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Federal authorities in the United States sentenced three senior leaders of the Lev Tahor sect to lengthy prison terms following convictions for kidnapping and child se...
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Israeli forces carried out raids in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank during the Christmas period, according to local reports from December 25, 2023. Bethlehem, loca...
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Lawrence Jones Jailed For Multiple Sex Offenses In United Kingdom On December 1, 2023, British tech entrepreneur **Lawrence Jones** was sentenced to **15 ye...
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On December 23, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a full pardon to Michael Milken, the former financier who had pleaded guilty in 1990 to securities and tax violatio...
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On June 6, 2018, Alice Marie Johnson was granted a full pardon by President Donald Trump after serving over 21 years in federal prison for nonviolent drug trafficking....
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Gaza and US immigration policies affected by data analytics tools On December 5, 2020, analysts reported that U.S. immigration enforcement and counterterror...
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested on July 2, 2020, by the FBI in Bradford, New Hampshire, for her role in re...
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Ari Ben-Menashe Claims Epstein Island Was Entirely an Intelligence Operation Aimed at Controlling Powerful Figures Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli militar...
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Time magazine named Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as its Person of the Year on December 11, 2019. She was recognized for her global environmental activism an...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) was notif...
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Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier, was arrested on July 6, 2019, by federal authorities in New York for sex trafficking of minors. Epstein had previously faced ch...
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Jussie Smollett Alleged Hate Crime Later Accused as Staged (USA, 2019) On January 29, 2019, actor Jussie Smollett, known for his role on the television seri...
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Barry and Honey Sherman Murdered In Toronto Canadian billionaire pharmaceutical executive Barry Sherman, 75, founder of Apotex Inc., and his wife Honey Sherman, 70, w...
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Mike huckabee meets with Jonathan pollard On January 20, 2017, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee met with Jonathan Pollard in New York following Pollard’s releas...
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In the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, multiple Orthodox Jewish rabbis were prosecuted in connection with a federal case involving efforts...
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Amendment of the Smith–Mundt Act in the National Defense Authorization Act On 28 December 2012, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authoriza...
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Noel Ignatiev: author, historian, and critic of whiteness Noel Ignatiev: author, historian, and critic of whiteness Noel Ignatiev...
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Moshe Katsav, the 8th President of Israel, served in office from 2000 to 2007. Following allegations made by multiple women who worked with him during his time as a pu...
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2010 sermon statements attributed to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef 2010 sermon statements attributed to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on gentiles In 20...
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Bernard “Bernie” Madoff, a financier of Jewish faith, was sentenced on June 29, 2009, in Manhattan federal court to 150 years in prison for operating the largest known...
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Herman Rosenblat publicly acknowledged in December 2008 that key elements of his Holocaust survival story were fabricated. Rosenblat had claimed that while imprisoned ...
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Iraqi journalist throws shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during Baghdad visit On December 14, 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw two shoe...
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In January 1998, allegations of a sexual relationship between U.S. President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky became public during an investigation ...
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El Mozote massacre On December 11, 1981, Salvadoran Army units carried out a massacre in the village of El Mozote in Morazán Department, El Salvador. Soldiers of the ...
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11 December 1990 — Albania's communist leadership accepts the legalization of independent political parties. The decision effectively ends the political monopoly creat...
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8 December 1990 — Students in Tirana begin demonstrations demanding political and economic change. The protests rapidly become a national challenge to communist one-pa...
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The completed National Security Study Memorandum 200 examined worldwide population growth, food supplies, minerals and fuel, economic development, population pressures...
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December 1916–January 1917 — German naval and military leaders conclude that unrestricted submarine warfare may force Britain out of the war. They understand that the ...
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22 December 1941 — Roosevelt and Churchill begin the Arcadia Conference in Washington shortly after American entry into the war. Despite Pearl Harbor, the United State...
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16 December 1944 — Germany launches a surprise offensive through the Ardennes in an attempt to split Allied armies and seize Antwerp. Initial German advances create a ...
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11 December 1941 — Hitler declares war on the United States despite Germany not being automatically required by the Tripartite Pact to do so after Japan's attack. The ...
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22 June 1941 — Guderian commands Panzer Group 2 during Operation Barbarossa. His armored forces achieve dramatic advances and participate in major encirclements. He la...
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18 December 1940 — Hitler signs the directive ordering preparations for Operation Barbarossa. The document states that the German armed forces must be prepared to crus...
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7 December 1941 — Japanese carrier aircraft strike the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japan seeks to cripple American naval power long enough to seize t...
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8 December 1941 — Almost simultaneously with Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces attack British, American and Dutch positions across East and Southeast Asia. Operations targ...
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In December 1974, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger hosted members of the Trilateral Commission at the State Department. The meeting illustrates a documented interact...
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1 December 1925 — Germany, France, Belgium, Britain and Italy sign agreements intended to stabilize Western Europe's postwar borders. Germany accepts its western front...
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The National Security Study Memorandum 200 study was completed in December 1974. It examined population growth in developing countries and considered possible conseque...
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The population study requested by Kissinger was completed as National Security Study Memorandum 200 on December 10, 1974.
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29 December 1944 — Soviet and Romanian forces encircle Budapest. Hitler orders the city held while German and Hungarian troops continue resistance. Fighting becomes ex...
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5 December 1941 — Soviet forces launch a major counteroffensive against exhausted German armies near Moscow. Fresh formations, including troops transferred from easter...
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8 December 1941 — The United States declares war on Japan one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. President Franklin Roosevelt describes 7 December as a date that wi...
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5 December 1941 — Investigate German intelligence failures, Soviet manpower, industrial evacuation, logistics, strategic diversion, resistance, weather and the assumpt...
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