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2009 Never Sleep Again tour

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The 2009 Never Sleep Again tour was an American rock tour hosted by Ohio based band, Hawthorne Heights. The tour started on November 2, and lasted until December 20, making 44 stops around the USA.OverviewOn October 14, an e-mail about a nationwide 2009 tour was sent out to the H...

2009 New York City airplane scare

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The 2009 New York City airplane scare took place in New York City on the morning of April 27, 2009. A Boeing 747 followed by an F-16 military fighter jet flew low over the city and the Statue of Liberty. Although the planes were engaged in a photo-op, the citizens of New York had...

2009 Orlando shooting

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The 2009 Orlando shooting occurred on 6 November, 2009, in Orlando, Florida, United States. One person was killed and five others were injured. It occurred in an office building in Legions Place in Downtown Orlando. The shooter was apprehended at his mother's home about two hours...

2009 Shaanxi dog massacre

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In 2009, the government of Shaanxi Province in north central People's Republic of China (PRC) began killing dogs as part of a campaign to stop the spread of rabies in the region, caused by stray dogs attacking humans. In 2006 a similar massacre of 50,000 dogs in Mouding county, Y...

2009 Southeastern Conference football officiating controversy

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The Southeastern Conference 2009 college football season was particularly controversial. Many coaches have complained about the officiating, and the conference has had to alter the punishments for violations of some of the rules.GamesAlabama-LSUOn November 7, 2009, the LSU Tigers...

2009 Sulu kidnapping crisis

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The 2009 Sulu kidnapping crisis refers to the January 15, 2009 kidnapping of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) volunteers in Patikul, Sulu province, Philippines by the Abu Sayyaf.JanuaryThe three ICRC workers had finished conducting field work in Sulu province, loca...

2009 Tamil protests

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In 2009, numerous protests and demonstrations are taking place in several countries across the world containing Tamil diaspora urging national and world leaders and organizations to take action on halting the Sri Lankan Civil War, which has been taking place for over twenty-five ...

2009 Toronto blackout

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The 2009 Toronto blackout was a massive power outage that occurred in the southwest portion of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 15, 2009, at approximately 10:00 p.m. EST. The blackout affected 22,000 residential and business customers or 100,000 people and it was one of the l...

2009 UCLA throat slashing

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The 2009 UCLA throat slashing was an attack on a student at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Associated Press reports that "students and faculty at UCLA are stunned following a horrific attack in a campus chemistry lab in which a male student allegedly slashed the t...

2009 United Kingdom Cabinet reshuffle

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Following poor results for the Labour Party in the local elections in England on 4 June 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held a Cabinet reshuffle the following day.ChangesSecretary of State for Culture, Media and SportBen Bradshaw was appointed as Secretary of State for ...

2009 Workers Compensation Board of Alberta hostage crisis

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The 2009 Workers Compensation Board of Alberta hostage crisis also known as the 2009 WCB Alberta hostage crisis or the 2009 Edmonton hostage crisis was a hostage taking incident that took place in Edmonton, Alberta on October 21, 2009, over nine people were held hostage for more ...

2009-10 Cheshire Senior Cup

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1st Round Woodley Sports 4-1 Alsager TownWinsford United 2-3 Cammell LairdVauxhall Motors 4-3 Warrington TownStalybridge Celtic 1-2 Chester CityRuncorn Linnets 4-0 Congleton TownNorthwich Victoria 6-0 Cheadle TownNantwich Town 3-1 Hyde UnitedAltrincham 1-2 Witton Albion Quater Fi...

2010 (Li-Ron Choir album)

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2010 is the ninth album by Israeli Li-Ron Choir. It was released in Israel in February 2011.Track listing#"Wind" and "Winter Wind" - 1:32#"Rain Song" - 1:07#"The First Rain" - 0:50#"My Garden" and "In the Flower-bed" - 2...

2010 Ahmadi Martyrs

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On May 28, 2010, which many Ahmadis would look up to as the Khilafat Day (celebrating the success of the Promised Messiah), a tragedy occurred. In Lahore, Pakistan, two Ahmadi mosques were attacked. Many terrorists barged into the mosque and started firing. Basically, innocent yo...

2010 Antarctica helicopter crash

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The 2010 Antarctica helicopter crash was an incident which occurred on the 28 October, 2010 approximately 100 km from the French research base Dumont d'Urville Station. All 4 aboard the helicopter (1 pilot, 3 passengers) were killed. IncidentThe Eurocopter AS350 had taken off fro...

2010 Barack Obama visit to India

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U.S. President Barack Obama's 2010 visit to India took place from 6-9 November 2010. India was the first stop on a presidential trip that took Obama to Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan. Obama visited the cities of Mumbai and New Delhi. During the visit Obama addressed the Parlia...

2010 Bladon aeroplane crash

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The 2010 Bladon aeroplane crash was an aircraft crash that occurred on 15 January 2010, just after 1400GMT.LocationIt is believed that the aircraft was near Oxford Airport when the accident happened, and possibly approaching to land. The accident happened near the A4095 and A44, ...

2010 British Columbia avalanche

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The 2010 British Columbia avalanche or Revelstoke avalanche occurred on March 13, 2010, at around 3:30 pm PST (23:30 UTC) on Boulder Mountain, near Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. While police initially reported three deaths, on March 14, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police c...

2010 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game

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The 2010 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game featured the North Carolina Tar Heels, of the ACC, and the LSU Tigers, of the SEC, on September 4, 2010. The game took place in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Dome. In the 2009 edition, Alabama defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies 34-24. Both teams...

2010 Connecticut workplace shooting

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On August 3, 2010 a workplace shooting took place in Manchester, Connecticut, United States, which left nine people dead including the shooter. Allegedly, a former employee Omar Thornton shot and killed eight people before turning the gun on himself. The events Thornton, 34, was ...

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