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1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins. 1918 – World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby. [9] 1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
Smart 1 will test a novel type of propulsion system on its mission and map lunar surface features. [9] Occupation of Iraq: Nine rebels in north Iraq are killed. Coalition troops kill nine guerrillas, the biggest toll for more than a month, in scattered action over northern Iraq in the past 24 hours.
Palau is to create the world's first "shark sanctuary", banning all commercial shark fishing in its waters. (BBC) ( The Times ) (UPI) Paul G. Kirk, Jr. is sworn in as the interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts , succeeding the late Ted Kennedy .
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Disasters A 6.2- magnitude earthquake hits near the Baja California peninsula with no immediate reports of injuries or damage. (CNN) Health The World Health Organisation announces a global alert and is investigating the case of a novel coronavirus found in a Qatari man returning from Saudi Arabia. (Reuters) International relations Senkaku Islands dispute: Over 50 Taiwanese ships clash with ...
Law and crime At least five people are shot dead in two locations in the US state of Indiana. (AP via ABC News America) Politics Senate elections in France result in a left-wing majority, headed by the Socialist Party, for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic. (Le Monde) King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announces reforms giving women the right to vote and run in municipal elections ...
American psychiatrist and best-selling author M. Scott Peck, M.D. dies after suffering from Parkinson's disease and pancreatic and liver duct cancer.Peck, 69, was the author of The Road Less Traveled.
Health and environment Climate change mitigation An advisory board to the Dutch government recommends reducing speed limits on roads and using public money to purchase outdated cattle farms as part of a raft of measures to tackle global warming -linked nitrogen emissions in the country. (Associated Press) Economy of Poland Polish Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski announces the ruling Law ...