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| | | The Large Hadron Collider, at Cern in Switzerland, begins accelerating protons round a 17-mile circular tunnel | |
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| 2008 |
| | | The Hadron Collider at Cern has to be halted when a serious fault develops, leading to a predicted six-month delay in the programme | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Thabo Mbeki resigns as President of South Africa, after losing the support of his party, the African National Congress | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Kgalema Motlanthe is elected temporary President of the Republic of South Africa after the resignation of Mbeki | |
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| 2008 |
| | | The Dow Jones index suffers its largest one-day fall (777 points) when the US House of Representatives rejects President Bush's emergency package | |
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| 2008 |
| | | In the face of a major financial crisis the Icelandic government takes control of the country's three largest banks | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Democratic candidate Barack Obama defeats John McCain to become the first African-American to be elected President of the USA | |
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| 2008 |
| | | A series of terrorist attacks on several targets in Mumbai result in nearly 200 deaths | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Israel begins an intense series of airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets launched by Hamas | |
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| 2009 January 3 |
| | | Israel escalates its war against Hamas by launching a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip | |
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