In 2002, a group of Iraqis protesting about Saddam Hussein’s regime took over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin for 5 hours.
In 1991, 100,000 Russians protested outside the Duma, Russia’s parliament, over the coup which had deposed President Mikhail Gorbachev (pictured), heralding the end of the Soviet Union.
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said she will impose a Foreign Travel Order on disgraced former rock star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter. She wants to ban convicted sex offenders like Glitter from holding passports so they have to stay in the UK indefinitely.
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Tony and Cherie Blair were spotted among the crowds willing on British athletes to further Olympic success in Beijing yesterday. The Blairs saw cyclist Chris Hoy clinch another gold medal, bringing out tally to 16. in contrast to Gordon Brown, who has conspicuously stayed away from the event so Read more
When 50,000 people signed an online petition to make TV motoring presenter Jeremy Clarkson the next prime minister, they were disappointed when the petition was wiped from the Downing Street website on the grounds it was not serious. (It seems about as serious as many things that have occupied Read more
In 1987, unemployed labourer Michael Ryan, armed with two rifles and a handgun, killed 16 people (including his mother) in what became known as the Hungerford Massacre, before turning the gun on himself.
In 1946, William Jefferson Blythe III, better known as US President Bill Clinton, Read more
Conservative London Mayor Boris Johnson has said there will be a celebration to congratulate British
medal-winners when they return to London after the Beijing Olympics.
With sailor Paul Goodison winning another gold medal for Britain, the thirteenth, in Read more
Conservative leader David Cameron has accused police of “obviously demonising the middle classes to a
certain extent and targeting people who are fundamentally law-abiding”.
Mr Cameron seems to be saying the police are pursuing “easy” cases of drunk Read more
Following the resignation of Pervez Musharraf yesterday as Pakistan’s president, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said a stable future for the country will rely on thorough reform.
Mr Miliband said: “It is important to highlight President Musharraf’s commitment to tackle terrorism, to promote dialogue Read more
In 2005, American Dennis Rader was sentenced to 175 years in prison, as the BTK (blind, torture, kill) serial murderer of 10 people, 8 of whom were women.
In 1981, American playwright, screenwriter and author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Anita Loos died in New York aged 93.
Hillary Clinton will be given a prime time TV slot for her speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, which is just a week away. She will also get a state by state roll call of her delegate supporters, who she claims had threatened to walk out Read more
