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Asia Bibi blasphemy case
Breaking June 14, 2009

Asia Bibi blasphemy case

Asia Bibi, also known as Aasiya Noreen, is a Pakistani Christian woman whose prosecution under Pakistan's blasphemy laws became an internationally recognized legal and...

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Global Financial Crisis
Finance September 16, 2008

Global Financial Crisis

The Global Financial Crisis was triggered by the collapse of major financial institutions following widespread failures in mortgage-backed securities and excessive lev...

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Invasion of Iraq
Wars & Conflicts March 20, 2003

Invasion of Iraq

Background and Decision-Makers On March 20, 2003, the United States, the United Kingdom, and coalition allies launched a military invasion of Iraq. The primary jus...

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Darfur Genocide
Wars & Conflicts February 26, 2003

Darfur Genocide

Darfur Genocide On February 26, 2003, rebel groups in Darfur, Sudan, including the Sudan Liberation Army and Justice and Equality Movement, launched attacks against g...

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Rwandan Genocide
Wars & Conflicts April 7, 1994

Rwandan Genocide

Rwandan Genocide On April 7, 1994, following the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, widespread violence erupted against the Tutsi population in R...

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The Isaaq Genocide Overview
Wars & Conflicts May 20, 1988

The Isaaq Genocide Overview

The Isaaq genocide refers to systematic killings and targeted repression of the Isaaq clan in northern Somalia during the late 1980s.This campaign was primarily conduc...

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Guatemalan Maya Genocide
Wars & Conflicts March 23, 1982

Guatemalan Maya Genocide

Guatemalan Maya Genocide On March 23, 1982, General Efraín Ríos Montt seized power in Guatemala through a military coup during the Guatemalan Civil War. His governmen...

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El Mozote massacre
Wars & Conflicts December 11, 1981

El Mozote massacre

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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East Timor Genocide
Wars & Conflicts December 7, 1975

East Timor Genocide

East Timor Genocide On December 7, 1975, Indonesia launched a military invasion of East Timor following its declaration of independence from Portugal. The Indonesian ...

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Cambodian Genocide
Wars & Conflicts April 17, 1975

Cambodian Genocide

Cambodian Genocide On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh and established control over Cambodia, initiating a regime of social and political transformat...

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Mubarak Resigns
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Mubarak Resigns

11 February 2011 — Vice President Omar Suleiman announces that Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and transferred authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Cel...

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First Multiparty Elections
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

First Multiparty Elections

31 March 1991 — Albania holds its first competitive multiparty parliamentary elections since the communist takeover. The former communist Party of Labour wins, but the...

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Fascist Italy Invades Albania
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Fascist Italy Invades Albania

7 April 1939 — Italian forces invade Albania after King Zog rejects Mussolini's demands for greater Italian control. Zog flees the country and Albania is incorporated ...

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Germany Refines Infiltration Tactics
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany Refines Infiltration Tactics

1917–1918 — German forces develop increasingly sophisticated methods based on short intense bombardments, assault detachments and infiltration around strongpoints. The...

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Attrition Becomes a Central Strategy
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Attrition Becomes a Central Strategy

1915–1917 — Commanders increasingly seek to exhaust enemy manpower, artillery and industrial capacity faster than their own side is depleted. Verdun and the Somme beco...

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War Exhaustion Destabilizes Russia
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

War Exhaustion Destabilizes Russia

1915–1917 — Battlefield losses, inflation, food distribution failures and political distrust progressively weaken the Russian state. Confidence in Nicholas II collapse...

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Untitled
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Untitled

Untitled1914–1918 — Industrial warfare requires food, coal, metals, chemicals, credit and shipping on unprecedented scales. Britain attempts to deny overseas resources...

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Congress of Manastir
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Congress of Manastir

14–22 November 1908 — Albanian intellectuals and representatives gather at Manastir, modern Bitola, to address competing Albanian alphabets. The congress favors a Lati...

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Untitled
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Untitled

Untitled168 BCE–395 CE — The lands of modern Albania are gradually integrated into Roman provincial systems. Cities expand, Latin and Greek cultural influences deepen,...

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Persia Conquers Egypt
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Persia Conquers Egypt

525 BCE — Cambyses II of the Achaemenid Persian Empire defeats Pharaoh Psamtik III and incorporates Egypt into the Persian imperial system. Persian kings adopt pharaon...

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Assyria Invades Egypt
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Assyria Invades Egypt

671 BCE — Assyrian king Esarhaddon invades Egypt and captures Memphis. Further campaigns follow as Assyria struggles against Kushite attempts to regain authority. Egyp...

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Old Kingdom Authority Breaks Down
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Old Kingdom Authority Breaks Down

c. 2200–2181 BCE — Central royal authority weakens as powerful provincial elites gain greater independence. Low Nile floods and climatic instability may have intensifi...

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Egypt Becomes a Unified Kingdom
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Egypt Becomes a Unified Kingdom

c. 3100 BCE — Political consolidation produces a state extending across most of the Nile Valley and Delta. A royal court, taxation system, organized labor force and in...

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Upper and Lower Egypt
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Upper and Lower Egypt

c. 3300–3100 BCE — Larger political systems emerge in the Nile Valley and Delta. Later Egyptian tradition remembers the country as two lands: Upper Egypt in the south ...

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Auschwitz Is Liberated
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Auschwitz Is Liberated

27 January 1945 — Soviet troops reach the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex in occupied Poland. They find thousands of surviving prisoners and extensiv...

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Auschwitz Is Liberated
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Auschwitz Is Liberated

27 January 1945 — Soviet troops enter the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex. They find thousands of surviving prisoners whom the SS had been unable to ...

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Battle of Britain Begins
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Battle of Britain Begins

10 July 1940 — The Luftwaffe begins the sustained air campaign conventionally identified as the Battle of Britain. Germany seeks air superiority as a prerequisite for ...

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Dawes Plan
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Dawes Plan

16 August 1924 — The Dawes Plan restructures German reparations payments and facilitates large flows of American capital into Germany. The arrangement helps stabilize ...

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