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| Apollo 11 |
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The Apollo 11 mission was the first human spaceflight to land on the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On...
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Surveyor 5 was the fifth lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon.
Surveyor 5 landed on Mare Tranquillitatis. A total of 19,049 images were transmitted to Earth.
The mission experienced a helium leak that could have resulted in...
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| 2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion |
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On May 16, 2008 a pipeline explosion occurred in the community of Ijegun, a suburb north of Lagos, Nigeria. The explosion took place after a bulldozer struck an oil pipeline. The Lagos police have stated that the explosion appears to be an accident,...
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| 2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion |
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On May 16, 2008 a pipeline explosion occurred in the community of Ijegun, a suburb north of Lagos, Nigeria. The explosion took place after a bulldozer struck an oil pipeline. The Lagos police have stated that the explosion appears to be an accident,...
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| 80th Academy Awards |
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The 80th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films in 2007 and was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m. EST, February 24, 2008 (01:30 February 25 UTC). During the ceremony, the...
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BBC | Sep 12, 2007 | ||||
| Pacers-Pistons brawl |
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The Pacers–Pistons brawl (colloquially known as The Malice at the Palace and The Basketbrawl) was an altercation that occurred in a National Basketball Association game between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers on November 19, 2004, at The...
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| 2006 Toronto International Film Festival |
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The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 7 to September 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, a film that "explores the history of the Inuit people through the...
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| Ghotki rail crash |
The Ghotki rail crash occurred on July 13, 2005, at around 3:40am local time (2240 July 12 UTC) in Ghotki, Pakistan. A train stopping at the Sarhad (a town near Ghotki) rail station was hit from behind by a train that missed a signal. The collision...
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| Mehrabpur train derailment |
The Mehrabpur train derailment was a fatal railway accident that occurred shortly after 02:00 local time on 19 December 2007 near the town of Mehrabpur in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
The train, "Karachi Express", was an express service from...
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| 2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster |
The Sunjiawan mine disaster (孙家湾矿难) was a mine disaster that occurred on February 14, 2005 in Fuxin city, Liaoning province, in the northeastern part of the People's Republic of China. Initial reports indicated that at least 214 coal miners were...
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| Pasta de Conchos mine disaster |
The Pasta de Conchos mine disaster occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. CST on February 19, 2006, after a methane explosion within a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, San Juan de Sabinas municipality, in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The mines were run...
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| Australian industrial relations legislation national day of protest, 2005 |
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A national day of protest was held in Australia on 15 November 2005, to protest against the industrial relations legislation being introduced by the government of Prime Minister John Howard. The day was organised by the Australian Council of Trade...
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| Delaware State University shooting |
The Delaware State University shooting occurred on September 21, 2007 when 18-year-old student Loyer D. Braden shot two 17-year-old Delaware State University students from the Washington, D.C. area.
Shalita Middleton, a victim of the shooting, died...
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| Red Lake High School massacre |
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The Red Lake massacre was an incident of spree killing that occurred in two places on the Red Lake reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota, United States. The first murders began on the morning of March 21, 2005, when 16-year-old Jeffrey Weise killed his...
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| Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster |
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The Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred on April 18, 2007, in Tieling, Liaoning Province, China. Thirty-two people were killed and six were injured when a ladle used to transport molten steel separated...
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| Shelly |
The M/V Shelly was an Israeli cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea on 30 August 2007 after a collision with the passenger vessel Salamis Glory. Two crew members were killed in the accident.
Although the Shelly was an Israeli-owned vessel,...
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| 2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak |
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The 2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak began in the spring of 2008 when hundreds of people throughout the United States fell ill after consuming contaminated food. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently believes that the contaminated...
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| 2007 United Kingdom letter bombs |
In the United Kingdom, a series of seven letter bombs were sent during January and February 2007 to various companies and agencies, all related in some way to DNA testing and road transport. Police said that some of the letters were hand written and...
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| 2005 Malawi food crisis |
The Malawi food crisis is an ongoing severe food security crisis affecting more than five million people in Malawi, especially in the south, caused by the failure to harvest sufficient staple maize due to a drought. Malawi produced just 1.25 million...
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| Sober |
The Sober worm is a family of computer worms that was discovered on October 24, 2003. Like many worms, Sober sends itself as an e-mail attachment.
The Sober worms must be unpacked and run by the user. Upon execution, Sober copies itself to one of...
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| 2005 Malawi food crisis |
The Malawi food crisis is an ongoing severe food security crisis affecting more than five million people in Malawi, especially in the south, caused by the failure to harvest sufficient staple maize due to a drought. Malawi produced just 1.25 million...
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Wikinews | Malawi appeals for further humanitarian aid | |||||
| 2007 Australian Grand Prix |
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The 2007 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXXII ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on March 18, 2007 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2007 Formula One season. The...
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| 2009 Daytona 500 |
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The 2009 Daytona 500, the fifty-first running of Daytona 500, was the first points-paying race to open the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The race was won by Matt Kenseth making a car numbered 17 winning the Daytona 500 for the first time in 20...
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2010 Camaro to pace Daytona 500 field | |||||
| Battle of South Mogadishu |
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The Battle of South Mogadishu occurred in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on February 24, 2009. A campaign fought as part of the War in Somalia (2009–), it left at least 87 people dead and 90 more injured during what the BBC described as "the...
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Fighting kills at least 13 in Somali capital | |||||
| Battle of South Mogadishu |
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The Battle of South Mogadishu occurred in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on February 24, 2009. A campaign fought as part of the War in Somalia (2009–), it left at least 87 people dead and 90 more injured during what the BBC described as "the...
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BBC | Mogadishu rocked by fierce battle | ||||
| 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt |
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The 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a Bangladeshi paramilitary force mainly associated with guarding the borders of the country. The headquarters of...
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The Daily Star | Hunt for BDR rebels kicks off | ||||
| গণকবরে ৩৮ সেনা কর্মকর্তার লাশ:তিন দিনের জাতীয় শোক, রাষ্ট্রীয় মর্যাদায় দাফন হবে, উদ্ধারকাজ এখনো চলছে | ||||||||
| 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt |
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The 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a Bangladeshi paramilitary force mainly associated with guarding the borders of the country. The headquarters of...
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BBC News | Bangladesh becomes battle zone | ||||
| 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt |
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The 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a Bangladeshi paramilitary force mainly associated with guarding the borders of the country. The headquarters of...
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The Daily Star | 72 officers still remain missing | ||||
| 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt |
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The 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a Bangladeshi paramilitary force mainly associated with guarding the borders of the country. The headquarters of...
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The Daily Star | Troops enter BDR HQ at PM's instruction: Sahara | ||||
| 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt |
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The 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a Bangladeshi paramilitary force mainly associated with guarding the borders of the country. The headquarters of...
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Reuters Group plc | Tanks deployed over Dhaka mutiny | ||||
| Passenger List | Feb 27, 2009 | |||||||
| Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 |
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Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 was a passenger flight which crashed near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, on 25 February 2009, killing nine passengers and crew including all three pilots.
The aircraft, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800,...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Boeing confirms three employees died on airliner: another hospitalized with serious injuries | Feb 27, 2009 | |||
| Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 |
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Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 was a passenger flight which crashed near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, on 25 February 2009, killing nine passengers and crew including all three pilots.
The aircraft, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800,...
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Nu.nl | Geen onervaren piloot in verongelukt toestel | Feb 26, 2009 | |||
| Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 |
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Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 was a passenger flight which crashed near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, on 25 February 2009, killing nine passengers and crew including all three pilots.
The aircraft, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800,...
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Deutsche Welle | Dutch investigators determine cause of Turkish airlines crash | Mar 5, 2009 | |||
| The Circus: Starring Britney Spears |
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The Circus Tour was a 2009 concert tour by Britney Spears in the US and UK.
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Brit only a modest hit | Mar 21, 2009 | ||||
| The Circus: Starring Britney Spears |
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The Circus Tour was a 2009 concert tour by Britney Spears in the US and UK.
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Britney Spears Fits Just About Everything Into First Circus Tour Stop | Mar 4, 2009 | ||||
| The Circus: Starring Britney Spears |
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The Circus Tour was a 2009 concert tour by Britney Spears in the US and UK.
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Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson concerts on same night | Mar 21, 2009 | ||||
| Winnenden school massacre |
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The Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at a secondary school in Winnenden, Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany, followed by a shootout at a car dealership in nearby Wendlingen. The shooting spree resulted in 16...
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War Tim K. in Therapie? | Mar 14, 2009 | ||||
| The Fame Ball Tour |
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The Fame Ball Tour is the 2009 world tour by American pop recording artist, Lady Gaga. It is also her first concert tour. The tour is to promote her first studio album, The Fame. North American shows began in March, followed by dates in Oceania and...
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Tribune Company | Lady Gaga delights | Mar 26, 2009 | |||
| The Fame Ball Tour |
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The Fame Ball Tour is the 2009 world tour by American pop recording artist, Lady Gaga. It is also her first concert tour. The tour is to promote her first studio album, The Fame. North American shows began in March, followed by dates in Oceania and...
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Lady Gaga: My Show Will Be Orgasmic | Mar 13, 2009 | ||||
| STS-119 |
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STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and...
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NASA | STS-119 MCC Status Report #05 | Mar 18, 2009 | |||
| STS-119 |
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STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and...
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NASA | STS-119 MCC Status Report #13 | Mar 21, 2009 | |||
| STS-119 |
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STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and...
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NASA | NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on March 11 | Mar 19, 2009 | |||
| 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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The 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was a tournament involving 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2008–09...
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ESPN | Louisville applies pressure in second half to cruise past Morehead State | Mar 31, 2009 | |||
| 2009 Oakland police shootings |
The 2009 shooting of Oakland police officers took place on Saturday, March 21, 2009, when four Oakland, California police officers were killed by a convicted felon wanted on a no-bail warrant for a parole violation. The convicted felon, Lovelle...
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Shooting ranks as one of deadliest in U.S. law enforcement in decades | Apr 5, 2009 | ||||
| 2009 Oakland police shootings |
The 2009 shooting of Oakland police officers took place on Saturday, March 21, 2009, when four Oakland, California police officers were killed by a convicted felon wanted on a no-bail warrant for a parole violation. The convicted felon, Lovelle...
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Las Vegas Sun | 3 officers killed in Pittsburgh shooting | Apr 6, 2009 | ||||
| 2009 Australian Grand Prix |
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The 2009 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXXIV ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on March 29, 2009 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2009 Formula One season. The...
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BBC | Toyota accept Trulli time penalty | Apr 1, 2009 | |||
| 2009 Australian Grand Prix |
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The 2009 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXXIV ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on March 29, 2009 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2009 Formula One season. The...
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News Corporation | Night GP a no no for Park | Apr 3, 2009 | |||
| 7 July 2005 London bombings |
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The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also known as 7/7, were a series of coordinated suicide attacks on London's public transport system during the morning rush hour. The bombings were carried out by four British Muslim men, three of Pakistani descent...
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BBC | Coming together as a city | Jul 15, 2005 | |||
| 11 December 2007 Algiers bombings |
There were two near simultaneous bombings in Algiers which occurred on 11 December 2007 when two car bombs exploded 10 minutes apart starting at around 9:30 a.m. local time, in the Algerian capital Algiers. The al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic...
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CNN | Rescuers search for bomb survivors | Dec 12, 2007 | ||||
| 11 December 2007 Algiers bombings |
There were two near simultaneous bombings in Algiers which occurred on 11 December 2007 when two car bombs exploded 10 minutes apart starting at around 9:30 a.m. local time, in the Algerian capital Algiers. The al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic...
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Xinhua News Agency | Chinese company sends mission to Algeria to mourn bombing victim | Dec 13, 2007 | ||||
| 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings |
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The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial...
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CTV television network | Mumbai Terror Death Toll At 200 | Jul 11, 2006 | |||
| 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings |
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The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial...
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The Indian Express | "Talks with Pak not on agenda now: India" | Jul 15, 2006 | |||
| 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings |
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The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial...
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NDTV | Serial blasts rock Mumbai, 172 killed | Jul 11, 2006 | |||
| 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings |
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The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial...
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The Indian Express | "Say your goodbyes outside the rly station: Laloo" | Jul 29, 2006 | |||
| 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings |
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The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial...
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The New York Times | 3 Arrested in Mumbai Train Bombings | Jul 21, 2006 | |||
| 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings |
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The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial...
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The Times of India | Tuesday terror: Six blasts rock Mumbai railway stations | Jul 10, 2006 | |||
| 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings |
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The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial...
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BBC News Online | Blasts rock Mumbai rail network | Jul 10, 2006 | |||
| 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings |
Two car bombs exploded in Baghdad, Iraq at 12:20 on February 12, 2007 in the Shorja market district, killing 76 people, and injuring 155-180.
The explosions set market stalls, shops, and an adjoining 7-storey building on fire, causing further...
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BBC News | Dozens killed in Baghdad bombings | Feb 12, 2007 | ||||
