January

I call on my children, especially the anti- balaka [Christian militias], to put down their arms and stop all the fighting. Catherine Samba-Panza after her election as interim president of the Central African Republic, January 20

January


Latvia officially adopts the euro as its currency, becoming the 18th member of the euro zone and the first new member since Estonia joined in 2011. In the U.S. the Affordable Care Act goes into effect, greatly increasing the number of Americans who...

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