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| Apr.2 |
Washington |
White House criticises China for $3bn tariffs |
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| Dec.20 |
Washington |
Trump hails 'largest tax cut' in US history |
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| Sep.25 |
Washington |
North Korea crisis: Washington denies 'war declared' |
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| May.4 |
Washington |
Obamacare is 'dead' says Trump after healthcare victory
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| Mar.29 |
 London |
Brexit begins: UK triggers Article 50 The UK government has formally served divorce papers on EU, signaling the beginning of the end of a relationship that has endured for 44 yea...
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| Mar.24 |
Washington |
Trump blames Democrats for failed healthcare bill
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| Mar.20 |
Washington |
US to ban laptops and tablets on flights from eight countries
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| Nov.1 |
South Korea |
President Park reshuffles S Korean cabinet amid scandal
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| Aug.25 |
Italy |
Emergency declared as hopes for more survivors fade |
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| Jul.13 |
London |
New Prime Minister Theresa May to form government 
Theresa May will continue to form her new government later - as she begins her first full day in Downing Street
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| May.14 |
Venezuela |
Maduro threatens seizure of closed factories |
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| Apr.12 |
Brazil |
Dilma Rousseff loses PP from coalition |
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| Mar.28 |
FBI |
Investigators break into dead San Bernardino gunman's iPhone |
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| Nov.6 |
Washington |
US rejects Keystone XL pipeline from Canada
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| Jun.30 |
Athens |
IMF payment missed as bailout expires
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| Jun.4 |
Washington |
Millions of US government workers hit by data breach |
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| May.8 |
London |
Cameron mulls make-up of new cabinet |
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| Mar.16 |
Jerusalem |
Netanyahu vows no Palestinian state |
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| Jan.25 |
Athens |
Greek poll winner vows to end 'pain' |
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| Mar.17 |
Moscow |
Vladimir Putin recognises Crimea as nation
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| Jan.28 |
U.S. Congress |
Obama pledges action on inequality |
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Kiev |
Ukraine government resigns
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| Sep.30 |
 Washington |
US begins shutdown amid budget row The government has begun a partial shutdown after the House of Representatives refused to approve a budget for next year
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| Aug.2 |
Washington |
U.S. issues global travel alert due to al Qaeda threat
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| Jul.18 |
Detroit |
Detroit in largest US bankruptcy
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| Jun.30 |
Croatia |
Croatia becomes 28th member of European Union |
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| Apr.27 |
Rome |
Deal reached on Italian government |
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| Dec.31 |
Washington |
US to miss 'fiscal cliff' deadline |
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| Nov.29 |
UN Gen. Assembly |
U.N. approves Palestinian 'observer state' bid
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| Oct.31 |
New Jersey |
Obama visits storm disaster zone |
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| Jul.11 |
Spain |
Spain unveils sweeping budget cuts |
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| Jun.9 |
Spain |
Spanish bank bailout request welcomed |
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| Nov.2 |
France |
Bailout loan withheld from Greece |
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| Oct.31 |
Paris |
UNESCO OKs Palestinian membership |
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| Oct.23 |
Eastern Libya |
Libya's new leaders declare liberation
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| Oct.2 |
Greece |
Greece to miss targets on deficit |
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| Sep.23 |
 UN Gen. Assembly |
Abbas submitted request for full member The Quartet negotiators has urged Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks within one month and aim for a deal by the end of 2012
| Addressing the General Assembly, Abbas urged the Security Council to back a state with pre-1967 borders and called to vote in favour of our full membership, in an unusually impassioned speech
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| Aug.6 |
Washington |
U.S. government credit downgraded Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgraded its credit rating of the U.S. federal government from AAA to AA+
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| Jul.15 |
Istanbul |
U.S. recognizes Libyan rebels' authority |
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| Jul.9 |
 Southern Sudan |
South Sudan raises national flag Map of Juba Southern Sudan Tens of thousands of South Sudanese have watched the raising of the new country's flag at an independence ceremony in the capital
| Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among dignitaries attending celebrations in the capital
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| Apr.27 |
West Bank |
Hamas, Fatah reach deal for government
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| Apr.21 |
Japan |
Japan announces emergency budget |
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| Feb.1 |
Jordan |
King dismisses government, appoints PM |
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| Jan.28 |
Egypt |
Government dissolved amid unrest |
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| Jan.12 |
Beirut |
Lebanon's unity government collapses |
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| Dec.21 |
Baghdad |
Iraqi parliament approves government |
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| Nov.8 |
New Delhi |
Obama backs India's UN seat bid |
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| Oct.10 |
Jerusalem |
Israeli cabinet backs Jewish oath |
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| Apr.7 |
Kyrgyzstan |
Opposition sets up 'people's government' |
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| Apr.3 |
Senegal |
Senegal unveils colossal statue |
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| Mar.27 |
Baghdad |
Allawi open to talks over new government |
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| Mar.9 |
Jerusalem |
Israel approves new homes in E. Jerusalem
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| Mar.3 |
Greece |
Greece backs new round of tax rises |
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| Mar.2 |
 Greece |
Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM| Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy. The government has approved a package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis, including ri... | |
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| Feb.25 |
Helmand |
Afghan flag raised over Taliban town |
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| Feb.18 |
Texas |
Pilot air attack on US tax office |
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| Feb.10 |
Greece |
PM vows to slash huge government deficit |
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| Jan.21 |
Washington |
Obama pushes new bank regulation |
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| Nov.17 |
Jerusalem |
Israel approves plan to build 900 houses |
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| Jun.14 |
Jerusalem |
PM calls for demilitarized Palestinian state |
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| Feb.20 |
Jerusalem |
Netanyahu picked to form government |
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| Jan.26 |
Iceland |
Crisis claims cabinet |
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| Jan.22 |
Washington |
Obama signs order to close Guantanamo
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| Jun.14 |
Kosovo |
UN hands over to Kosovo Albanians |
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| Apr.17 |
Kenya |
Unity government sworn in |
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| Mar.9 |
Pakistan |
Anti-Musharraf parties to share power |
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| Feb.17 |
 Kosovo |
Kosovo declares independence | Kosovo has formally declared its independence from Serbia in a move opposed by Serbia and Russia but backed by many western governments. Lawmakers in the legislature of the former province approved the declaration of independence at an extraordinary session. It was read o... | |
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| Jun.17 |
West Bank |
New Palestinian cabinet sworn in |
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| Jun.14 |
West Bank |
Abbas sacks Hamas-led government |
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| May.8 |
Northern Ireland |
Power sharing begins |
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| Apr.16 |
Baghdad |
Sadr ministers quit Iraqi cabinet |
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| Mar.15 |
Gaza |
New Palestinian Cabinet named |
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| Nov.11 |
Beirut |
Ministers throw government into turmoil |
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| Aug.13 |
Jerusalem |
Cabinet approves cease-fire resolution |
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| Jun.29 |
Netherlands |
Dutch government collapses |
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| May.20 |
Baghdad |
Parliament approves Cabinet
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| Nov.28 |
Canada |
Government thrown out |
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| Nov.8 |
Paris |
Government declared state of emergency
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| Sep.11 |
 Gaza |
Israeli flag lowered over Gaza| It was the end of 38 years of an occupation of the Palestinian territory 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Israel has already removed its settlers, bulldozed their homes and demolished its militar... | |
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| Sep.8 |
Kiev |
Yushchenko fires government |
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| Aug.28 |
Baghdad |
Committee signs Iraq's draft constitution
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| Apr.16 |
Japan |
Japan demands China apology |
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| Mar.24 |
Kyrgyzstan |
Government HQ seized. Akayev left
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| Feb.28 |
Beirut |
Lebanon's pro-Syrian PM resigns |
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| Sep.13 |
Moscow |
Putin tightens grip on security |
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| Jul.15 |
Baghdad |
Iraq to form new security force |
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| Jun.27 |
Baghdad |
US hands over sovereignty in Iraq
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| Apr.18 |
Spain |
Spain PM orders Iraq troops home |
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| Mar.29 |
Washington |
Bush welcomes NATO's new seven |
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| Mar.8 |
Iraq |
Interim constitution signed |
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| Jan.6 |
London |
Diana crash investigation ordered |
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| Jan.4 |
Kabul |
Loya jirga agrees constitution |
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| Sep.7 |
Washington |
Bush to ask 87 billions more for Iraq |
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| Jul.13 |
Iraq |
Iraqi council acts for first time |
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| May.25 |
Jerusalem |
Cabinet OKs road map |
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| Apr.9 |
Baghdad |
Statue falls, Saddam's regime in disarray
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| Feb.4 |
Serbia |
Yugoslavia officially abolished |
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| Jun.24 |
Washington |
Bush calls for end to Arafat's rule |
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| Dec.21 |
Kabul |
Swearing-in of interim government
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| Dec.9 |
Israel |
Barak resigns |
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Austria |
Far-right enters government |
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| Apr. 18, 1980 |
 Zimbabwe |
Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe Map of Harare Zimbabwe The country became independent as the Republic of Zimbabwe, and its capital, Salisbury, was renamed Harare two years later.
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| Oct. 5, 1958 |
 Paris |
Constitution of Fifth French Republic It replaced that of the Fourth Republic dating from 1946. Charles de Gaulle was the main driving force in introducing the new constitution
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| Jan. 26, 1950 |
 New Delhi |
India proclaimed Republic within Commonwealth Republic Day honors the date on which the Constitution of India came into force, replacing the Government of India Act as the governing document
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| May. 23, 1949 |
 West Germany |
Federal Republic of Germany formally begins Map of Bonn Germany West Germany was in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990
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| Oct. 1, 1949 |
 Beijing |
People's Republic of China proclaimed Map of Tiananmen Beijing China After a victory by the Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China from atop Tiananmen
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| May. 14, 1948 |
Tel Aviv |
State of Israel proclaimed Map of Independence Hall Tel Aviv Israel The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, was proclaimed by David Ben-Gurion, the head of the World Zionist Organization
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| Aug. 15, 1947 |
New Delhi |
India became independent nation British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act 1947. Violent clashes between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims followed
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| Dec. 6, 1921 |
 Ireland |
Irish Free State established Established in 1922 as a Dominion of the British Commonwealth of Nations under the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed by British and Irish representa...
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| Jul. 31, 1919 |
Eastern Germany |
Weimar Constitution adopted The Constitution of the German Reich was the constitution that governed Germany during the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
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| Jan. 18, 1871 |
Berlin |
German Empire proclaimed The empire was the historical German nation state that existed from the unification of Germany in 1871 to the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II...
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| Sep. 4, 1870 |
Paris |
Third Republic proclaimed in France The early days of the Third Republic were dominated by the Franco-Prussian War, which the Republic continued to wage
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| Mar. 30, 1867 |
Alaska |
U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia
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| Mar. 29, 1867 |
Canada |
Canada becomes a Dominion
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| Jan. 13, 1864 |
St. Petersburg |
Zemstvos, or provincial assemblies, formed in Russea
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| Feb. 9, 1849 |
Rome |
Republic of Rome proclaimed
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| Apr. 30, 1803 |
Louisiana |
USA purchased Louisiana from France The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory. The U.S. paid fifty million francs ($11,250,000 USD) and a cancellation...
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| Jul. 4, 1776 |
Philadelphia |
Declaration of Independence A statement adopted by the Continental Congress, which announced that the 13 colonies regarded themselves as newly independent states
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| May. 6, 1626 |
Manhattan |
Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from Indians
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