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Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Ras
The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy A
The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy A
In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers
At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar
Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia
The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and…
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military…
An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85…
Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
An American soldier in Iraq opens fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, killing five other US soldiers
The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides
North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, buildi
An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan