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What happend on January 1st 2007

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Australia's Justin Langer retires

Monday 1st of January 2007, 2:21
related countries: Aruba Aruba

Batsman Justin Langer becomes the latest Australian to announce his retirement from Test cricket.
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Bangkok blasts leave three dead

Monday 1st of January 2007, 5:15
related countries: Thailand Thailand
related places: Bangkok

A series of New Year's Eve blasts in the Thai capital kills three people and injures about 30, including foreigners.
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Thai PM blames rivals for blasts

Monday 1st of January 2007, 7:23
related countries: Thailand Thailand
related places: Bangkok

Thai PM Surayud Chulanont blames ousted politicians for blasts in Bangkok that killed three and injured 38.
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Race to save Java ferry survivors

Monday 1st of January 2007, 7:47
related countries: Indonesia Indonesia

Rescuers keep up the search for about 400 people missing after an Indonesian ferry sank off the Java coast.
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Romania and Bulgaria join the EU

Monday 1st of January 2007, 7:48
related countries: Romania Romania, Bulgaria Bulgaria

Bulgaria and Romania celebrate their entry into the European Union, 17 years after the fall of Communism.
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Somali militia abandon stronghold

Monday 1st of January 2007, 8:34
related countries: Ethiopia Ethiopia, Somalia Somalia

Somali Islamists flee their last major stronghold as Ethiopian and Somali government troops close in on Kismayo.
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Ex-communist Slovenia joins euro

Monday 1st of January 2007, 9:09
related countries: Slovenia Slovenia

Slovenia becomes Europe's first former communist country to adopt the euro as its currency.
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India finishes controversial dam

Monday 1st of January 2007, 9:15
related countries: India India

India completes construction of a controversial dam, nearly two decades after it launched the project.
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Two killed in Kashmir gun battle

Monday 1st of January 2007, 10:44
related countries: India India
related places: Srinagar

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir say soldiers have killed two militants in a clash near Srinagar.
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Nurse tells of 'gardener' Saddam

Monday 1st of January 2007, 10:52
related countries: United States United States

Saddam Hussein watered weeds and saved bread for birds during his captivity, a US army nurse says.
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Japan birth rate shows rare rise

Monday 1st of January 2007, 11:07
related countries: Japan Japan

Japan's birth rate rises for the first time in six years, statistics show, but the overall trend is downwards.
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Crowd protests at India murders

Monday 1st of January 2007, 12:04
related countries: India India
related places: Delhi

Angry crowds, protesting against the disappearance and killing of several children, fight with police in a Delhi suburb.
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Ban Ki-moon takes over at UN

Monday 1st of January 2007, 12:51
related countries: South Korea South Korea

South Korea's Ban Ki-moon begins his position as secretary general of the United Nations.
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Somali Islamic stronghold falls

Monday 1st of January 2007, 13:14
related countries: Ethiopia Ethiopia, Somalia Somalia

Somali Islamists flee their last major stronghold as Ethiopian-backed government troops claim the port of Kismayo.
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EU welcomes Romania and Bulgaria

Monday 1st of January 2007, 13:59
related countries: Romania Romania, Bulgaria Bulgaria

Romanians and Bulgarians mark their first day as EU citizens, 17 years after the fall of communism.
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Indonesia hunts for missing plane

Monday 1st of January 2007, 17:10
related countries: Indonesia Indonesia

Indonesia pinpoints two possible locations for a plane that may have crashed near Sulawesi, with 102 aboard.
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Tension flares over Gaza kidnaps

Monday 1st of January 2007, 21:07
related countries: Gaza Strip Gaza Strip

Rival Palestinian militants seize gunmen from each other's group as tensions flare in the Gaza Strip.
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