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On December 15th in 1999 - Syria reopened peace talks with Israel in Washington, DC, with the mediation of U.S. President Clinton.
On December 15th in 2000 - The Chernobyl atomic power plant in Kiev, Ukraine, was shut down.
On December 15th in 2000 - New York Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed to accept an $8 million book deal with Simon & Schuster. The book was to be about her eight years in the White House. The advance was the highest ever to be paid to a member of the U.S. Congress.
On December 15th in 2001 - It was announced that Siena Heights University would begin offering a class called "Animated Philosophy and Religion." The two-credit class would cover how religion and philosophy are part of popular culture and is based on the television series "The Simpsons."
On December 15th in 2010 - The U.N. Security Council gave a vote of confidence to the government of Iraq when they lifted 19-year-old sanctions on weapons and civilian nuclear power.
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