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{{*mp|December 31}} Six people are killed |
{{*mp|December 31}} Six people, including four people at a shopping mall, are killed during a '''[[Espoo shopping mall shooting|shooting spree]]''' in [[Espoo]], [[Finland]]. |
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{{*mp|December 30}} '''[[Abdurrahman Wahid]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[List of Presidents of Indonesia|President]] of [[Indonesia]] from 1999 to 2001, dies at the age of 69. |
{{*mp|December 30}} '''[[Abdurrahman Wahid]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[List of Presidents of Indonesia|President]] of [[Indonesia]] from 1999 to 2001, dies at the age of 69. |
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{{*mp|December 29}} At least 15 people are killed and more than 1,500 others arrested after '''[[2009 Ashura protests|major anti-government protests]]''' in [[Iran]]. |
{{*mp|December 29}} At least 15 people are killed and more than 1,500 others arrested after '''[[2009 Ashura protests|major anti-government protests]]''' in [[Iran]]. |
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Revision as of 00:43, 1 January 2010
- Six people, including four people at a shopping mall, are killed during a shooting spree in Espoo, Finland.
- Abdurrahman Wahid (pictured), President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001, dies at the age of 69.
- At least 15 people are killed and more than 1,500 others arrested after major anti-government protests in Iran.
- Despite requests from the British government for clemency, Akmal Shaikh, a British national, is executed in the People's Republic of China for trafficking heroin.
- The discovery of the tomb of Cao Cao, one of the leaders during the Three Kingdoms period of China, is announced.
- Thailand starts repatriating 4,000 Hmong asylum seekers to Laos, despite international protest.
- The Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, the world's fastest commercial train service, is opened in the People's Republic of China.
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