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- World War I (18 articles)
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- ".asia" domain applications near 300,000 on opening of registration
- "Living fossil" found in Laos
- "Low pathogenic" H5N1 Bird Flu virus found in wild ducks in Maryland and Pennsylvania
- "No H5N1 virus" found in blood tests of suspected human Bird Flu cluster
- "The Simpsons Movie" hits theatres July 2007
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- 10 billionth song downloaded from Apple's iTunes Store
- 10 billionth update placed on social networking website Twitter
- 100 turn out in Orlando, Florida for "Anonymous" protest against Church of Scientology
- 1000 homes evacuated in Plymouth, England, after bomb find
- 13 killed in U.S. air strike in Pakistan
- 13 U.S. soldiers killed in helicopter crash
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- 20 tons of cocaine seized by US Coast Guard
- 20 wounded in explosion at Philippine karaoke bar
- 20,000 South Koreans take to the streets to protest APEC
- 2005 World Social Forum in Porto Alegre
- 2006 Olympic Winter Games open in Italy
- 2007 Darwin Award winners announced
- 2007 was particularly good year for aviation safety
- 24 error messages sent by Flight 447
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- Actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71
- African nations gather to support a ban on cluster bombs
- Agriculture Department investigating possible U.S. case of mad cow disease
- AIDS Conference: Clinton and Gates defend Bush program
- Al Jazeera announces English-language channel for 2006
- Al Jazeera English news channel to go live today
- Al-Qaeda releases new videotape
- Al-Qaeda says another bin Laden tape to be released
- Al-Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri appears in new videotape
- Aljazeera airs new audiotape by Osama bin Laden
- America's atomic bombing commemoration held in Hiroshima
- American hostage Tom Fox found dead in Iraq
- American tennis player Andre Agassi retires
- American-born terrorist gets 24 years
- Amsterdam pet shop owner creates beer for dogs
- Ancestors of humans learned to walk in trees, study says
- Anfield Memorial Service 20 years after Hillsbrough Disaster
- Annual Perseids meteor shower visible in northern hemisphere
- APEC 2005 wraps up
- Template:APEC2005
- Apes and birds are able to plan ahead: psychologists
- Apple announces two billionth download from App Store
- Atlantis launched, heads for International Space Station
- Audiotape of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden surfaces on Internet
- Australian government says technology could reduce emissions three times more than Kyoto
- Australian Labor Party announces new Climate Change Policy
- Australian report shows emissions increase "more than doubled since the 1990s"
- Avian Flu is confirmed in Egypt
- Ayman al-Zawahiri warns: Israel will "pay the price" for attacking muslims
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- Baby in California born with 12 functioning fingers and toes, in a rare case of polydactylism
- Bali climate change conference begins
- Ban Ki-moon leads contest for next UN Secretary-General: Poll
- Banned film 'The Profit' appears on Web
- Barcelona defeat Manchester United in 2009 Champions League Final
- BC design club president comments on Olympic mascots; sales brisk
- Belgian king swears in PM Van Rompuy, cabinet
- Benazir Bhutto receives Irish peace prize
- Bigger than Pluto, possible 10th planet found
- Biological Encyclopedia website too popular on first day, crashes
- Bird Flu found in Africa
- Bird flu may infect 20 percent of world's population, kill millions
- Bob Barker to retire as host of U.S. gameshow The Price Is Right
- Bolivia's Evo Morales wins referendum on a new leftist constitution
- Bomb threat that diverted Ryanair jetliner reportedly a hoax
- Boris Yeltsin, former president of Russia, dies at 76
- Brain chemical Serotonin behind locusts’ swarming instinct
- Britain to replace Trident nuclear missile system
- British navy personnel back home
- British report says the U.K. is preparing 'mass graves' for humans if Bird Flu mutates
- British scientists claim 2005 warmest yet in Northern Hemisphere
- Britney Spears fired by management company
- Britney Spears to divorce husband Kevin Federline
- Broadcasters push for new layer of intellectual monopoly at WIPO
- Brown promises Britain will lead world in fight against climate change
- Browser wars: Internet Explorer drops below 90 percent in the U.S. but Firefox gains slow
- Buffalo, NY magazine to publish Prophet Muhammad cartoons
- Bush pressured Israel to seize Chinese aircraft
- Bush speaks of goals for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, decries calls for timetable
- Businesses and individuals worldwide to turn lights off as part of Earth Hour 2009
- Businesses and individuals worldwide turn lights off as part of Earth Hour 2008
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- C-5 Galaxy military cargo plane crashes at Dover Air Force Base
- Cabinet to discuss UK nuclear deterrent for the first time tomorrow
- Cadillac unveils Obama's 'Beast', the 2009 Presidential State Car
- California's violent video game ban law ruled unconstitutional by US Court of Appeals
- Calls for "critical breakthrough" in the opening speeches of Climate Conference in Bali
- Canada confirms fifth case of Mad Cow Disease
- Canadian nuclear reactor shutdown causes worldwide medical isotope shortage
- Canadian PM Harper makes speech at UN in New York
- Canadian PM: Liberal leadership hopefuls 'anti-Israeli'
- Canadian trio claim South Pole record for trans-Antarctic trip
- Captors release American journalist Jill Carroll
- Cats could play significant role in transmitting bird flu to humans, say Dutch researchers
- Caught in Thailand for e-mail threats to Tesco, Briton issues apology
- Chief of World Health Organization dies
- Child pornography case against John Mark Karr dropped
- China Airlines plane catches fire at Japanese airport
- Chinese police seal off monastery in Tibet
- Chinese Wikipedia publishes 100,000th article
- Chinese yuan revalued against dollar
- Church of Scientology: '"Anonymous' will be stopped"
- Cindy Sheehan urges Canada to welcome U.S. deserters
- Class action launched by Australian bushfire survivors against SP AusNet
- Climate change threatens world's poorest says Oxfam
- Climate conference in Bali begins on Monday
- Conspirator of USS Cole attack freed from prison
- Contaminated pet food causes massive recall
- Continuing civil unrest in Iran fueled by election tensions, soccer victory
- Convoy attacked in Iraq, 5 kidnapped
- Copenhagen climate conference opens
- Court papers filed on behalf of God respond to lawsuit by Nebraska Senator
- Crude oil passes US$94.00 a barrel; sets new all-time record high
- Cuba asks to re-open negotiations with United States
- Custody of Saddam Hussein given to Iraq, to be executed 'today or tomorrow'
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- David S. Touretzky discusses Scientology, Anonymous and Tom Cruise
- Day 6 Results - Olympic Winter Games
- Deadliest Year Ever for Journalists?
- Deadline to release Muslim prisoners passes, Gaza-held journalists released
- Deadly forest fire in Spain claims lives of firefighters
- Death of Michael Jackson causes last minute changes to films and dramas
- Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal
- Demand for biofuel irrigation worsens global water crisis
- Department of Defense releases 9/11 video of plane hitting Pentagon
- Details emerge of Honda's withdrawal from Formula One
- Developing nations bring technology transfer on agenda against resistance of Canada, Japan and US
- Dharam Singh steps down as Karnataka Chief Minister
- DHS video confirms details of leaked internal memo on al-Qaeda threat, and more
- Distributed computing climate change model gives bleak results
- Doha round of trade talks suspended after negotiations fail
- Drug-resistant flu rising, says WHO
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- Earth Day 2009 celebrated around the globe
- Earthquake in China kills three, injures hundreds
- Economic opportunities for women still lagging: World Bank and OECD
- Egyptian official states Al-Qaeda explosives expert killed in airstrike
- Election of new 7 wonders of the world: deadline approaching
- English Football: Manchester United clinch Premier League title
- English Football: Roundup for April 25, 2009
- English Football: Roundup for Easter weekend
- Environmentalists: "Turn everything off!" on February 1st
- Erosion influences Nigerian climate policy
- EU adopts renewable energy measures
- EU cuts sugar subsidies
- EU, US declare intent to cooperate on climate change at summit
- European telescope searches for planets
- European Union calls for release of British crewmen in Iran
- European Union gives Iran two more weeks to comply with UN resolution
- Explosion rocks Jama Masjid in India
- Explosions rock 'Green Zone' inside Baghdad
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- Facebook reaches 500 million users
- Failings identified in response to Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel
- Fans of OS/2 want IBM to release it as open-source software
- Farmers clash amidst high security at APEC summit in South Korea
- FBI's covert "Operation Site Down" targets top international warez and piracy sites
- FDA warning on Honduran cantaloupes after salmonella outbreaks
- Federal judge rules warrantless wiretaps illegal
- FIA lays out cost cutting measures for Formula One
- Fifty killed in commuter plane crash in Clarence Center, New York
- Final Harry Potter book goes on sale
- First Guantánamo Bay prisoner sentenced
- First person infected with Bird Flu in China has clean bill of health
- Five members of US patrol killed; Three missing in Iraq
- Five South Korean workers kidnapped from Nigerian natural gas facility
- Five tourists die in car crash in South African park
- Forget driving to the Olympics, says Beijing
- Former Austrian President Kurt Waldheim dies at 88
- Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic found dead in his cell
- Formula One set to see standardised engines
- Founder of Amnesty International dies, aged 83
- French newspaper suggests Osama bin Laden may be dead
- Full lunar eclipse due on March 3, 2007
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- G20 Summit plans to inject US$5tn into economy before 2011
- G8 leaders set new emissions target
- G8 reaches deal on African aid for health issues
- Galloway and Pasqua deny any wrongdoing on their part in the oil-for-food program
- Gates pledges $600 million for Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis
- Gay not an option on MySpace profiles
- Gerald Ford oldest living US President ever
- German court upholds surveillance of Scientology
- Gibson has given his first interview since anti-Semitic rant
- Global economy could lose up to 51 million jobs this year, says UN agency
- Global stock markets plunge
- Globalization and trade deficit are connected says Greenspan
- Google News seeks patent for search system that returns ‘quality’ links
- Google suffers DNS outage
- Greenland assumes self rule Sunday