On July 7, 1846, a contingent of Marines raised the American flag over Monterey, California, to mark a proclamation by U.S. consul Thomas Larkin that the territory was being annexed ...
On the popular Fox network television series 24, the first half of the long and violent day of covert operative Jack Bauer has been spent hunting down the Chechen terrorists ...
Chinese President Hu Jintao did not meet with President George W. Bush at the White House last week, but will later, “on the margins” of the U.N. General Assembly session. ...