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1993: Two boys charged with toddler's murder Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 1948: The State of Israel is founded
May 6, 2008 · The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948, the culmination of nearly two thousand years of hopes by Jewish people.
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BBC NEWS | UK | Harold Shipman: The killer doctor
Jan 13, 2004 · The death of Harold Shipman, found hanged in his cell at Wakefield high security jail in West Yorkshire, brings to an end one of the blackest chapters of British criminal history.
UK | Child star Lena dies at 35 - BBC News
Saturday, October 2, 1999 Published at 13:23 GMT 14:23 UK UK Child star Lena dies at 35 Lena Zavaroni: A child star who went from rags to riches
Review of the year 1999 - BBC News
Given the 20th century's reputation for conflict, it is perhaps not surprising that its final year saw the biggest European war since 1945, and closed with bloodshed as Russian troops marched into Chechnya.
BBC - Cadbury: The legacy in Birmingham - BBC News
Dec 15, 2009 · Cadbury chocolate is renowned worldwide, but the Cadbury legacy is more than just a chocolate factory. The Cadbury family, with their Quaker beliefs that - all human beings should be treated equally and should live in peace, believed in …
UK | Lockerbie pair 'could have survived' - BBC News
Sunday, January 31, 1999 Published at 06:07 GMT UK Lockerbie pair 'could have survived' Wreckage: 259 on board and 11 on the ground died New research has suggested that two victims of the Lockerbie airliner bombing could have survived the six-mile fall to earth only to die of exposure later, a newspaper has reported.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 26 | 1992: Queen to be taxed from next year
A British monarch is to pay income tax for the first time since the 1930s. The Prime Minister, John Major, told the House of Commons the Queen had informed him earlier this year that she wished to make changes to her tax arrangements.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Slavery's long effects on Africa
Mar 29, 2007 · BBC's Will Ross tells how Africa lost much more than millions of men and women to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.