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2006 WORLD NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Dukie lacrosse team accused of sexual assault, but are eventually deemed innocent
Duke Lacoste team accused of sexual assault, but the U.N war crimes tribunal's detention center at The Hague. Milosevic was on trail for committing genocide during the Bosnia-Kosovo conflict, which took place between 1996 and 1999. He was the first leader to be tried in the international war-crimes court.
Mar.ch 9 - The Winter Olympic Games commence in Turin, Italy. The first Winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France in 1924.
August 24 — Pluto is reclassified as a dwarf planet. After much debate, The International Astronomical Union decided to change the conditions that space matter must meet to be considered a "planet." Pluto does not fit the third condition, which states that matter has to "dear the neighborhood around its orbit," meaning its gravitational force must be smaller objects around it, like asteroids, to rotate with it.
September 29
- Mark Foley (R)
- who represented Florida in the House of Representatives
- resigns after messages he sent to teenage male Congressional pages surface in the media Foley was also co-chairman of The House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, which helps to prevent the abduction
December 27 — Former President Gerald Ford dies at age 93. Ford dedicated Green Hall, the University of Kansas's current School of Law's home, when it opened in 1978. Ford's daughter, Susan, studied photography at the University, and Bob Dole, also a KU alumnus, was his running mate for the 1976 presidential election.
to prevent the abuse of and exploitation of children through online pornography and solicitation for sex.
December 30 — Former Iraqi president and Baathist Saddam Hussein, 69, is executed in Baghdad. Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging.
2007 WORLD NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
January 1 — Ban Ki-moon, South Korea's former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, is sworn in as the secretary general of the United Nations. Ki-moon replaced Koffi Annan of Ghana, who served as secretary general from 1997 to 2006.
March 6 - I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. is found guilty on four of the five counts with which he was charged in connection with the Valerie Plame case. He received two counts of perjury, one count of obstruction of justice and one count of making false statements. He was acquitted of one count of making false statements
March 9 — Renowned physicist Sheldon Glashow leads debate on evolution at the University of Kansas. In 1979, Glashow, along with Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam, won the Nobel Prize for their research on the unification of forces.
April 16 - Cho Seung-hui, a Virginia Tech student kills 32 and himself in the United States' deadliest shooting in history.
Nichole Stenbak, Vancouver, Wash. graduate student, gets a hug from Brandon White, Antioch, III. graduate student, during a candlelight vigil held at the Campanile Tuesday evening. The vigil was held to honor those affected by the Virginia Tech shootings.
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- Popular songs: "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado, "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira, "How to Save a Life" by The Fray
2006 ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS
■ Popular movies: Pursuit of Happiness, Cars, Little Miss Sunshine, Borat, We Are Marshall, Stranger than Fiction
■ YOU were selected as Time Magazine's person of the year
2006 CAMPUS NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
February 16 — The Kansas board of Regents officially approves the University of Kansas' decision to name the sports complex that will be built in the southwest corner of Memorial Stadium the Anderson Family Football Complex and the football field Kivisto field. The complex will be named after Tom Kivisto, former KU basketball team captain and his wife Julie; and Dana and Sue Anderson, their son, Justin, and his wife, Jean. Construction of the Complex is scheduled to finish by the end of the 2008 summer semester. Most recently.
October 3 — Comedian Kathy Griffin performs at the University during homecoming. Most recently, Griffin has worked on her Ermyn-nominated show, "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List." Previously, she costarred for "Suddenly Susan" for four years. Darrell Hammond of "Saturday Night Live" was originally scheduled for the event, however he was forced to cancel because of complications with his "Saturday Night Live" production schedule.
■ November 6 Ben Folds performs at the Lied Center. Benjamin Scott Folds is the former lead singer of Big Folds Five. Founds released his first solo album after the band's break up in 2001.
2007 ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Anna Nicole Smith dies
■ Popular songs:
"Fergalicious"
by Fergie.
"This is Why
I'm Hot"
by Mims, "Before
He Cheats"
by Carrie
Underwood
Popular movies: Reign
Over Me, Freedom Writers, 300, Blades of Glory, Music and Lyrics
April 11 — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental activist and best selling author, speaks at the University of Kansas. Kennedy has been named as one of Time magazine's 2004 "Heroes for the Planet" for his involvement in the restoration of the Hudson River.
2007 CAMPUS NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
■ March 24 — KU basketball returns to dominance by winning Big 12 regular season and conference titles and making it to the Elite 8.
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