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64th Masters Golf Championship was held.
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In Ghana, stampede during football game kills up to 120 observers.
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Mount Nyiragongo erupts displacing 400,000 people.
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Rock musician Pete Townshend from the Who gets arrested for owning odd pictures of children.
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European political party organization called European Greens is held.
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Two trains crash killing 11 passengers and injuring 200.
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Sydney gets its highest heat record on New Year’s Day!
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Gunman opens fire in Trolley Square Mall and kills 5 citizens.
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Georgia invades Russia.
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61 die in Nightclub fire.
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Suicide car bomb found at volleyball tournament and kills 105 people.
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Attempted assassination of congresswoman in Arizona.