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Egyptian government turned off internet and cell phone service to try and silence protesters. The 4 main interenet providers went dark, cell phone service was suspended in some areas.
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Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25
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A 9.1 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the east coast of Japan killing 15,848 and 3926 went missing. Emergencies were declaired at 4 nuclear power plants after the earthquake.
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Fukushima disaster rated Level 7, same as Chernobyl. They tried to prevent four doomed nuclear reactors from causing a catastrophic meltdown.
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U.S. President Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden, founder and lkeader of Al-Quada was killed during an American military operation in Pakistan
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Conservitive Party wins 41st Federal Election
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Canada Post goes on strike
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Riots broke out in Vancouver afterafter the Vancouver Canucks lose game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Dutchess of Cambridge tour Canada
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Jury finds Casey Anthony "not guilty" of first-degree murder charges. The prosecution failed to prove that she actualy murdered her daughter.
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77 people were killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bombing in the Regjeringskvartalet government center in Oslo and a shotting at a political youth camp on the island of Utoya.
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Jack Layton, 61, leader of the NDP died of cancer
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Steve Jobs died.
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Moammar Gadhafi killed. He ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years before being killed.