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This earthquake measered a 7.9 in severness. The construction cost more than 2.1 billion U.S. dollars. This was the most severe earthquake in India since the 8 magnitude earthquake in 1950
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The Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with US president George W. Bush about nuclear diarment a stratigic partnership. This is a start of Russia forming a alliance with U.S.A.
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China sends the Shenzhou 5 into space, becoming the 3rd country to send a man into space. The spacecraft lauched about 9:00 a.m. in the Gobi desert
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NASA sends 2 rovers of on June 10 and July 7, and they reached mars on January 3 and January 24. This the first geological study of another planet.
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Hurricane Kantrina's hardest hit was on New Orleans. It hit florda on Aug. 24. About 1,836 people died over its course.
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After months o testing, North Korea gives a warning for its nuclear descoveries. The United Nations are not very happy.
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In Iraq, it was the second deadliest year since the US-led invasion in 2003.
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Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. He is a Democrat and is the 44th president of the USA.
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This bombing kills 101 and injures 565 others. The Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000. It destroyed the majority of the capital Port-au-Princev.
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This was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak. It killed at least 300 people.
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Two men raided the Museum of the History of the Olympic Games. Approximately 70 artifacts are taken.
