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  • Secretary Rice and Palestinian President Abbas

    Mideast Peace Remains Possible, Says Rice

    Secretary of State Rice, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas May 4 in Ramallah. In her latest trip to the region, Rice urged negotiators to translate diplomatic progress into concrete improvements in the lives of Palestinians. (© AP Images)

Quiz

  • When was Richard S. Williamson named Special Envoy to Sudan?
    • A. December 21, 2007
    • B. November 10, 2008
    • C. October 11, 2005
    • D. September 4, 1966

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  • What year was the last Bilateral Investment Treaty concluded between the United States and a sub-Saharan African country?
    • A. 1966
    • B. 1976
    • C. 1998
    • D. 1942

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  • What year did Kosovo become a U.N. protectorate policed by 16,000 NATO-led security forces?
    • A. 2003
    • B. 1999
    • C. 1997
    • D. 1962

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    U.S. National Security Strategy

    The National Security Strategy, issued March 2006, aims to answer the challenges posed by the rise of terrorism and to lay the foundations for future peace. (See full text on the White House Web site.)

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This Day in U.S. History

  • May
    • 7
      • May 7, 1915

        The German U-20 (submarine) sinks the British ocean liner Lusitania. Approximately 1,200 civilians die; more than 100 are American citizens.
    • 9
      • May 9, 1945

        World War II in Europe ends at one minute past midnight.
    • 12
      • May 12, 1949

        The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
    • 22
      • May 22, 1972

        President Richard Nixon becomes the first American president to visit Moscow.