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The Almanac

Top News // 5 years ago

On August 7, 1998, terrorists' bombs detonated within minutes of each other outside of U.S. embassy buildings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

On This Day: U.S. embassy bombings kill 224

Top News // 5 years ago

On This Day: U.S. embassy bombings kill 224

On August 7, 1998, terrorists' bombs detonated within minutes of each other outside of U.S. embassy buildings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

On This Day: First lady Jacqueline Kennedy gives birth

Top News // 6 years ago

On This Day: First lady Jacqueline Kennedy gives birth

On August 7, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy becomes the first sitting U.S. first lady to give birth since Frances Folsom Cleveland in 1897.

Colombia's ex-secret police chief gets prison for spying on journalists, officials

World News // 8 years ago

Colombia's ex-secret police chief gets prison for spying on journalists, officials

Colombia's Supreme Court sentenced the former head of the Latin American country's secret police to 14 years in prison for spying on officials and journalists.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Colombians face U.S. drug charges

Fourteen alleged members of a former right-wing Colombian paramilitary group have been extradited to the United States on drug charges, U.S. officials said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Children displaced by war pledged support

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates pledged $343,000 in grant money to support Colombian children displaced by war.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Uribe says drugs and arms mix is 'maldita'

Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez said Wednesday that the mixture of narco-trafficking with illegal armed groups is "maldita," or evil.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Colombia struggles with justice problems

Colombia's peace process must include accountability for human rights violators, said U.S. and international observers at a forum Monday in Washington, D.C.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Colombian army protects outlaw's family

The wife and daughter of Colombian paramilitary leader Carlos Castano Gil have taken refuge in a military post and say they don't know where he is.

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Children displaced by war pledged support Oct 04, 2007