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 Central Asia (73)
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 2002
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| Feb.7 |
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Atomic tests 'caused genetic damage' Radioactive fallout in the 1940s and 50s caused genetic mutations in people living near the test site
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| Apr.24 |
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 Space tourist lifts off The internet millionaire Mark Shuttleworth is headed for a 10-day trip at the International Space Station
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| May.12 |
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 Russian cosmodrome roof collapses| Part of the roof of space launch complex - Baikonur - has collapsed, injuring at least 8 people | |
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 Rescue team races to cosmodrome The Russian government has sent a specialist civil emergency team to the Baikonur to reach trapped people
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| May.13 |
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Space centre collapse kills six Rescuers have pulled out bodies from a mass of mangled beams after a hangar roof collapsed
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| Jun.3 |
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 India and Pakistan trade harsh words| The leaders of Pakistan and India have been blaming each other for the current military confrontation in Kashmir | |
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| Jun.4 |
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 Putin persists with Kashmir diplomacy Russian President has called on the leaders of Pakistan and India to act responsibly to pull their countries back from the brink of war
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 Vajpayee proposes joint Kashmir patrol| Indian Prime Minister has proposed that India should jointly monitor the Line of Control with longtime rival Pakistan | |
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| Oct.22 |
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Ship capsizes in Caspian Sea| The Mercury II was sailing from Kazakhstan to the Azeri capital, Baku, with 51 people on board | |
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| Oct.29 |
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3-man crew blasts off to Space Station| A manned Soyuz rocket blasted off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome | |
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