BITS OF HISTORY (APRIL 08)

1946: The League of Nations opened its final session in Geneva before being replaced       by the United Nations.

2002: Israeli troops open fire on Bethlehem's Church of Nativity after five-day stand-off     with Palestinian militants inside the building.

2003: A US tank fired a shell at the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad packed with foreign journalists, killing Taras Protsyuk, a cameraman from Reuters, and Jose Couso         from Spain's Tele 5.