2005 – 2015



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2015

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DECEMBER

December 29, 2015 – Ebola Epidemic In Guinea Declared Over By WHO, 2,500 Died Over 2 Years.

December 22, 2015 – Iraqi Forces Retake ISIS Held City Of Ramadi (ISIS First Captured In May).

December 13, 2015 – COP21 Climate Change Summit In Paris Reaches A Deal Between 195 Countries To Limit The Rise In The Global Average Temperature To Less Than 2°C Above Pre-Industrial Levels.

December 8, 2015 – U.S. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Proposes Banning All Muslims From Entering The U.S.

December 3, 2015 – Floods In Chennai And Tamil Nadu State, India Start Receding After A Month Of Heavy Rainfall, Leaving More 260 Dead And Thousands Stranded.

NOVEMBER

November 30, 2015 – 21st Conference Of The Parties To The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change Or COP21 Begins In Paris.

November 24, 2015 – Turkey Shots Down A Russian Fighter Jet After Claiming It Had Flown Into Turkish Airspace.

November 16, 2015 – French President François Hollande Declares The Country At War With ISIS In An Address To Parliament.

November 15, 2015 – France Launches Air Strikes On ISIS Stronghold Raqqa In Syria In Wake Of Terror Attack On Paris.

November 13, 2015 – Terror Attacks In Paris At 3 Locations Leave At Least 129 Dead. ISIS Claims Responsibility.

November 12, 2015 – Suicide Bombings In Lebanon Kill 43, ISIS Claims Responsibility.

November 10, 2015 – Out Magazine Names Barack Obama ‘Ally Of The Year’, Obama Becomes 1st Sitting U.S. President To Pose For Cover Of A Gay Magazine.

November 7, 2015 – Sierra Leone Is Declared Free Of Ebola By The World Health Organization (Death Toll 4,000).

November 5, 2015 – Japan’s 1st Officially Recognized Same-Sex Couple Union – Koyuki Higashi And Hiroko Matsuhara In Tokyo.

OCTOBER

October 26, 2015 – 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Northern Pakistan And Afghanistan Killing Over 300.

October 21, 2015 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel Says German View Of Holocaust Will Not Change, After Benjamin Netanyahu Says Idea Came From Mufti Of Jerusalem.

October 20, 2015 – Migrants Arriving In Greece Top 500,00 For The Year, According To The UN.

October 10, 2015 – Bombing At A Peace Rally In Ankara, Turkey Kills At Least 95, Injures 200.

October 5, 2015 – Floods In South Carolina A “1,000-Year Storm” Result In 12 Deaths And 9 Dams To Fail.

October 4, 2015 – Flash Floods On The French Riviera Kill At Least 19 People.

October 1, 2015 – Mudslide On The Outskirts Of Guatemala City Leaves At Least 131 Dead And 300 Missing.

SEPTEMBER

September 27, 2015 – A “Supermoon” Coincides With A Lunar Eclipse Creating A “Blood Moon” Over Much Of The Earth.

September 24, 2015 – Pope Francis Becomes The 1st Pope To Address The U.S. Congress. Names Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Thomas Merton And Dorothy Day As His American Heroes.

September 22, 2015 – Chinese President Xi Jinping Arrives In Seattle To Start His First State Visit To The U.S.

September 22, 2015 – Pope Francis Is Greeted By President Obama And Vice President Biden As He Arrives For His 6 Day Tour Of The U.S.

September 17, 2015 – U.S. National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration Reports 2015 Northern Hemisphere Summer Hottest On Record.

September 17, 2015 – 8.3 Magnitude Quake Hits Off Coast Of Illapel, Chile Killing 11 And Prompting Evacuation Of 1 Million.

September 15, 2015 – EU Migrant Crisis: Hungary Seals Its Border With Serbia With A Razor-Wire Fence, Stranding Thousands Of Migrants.

September 14, 2015 – EU Migrant Crisis: Germany Introduces Temporary Border Controls To Cope With Huge Migrant Numbers.

September 13, 2015 – Governor Of California Jerry Brown Declares A State Of Emergency After Wildfires Devastate Lake And Napa Counties.

September 10, 2015 – Floods And Landslides In North East Japan, Centered On Joso Force 90,000 To Evacuate Their Homes.

September 9, 2015 – EU Migrant Crisis: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker In His Annual Address Proposes Plan Based On EU Quotas.

September 8, 2015 – Pope Francis Announces Moves To Streamline The Annulment Process Within The Catholic Church.

September 5, 2015 – German Police Confirm More Than 13,000 Refugees Have Arrived In Southern Germany In Last 2 Days Fleeing Conflicts In Iraq, Syria And Afghanistan.

September 1, 2015 – EU Migrant Crisis: Hungary Closes Keleti Railway Station In Budapest To Try And Stop Migrants Travelling.

September 1, 2015 – Pope Francis Tells Priests To Pardon Women Who Have Had An Abortion, In A Letter Released By The Vatican.

AUGUST

August 24, 2015 – Destruction By ISIS Of The 1st Century AD Temple Of Baalshamin In Ancient Ruins Of Palmyra Confirmed By Syrian Officials.

August 24, 2015 – European Refugee Crisis: Germany Makes It Easier For Syrian Refugees To Claim Asylum By Suspending Their Dublin Regulations.

August 15, 2015 – A Decade Later, Many Israelis See Gaza Pullout As A Big Mistake.

August 5, 2015 – 31 People Are Killed And 100 Are Injured After Floods Partially Sweep Two Passenger Trains Off A Bridge In Madhya Pradesh, India.

August 5, 2015 – Torrential Rains And Flooding Leave At Least 178 People Dead In India, In The Wake Of Cyclone Komen.

JULY

July 29, 2015 – World Health Organization Puts World’s Ebola Death Toll At 11,284.

July 17, 2015 – Suicide Bomber In Khan Bani Saad, Iraq, Kills 120, ISIS Claims Responsibilty.

July 15, 2015 – How The Iranian Nuclear Agreement Will Change History.

July 14, 2015 – Arms Deal Agreed Between 6 World Powers And Iran Limiting Iranian Nuclear Arms But Ending Sanctions.

JUNE

June 30, 2015 – Is This What The Star Of Bethlehem Looked Like? Venus, Jupiter Put On A Show.

June 27, 2015 – Utah LGBT Activists Celebrate As Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Law Of The Land.

June 26, 2015 – Saudi Suicide Bomber Kills 27 At Shia Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque In Kuwait, 227 Injured.

June 26, 2015 – Gunman Opens Fire At Beach Resort In Sousse, Tunisia, Killing 38. ISIS Claims Responsibility.

June 26, 2015 – Comprehensive Agreement Between The Holy See And The State Of Palestine.

June 26, 2015 – Israel Decidedly Unhappy With Vatican-Palestine Treaty.

June 26, 2015 – White House Goes Rainbow After Gay Marriage Supreme Court Decision.

June 18, 2015 – Pope Francis Blames Human Selfishness For Global Warming In His Encyclical, Named “Laudato Si (Be Praised), On The Care Of Our Common Home”.

June 15, 2015 – Real Estate Mogul Donald Trump Launches His Campaign For US President.

June 9, 2015 – Heat Wave Peaks In Southern Pakistan, Goes On To Kill About 2,000 People From Dehydration And Heat Stroke.

June 5, 2015 – 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake (Strongest To Effect Malaysia Since 1978) Strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, Killing 18 People On Mount Kinabalu.

MAY

May 29, 2015 – Heat Wave In India Centered In Telengana And Andhra Pradesh States Is Reported To Have Killed 1800 People In A Week.

May 22, 2015 – Ireland Becomes 1st Country In The World To Legalise Same-Sex Marriage By Popular Vote.

May 13, 2015 – Pope Francis Signs Treaty From The Vatican Officially Recognizing The State Of Palestine.

APRIL

April 25, 2015 – 7.8-Magnitude Earthquake Near Kathmandu In Nepal, Killing 8000, Leaving Over 100,000 Homeless, Destroying Many Historic Sites.

April 24, 2015 – Armenia Commemorates The 100th Anniversary Of The Armenian Genocide By The Ottoman Empire.

April 23, 2015 – These 5 Facts Explain Europe’s Deadly Migrants Crisis.

MARCH

March 5-8, 2015 – Islamic State Militants Ransack And Destroy Ancient Cities Of Nimrud, Hatra And Dur-Sharrukin In Iraq.

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2014

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SEPTEMBER

September 29, 2014 – Funds Raised For Temple Plan At Arab-Israeli Flashpoint.

September 28, 2014 – Temple Institute Raises $100k For Third Temple Plans.

AUGUST

August 19, 2014 – An Open Letter To Christian Leaders In America.

JULY

July 30, 2014 – ‘Third Temple’ Crowdfunding Plan Aims To Relocate Jerusalem’s Dome Of The Rock.

July 29, 2014 – Want World Peace? ‘Build 3rd Temple’.

JUNE

June 29, 2014 – ISIS Announces The Establishment Of A Caliphate And Rebrands Itself As The “Islamic State.”

FEBRUARY

February 10, 2014 – UK Floods: Homes Evacuated As Swollen Thames Keeps Rising.

JANUARY

January 30, 2014 – UK Floods: January Rain Breaks Records In Parts Of England.

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2010

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DECEMBER

December 18, 2010 – The Arab Spring – A Year Of Revolution.

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2008

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MAY

May 15, 2008 – The Lisbon Treaty For Dummies.

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2005

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SEPTEMBER

September 12, 2005 – Israel Completes Gaza Withdrawal.

September 6, 2005 – Homosexuals Celebrate In Ravaged New Orleans.

AUGUST

August 23, 2005 – Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall.

August 18, 2005 – Tearfully But Forcefully, Israel Removes Gaza Settlers.

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