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Milestones

Ten years ago: The U.N. Security Council, led by the United States, voted 12-2 to authorize military action if Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait and release all foreign hostages by Jan. 15, 1991.

Five years ago: President Clinton opened a five-day European trip in London, where he met with Prime Minister John Major and addressed the British Parliament.

One year ago: Protestant and Catholic adversaries formed an extraordinary Northern Ireland government designed to bring together every branch of opinion within the bitterly divided society.