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One of two deadliest earthqakes to ever hit India. It killes 19,727, and injures 166,000
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England had an internatinal event ( The Golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth the Second.) to mark the 50th year of monorachy.
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President Bush cut the stell tariffs after the WTO claimed the violated the trade laws. This brought maritime labor and buisness leaders together.
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Ending in a blood bath, the siege at North Ossetia (a school in Russia) killed 330, most of them children.
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A scientist from North Korea clamed to have found a way to clone human cells, however, his evidence was fabricated and the procedure did not work.
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Russia cuts off gas to the Ukraine because of a price dispute.
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Barrack Obama became the first black president in the U.S
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A sucide bomber killed 30 people who were mourning the death of a man killed in a car bomb. This attack was blamed on al-Queda.
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Iceland elects thier first female prime minister, she is also the the worlds 2nd openly gay natinal leader.
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Alberto wins his 3rd title in Tour de France.
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A 8.9 earthquake caused a tsunami in Japan. It was one of the largest ever recorded and it killed hundreds of people.
