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Georgia in crisis
Christmas 1991 was a very difficult time for the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
Lockerbie
On December 21 1988 a US passenger plane blew up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
US invasion of Panama
It is 21 years since the US invaded the tiny Central American state of Panama.
Washington Snipers
It is 7 years since one of the Washington snipers, Lee Boyd Malvo, was convicted of murder
Operation Desert Fox
On 16 December 1998 the US and Britain began a four day bombardment of Iraq.
Siege of Grozny
In December 1994 Russian forces invaded Chechnya and laid siege to the capital Grozny.
Capture of Saddam Hussein
It was on this day in 2003 that Saddam Hussein was finally captured by US forces
Argentina's disappeared
On 13 December 1983, the government of Argentina promised to investigate military crimes
Albert Luthuli Receives the Nobel Peace Prize
Chief Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Peace - in 1960
Smallpox Eradication
It was once one of the most feared diseases in the world - disfiguring and often deadly
