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UN disburses $1.3 billion in compensation for Iraq invasion of Kuwait

January 25, 2013 07:55:50 AM

The UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) on Thursday announced a disbursement of $1.3 billion to two claimants who suffered damages during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The two...

July 26, 2012 02:17:14 PM

The UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) on Thursday made available additional funds for the government of Kuwait in an amount of around $1.3 billion for losses suffered during 1990-1991 Iraqi...

July 16, 2005 11:10:00 AM

Iraq's deputy UN ambassador Fesial al-Istrabadi said Friday that independent investigators have found evidence of "gross mismanagement" and potential corruption in the UN Oil-for-Food program related to currency exchange rates with the fluctuating dinar. Independent Inquiry...

June 30, 2005 08:59:00 PM

The UN Compensation Committee approved the final claims from victims of the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait Thursday, bringing the total award payments to $52.5 billion. The panel, which consists of the fifteen...

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Titanic sinking precipitated multiple lawsuits

The Titanic sank early in the morning of April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Of 2228 passengers and crewmembers aboard, only 705 survived.

The sinking gave rise to a variety of lawsuits against the White Star Line, the Titanic's owners.

Andrew Johnson sworn in after Lincoln assassination

On April 15, 1865, Vice-President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the seventeenth President of the United States, after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Johnson became the first U.S. President to be impeached, but he was not convicted.

Learn more about Andrew Johnson and his impeachment from the Library of Congress.

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