES APRIL
COLOMBIAN LEFTISTS MAINTAIN PRESSURE APRIL
HAJ STAMPEDE KILLS ONE HUNDRED APRIL
TONY BLAIR INTERVENES IN NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE TALKS APRIL
GLOBAL WARMING THEORY RE-ASSESSED APRIL
HISTORIC PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ULSTER APRIL
FOREST FIRES RESTARTED IN BORNEO APRIL
SEVERE FLOODING IN CENTRAL ENGLAND APRIL
YET ANOTHER POL POT DEATH RUMOUR APRIL
POL POT REPORTED DEAD OF HEART FAILURE APRIL
ORANGE ORDER REJECTS NORTH IRELAND PEACE DEAL APRIL
MEDIA EXHIBIT PHOTOS OF SALOTH SAR'S CORPSE APRIL
INCIDENTS REPORTED ON SERBIAN-ALBANIAN BORDER APRIL
G7 ECONOMIC FORUM IN WASHINGTON APRIL
WAR SITUATION ESCALATES IN KOSOVO MAY
WIDESPREAD ANTI GOVERNMENT RIOTS IN INDONESIA MAY
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS REMAINS IN IMPASSE MAY
ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA INVOLVED IN TERRITORIAL DISPUTE MAY
CHATCHAI CHOONHAVAN DIES OF LIVER CANCER MAY
UK REPATRIATES SOME NOTORIOUS IRA PRISONERS MAY
INDIA EXPLODES NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN TEST MAY
RIOTS IN JAKARTA. STUDENTS SHOT. CHINESE SHOPS BURN. MAY
G8 SUMMIT IN BIRMINGHAM MAY
G8 LEADERS DETERMINE TO CONTROL THE INTERNET MAY
MICROSOFT CHALLANGES USA GOVERNMENT MAY
ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA INVOLVED IN TERRITORIAL DISPUTE MAY
SUDANESE CIVIL WAR GETS IN NEWS AS 'FAMINE ISSUE' MAY
SUHARTO RESIGNS AS LEADER OF INDONESIA MAY
PAKISTAN EXPLODES NUCLEAR WEAPONS MAY
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN NORTH EAST AFGHANISTAN MAY
THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES LEAVE KOSOVO JUNE
HONG KONG CHINESE PEACEFULLY COMMEMMORATE 4/6/89 JUNE
ETHIOPIAN AIRFORCE BOMBS ASMARA, ERITREA JUNE
ERITREANS BOMB MEKELE, CAPITAL OF TIGRE JUNE
EX-PATS FLEE ASMARA JUNE
SANNY ABACHA, NIGERIAN DICTATOR, DIES JUNE 8
CYCLONE HITS GUJURAT, INDIA JUNE
U.N. OPENS YET ANOTHER ANTI-DRUG CRUSADE IN NEW YORK JUNE
JAPANESE YEN FALLS BELOW 140 TO THE US DOLLAR JUNE
IRAN BEATS USA 2-1 IN WORLD CUP FOOTBALL MATCH JUNE
CLINTON'S CHINA VISIT IS A GREAT SUCCESS JUNE
NEW HONG KONG AIRPORT OPENS FOR BUSINESS JULY
FOREST FIRES IN FLORIDA THREATEN THOUSANDS OF HOMES JULY
POLICE & MILITARY BEAT OFF ORANGEMEN AT DRUMCREE JULY
FIERCE FIGHTING IN KOSOVO. POLICE ACTION JULY
YANG TSE VALLEY FLOODING IN CHINA JULY
TSUNAMI DEVASTATES VILLAGES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA JULY
HUGE FIRES IN GREECE JULY
"DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS" IN KAMPUCHEA. IT'S OFFICIAL JULY
FURTHER REBELLION IN FORMER ZAIRE AUG
HANAN ASHRAWI RESIGNS FROM PALESTINE GOVERNMENT AUG
MONICA LEWINSKI TESTIFIES TO STARR TRIBUNAL AUG
ATHENS SUBURBS THREATENED BY FOREST FIRES AUG
CHINESE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL FLOODS IN YANGTSE BASIN AUG
AMERICAN EMBASSIES BLOWN UP IN NAIROBI & TANZANIA AUG
BOMB KILLS TWENTY EIGHT IN OMAH, IRELAND AUG
CLINTON CONFESSES FELLATIO EPISODES WITH LEWINSKI AUG
CHINA FACES FLOODS IN HARBIN AREA, MANCHURIA AUG
AMERICANS BOMB SUDAN AND AFGHANISTAN AUG
'PLANET HOLYWOOD' LOCALE BOMBED IN CAPE TOWN AUG
FOREIGN INTERVENTION INTENSIFIES IN CONGO AUG
RUSSIAN ECONOMY COLLAPSES AUG
BANGLADESH IS 66% FLOODED FOR OVER A MONTH AUG
BAMIYAN FALLS TO TALIBAN ARMIES SEPT
'INTERNET PORN' FEATURES AMERICAN PRESIDENT. TEXT ONLY. SEPT
MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT DETAINS FORMER ECONOMY MINISTER SEPT
TENSIONS ON AFGHAN IRAN BORDER SEPT
CIVIL WAR CONTINUES IN CONGO SEPT
SERBIAN MILITARY/POLICE ACTIONS CONTINUE IN KOSOVO SEPT
ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION IN ALBANIA SEPT
REVOLUTION AND MILITARY INTERVENTION IN LESOTHO SEPT
FURTHER MONICA LEWINSKI REVELATIONS SEPT
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS DEFEAT KOHL IN GERMAN ELECTIONS SEPT
CONCERT OF GREAT POWERS THREATENS SERBIA OCT
AMARTYA SEN WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS OCT
HUME & TRIMBLE GET NOBLE PEACE PRIZE FOR ULSTER OCT
MILOSEVIC GETS FINAL PUBLIC WARNING OVER KOSOVO OCT
PRIMAKOV SIDELINES THE AILING BORIS YELTSIN OCT
OIL PIPELINE FIRE KILLS 2000 IN NIGERIA OCT
FORMER GENERAL PINOCHET ARRESTED IN LONDON CLINIC OCT
LEADERS OF ISRAEL, PALESTINE, JORDAN MEET IN U.S.A OCT
HURRICANE MITCH DEVASTATES CENTRAL AMERICA NOV
SADDAM HUSSEIN STOPS CO_OPERATION WITH UNSCOM NOV
DEMOCRATS TOPPLE D'AMATO IN NEW YORK STATE NOV
FURTHER RIOTS IN JAKARTA NOV
KOFI ANNAN VISITS LIBYA OVER LOCKERBY AFFAIRE DEC
IRANIAN WRITER FOUND DEAD DEC
VIOLENT CLASHES IN PALESTINE PRECEDE CLINTON'S VISIT DEC
BRITISH CAPTIVES KILLED BY KIDNAPPERS IN CHECHENYA DEC
AIRLINE CRASH IN THAILAND DEC
RIOTS IN DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND DEC
UK AND USA BOMB IRAQ DEC 16
TURBULENT BUDDHIST MONKS TAKE ON RIOT POLICE IN KOREA DEC
BATTLES IN KOSOVO DEC
BRITISH CITIZENS ARRESTED AND KIDNAPPED IN YEMEN DEC
CRISES IN 1999
LAUNCH OF EUROPEAN UNION CURRENCY JAN
CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROMISES ACTION ON 'Y2K BUG' JAN
BATTLES IN ANGOLA, CONGO, KOSOVO AND SIERRA LEONE JAN
INCIDENTS OVER IRAQI 'NO-FLY' ZONES JAN
CLINTON IMPEACHMENT SHOW OPENS IN US SENATE JAN
GUANGDONG INVESTMENT TRUST GOES BUST JAN
UN PEACE MISSION PULLS OUT OF ANGOLA JAN
SCHOOL STRIKES IN GREECE JAN
ROUMANIAN COAL MINERS REBEL, AND MARCH ON BUCAREST JAN
FRENCH 'SHOW TRIAL' OF ISLAMISTS ENDS JAN
EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES TOWNS IN COLOMBIA JAN
KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN DIES. SLAP UP FUNERAL. FEB
INDIA AND PAKISTAN EMBARK ON BUS ROUTE DIPLOMACY FEB
KOSOVO TALKS AT RAMBOUILLET FEB
'APO' KIDNAPPED BY TURKISH AGENTS IN NAIROBI FEB
KURDS SHOW SUPPORT FOR ABDULLAH OCALAN (APO) FEB
ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA RESUME WAR FEB
E.U. COMISSIONERS ALL RESIGN IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL MAR
FURTHER INTERNATIONAL THREATS OVER KOSOVO SITUATION MAR
ULSTER HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER BECOMES CAR BOMB VICTIM MAR
ETHNIC FIGHTING IN KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA MAR
CHINA AND RUSSIA OPPOSE BOMBING OF SERBIA MAR
EARTHQUAKE, R6.8 HITS UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA MAR
RIOTS IN PARAGUAY MAR
FIRE IN MONT BLANC ROAD TUNNEL KILLS FORTY MAR
NATO FORCES COMMENCE BOMBING OF SERBIA MAR 24
MEDIA BLACKOUT IMPOSED ON KOSOVO MAR
FIRE IN MONT BLANC ROAD TUNNEL KILLS FORTY MAR
MALAYSIAN COURT JAILS ANWAR IBRAHIM APRIL
LIBYA HANDS OVER PAIR ACCUSED OF LOCKERBIE BOMB APRIL
ALGERIA HOLDS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS APRIL
US SCHOOLKIDS GUN DOWN CLASS MATES IN DENVER APRIL
RACIST BOMBING CAMPAIGN STARTS IN LONDON APRIL
REFUGEE CRISIS OVERWHELMS MAKEDONIA MAR-APRIL
PRESIDENT RAUL CUBAS FLEES PARAGUAY APRIL
RUSSIA CONTINUES NEGOCIATING FOR IMF LOAN APRIL
ULSTER 'PEACE TALKS' TAKE EASTER BREAK APRIL
USA SETS FBI ONTO CREATOR OF MELLISSA MACRO VIRUS APRIL
BOMBING OF SERBIA SWITCHES TO CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE APRIL
CHINA SEEKS ADMISSION TO WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION APRIL
CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN INDONESIA & EAST TIMOR APRIL
LIBYA HANDS OVER PAIR ACCUSED OF LOCKERBIE BOMB APRIL
US SCHOOLKIDS GUN DOWN CLASS MATES IN DENVER APRIL
RACIST BOMBING CAMPAIGN STARTS IN LONDON APRIL
'OTAN' BOMBS MORE AND MORE SERBIAN CITIES APRIL
HEZB-I-WAHADAT CLEAR TALIBAN FORCES FROM BAMIYAN APRIL
DR JACK KEVORKIAN GETS JAILED FOR MURDER APRIL
MALAYSIAN COURT JAILS ANWAR IBRAHIM APRIL
ALGERIA HOLDS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS APRIL
HOMELESS EVICTED FROM WASHINGTON D.C. FOR NATO SUMMIT APRIL
TURKEY HOLDS ELECTIONS APRIL
ANTI-NATO DEMONSTRATIONS IN GREECE,ITALY, GERMANY MAY
FRENCH INTERIOR POLICE FACE SCANDAL IN CORSICA MAY
P.L.O. DELAY DECLARATION OF PALESTINIAN STATE MAY
IBRAHIM RUGOVA EMERGES IN ROME MAY
APACHE HELICOPTER CRASHES IN ALBANIA MAY
TORNADOS DEVASTATE OKLAHOMA MAY
DEADLOCK OVER APPOINTMENT OF NEW LEADER FOR W.T.O. MAY
CLUSTER BOMB HITS CIVILIAN AREA IN NIS MAY
N.A.T.O. BOMBS CHINESE EMBASSY IN BELGRADE MAY
BREAK UP OF U.K. COMMENCES (LOCAL ELECTIONS) MAY
COUP IN GUINEA BISSAU MAY
INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT DEVELOPS IN KASHMIR MAY
FIRE IN AUSTRIAN TRANS-ALPINE TUNNEL MAY
SOUTH AFRICA HOLDS ELECTIONS JUNE
DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO KOSOVO WAR JUNE 3
SERBS START TO LEAVE KOSOVO JUNE
IRANIAN MISSILES TARGET MUJEHADDIN IN IRAQ JUNE
KASHMIR CONFLICT CONTINUES JUNE
RUSSIAN UNIT OCCUPIES PRISTINA AIRPORT JUNE
EUROPEAN VOTERS OUST SOCIALIST GROUP FROM PARLIAMENT JUNE
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO JUNE
KASHMIR CONFLICT CONTINUES JUNE
TURKISH COURT SENTENCES ABDULLAH OCALAN TO DEATH JULY
FURTHER FIGHTING IN KASHMIR JULY
ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN SERBIA JULY
CHINA REBUKES TAIWANESE PRESIDENT JULY
FALUN GONG MEMBERS PICKET CHINESE GOVERNMENT OFFICES JULY
STUDENT RIOTS IN IRAN JULY
KOSOVAR REVENGE SQUADS CONTINUE TO KILL SERB CIVILIANS JULY
PEACE AGREEMENT FOR CONGO JULY
CLASHES BETWEEN LOCALS AND REFUGEES IN DOVER, UK JULY
YELTSIN FIRES CABINET AUG
TRAIN CRASH KILLS 300 IN INDIA AUG
FLOODS IN CHINA AUG
FLOODS IN PHILIPPINES AUG
CLASHES IN DAGESTAN AUG
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HITS ISTANBUL AREA (7.4) AUG
REFERENDUM ON EAST TIMOR INDEPENDENCE AUG
RUSSIA CRACKS DOWN ON REBELS IN DAGESTAN AUG
EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE SEPT
TERROR BOMBING CAMPAIGN HITS RUSSIAN CITIES SEPT
U.N. INTERVENTION IN EAST TIMOR SEPT
EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN SEPT
RUSSIA INVADES CHECHENYA SEPT
FLOODS IN MEXICO OCT
EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN (7.6) SEPT
WORLD POPULATION OFFICIALLY REACHES SIX BILLION OCT
FATIMA MEDIC IN SARAJEVO DESIGNATED #6000000000 OCT
COUP D'ETAT IN PAKISTAN OCT
LAST DAY OF MILLENIUM. INTENSE MEDIA HYPE DEC 31
CRISES IN 2000
UNPRECEDENTED TRANSMISSION OF DOCTORED TV IMAGES JAN 1
FIGHTING IN AMBON, INDONESIA JAN
RUSSIAN ARMIES TAKE GROZNY AFTER 120 DAYS BOMBARDMENT FEB
AUSTRIA INCLUDES FREEDOM PARTY IN GOVERNMENT FEB
E.U. POLITICIANS POSING AS HYPOCRITES THREATEN AUSTRIA. FEB
AFGHAN HIJACK JET ENDS UP IN STANSTEAD AIRPORT, UK FEB
SEVERE RAINSTORMS IN MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA FEB
NASA SPACECRAFT MAKES RENDEZ-VOUS WITH EROS FEB 14
MITROVICA RIOTS SHAKE NATO COMPLACENCY IN KOSOVO FEB
RELIGIOUS RIOTING IN KADUNA, UPSTATE NIGERIA FEB
CHINA MAKES HEAVY THREAT TO TAIWAN ON REUNIFICATION FEB
FLOODS DEVASTATE MOZAMBIQUE MAR
FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA APR
ANTI-CAPITALIST RALLIES IN WASHINGTON DC APR
RIOTS IN LONDON, BERLIN MAY 1
SMALL FASCIST RALLIES IN PARIS & BERLIN MAY 1
LOVEBUG V.B. WORM INFECTS GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS MAY
UN PEACE KEEPERS KIDNAPPED IN SIERRA LEONE MAY
LOS ALAMOS NUCLEAR LAB BURNED DURING FOREST FIRES MAY
EXPLOSION IN NETHERLANDS FIREWORK FACTORY KILLS 20 MAY
PALESTINIANS RIOT FOR FREEDOM OF PRISONERS MAY
NORTHERN IRELAND RETURNS TO LOCAL RULE MAY
ISRAELIS WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON UNDER FIRE MAY
BRITISH TROOPS IN SIERRA LEONE MAY
EARTHQUAKE IN SUMATRA JUNE
HAFEZ AL ASSAD DIES JUNE
KIM DAE JUNG MEETS KIM JONG IL IN PYONGYANG JUNE
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION IN URUMCHI SEPT
EUROPE WIDE PROTESTS OVER FUEL PRICES SEPT
FLOODS IN VIET-NAM, KAMPUCHEA SEPT
SLOBODAN MILOSEVITCH VOTED OUT OF POWER OCT
ISREALIS DEPLOY ATTACK HELICOPTERS IN GAZA OCT
FLOODS & LANDSLIDES IN ITALY OCT
FLOODS IN ENGLAND NOV
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION GOES INTO EXTRA TIME NOV
GUN BATTLES IN ISREAL & PALESTINE NOV
KIM DAE JUNG GETS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE DEC
EUROPEAN LEADERS SIGN TREATY OF NICE DEC
US ELECTION GOES TO SUPREME COURT DEC
BARAK CALLS NEW ISRAELI ELECTIONS DEC
BUSH DECLARED WINNER DEC
CRISES IN 2001
EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRAL AMERICA JAN
'THAI RAK THAI' PARTY SWEEPS TO POWER IN SIAM JAN
BODYGUARDS GUN DOWN CONGOLESE LEADER, LAURENT KABILA JAN
CASH CRISIS CAUSES CALIFORNIA POWER BLACKOUTS JAN
ESTRADA FORCED FROM POWER IN PHILIPPINES JAN
EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES GUJURAT JAN
CLINTON PARDONS ARMS DEALERS, DRUGS TRAFFIKERS &C FEB
ISRAELIS VOTE FOR SHARON OF SABRA & SHATILLA FAME FEB
TURKEY SUFFERS A FINANCIAL CRISIS FEB
BUSH & BLAIR GIVE IRAQIS A WARNING BOMBING FEB
ALBANIAN PATRIOTS/MAFIA BRING MAYHEM TO BALKANS FEB
FIERCE ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN KALIMANTAN (BORNEO) FEB
TALIBAN PROMISE TO DESTROY BAMIYAN BUDDHA IDOLS FEB
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE INFECTS UK LIVESTOCK FEB
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE BECOMES NATIONAL CRISIS IN UK MARCH
AFGHANI TALIBAN DESTROY BAMIYAN BUDDHAS MARCH
MACEDONIAN ARMY DEPLOYS HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS MARCH
ISREALIS USE ROCKETS, ARTILLARY ETC IN GAZA, HEBRON. MARCH
GEORGE BUSH REPUDIATES KYOTO EMISSIONS PROTOCOL MARCH
JUGOSLAV AUTHORITIES PUT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC IN PRISON MARCH 31
U.S. SPY PLANE LANDS IN HAINAN AFTER COLLISION APRIL 1
ISRAEL SENDS TANKS, BULLDOZERS INTO REFUGEE CAMP APRIL
RIOTS IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. APRIL
ARMY SHELLS VILLAGES IN MAKEDONIA MAY
SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACK PEOPLE IN ISRAEL MAY
CHINESE AIDS SCANDAL GETS PUBLICISED ABROAD MAY
TAKSIN SINAWAT FIRES HEAD OF THAI RESERVE BANK MAY
NEPALI ROYAL FAMILY DECIMATED IN FAMILY DISPUTE MAY
TONY BLAIR WINS UK ELECTIONS FOR 'NEW LABOUR' JUNE
CIA HEAD, TENET, IN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS JUNE
IRISH VOTE AGAINST TREATY OF NICE JUNE
SERIOUS VIOLENCE DISRUPTS E.U. SUMMIT AT GOTHENBURG JUNE
MACEDONIAN MILITIAS STORM SKOPJE PARLIAMENT JUNE
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC GETS EXTRADITED TO THE HAGUE JUNE
CHINA GETS AWARDED 2008 OLYMPICS JULY
MORE WESTERN TELECOMMS COMPANIES LAY OFF WORKERS JULY
SEVERE FLOODING IN ORISSA, INDIA JULY
JUDGE CONDEMNS ST MARY'S HOSPITAL PADDINGTON JULY
RIOTS DISRUPT G8 SUMMIT IN GENOA JULY
POLICE BEATINGS AFTER G8 SUMMIT TARNISH ITALIAN STATE JULY
INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT DEPOSES THE LEADER, WAHID JULY
RIOTS IN UK TOWNS. BELFAST, BRADFORD, BRIXTON. JULY
ISRAEL DEPLOYS TANKS IN WEST BANK AUG
PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MACEDONIA AUG
SEVERE FLOODS IN NORTHERN IRAN AUG
AHMAD SHAH MASSOUD KILLED 10 SEPT
AIRPLANE FLIES INTO WORLD TRADE CENTER, NYC 11 SEPT
SECOND AIRPLANE HITS WTC 11 SEPT
WTC COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED 11 SEPT
AIRPLANE HITS PENTAGON 11 SEPT
CAR BOMB GOES OFF IN USA STATE DEPARTMENT 11 SEPT
WHITE HOUSE EVACUATED 11 SEPT
LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKMARKETS CLOSED 11 SEPT
OSAMA BIN LADEN BRANDED AS THE MASTER ASSASSIN 11 SEPT
CHINA AND RUSSIA EXPRESS CONDOLENCES SEPT
TOULOUSE CHEMICAL PLANT AUTO_DESTRUCTS SEPT
OSCILLATING CEASE-FIRES IN ISRAEL / PALESTINE SEPT
BELFAST (NORTHERN IRELAND) HAS WORST RIOTS FOR 20 YEARS SEPT
PROTESTANT PARAMILITARIES GUN DOWN ULSTER JOURNALIST SEPT
SWISSAIR GOES BANKRUPT AND STRANDS PASSENGERS OCT
USA AND UK START BOMBING OF AFGHANISTAN 7 OCT
AIR ACTION KILLS UN LANDMINE CLEARANCE TEAM IN KABUL OCT
CHINA 1 - OMAN 0 IN FOOTBALL. CHINA GOES TO JAPAN OCT
LETTER BORN ANTHRAX TARGETS USA POLITICS & MEDIA OCT
ISRAEL PALESTINE CRISIS WORSENS OCT
BUSH GROVELS FOR SUPPORT AT APEC MEETING IN SHANGHAI OCT
CHINA SHOWS OFF MODEL TERRORIST FREE SKYSCRAPER CITY OCT
SINN FEIN ANNOUNCES IRA WEAPONS DECOMISSIONING OCT
FOOTBALL RIOTS DISRUPT LIFE IN TEHERAN OCT
USA STARTS GROUND OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN OCT
FIRE IN SWISS (ST GOTTHARD) TUNNEL KILLS DOZENS OCT
CUBA WEATHERS SEVERE HURRICANE (MICHELLE) NOV
CHINA JOINS WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION IN QATAR NOV
TAIWAN JOINS WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION NOV
NORTHERN ALLIANCE TAKE MAZAR-I-SHARIF NOV
TALIBAN POSITION COLLAPSES IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN NOV
FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES KILL HUNDREDS IN ALGIERS NOV
NORTHERN ALLIANCE ENTERS KABUL NOV
BUSH MEETS PUTIN NOV
E.C. INDICTS DRUG COMPANIES IN VITAMIN CARTEL NOV
CROSSAIR PLANE CRASHES IN FOREST OUTSIDE ZURICH NOV
TALIBAN PRISONERS REBEL IN MAZAR-I-SHARIF NOV
HUMAN EMBRYO CLONED IN MASSACHUSSETS LABORATORY NOV
MAOIST INSURGENTS CONTINUE REBELLION IN NEPAL NOV
BOMBERS ATTACK ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN MINDANAO NOV
LEADING ENERGY SUPPLY COMPANY, 'ENRON', GOES BUST NOV
ALLIED FORCES HUNT OSAMA BINLADEN IN CAVES DEC
DEVASTATING SIUCIDE BOMB ATTACKS IN JERUSALEM AND HAIFA DEC
ISRAELIS DESTROY ARAFAT'S HELICOPTERS & GAZA AIRPORT DEC
AFGHANS MEETING IN BONN CHOOSE NEW LEADER DEC
TALIBAN LEADER SURRENDERS KANDAHAR DEC
TERRORISTS ATTACK INDIAN PARLIAMENT DEC
BUSH ABROGATES 1972 ANTI-BALISTIC MISSILE TREATY DEC
SHARON DECLARES YASSER ARAFAT IRELEVANT DEC
ARGENTINE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN PROVOKES STREET RIOTS DEC
CARBON COPY, THE CLONED CAT IS BORN DEC
INDIAN POLITICIANS WIND UP WAR FEVER DEC
ISREALIS DESTROY YASSER ARAFAT'S HAPPY CHRISTMAS DEC
CRISES IN 2002
COINS & NOTES TO ISSUED FOR EUROPEAN CURRENCY JAN
ARGENTINE ROTATES PRESIDENTS IN MUSICAL CHAIRS GAME JAN
BUSH FIRES RAGE IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA JAN
ISRAELIS DETAIN ARMS SHIPMENT IN RED SEA JAN
TONY BLAIR VISITS INDO-PAK & AFGHANISTAN JAN
VOLCANIC ERUPTION FLOODS GOMA (CONGO) WITH LAVA JAN
FIGHTING CONTINUES IN AFGHANISTAN JAN
FIGHTING CONTINUES IN ISRAEL / PALESTINE JAN
AMMUNITION DUMP BLOWS UP IN RESIDENTIAL AREA OF LAGOS JAN
AMERICANS SEND MILITARY ADVISORS TO PHILIPPINES FEB
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM HELD IN NEW YORK FEB
RIOTS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA FEB
ALLIED IRISH BANK ADMITS 500 MILLION LOSS FEB
AMERICANS ANNOUNCE THEY WANT CHANGE OF REGIME IN IRAQ FEB
ISRAELIS CONTINUE BOMBING AND OPPRESSION IN PALESTINE FEB
NOAM CHOMSKY SAVES TURKISH WRITER FROM JAIL FEB
ANGOLAN WARLORD, JONAS SAVIMBI, GETS KILLED FEB
ISRAELIS DEPLOY TANKS IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS MAR
AMERICANS CRASH HELICOPTER IN AFGHANISTAN MOUNTAINS MAR
BRITISH CRASH MILITARY HELICOPTER IN SOUTH ARMAGH MAR
AMERICANS CALL ON BRITISH TO HELP OUT IN AFGHANISTAN MAR
AMERICANS TALK UP OIL PRICE BY THREATENING IRAQ FEB-MAR
BANDITS BURGLE CASTLREAGH ROAD POLICE STATION, BELFAST MAR
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HITS NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN. >1000 DEAD MAR
FRENCHMAN SHOOTS 15 AT COUNCIL MEETING IN NANTERRE MAR
HAMAS SUICIDE BOMBER BLASTS ISRAELI RESORT MAR
YASSER ARAFAT QUARANTINED DURING ARAB SUMMIT IN BEIRUT MAR
ISRAELIS STORM PALESTINIAN COMPOUND IN RAMALLAH MAR
YASSER ARAFAT GIVES TV INTERVIEW BY CANDLE LIGHT MAR
ISREALI TANKS DEPLOYED IN TURKAM, QALQALIYA APR
AMERICAN PEACE ENVOY, GENERAL ZINI, BECOMES SPECTATOR APR
ISRAEL SHELLS YASSER ARAFAT'S RAMALLAH OFFICES APR
ISRAELI ARMY BESEIGES CHURCH OF NATIVITY, BETHLEHEM APR
ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANISATION MEETS IN MALAYSIA APR
FORCE 6.x EARTHQUAKE SHAKES TAIWAN APR
ISRAELI ONSLAUGHT CONTINUES. MASS GRAVES IN NABLUS APR
HEZBOLLAH FIRES ROCKETS AT VILLAGES IN ISRAEL APR
RIOTS IN CARACAS, VENEZUALA APR
VENEZUELAN STROMGMAN, HUGO CHAVEZ, OUSTED APR
USA SECRETARY OF STATE, COLIN POWELL, VISITS ISRAEL APR
SUICIDE BOMBINGS CONTINUE IN ISRAEL APR
HUGO CHAVEZ TALKS HIS WAY BACK INTO POWER APR
POWELL MEETS ARAFAT IN HIS BOMBED OUT HQ AT RAMALLAH APR
FRENCH VOTERS BACK EXTREME RIGHT MR. LE PEN APR
CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH MEETS BUSH AND SAYS NASTY THINGS APR
CHIRAC BEATS LE PEN 82%-18% IN FRENCH ELECTIONS MAY
DUTCH RIGHTWINGER, PIM FORTUYN, SHOT DEAD MAY
ISRAEL RELEASES YASSER ARAFAT FROM HIS RAMALLAH HQ. MAY
BRITISH SOLDIERS FALL SICK IN AFGHANISTAN MAY
BLACK FRIDAY FOR UK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MAY 17
JACK STRAW VISITS SOUTH ASIA MAY
DUTCH PvDA GETS WIPED OUT IN ELECTIONS MAY
INDIA AND PAKISTAN HEAD FOR WAR MAY
E.U. LEADERS PREPARE FOR FORTRESS STATE MAY
ALLEGATIONS OF FBI INCOMPETANCE OVER '9/11' MAY
USA AND UK ADVISE EXPATRIATES TO AVOID SOUTH ASIA JUNE
PLO CAR BOMB DETONATES ON TEL AVIV HIGHWAY JUNE
ISRAELI ARMY RE ENTERS JENIN JUNE
WORLD FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN JAPAN & KOREA JUNE
G8 SUMMIT HELD IN ISOLATED TOWN SOMEWHERE IN CANADA JUNE
GERMAN LEADER FLIES ON TO JAPAN TO WATCH FOOTBALL GAME JUNE
ISRAELI ARMY REGULARLY SHOOTS CURFEW VIOLATORS JUNE
AMERICAN PHONE COMPANY 'WORLDCOM' GOES BUST JUNE
TWO AIRLINERS COLLIDE OVER SWITZERLAND JULY
FLOODS IN BENGAL JULY
AMERICANS BOMB WEDDING PARTY IN AFGHANISTAN JULY
HAJI QADEER, AFGHAN VICE PRESIDENT, SHOT DEAD JULY
ISRAELI ASSASINATION SQUADS WORK IN GAZA,WEST BANK JULY
NEO NAZI ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT PRESIDENT CHIRAC JULY 14
ISRAELIS DROP BOMB ONTO HEAVILY POPULATED GAZA CITY JULY
SUCIDE BOMBING IN HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM JULY
UKRAINIAN JET KILLS 80 AT AIR DISPLAY IN LVIV JULY
FLOODS SWAMP UKRAINE AND CENTRAL EUROPE AUG
ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS JUNKET IN SOUTH AFRICA AUG
FARC ROCKET ATTACKS IN BOGOTA AUG
COLOMBIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AUG
PRAGUE FLOODED AUG
DRESDEN FLOODED AUG
HUGE FLOODS IN CHINA AUG
ASSAM FLOODED AUG
50000+ DELEGATES ATTEND EARTH SUMMIT IN JOHANNESBURG AUG
SEVERE TYPHOON HITS KOREA SEPT
CROWD JEERS AT COLIN POWELL DURING HOOLIGAN SUMMIT SEPT
TAMIL TIGERS SIGN CEASE FIRE DOCUMENT SEPT
JAPANESE PM, KOIZUMI, VISITS NORTH KOREA SEPT
ARMY MUTINY STARTS FIGHTING IN IVORY COAST SEPT
ISRAELI ARMY BESIEGE ARAFAT H.Q. IN RAMALLAH SEPT
BUSH, CHEYNEY WIND UP FOR WAR AGAINST IRAQ SEPT
KING BIRENDRA DISMISSES NEPALI GOVERNMENT OCT
ISRAELIS LAUNCH ROCKET AT A CROWD IN GAZA CITY OCT
LULA ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPSETS CAPITALISTS IN BRAZIL OCT
INDIA HOLDS ELECTIONS IN VIOLENCE RACKED KASHMIR OCT
TAROT CARD SNIPER TERRORISES WASHINGTON OCT
PAKISTAN HOLDS ELECTIONS OCT
BOMB BLAST KILLS 200 IN BALI RESORT OCT
CHECHEN MILITANTS SEIZE 700 HOSTAGES IN MOSCOW THEATRE OCT
TROOPS & POLICE STORM MOSCOW THEATRE. 60 DEAD OCT
GAS USED IN MOSCOW THEATRE RESCUE POISONS DOZENS OCT
BELTWAY SNIPERS ARRESTED IN PARKED CHEVROLET CAPRICE OCT
VIETNAMESE DISCO FIRE KILLS DOZENS OCT
AKP (JUSTICE & DEVELOPMENT) WINS ELECTIONS IN TURKEY NOV
CIA ROBOT MISSILE KILLS AL QAEDA TERRORIST IN YEMEN NOV
MISS WORLD PAGEANT PROVOKES BLOODY RIOTS IN NIGERIA NOV
UN ARMS INSPECTORS RETURN TO IRAQ WITH NEW MANDATE NOV
WORLD BANK CHIEF WOLFSOHN CONGRATULATES LULA NOV
NATO SUMMIT HELD IN PRAGUE. BUSH ADVOCATES WAR NOV
TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELI TOURISTS IN KENYA NOV
SPANISH INTERCEPT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE CARGO TO YEMEN DEC
ARIANE-5 EUROPEAN ROCKET EXPLODES AFTER LAUNCH DEC
IRAQ FILES A WEAPONS DECLARATION TO UNITED NATIONS DEC
NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT RESTARTS NUCLEAR REACTOR DEC
ELECTIONS IN KENYA END THE MOI ERA DEC
VENEZUELAN STRIKE WORSENS. LULA SENDS OIL FROM BRAZIL DEC
CRISES IN 2003
SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN TEL-AVIV JAN
NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR CRISIS DEEPENS JAN
BIG FREEZE UP IN RUSSIA JAN
VENEZUELA STRIKES AFFECT WORLD OIL PRICES JAN
BRITAIN SENDS NAVEL TASK FORCE TO GULF (KHALEEJ) JAN
LENI REIFENSTAL MISSES FILM OPPORTUNITIES IN ISRAEL JAN
ISRAELI ARMY ENTERS GAZA ON PUNITIVE RAID JAN
UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS DELIVER REPORT ON IRAQ JAN
SHARON WINS ISRAELI ELECTIONS JAN
THAI EMBASSY BURNED DOWN IN PHNOM PEN RIOT JAN
PEACE CONFERENCE IN PARIS TO SETTLE IVORY COAST WAR JAN
SPACE SHUTTLE BURNS UP OVER TEXAS FEB
KOREA SUBWAY FIRE KILLS HUNDREDS FEB
DRUGS CRACKDOWN IN THAILAND CLAIMS HUNDREDS OF LIVES FEB
IRANIAN MILITARY PLANE CRASHES KILLING 300 FEB
RHODE ISLAND ROCK CONCERT FIRE KILLS 90 FEB
MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST BLAIR-BUSH WAR POLICY FEB
WHITE HOUSE AND PENTAGON 'BEAT DRUMS OF WAR' FEB
MASS DEMENSTRATIONS AGAINST WAR WORLDWIDE FEB
WORLD WIDE ALERT FOR 'SARS' VIRUS FROM CHINA MAR
YUGOSLAV P.M. ZORAN DZINDZIC GUNNED DOWN IN BELGRADE MAR
BRITAIN AND USA FAIL TO SECURE UN BACKING FOR WAR MAR
THIRD GULF WAR STARTS MAR
ALLIED ADVANCE ON BAGHDAD MEETS RESISTANCE MAR
DR CARLO URBANI DIES OF SARS MAR
AMERICANS AT GATES OF BAGHDAD APR
AMERICAN MISSILE WOUNDS JOHN SIMPSON OF BBC APR
AMERICANS ROCKET AL-JAZEERA OFFICE IN BAGHDAD APR
HUNDREDS MASSACRED IN CONGO APR
HUNDREDS TORTURED IN ZIMBABWE FOLLOWING GENERAL STRIKE APR
SARS PANIC AFFECTS MUCH OF EAST ASIA APR
BLAIR BUSH SUMMIT IN NORTHERN IRELAND APR
URBAN FIGHTING INJURES THOUSANDS IN IRAQ APR
CROWDS IN BAGHDAD CHEER COLLAPSE OF SADDAM REGIME APR
AYETOLLAH AL KHOEI MURDERED IN NAJAF APR
WIDESPREAD LOOTING OF IRAQI HOSPITALS AND MUSEUMS APR
WHO BLACKLISTS TORONTO BECAUSE OF SARS APR
TARIQ AZIZ TURNS HIMSELF IN APR
EARTHQUAKE HITS BINGOL IN EASTERN TURKEY APR
AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF IRAQ MAY
SARS HITS TAIWAN MAY
SUICIDE BOMBINGS HIT RIYADH EX-PATRIATE COMPOUNDS MAY
SUICIDE BOMBING KILLS MUSICIAN IN TEL AVIV BAR MAY
SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN CHECHENYA MAY
BRITISH CANCEL FLIGHTS TO EAST AFRICA MAY
SUICIDE BOMBING IN CASABLANCA MAY
INDONESIA RELAUNCHES MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN ACEH MAY
EARTHQUAKE HITS ALGERIA'S MOST POPULATED ZONE MAY
BURMESE GOVERNMENT ARRESTS AUUNG SAN SU KI MAY
RIOTS IN GENEVA DURING G8 SUMMIT JUNE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN ROW WITH NATIONAL BROADCASTER JUNE
TURMOIL IN LIBERIA JULY
BRITISH ARMS INSPECTOR FOUND DEAD IN WOODLAND JULY
AMERICAN TROOPS KILL UDAY AND QUSAY HUSSEIN IN MOSUL JULY
FOREST FIRES IN FRANCE KILL TOURISTS JULY
PORTUGAL SEEKS INTERNATIONAL AID TO QUENCH FOREST FIRES AUG
CAR BOMBERS TARGET MARRIOT HOTEL IN JAKARTA AUG
CAR BOMBERS TARGET JORDANIAN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD AUG
ISRAEL RELEASES ABOUT 350 PRISONERS (1000s IN JAIL) AUG
PESSIMISTS CLAIM CLIMATIC CHANGE THREATENS HUMANITY AUG
SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL AND WEST BANK AUG
HEAT CAUSES POWER GENERATION PROBLEMS IN EUROPE AUG
POWER BLACKOUT HITS NORTH EAST USA AND CANADA AUG 14
SUICIDE TRUCK BOMBERS DESTROY U.N. MISSION IN BAGHDAD AUG
SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS TWENTY IN JERUSALEM AUG
CAR BOMBS BLAST BOMBAY CITY CENTER AUG
HUGE FIRES DEVASTATE CANADIAN FORESTS AUG
POWER BLACKOUT IN LONDON AUG 28
TYPHOONS & FLOODS KILL OVER A HUNDRED IN KOREA SEPT
TERMINATOR ENDERS CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR RACE SEPT
AMERICAN GENERAL ENTERS PRESIDENCY RACE SEPT
RECYCLED IMAGES OF OSAMA BIN LADEN ON TV, NEWSPAPERS SEPT
MILITARIZED MURDERS CONTINUE IN IRAQ SEPT
MILITARY OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN AFGHANISTAN SEPT
POWER BLACKOUT IN ITALY SEPT
EDWARD SAID DIES SEPT
CANADIAN 'OFFICIAL POT' FIASCO SEPT
IRANIAN LAWYER, SHIRIN EBADI, WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OCT
FIRST CHINESE TAIKONAUT ORBITS EARTH OCT
DEMOCRACY RALLY SUPPRESSED IN RIYADH OCT
STATEN ISLAND FERRY DISASTER OCT
BOLIVIAN PEOPLE OUST PRO-AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OCT
TONY BLAIR SUFFERS HEART ATTACK OCT
SUICIDE BOMBERS LAUNCH MULTIPLE ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD OCT
BUSH VISITS FAR EAST OCT
CALIFORNIA FOREST FIRES BLAZE OUT OF CONTROL OCT
IRAQI GUERRILLAS DOWN LARGE AMERICAN HELICOPTER NOV
MS CHAMARATUNGA SUSPENDS SRI LANKA PARLIAMENT NOV
SUICIDE BOMBERS BLAST RIYADH HOUSING COMPOUND NOV
AL QAIDA BOMBERS TARGET SYNAGOGUES IN ISTANBUL NOV
BUSH VISITS BLAIR IN LONDON NOV
AL QAIDA TARGETS HSBC, BRITISH CONSULATE IN TURKEY NOV
POPULAR UPRISING IN GEORGIA OUSTS SHEVERNADZE NOV
SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED DEC
E.U. SUMMIT ENDS IN ACRIMONY DEC
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON PAKISTANI PREMIER, MUSHARRAF DEC
IRAQI RESISTANCE CONTINUES DEC
ISRAELIS CONTINUE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA ETC. DEC
AMERICAN BEEF INDUSTRY HIT BY BSE SCARE DEC
ITALIAN AGRIBUSINESS PARMELAT GOES BUST DEC
LIBYA PUBLICLY RENOUNCES NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEC
CHINESE OIL WELL BLOWOUT POISONS HUNDREDS DEC
EARTHQUAKE KILLS THOUSANDS IN EASTERN IRAN DEC
USA INSISTS ON ARMED SKYMARSHALS ON VISITING PLANES DEC
FASCISTS MAINTAIN HIGH VOTE IN SERBIAN ELECTIONS DEC
CRISES IN 2004
ISRAELI VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN NABLUS AND GAZA JAN
IRAQIS SHOOT DOWN AMERICAN HELICIPTERS JAN
TONY BLAIR VISITS BASRA IN SOUTHERN IRAQ JAN
OSAMA BIN LADEN RELEASES AUDIO TAPE JAN
ARISTIDE'S POLICE SHOOT DEMONSTRATORS IN HAITI JAN
NASA MARS LANDER SENDS BACK PICTURES JAN
CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT LEADERS AGREE JAN
IRANIAN CLERGY DISMISS MANY ELECTION CANDIDATES JAN
SHELL OIL ADMITS OVERESTIMATING ITS OIL RESERVES JAN
H5N1 FEAR CAUSES MASS CHICKEN SLAUGHTER IN FAR EAST JAN
SARS CASES REPORTED IN CHINA JAN
SUICIDE BOMBING IN JERUSALEM JAN
SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET IRAQI KURD POLITICAL PARTIES JAN
MOSCOW METRO BOMBING KILLS THIRTY FEB
SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET IRAQI POLICE AND ARMY FEB
PRINCE CHARLES VISITS IRAQ, IRAN & SAUDI ARABIA FEB
IRAQI CONSTITUTION AGREED MAR
BOMBS CAUSE SLAUGHTER AT SHIITE CELEBRATIONS IN IRAQ MAR
AMERICANS RELEASE FIVE BRITISH GUANTONOMO DETAINEES MAR
RUCKSACK BOMBERS KILL OVER 180 ON MADRID TRAINS MAR
SYRIAN ARMY AND POLICE SUPRESS RIOTS IN KURDISH AREAS MAR
ETHNIC RIOTS IN KOSOVO MAR
US & PAKISTAN TROOPS FAIL TO FLUSH OUT TALIBAN LEADERS MAR
TAIWAN ELECTIONS END IN CONTROVERSY AND SCANDAL MAR
TONY BLAIR MEETS MUAMMAR GHADAFI IN A TENT MAR
ISRAELIS ROCKET WHEELCHAIR BOUND HAMAS LEADER MAR
FIGHTING BREAKS OUT IN HERAT, AFGHANISTAN MAR
ALEISTER COOK DIES MAR
US CONTRACTORS KILLED AND HUNG FROM BRIDGE IN IRAQ APR
AMERICANS ATTACK FALLUJA WITH HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS APR
AMERICANS CLOSE DOWN SHIITE NEWSPAPER IN IRAQ APR
THE TRAIN BOMBERS BLOW THEMSELVES UP IN MADRID APR
FULL SCALE SHIITE UPRISING AGAINST AMERICANS APR
IRAQI RESISTANCE BECOMES AN INTIFADA AGAINST OCCUPATION APR
BATTLES IN FALUJA APR
ISRAELI MISSILE HITS CAR OF NEW HAMAS LEADER APR
BLAIR MEETS BUSH AND ENDORSES SHARON'S LANDGRAB APR
MINOR GUN BATTLES IN RIYADH APR
LARGE CAR BOMB HITS OLD MINISTRY BUILDING IN RIYADH APR
CAR BOMB DESTROYS SCHOOL BUS IN BASRA APR
MORDECHAI VANUNU LEAVES ISRAELI JAIL AFTER 18 YEARS APR
EXPLOSION KILLS HUNDREDS IN NORTH KOREA APR
100+ MUSLIM INSURGENTS GUNNED DOWN IN SOUTHERN THAILAND APR 28
YANBU SHOOTINGS TARGET SENIOR MANAGERS OF OIL COMPLEX MAY
PHOTOS OF US AGENTS TORTURING IRAQIS AIRED IN USA MAY
PHOTOS OF BRITISH SQUADDIES ABUSING IRAQI PRISONERS MAY
TAKSIN SINAWAT BIDS FOR LIVERPOOL F.C. MAY
BOMB BLAST KILLS CHECHENIA'S PRESIDENT KYDOROV MAY
CONGRESS PARTY TRIUMPHANT AFTER INDIAN ELECTIONS MAY
SEVERE CONFESSIONAL RIOTING IN NIGERIA MAY
GEORGIA REASSERTS CONTROL IN ABKHAZIA APR-JUNE
ISRAELIS KILL 33 IN ONE DAY DURING ATTACKS ON RAFAH MAY
SAUDI MILITANTS TARGET EX-PAT MANAGERS IN AL KHOBAR MAY
U.N. PROGRAMS GEAR UP FOR REFUGEE RELIEF IN CHAD JUNE
BBC REPORTERS SHOT WHILE FILMING IN RIYADH JUNE
TEST FLIGHT OF COMMERCIAL RIVAL TO SPACE SHUTTLE JUNE
CHECHEN WAR SPILLS OVER TO INGUSHETIA JUNE
SEVERE FLOODS HIT ASSAM AND BANGLADESH JULY
URBAN FIGHTING IN IRAQ JULY
HURRICANE FRANCES HITS FLORIDA AUG
MAOIST GROUPS BLOCKADE KATHMANDU, NEPAL AUG
AYETOLLAH SISTANI DEFUSES CRISIS IN NJAF AUG
CHECHEN PASSENGERS BLOW UP TWO PLANES IN RUSSIA AUG
CHECHENS STAGE SCHOOL HOSTAGE DRAMA IN OSSETIA SEP
MALAYSIAN COURT FREES ANWAR IBRAHIM SEP
HUNDREDS DEAD IN OSSETIA SCHOOL MASSACRE SEP
FLOODS IN SZECHUAN, CHINA DISPLACE 0.5 MILLION SEP
HURRICANE HITS FLORIDA SEP
HURRICANE DEVASTATES GRENADA IN CARRIBEAN SEP
U.S. CUMULATIVE DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ EXCEDDS 1000 SEP
BOMB BLAST ROCKS AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN JAKARTA SEP
HEAVY FIGHTING AROUND BAGHDAD, FALLUJA ETC. SEP
HURRICAN DEVASTATES NORTHERN HAITI SEP
ISMAIL KHAN OUSTED IN HERAT SEP
VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN IRAQ OCT
AFGHANI ELECTIONS OCT
BURMESE JUNTA OUSTS TWO OF ITS LEADERS OCT
NIIGATA AREA OF JAPAN ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKE OCT
THAI POLICE SUFFOCATE DOZENS OF DETAINEES OCT
OIL PRICES SUSTAINED AT OVER $50 A BARREL OCT
YASSER ARAFAT SEEKS MEDICAL TREATMENT IN PARIS OCT
'THE LANCET' REPORTS 100000 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ OCT
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NOV
KERRY WHITE HOUSE BID HITS THE ROCKS NOV
AMERICAN BEGIN FINAL ASSAULT ON FALLUJA NOV
DUTCH FILM MAKER ASSASSINATED BY CYCLIST IN AMSTERDAM NOV
YASSER ARAFAT'S MEDICAL CONDITION WORSENS NOV
BOTCHED EFFORT TO REUNIFY COTE D'IVOIRE USHERS IN CHAOS NOV
YASSER ARAFAT DIES NOV
IRIS CHANG, AUTHOR OF RAPE OF NAN JING, DIES BY SUICIDE NOV
BATTLES IN SEVERAL IRAQI TOWNS NOV
FRENCH, SPANISH EVACUATE EX_PATS FROM COTE D'IVOIRE NOV
UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS GIVE DISPUTED RESULT NOV
TSUNAMI DEVASTATES COASTS ON INDIAN OCEAN DEC 26
EARTHQUAKE OFF NORTH SUMATRA DEC
TSUNAMI HITS SRI LANKA, INDIA, THAILAND, MALAYSIA ETC. DEC
CRISES IN 2005
DEATH TOLL FOR TSUNAMI REACHES MORE THAN 150000 JAN
UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE PRECEDES IRAQI ELECTIONS JAN
BUSH INAUGERATED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEAR TERM JAN
PALESTINIANS CHOSE NEW LEADER (BUT OLD MAN) JAN
BRITISH SQUADDIES ON TRIAL FOR TORTURE IN IRAQ JAN
AMERICAN SOLDIER JAILED FOR ABU GRAIB ABUSES JAN
TSUNAMI DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO ABOUT 250000 JAN
IRAQIS VOTE JAN
KING DISMISSES GOVERNMENT IN NEPAL FEB
SHELL ANNOUNCES RECORD PROFITS FEB
SAUDIS HAVE SOME LOCAL ELECTIONS FEB
ISREALI AND PALESTINE LEADERS MEET IN EGYPTIAN RESORT FEB
IRAQI VOTE GETS COUNTED FEB
BEIRUT CAR BOMB KILLS HARIRI AND MANY OTHERS FEB
FORMER LONDON FAMILY DOCTOR BECOMES IRAQI PM FEB
EARTHQUAKE HITS SOUTH EAST IRAN FEB
REVOLT IN KYRGYZSTAN OVER DISPUTED ELECTIONS MAR
LARGE EARTHQUAKE OFF SUMATRA MAR
POPE DIES APR
GUN BATTLE IN AL QASIM AREA, SAUDI ARABIA APR
BOMB EXPLOSION IN HATYAI, SOUTH THAILAND APR
JALAL TALABANI BECOMES PRESIDENT OF IRAQ APR
MANY HEADS OF STATE ATTEND POPE'S FUNERAL APR
FORMER KMT LEADER VISITS CHINA APR
FRANCE TEST NEW A380 'SUPER JUMBO' AIRBUS APR
BRIT POLITICIANS TARGET GYPSIES IN RUN UP TO ELECTION APR
BRITISH GENERAL ELECTIONS GIVE LABOUR SMALLER WIN MAY
DEMONSTRATORS MASSACRED IN UZBEKISTAN (FERGANA REGION) MAY
IRAQI INSURGENCY CONTINUES MAY
BOB GELDORF PLANS ROCK CONCERT TO HELP AFRICA JUNE
ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT DEMOLISHES HOUSES OF STREET TRADERS JUNE
ETHIOPIAN POLICE SHOOT PROTESTERS IN ADDIS ABABA JUNE
STRIKES AND RIOTS IN BOLIVIA FORCE OUT GOVERNMENT JUNE
FLOODS DROWN DOZENS OF CHILDREN IN HEILONGJIANG, CHINA JUNE
BOMB BLASTS IN AHWAZ & TEHRAN MAR ELECTION CAMPAIGN JUNE
AHMADINEJAD BEATS RAFSANJANI TO IRANIAN PRESIDENCY JUNE
LONDON BEATS PARIS IN 2012 OLYMPIC BID AT SINGAPORE JULY
G8 LEADERS MEET IN SCOTLAND JULY
BOMB BLASTS ROCK LONDON TRANSPORT SYSTEM JULY 7
PAKISTAN MULTIPLE TRAIN CRASH KILLS 135 JULY
INSURGENCY CONTINUES IN IRAQ JULY
LONDON BOMBINGS TRACED TO YORKSHIRE MUSLIMS JULY
SHOOTINGS AND BOMBINGS IN SOUTHERN THAILAND JULY
LONDON TRANSPORT DISRUPTED BY FOUR SMALL BOMBS JULY 21
UK POLICE START MANHUNT FOR FAILED SUICIDE BOMBERS JULY 21
POLICE PURSUE AND SHOOT DEAD SUSPECT ON LONDON TUBE JULY 22
SUICIDE BOMBERS STRIKE SHARM AL SHEIKH RESORT JULY
IRA RENOUNCE POLITICAL VIOLENCE JULY
MUMBAI WASHED OUT BY ONE METRE OF RAIN IN ONE DAY JULY
BRITISH AND ITALIAN POLICE CATCH FAILED SUICIDE BOMBERS JULY
SPLA LEADER, GARENG, DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH AUG
FAMINE STORY FROM NIGER AUG
KING FAHD OF SAUDI ARABIA DIES AUG
SPACE SHUTTLE, DISCOVERY, UNDERTAKES MISSION AUG
FOREST FIRES BLAZE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL AUG
IRAN PREPARES TO RESTART ITS NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AUG
SPACE SHUTTLE SUCCESSFULLY RETURNS TO EARTH AUG
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT EVACUATES GAZA SETTLEMENTS AUG
CHIANG MAI CHEST DEEP IN WATER AFTER FLOODS AUG
GREATEST EVER HURRICANE, KATRINA, HITS AMERICAN GULF AUG
OIL PRICE TOPS $70 A BARREL AUG
GULF COAST TOWNS DESTROYED. NEW ORLEANS FLOODED. SEPT
DELAYED RELEASE OF MORTALITY STATISTICS FOR HURRICANE SEPT
HEAVY HANDED SHOW OF MILITARY FORCE IN NEW ORLEANS SEPT
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI WINS JAPANESE ELECTION SEPT
ISRAELIS EVACUATE LAST SETTLEMENTS IN GAZA STRIP SEPT
FEROCIOUS LOYALIST RIOTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND SEPT
OIL PRICE FALLS SLIGHTLY SEPT
GERMAN ELECTIONS GIVE AMBIGUOUS RESULT SEPT
BRITISH ARMY CAUSES AND SUFFERS VIOLENCE IN BASRA SEPT
I.R.A. DECOMISSION ARMS IN ABSENCE OF CAMERAS. SEPT
SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET BALI TOURIST RESORTS OCT
AMERACAN COMBAT OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN IRAQ OCT
FORTRESS EUROPE FIRES ON REFUGEES AT CEUTA AND MELISSA OCT
BIRD FLU CASES REPORTED FROM ROMANIA OCT
DR BARRY MARSHALL GETS NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE OCT
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS RECREATE 1918 SPANISH FLU VIRUS OCT
HURRICANE STAN FLOODS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES OCT
EARTHQUAKE HITS PAKISTAN / KASHMIR OCT
IRAQI REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION OCT
SYRIAN INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITS SUICIDE OCT
SADDAM HUSSEIN APPEARS ON TRIAL OCT
SADDAM TRIAL PERILOUS FOR LAWYERS, JOURNALISTS ETC. OCT
HURRICANE WILMA STRONGEST IN HISTORY OCT
PAKISTAN/KASHMIR QUAKE DEATH TOLL > 60000 OCT
TERRORISTS KILL 50 IN DELHI MARKETS WITH BOMBS OCT
NIGHTLY RIOTS IN PARIS BANLIEUX NOV
UNREST IN ADDIS ABABA NOV
'JAQUERIE DES BANLIEUX' CONTINUES IN FRANCE NOV
CHINISE LEADER, HU JINTAO VISITS LONDON NOV
FRANCE DECLARES ETAT D'URGENCE NOV
SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET HOTELS IN AMMAN, JORDAN NOV
BUSH VISITS CHINA AND GOES TO CHURCH NOV
EPIDEMIC OF MARKET BOMBING IN BANGLADESH NOV
SADDAM TRIAL CONTINUES AS LETHAL FARCE NOV
OIL DEPOT GOES UP IN FLAMES NORTH OF LONDON DEC
JOURNALIST CAR BOMBED IN BEIRUT DEC
IRAQIS VOTE FOR NEW PARLIAMENT DEC
KOREAN FARMERS TEST POLICE AT HONG KONG WTO MEETING DEC
CRISES IN 2006
ISRAELI P.M. SHARON SUFFERS SEVERE STROKE JAN
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY VERIFIES M30402457 PRIME JAN
PIPELINE WARS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE JAN
VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN IRAQ JAN
H5N1 CLAIMS CHILDREN IN TURKEY JAN
STROKE FELLS ARIAL SHARON JAN
HAJ CRUSH KILLS HUNDREDS (340) IN MAKKAH JAN
HAMAS WINS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS JAN
ISLAMIC FURORE OVER SCANDINAVIAN CARTOONS FEB
FERRY SINKS IN RED SEA. HUNDREDS DEAD. FEB
AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT SHOOTS LAWYER DURING HUNTING FEB
MUDSLIDE KILLS HUNDREDS IN PHILIPPINES FEB
SOME AMERICAN OPPOSITION TO DUBAI PORTS TAKOVER OF P&O FEB
H5N1 APPEARS IN FRANCE FEB
TERRORISTS BLOW UP SHIITE SHRINE IN SAMARRA FEB
SLOBODON MILOSEVICH FOUND DEAD IN HIS HAGUE CELL MAR 11
CONTINUED POSTURING OVER IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME MAR
THAI OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS LIKEN TAKSIN TO HITLER MAR
BELORUSSIAN ELECTIONS MAR
ISRAELI ELECTIONS MAR
THAI ELECTIONS APRIL 2
TAKSIN RESIGNS AFTER MASS VOTE FOR 'NONE OF THESE' APRIL
ITALIAN ELECTIONS GIVE CLOSE RESULT APRIL
BERLOSCNI DEMANDS RECOUNT OF 45000 SPOILT VOTES APRIL
IRAN CLAIMS THAT IT CAN ENRICH URANIUM APRIL
SEVERE FLOODING ALONG COURSE OF DANUBE APRIL
MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN NEPAL APRIL
SRI SLANKAN CEASE FIRE ERODES APRIL
NEPALESE KING PROMISES TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY APRIL
TORORRISTS TARGET EGYPTIAN RESORT WITH BOMB BLASTS APRIL
FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS SRI LANKAN MILITARY CHIEF APRIL
MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN USA AGAINST IMMIGRATION LAWS MAY 1
RIOT POLICE PUT DOWN PROTESTS IN EGYPT MAY 1
VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN EAST TIMOR MAY
CARNAGE CONTINUES IN IRAQ MAY
EARTHQUAKE HITS YOGJKARTA, INDONESIA MAY
ZARQAWI KILLED AFTER AMERICAN BOMBING RAID JUNE
ISRAELIS SHELL AND KILL PALESTINIAN PICKNICKERS IN GAZA JUNE
NEPALESE PARLIAMENTARIAN MEETS MAOIST LEADER JUNE
THREE GUANTANAMO INMATES COMMIT SUICIDE JUNE
GAZA FEYADEEN KIDNAP ISRAELI SOLDIER JUNE
SHARIA COURTS MILITIA GAINS ADVANTAGE IN SOMALIA JUNE
TALIBAN FORCES STRONGLY RESIST BRITISH IN HELMAND JUNE
GAZA CRISIS ESCALATES. ISRAELIS THREATEN HELL. JULY
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY BLASTS OFF JULY 4
NORTH KOREA TEST LAUNCHES MISSILES JULY 4
MEXICAN ELECTIONS JULY
SECTARIAN CARNAGE CONTINUES IN IRAQ JULY
ITALY WIN WORLD FOOTBALL CUP JULY
RUCKSACK BOMBERS TARGET BOMBAY METRO SYSTEM JULY
HIZBULLAH CAPTURES ISRAELI SOLDIERS AT LEBANESE BORDER JULY
ISRAEL BOMBS AND SHELLS LEBANON JULY
HIZBULLAH STRIKES AT HAIFA WITH ROCKETS JULY
ISRAEL BOMBS LEBANON SOME MORE JULY
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY RETURNS JULY
GREAT POWERS EVACUATE NATIONALS FROM BEIRUT JULY
ISRAEL BOMBS SHIA SUBURBS OF BEIRUT JULY
ISRAELIS DETAIN YET MORE PALESTINIAN POLITICIANS JULY
HIZBOLLAH ROCKETS HIT HAIFA JULY
ISRAELI GROUND OFFENSIVE STALLS AT LEBANESE BORDER JULY
FIDEL CASTRO RELINQUISHES POWER FOR SURGERY AUG
ISRAEL CONTINUES TO DEPLOY LETHAL FORCE IN GAZA STRIP AUG
SOUTH LEBANON BECOMES DEATH ZONE FOR WHEELED VEHICLES AUG
BRITAIN LOSES ANOTHER SOLDIER IN HELMAND PROVINCE AUG
ALASKA PIPELINE PROBLEMS PUSH OIL PRICE TO 77 DOLLARS AUG
VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN SRI LANKA. AID WORKERS KILLED. AUG
UK ANNOUNCES TERRORIST PLOT TO BLOW UP AIRLINERS AUG
UK AIRPORT SECURITY DESCENDS INTO CHAOS AUG
HIZBOLLAH-ISRAELI CEASEFIRE AUG 14
ZAIRIAN ELECTIONS PROVOKE VIOLENCE DURING VOTE COUNT AUG
PAKISTANI AIRFORCE KILLS 79 YEAR OLD BALUCHI SHEIKH AUG
BRITISH AWACS PLANE CRASHES OVER AFGHANISTAN. 14 DEAD SEPT
SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BLASTS OFF SEPT
TONY BLAIR VISITS MIDDLE EAST SEPT
IRAQI PILGRIMAGE INDUSTRY REMAINS RESILIANT SEPT
CUBA HOSTS NON ALIGNED SUMMIT SEPT
TAKSIN SHINAWATR GOES TO NEW YORK FOR UN CONFERANCE SEPT
MOHAMMED AHMADINEJAD MAKES SENSIBLE SPEECH TO UN SEPT
HUGO CHAVEZ EXCORAITES USA DURING UN SPEECH SEPT
BOONYARATKALIN OUSTS TAKSIN SHINAWATR IN MILITARY COUP SEPT
CARNAGE CONTINUES IN IRAQ SEPT
JAPANESE PM, SHINZI ABE, VISITS CHINA OCT
NORTH KOREA DETONATES DEFENSIVE NUCLEAR DEVICE OCT
LANCET CLAIMS IRAQI MORTALITY AT 640000 SINCE 2003 OCT
ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATSAV ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCT
RIOTS IN BUDAPEST 50 YEARS AFTER SOVIETS CRUSH RISING OCT
BUSH AND BLAIR CONTEMPLATE DEFEAT IN IRAQ OCT
IRAQI COURT DEALS SADDAM HUSSEIN DEATH SENTENCE NOV
TYPHOON KILLS A DOZEN IN HOKKAIDO NOV
SHORTLIVED ELECTRICITY BLACKOUT HITS MAINLAND EUROPE NOV
DEMOCRATS DO WELL IN USA MIDTERM ELECTIONS NOV
RUSSIAN DEFECTOR POISONED IN LONDON NOV
LEBANESE MINISTER, PIERRE GEMAYAL, ASSASSINATED NOV
INDUSTRY MINISTER,PIERRE GEMEYAL,GUNNED DOWN IN BEIRUT NOV
BAGHDAD SINGLE DAY DEATH TOLL HITS NEW MAXIMUM (230) NOV
PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS ARRANGE GAZA CEASE FIRE NOV
TAMIL LEADER DECLARES RESUMPTION OF WAR IN SRI LANKA NOV
TYPHOON DURIAN KILLS HUNDREDS IN PHILIPPINES NOV
SHARIA COURT MILITIAS BATTLE ETHIOPIAN ARMY IN SOMALIA DEC
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MAKES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT DEC
TURKMENISTAN DICTATOR, SAPURMURAT NIYAZOV, DIES DEC
ISRAELI ALLOW FATAH TO IMPORT WEAPONS INTO GAZA DEC
ETHIOPIAN ARMY INSTALLS SOMALI GOVERNMENT IN MOGADISHU DEC
IRAQI COURT RATIFIES SADDAM DEATH SENTANCE DEC
IRAQI VOLUNTEERS HANG SADDAM HUSSEIN DEC 30
NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN BANGKOK MARRED BY EXPLOSIONS DEC 31
CRISES IN 2007
SECTARIAN CIVIL WAR CONTINUES IN IRAQ JAN
THOUSANDS OF HOMES FLOODED IN MALAYSIA JAN
HAMAS/FATAH ENGAGE IN ARMED CONFLICT IN PALESTINE JAN
ELECTIONS IN SERBIA BOOST EXTREME NATIONALIST HOPES JAN
AMERICANS ROCKET ISLAMIC CAMP IN SOMALIA JAN
LEBANESE STRIKE PROVOKES SHOOTING INCIDENTS JAN
BUSH PROMISES 'MORE OF THE SAME' FOR IRAQ JAN
SINN FEIN ACCLAIMS HISTORIC POLICING AGREEMENT FOR N.I. JAN
SRI LANKA ARMY CONTINUES OFFENSIVE AGAINST TAMIL TIGERS FEB
TORNADOS TRASH HUNDREDS OF FLORIDA HOMES FEB
WORLD SCIENTISTS CONFIRM CLIMATE CHANGE WARNINGS FEB
H5N1 STRIKES BIRDS IN BRITISH FARM FEB
SEVERE FLOODS HIT JAKARTA FEB
FATAH AND HAMAS SIGN CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT IN MECCA