Milestones

Wed., Dec. 13, 2000

Ten years ago: A final evacuation flight from Iraq arrived in Germany, carrying the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait and his staff, who had endured a 110-day Iraqi siege of their embassy.

Five years ago: As President Clinton flew to Paris to attend the signing of the Bosnian peace accord, Congress gave him partial backing for his Bosnia policy. China’s most influential democracy activist, Wei Jingsheng, who already had spent 16 years in prison, was sentenced to 14 more years. (However, Wei was later granted medical parole by Beijing, and allowed to travel to the United States.)

One year ago: In a spirited presidential campaign debate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., fought over tax policy and farm subsidies, while McCain was pushed to defend his centerpiece campaign finance proposals. In his first major test on the road to peace with Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak won parliamentary backing for opening negotiations with Damascus.

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