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61Erroneous reporting on the 2008 Mumbai attacks — During and immediately after the 2008 Mumbai attacks the news media worldwide broadcast incorrect factual information on a scale often seen in a fog of war. Erroneous reporting on the 2008 Mumbai attacks included false information concerning the… …
62Jerry Jacks — Sebastian Roché as Jerry Jacks General Hospital Portrayed by Julian Stone (April 10, 1998–December 14, 1999) …
63Iran hostage crisis — (1979–81) Political crisis involving Iran s detention of U.S. diplomats. Anti American sentiment in Iran fueled in part by close ties between the U.S. and the unpopular leader Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi peaked when Pahlavi fled Iran during the… …
64Attica Prison riot — The Attica Prison riot occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States in 1971. The riot was based in part upon prisoners demands for better living conditions. At the time, inmates were given one shower per week… …
65Counter-terrorism — Terrorism Definitions · Counter terrorism International conventions Anti terrorism legislation Terrorism insurance …
66Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Cap.: Moscow. Also called Russia, Soviet …
67Terry Waite — He was himself held captive between 1987 and 1991. He is also Patron of the charity AbleChildAfrica.Early lifeThe son of a village policeman, Waite was educated at Lymm High School, then the local Stockton Heath Secondary Modern school, where he… …
68Montana State Prison — Montana Territorial and State Prison U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
69Lufthansa Flight 181 — Lufthansa Flight 181 Hijacking summary Date October 13, 1977 Type Hijacking Site …
70Gilad Shalit — גלעד שליט Gilad Shalit on the phone with his parents, after arriving in Israel on 18 October 2011 Born 28 August 1986 (1986 08 28) …
