BITS OF HISTORY (NOVEMBER 23)
1996: A hijacked Ethiopian Airlines with 163 passengers crashed into the sea off the Comoro Islands; 125 people died.
2001: The UN war crimes tribunal charged former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic with genocide.
2005: Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became the first woman to be elected head of state of an African country.
2011: Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to step down from 33 years in power following 10 months of protests against his rule.
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