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In 2000, right-wing Israeli leader Ariel Sharon visited the sacred site known as the Temple Mount to Jews and Haram al Sharif to Muslims, sparking a deadly round of violence between Israelis and Palestinians that continued to escalate over the next two years.

In 2001, the U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution to require members to put a stop to financing and training of terrorists within their borders.

In 2003, legendary Broadway and film director Elia Kazan died at his home in New York at the age of 94.

In 2004, the price of oil topped $50 a barrel for the first time in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In 2005, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, the U.S. House of Representatives majority leader, was indicted in Texas for allegedly conspiring to violate a state fundraising law.

In 2006, in a move boosting support for the Afghan government, NATO voted to dramatically expand operations in Afghanistan.

 

In 2007, the U.S. Senate joined the House of Representatives in defying a veto threat from President George W. Bush to approve an expansion of the child health insurance program. The bill would spend about $35 billion to expand health insurance to more than 4 million children.

In 2008, U.S. congressional negotiators and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson agreed on a $700 billion banking industry bailout plan. It gave the Treasury unprecedented authority, including the ability to buy a range of troubled financial assets.

In 2009, Iran said it successfully tested long-range missiles, one of which has a range of 1,250 miles, which puts Moscow, Athens and southern Italy within striking distance.

In 2011, a Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly plotting to use an explosives-packed drone aircraft to attack the U.S. Capitol and Pentagon.

Also in 2011, 271 passengers were hurt, none believed seriously, when a subway train slammed into the rear of another train in Shanghai, latest trouble for China's rapidly expanded transportation system, plagued with faulty signaling, poorly trained operators and other problems.


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