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On May 4, 1987, the U.S. House and Senate Committee began three months of hearings into the Iran-Contra affair, which involved the secret sale of American arms to Iran with some of the proceeds going to Contra rebels seeking to overthrow the Nicaraguan government.
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On May 7, 2001, Ronnie Biggs, one of the “Great Train Robbers” who managed to elude capture and settled in Brazil following his prison …