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Article: This month in history.(Compass 06/2009: News and views from around the world)
- Article from:
- The Middle East
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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1964
On 12 June 1964, Nelson Mandela, the leader of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa was jailed for life for sabotage. Mandela--a lawyer by training--told the court: "I do not deny that ! planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites."
1967
On 10 June 1967, Israel ended its six-day war with Egypt in observation of a UN ceasefire, and halted their advance on Syria. During the course of the ...