Osama bin Laden became the American government's most wanted criminal after he inspired the attacks on America that took place on September 11, 2001. He eluded capture until he was shot and killed by…
Location: Middle EastSchool: Girls and boys are educated separately until the university level. In addition, girls typically have only female teachers, and boys typically have only male teachers.…
Amiri Baraka, born Everett LeRoi Jones, was an Black American writer known especially for his politically-charged poems, essays and plays from the 1960s and '70s. Raised in New Jersey, Jones…
President of Afghanistan Born: 1957Birthplace: Kandahar, Afghanistan Karzai was elected president in Afghanistan's first popular elections on Oct. 9. He had been leading an interim Afghan…
Name at birth: Sinead O'ConnorIrish singer Shuhada' Sadaqat (formerly Sinead O'Connor) was the singer who hit it big with her 1990 single "Nothing Compares 2 U," but later was known as much for her…
Christopher Hitchens was an English-American intellectual whose stock in trade was writing provocative essays that challenged the the philosophical underpinnings of the state and the (Christian)…
The following timeline lists terrorist attacks against the United States and Americans living either in the U.S. or abroad.
1920 Sept. 16, New York City: TNT bomb planted in unattended horse-…
Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Rice Meets With…
U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of February, 2009. Iceland Swears in First Female Prime Minister (Feb. 1): Johanna…
With the outbreak of civil war in Syria, more Druze turn to Israel for citizenship.
By Jennie Wood Related Links Conflict from 1948 through 2000 Recent History of the Israeli-…
