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Cooch Behar

(Encyclopedia) Cooch Behar Cooch Behar k&oomacr;ch bĭhärˈ [key], former princely state, now part of West Bengal…

Bien Hoa

(Encyclopedia) Bien Hoa Bien Hoa bēĕnˈ wä [key], city, Vietnam, c.20 mi (30 km) NE of Ho Chi Minh City. It is famous…

Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of August 23, 2021

It's been a busy week, from the terrorist attack in Kabul to the severe weather disasters around the world. Who has time to keep track of it all? That's why we've boiled it all down to our top five…

Timeline of Terrorism: the Aftermath

by Erin Teare Tuesday, September 18 Pakistani officials and Taliban leaders end two days of negotiations with no agreement. A moment of silence is held at 8:48 am EDT in New York…

April 2020 Current Events: US News

Top of Page Science and Technology News | Disaster News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…

Tokyo

(Encyclopedia) TokyoTokyotōˈkēō [key], city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. The Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area is the…

July 2006

WorldDozens Are Killed at Iraqi Market (July 1): More than 60 people are killed by a suicide bomber in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad. A Sunni member of parliament, Tayseer Najah al-…

October 2000 Disasters

Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole was heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. Seventeen sailors were killed in what was apparently a…

August 2005 Disasters

Aug. 2, Toronto, Canada: an Air France Airbus A340, Flight 358, skidded off the runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in heavy thunderstorms. All of the 309 aboard managed to…