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1993: Two boys charged with toddler's murder Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool.
BBC NEWS | Americas | 9/11 third tower mystery 'solved'
Jul 4, 2008 · The National Institute of Standards and Technology's lead investigator, Dr Shyam Sunder, spoke to BBC Two's "The Conspiracy Files": "Our working hypothesis now actually suggests that it was normal building fires that were growing and spreading throughout the multiple floors that may have caused the ultimate collapse of the buildings."
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obituary: Heath Ledger
Actor Heath Ledger, who has been found dead at the age of 28, was regarded as one of Hollywood's brightest young stars, with a string of acclaimed films behind him and a major career ahead.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
Only Princess Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived the crash. Blood tests showed the driver, Henri Paul, had taken both drugs and a large amount of alcohol before the accident.
BBC NEWS | UK | The Moors murders
Feb 28, 2000 · The Moors murders were a series of crimes that shocked Britain when they first came to light. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley murdered four children during 1963 and 1964 and buried their bodies on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester in northern England.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Timeline: Break-up of Yugoslavia
May 22, 2006 · Yugoslavia has disappeared from the map of Europe, after 83 years of existence, to be replaced by a looser union called simply Serbia and Montenegro, after the two remaining republics.
BBC News | What is a fascist?
Oct 20, 2009 · It's a word much applied by opponents to the British National Party and other radical political movements, but what is a "fascist"?
BBC NEWS | UK | Harold Shipman: The killer doctor
Jan 13, 2004 · The death of Harold Shipman, found hanged in his cell at Wakefield high security jail in West Yorkshire, brings to an end one of the blackest chapters of British criminal history.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Gilgamesh tomb believed found
Apr 29, 2003 · Archaeologists in Iraq believe they have found the tomb of King Gilgamesh, the subject of the world's oldest "book".
BBC News | UK | Why the Pilgrim Fathers left England
Jan 18, 1998 · In 1620, 102 people boarded the Mayflower and set sail for America. The Pilgrims Fathers, as they are known today, founded one of the first European colonies in North America and their thinking shaped much of the American way of politics.