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In 2004, V. Gene Robinson, openly gay and controversial, became the Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire.

In 2006, U.S. prosecutors sought the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty to terrorism conspiracy leading to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

In 2007, an Indonesian Garuda Airlines Boeing 737-400 with 140 people aboard crashed and burned on landing in Yogyakarta, killing 49 people.

In 2008, a foreign policy aide to Barack Obama apologized for calling Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton a monster.

In 2010, violence marred Iraq's first parliamentary election in five years as two bombs in Baghdad killed at least 38 people.

In 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama gave the green light for resumption of tribunals for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on hold since 2009.

 

Also in 2011, with the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bulkeley leading the way, the multinational anti-piracy fleet thwarted a pirate takeover of a Bahamian-flagged oil tanker in the Arabian Sea 328 nautical miles southeast of Duqm, Oman.

And, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, thought to be one of the most active in the world, erupted, touching off more than 150 earthquakes but no reported damage.

In 2012, U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey told the Senate that U.S. President Barrack Obama wanted the Pentagon to provide him with military options on Syria.

Also in 2012, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a bill requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound at least 24 hours before the procedure.


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