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{{*mp|December 31}} '''[[Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant]]''' in [[Lithuania]], the only [[RBMK|Chernobyl-type]] [[Nuclear power|nuclear power station]] in the [[European Union]], is shut down after 22 years service. |
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{{*mp|December 31}} Six people, including four people at a shopping mall, are killed during a '''[[Sello mall shooting|shooting spree]]''' in [[Espoo]], [[Finland]]. |
{{*mp|December 31}} Six people, including four people at a shopping mall, are killed during a '''[[Sello 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}} Despite requests from the British government for [[clemency]], '''[[Akmal Shaikh]]''', a [[United Kingdom national|British national]], is executed in the [[People's Republic of China]] for [[Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China|trafficking]] [[heroin]]. |
{{*mp|December 29}} Despite requests from the British government for [[clemency]], '''[[Akmal Shaikh]]''', a [[United Kingdom national|British national]], is executed in the [[People's Republic of China]] for [[Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China|trafficking]] [[heroin]]. |
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{{*mp|December 27}} The discovery of the tomb of '''[[Cao Cao]]''', one of the leaders during the [[Three Kingdoms]] period of [[China]], is announced. |
{{*mp|December 27}} The discovery of the tomb of '''[[Cao Cao]]''', one of the leaders during the [[Three Kingdoms]] period of [[China]], is announced. |
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{{*mp|December 27}} [[Thailand]] starts repatriating 4,000 '''[[Hmong people|Hmong]]''' [[asylum seeker]]s to [[Laos]], despite international protest. |
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Revision as of 06:23, 1 January 2010
- Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania, the only Chernobyl-type nuclear power station in the European Union, is shut down after 22 years service.
- 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.
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