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One World Trade Center (pictured) in New York City, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was topped out at a
Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in th
Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in th
Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption
Unknown perpetrators carried out a series of four bombings in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak
Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, killing 55 people
Former Liberia president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during
Former Liberia president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during
The Conservative Party of Canada won enough seats in the federal election to establish their first majority government
Two bomb explosions in Charsadda District, Pakistan, killed 98 people and wounded 140 others
Residents of Portland, Oregon, held a rally called Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an attack against a gay couple
Residents of Portland, Oregon, held a rally called Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an attack against a gay couple
Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed into law the controversial anti–illegal immigration bill SB 1070, much of which was l
Faisal Shahzad attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, New York City, but it failed to explode
A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that today's humans have Neanderthal ancestors
David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the
David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the
Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a c