2009 in pictures

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The King of Pop dead at 50

The GFC grips the world

Barcelona - Kings of Europe

Kanye West makes a cunt out of himself at the MTV VMA's

 

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The Tamil Tigers are defeated in Sri Lanka, May 2009.

Soldiers patrol the streets of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in the midst of a bloody drug war. Ongoing, 2009

Riots in Iran following allegations of rigged elections

 

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H1N1 epidemic confirmed in Japan

Senator Ted Kennedy, last of a generation of influential brothers, eulogized

Mourning at Fort Hood after the massacre

 

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Approximately a year after Lehman Brothers collapse, Obama offers reassurance and strict regulations to Wall Street in New York

The Lockerbie bomber released from Scotland gaol, sending shockwaves of anger through the US

America's First Black President inaugurated

 

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Australia's Deadliest Ever Bushfire

A plane miraculously lands in the Hudson River, escaping tragedy over New York City

Patrick Swayze dies