* Former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik has criticized IKEA for not depicting women assembling furniture in its instruction booklets, despite the fact that many sets of instructions do, in fact, show women.

* 1976 – Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.

Former minister and MP Marwan Hamadeh, who survived a similar car bomb attack on October 1, 2004, said " I accuse this government of incitement, negligence and shortcomings at the least, and of covering up its planning at the most ... if not executing ".

Former Prime Minister John Turner, who as a child knew Bennett while he was prime minister, praised Bennett's promotion of Turner's economist mother to the highest civil service post held by a Canadian woman to that time.

Former Prime Minister Edward Natapei became interim prime minister until a new leader could be elected.

* Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at an election rally in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007, by a bomb blast.

* February 12 – Former foreign minister Emilio Castelar becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic.

* Wang Meng, prime minister of the Former Qin ( d. 375 )

* Wang Meng, prime minister of the Former Qin ( b. 325 )

Former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme is an important proponent of democratic socialism.

* Arturo Parisi, Former minister of Difesa and member of Margherita

Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion succeeded Lavon as minister of defense.

Former minister Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink ( VVD ) has been the mayor of Almere since 16 August 2003.

Former Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende started his political career as member of the council for Amstelveen.

* BBC -- Former Tory minister Profumo dies

Former prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa ordered Japanese government agencies to reduce the rate of employees who had attended the university's law faculty to below 50 percent due to concerns about diversity in the bureaucracy.

* Victor D. Norman – Former minister of labor and administration and professor of economy at NHH.

* AP: " Former Norway prime minister Korvald dies " ( in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4 July 2006 )

* Former Social Democratic and Labour Party minister in Northern Ireland and deputy SDLP leader, Bríd Rodgers

* Knut Vollebæk — Former Foreign minister of Norway

File: Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12088, Bernhard Dernburg. jpg | Former DDP minister Bernhard Dernburg in 1931

Former prime minister Vilson Ahmeti is placed under house arrest, following charges of corruption.

Former celebrated local artist, John Kynnersley Kirby, a painter of many local scenes and characters in the early 20th century, once used the interior of the Star for a painting entitled ‘ The Slate Club Secretary ’.

Former CSO President Henry Fogel, at whose behest more than 50 percent of Burnham's original interior was lost forever, admitted that the revised acoustics of the auditorium are flawed, and brought in acoustician Russel Johnson to render a second opinion.

Former interior, c. 1935

Former interior minister Nicola Mancino later said this was not true.

to have them placed on an interior wall of the Former East Flamborough Township Hall.

Former CEDA Parliamentary Deputy Ramon Ruiz Alonso arrested García Lorca at the Rosales ' home, and was the one responsible for the original denunciation that led to the arrest warrant being issued.

" Former President Alfonsín endorsed Ruiz Guiñazú's opinion and claimed that the addition of the prologue " shows a dangerous tendency to re-invent history ".

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ( who was famously mistaken for a " recent American immigrant " by French President Nicolas Sarkozy ), said " descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that.

Former colonial governors of Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward, as well as the Reverend Isaac Backus and the Reverend Samuel Stillman, were among those who played an instrumental role in Brown's foundation and later became American revolutionaries.

Former Georgia Tech provost Jean-Lou Chameau became the eighth president of Caltech on September 1, 2006, replacing David Baltimore who had served since 1997.

Former Browns QB Otto Graham ( left, with head coach Paul Brown ), who led the Browns to 4 AAFC and 3 NFL Championships, and is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member. While the championship losses sowed bitterness among Cleveland fans who had grown accustomed to winning, the team continued to make progress.

Former Browns RB Jim Brown, who was a prominent member of the 1964 NFL Championship team, the team's all-time leader in rushing yards, and a Pro Football Hall of Fame member.

Former Indians 1B and later manager Mike Hargrove, who won 5 American League Central Division | A. L.

The oldest confirmed written mention of dominoes in China comes from the Former Events in Wulin ( i. e. the capital Hangzhou ) written by the Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 – 1368 ) author Zhou Mi ( 1232 – 1298 ), who listed " pupai " ( gambling plaques or dominoes ) as well as dice as items sold by peddlers during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song ( r. 1162 – 1189 ).

Former Weismann performers at the reunion include Max and Stella Deems, who lost their radio jobs and became store owners in Miami ; Solange La Fitte, a coquette, who is still vibrant three decades later ; Hattie Walker, who has outlived five younger husbands ; Vincent and Vanessa, former dancers who now own an Arthur Murray franchise ; Heidi Schiller, for whom Franz Lehár once wrote a waltz ( or was it Oscar Straus?

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was working on Japan's economic revival, signed a treaty with Saudi Arabia and UAE about the rising prices of oil.

Former England and Surrey captain Percy Fender was one who noticed, and the incident was much discussed by cricketers.

Former Australian Test player, Bruce Yardley, who himself was an off spinner in his day, was assigned with the task of ensuring Muralitharan bowled all his deliveries with the same vigour as he would do so in match conditions when tested in 2004.

Former punishments were lessened, and the death penalty was limited to those who were " proved to have entered into a compact with the devil, and to have committed homicide with his assistance " ( CE ).

Former U. S. Senator George Mitchell, who prepared the report, stated that he relayed the allegations to each athlete implicated in the report and gave them a chance to respond before his findings were published.

The Deuteronomistic Historians, who redacted the Former Prophets ( Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings ), idealized Samuel as a figure who is larger than life like Joshua.

* Eric Walker: Former aerospace engineer turned baseball writer, who played an important part in the early acceptance of sabermetrics within the Oakland Athletics organization.

Former Ohio Governor and U. S. Surveyor General Edward Tiffin who commissioned the Harris Line survey.

Former United States President John Quincy Adams, who at the time represented Massachusetts in Congress, backed Michigan's claim.

Former United States Navy Commander Matthew Maury, who served as a commander in the Confederate Navy, worked on the development of an underwater electrical mine.