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Ireland 's Roman Catholic and Protestant Boy Scouts organisations merge after nearly a century of division, in spite of efforts by the Roman Catholic Bishop s to block the merger.

State papers released under Britain's would not have lost her title and Civil List payments if she had married Group Captain Peter Townsend , a divorced War hero in the 1950s . {Link without Title} {Link without Title}

The Republic Of Ireland takes over the presidency of the European Union , succeeding Italy , whose presidency is widely criticised as having been a failure due to the collapse of efforts to adopt a European constitution. {Link without Title}

Montréal/Dorval International Airport is renamed Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport .

A British Airways flight from London to Washington, DC is canceled one day after the same flight is delayed for three hours on the Tarmac at Dulles International Airport for security screening. {Link without Title}

Comparing planned United States finger-printing and photographic security controls on travelers from Brazil and other nations to Nazi actions, a Brazilian judge orders the Fingerprinting of all arriving United States citizens in response. {Link without Title}

No Leap Second is added this year. This is the fifth year in a row without a leap-second after 28 years of adding leap-seconds to compensate for the slowing of the Earth's rotation. {Link without Title}

Haiti 's bicentennial celebrations erupt in violence. {Link without Title}