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[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the International Atomic Energy Agency and nuclear power. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspects nuclear and related facilities...
[ad_1] CNN — Here is a look at some US citizens who have been convicted of spying against the United States. 1962 – Aldrich Ames, son...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at genocide, the attempted or intentional destruction of a national, racial, religious or ethnic group, whether in wartime or peace....
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria as president since July 2000. His father, Hafez al-Assad,...
[ad_1] CNN — Here is a look at North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and the history of its weapons program. North Korea signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The group’s aim is to impose its...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the 2008 military conflict between Russia and Georgia. The conflict centered on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two “breakaway provinces”...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The organization’s charter states that the signing parties will...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Birth date: March 17, 1945 Birth place:...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing Americans, see Robert Levinson Fast Facts...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the Arab League, an organization of Middle Eastern and African countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Ahmed Aboul...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Abu Ghraib prison was a...
[ad_1] CNN — Here is a look at the life of Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army, sentenced to life in prison for...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the March 2004 bombings of commuter trains in Spain, which killed 193 people and injured more than 1,800. The...
[ad_1] This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows Egypt building a miles-wide buffer zone, and border wall, along its border with Gaza. Maxar Technologies Egypt is building...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Birth date: 1935 Birth place: Safed, Palestine Marriage: Amina Abbas Children: Three...
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Sudan’s former leader, Omar al-Bashir. Birth date: January 1, 1944 Birth place: Hosh Bannaga, Sudan Birth...