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NOV 9 · 1989
IllustrationOn the night of November 9, 2005, suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan. About sixty people were killed, many of them at a wedding reception. Al-Qaeda in Iraq said it carried out the attacks.
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A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.
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