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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.
What does the Bible actually say about being gay? - BBC News
Oct 23, 2003 · ANTI-GAY An anti-gay position would be that this line is unambiguous. It is also repeated elsewhere in the book. The speaker of the words is God, so this is an explicit indication that homosexuality is wrong in God's eyes.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 1948: The State of Israel is founded
May 6, 2008 · The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948, the culmination of nearly two thousand years of hopes by Jewish people.
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 - Why do some Catholics self-flagellate?
Nov 24, 2009 · For others self-flagellation is a more private expression of faith. It is thought to have come to prominence in Western Europe in medieval times around 600 to 800 AD as an extreme version of bodily penance, says Professor Lewis Ayres, a Catholic theologian at …
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 | 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 | 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 | UK | Harry says sorry for Nazi costume
Jan 13, 2005 · Prince Harry, 20, appears to be wearing a German desert uniform and a swastika armband. He is also holding a drink and cigarette. Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, said: "The fact that the palace has issued an apology indicates that this was a mistake by the prince.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | The Iran-Iraq war: 25 years on
Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980, triggering a bitter eight-year war which destabilised the region and devastated both countries. The then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the invasion a territorial dispute over the Shatt al-Arab, the waterway which forms the boundary between the two countries.