| May 30, 2005 | - King Mswati III of Swaziland married his eleventh wife,
| Source:
BBC News
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| January 28, 2005 | -
Swaziland's King Mswati chose his thirteenth wife and sent her to South Africa for an AIDS test.
| Source:
BBC News
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| October 7, 2004 | -
Swaziland's police commissioner was detained for several hours in the Atlanta airport when he was traveling to the Interpol General Assembly in Mexico.
| Source:
New York Times
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| January 13, 2004 | - King Mswati III of Swaziland ordered nine palaces to be built for his wives, even though many people in his country are starving.
| Source:
Associated Press
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| December 14, 2003 | - Lightning struck a church in Swaziland and killed a priest, five children, and three others.
| Source:
News.com.au
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| May 31, 2003 | - King Mswati of Swaziland blamed the world's ills on women who wear pants.
| Source:
Australian Broadcasting Corp.
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| November 13, 2001 | - King Mswati III of Swaziland was fined one cow for violating his recent ban on having sex with minors after he chose a 17-year-old to be his ninth wife; 300 young women cast down their chastity belts and then speared, roasted, and ate the cow.
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| September 25, 2001 | - King Mswati of Swaziland imposed a five-year ban on having sex with teenage girls.
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| May 22, 2001 | -
Swaziland's
Guardian newspaper was shut down and its editor arrested, because the paper reported that the king was ill after being poisoned by one of his seven wives.
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| July 25, 2000 | - In a policy designed to combat the spread of AIDS, Swaziland banned miniskirts in the schools.
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