Edgewood High School, El Corral, 2002, World Beat 5
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**»«*•I™jtRSIReuters/Paul Vreeker/Getty Images1s Former Yugoslav leader SlobodanMilosevic faces the InternationalTribunal in The Hague for U.N. warcrimes, including the murder andpersecution of ethnic Albaniansin Kosovo.Yedioth Aharonoth/AFP1s Violent Israeli-Palestinianconfrontations escalate as PrimeMinister Ariel Sharon and PLO LeaderYasser Arafat struggle to find ananswer to their countries ongoinghatred for one another.4> The U.S. welcomes overwhelmingsupport and aid from dedicated alliesin Operation Enduring Freedom,including Great Britains PrimeMinister Tony Blair.1s Twenty-eight youths are arrestedfor starting bush fires that destroyhundreds of thousands of acresof forest and farmland and killthousand of koalas and kangaroosin southeast Australia.4> American Airlines Flight 587 crashes 4/ Convicted Oklahoma City bomberinto a Queens neighborhood in NewYork City on November 12, killingall 255 people on board. Structuralfailure of the planes tail assemblyapparently causes the tragedy. N*Timothy McVeigh is executed bylethal injection for destroying theAlfred P. Murrah Federal Buildingin April 1995. killing 168 people.sM Z* ^t- After Houston energy giant Enroncollapses, thousands lose their lifesavings, accounting firm ArthurAndersen encounters accusations ofunethical practices, and the GeneralAccounting Office sues the ExecutiveBranch for confidential transcripts inits investigation of the scandal.Chris Gardner/APA/Vide World Photos4/ Uu.o. emu diiiGu iuiooo inuuiii ufjcicuiunEnduring Freedom in Afghanistan, drivingthe repressive Taliban regime from power.si President Bush establishes a new cabinet position,Director of Homeland Security, to coordinate the fightagainst domestic terrorism. Former Pennsylvaniagovernor Tom Ridge becomes the first incumbent.•■-►•>•■ i •„ENDURINGXFREEDOM^4> As OperationEnduring Freedombegins, the U.S.military airdropsfood rations tothe starving peopleof Afghanistan. |
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http://cdm17129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hs-edgewood/id/5495 |
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Edgewood High School |
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