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In 1996, a judge ordered U.S. President Bill Clinton to testify in the Whitewater land dispute trial. He later did so via videotape.

In 2003, making a case for U.N.-endorsed military action in Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell accused the Saddam Hussein regime of deceiving U.N. weapons inspectors and having ties with the al-Qaida terrorist network.

In 2005, a Moroccan family of four was charged in Spain in the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.

In 2006, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran was halting voluntary cooperation in regards to Tehran's nuclear program.

Also in 2006, the violent Muslim protest against Danish-published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad spread to Turkey, Indonesia, India, Thailand and New Zealand.

In 2007, U.S. astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak was arrested on several charges, including attempted kidnapping, after she drove from Houston to Orlando, Fla., to confront another officer whom she viewed as a romantic rival for a fellow astronaut.

In 2008, on Super Tuesday, Barack Obama took a slim lead in delegates over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic contest while John McCain outscored all of his opponents combined in the delegate battle for the Republican nomination.

 

In 2010, the president of Toyota Motors Co. apologized for quality control problems that led to massive Toyota recalls. Sticking gas pedal problems led to a recall of 4.2 million vehicles, followed by similar problems with the 2010 hybrid Prius.

Also in 2010, in the second lethal assault of the week on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq, two car bombs killed more than two dozen people in Karbala and injured another 75 on final day of the Arbaeen festival. Earlier, a suicide bomber killed 31 in Baghdad.

In 2011, former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide said he was ending a seven-year exile and returning to Haiti. About a month earlier, former dictator and Aristide adversary Claude Baby Doc Duvalier returned to Haiti after 25 years in exile.

In 2012, Dominican Republic authorities called off a search for survivors after a small wooden boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized just off the coast. At least 16 people died and more than 30 were missing.

Also in 2012, Sauli Niinisto scored a resounding victory over Pekka Haavisto to become Finland's 12th president.


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