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WEBTwo 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool. Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections. Police are hunting two IRA bombers who attacked an army barracks at Tern Hill in Shropshire.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Gilgamesh tomb believed found
WEBApr 29, 2003 · Archaeologists in Iraq believe they may have found the lost tomb of King Gilgamesh - the subject of the oldest "book" in history. Gilgamesh was believed to be two-thirds god, one-third human. The Epic Of Gilgamesh - written by a Middle Eastern scholar 2,500 years before the birth of Christ - commemorated the life of the ruler of the city of ...
BBC NEWS | Europe | Timeline: Break-up of Yugoslavia
WEBMay 22, 2006 · Timeline: Break-up of Yugoslavia. A brief history of the dramatic and violent changes that took place as the Yugoslav Federation disintegrated during the 1990s. Yugoslavia was first formed as a kingdom in 1918 and then recreated as a Socialist state in 1945 after the Axis powers were defeated in World War II.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 1948: The State of Israel is founded
WEBMay 6, 2008 · 1948: The State of Israel is founded. The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948, the culmination of nearly 2,000 years of hopes by Jewish people that they would one day return to the land from which the Romans expelled them. The Holocaust of European Jewry in the Second World War strengthened their determination.
What does the Bible actually say about being gay? - BBC News
WEBOct 23, 2003 · It is clear from the pro-gay viewpoints that they will twist and turn every Bible verse they want to say what they want it to say, or otherwise just brush over it and say that we are apparently a more enlightened society in the 21st Century. The Bible is God's word and should be the only guide in a Christian's life.
Scarred by history: The Rape of Nanjing - BBC News
WEBApr 11, 2005 · Scarred by history: The Rape of Nanjing. Between December 1937 and March 1938 one of the worst massacres in modern times took place. Japanese troops captured the Chinese city of Nanjing and embarked on a campaign of murder, rape and looting. Thousands of bodies were buried in ditches. Based on estimates made by historians and charity ...
BBC News | AFRICA | Africa's 'greatest explorer'
WEBDec 13, 2000 · Africa's 'greatest explorer'. An African emperor who ruled Mali in the 14th century discovered America nearly 200 years before Christopher Columbus, according to a book to be launched this month. Abubakari II ruled what was arguably the richest and largest empire on earth - covering nearly all of West Africa.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Why did Israel attack USS Liberty?
WEBJun 8, 2007 · As a 21-year-old third class petty officer, Mr Brummett was serving on board the USS Liberty off the coast of Egypt on 8 June, when, without warning, the vessel came under fire, first from fighter planes, then torpedo boats. Israel says its forces did not identify the ship as a US vessel. The attack, which lasted at least 40 minutes, resulted ...
BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1953: Hillary and Tenzing conquer Everest
WEB29 May. The New Zealander Edmund Hillary, and the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, have become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the Nepal-Tibet border. They reached the top of the world at 1130 local time …
BBC NEWS | Americas | 9/11 third tower mystery 'solved'
WEBJul 4, 2008 · The final mystery of 9/11 will soon be solved, according to US experts investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center. The 47-storey third tower, known as Tower Seven, collapsed seven hours after the twin towers. Investigators are expected to say ordinary fires on several different floors caused the collapse.