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1996
 
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The Taliban hang ex-president Najibullah and his brother at Kabul's major traffic intersection       
1996
 
     
Irish author Marina Carr's play Portia Coughlin is performed at the Abbey Theatre        
1996
 
    
A fatal variant CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease) is first identified in Britain, linked to BSE but capable of infecting humans       
1996
 
    
Bill Clinton wins re-election as US president, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole       
1996
 
   
Benazir Bhutto is dismissed from government in Pakistan for a second time, again on corruption charges      
1996
 
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The guerrilla groups in Guatemala sign a treaty which provides for them to become a recognized political party     
1996
 
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Tupac Amaru guerrillas take 460 guests hostage at the Japanese ambassador's Christmas party in Lima, Peru      
1996
 
    
Dolly the Sheep is cloned in an epoch-making experiment at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh       
Reflections on cloning
Wellcome Library, London
1997
 
 
James Cameron directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Wiinslet in the film Titanic, based on the 1912 disaster    
1997
 
    
Deng Xiaoping dies and is succeeded by Jiang Zemin as China's leader