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2009-05-28

Scientist

Scientists claim the "long-tailed dinosaur" had the capacity to hold its cranium at a height in a giraffe-like manner.

LONDON - Ever since palaeontologists pieced together the many bones of lumbering sauropods they have argued about how these largest of dinosaurs would have held their immensely long - New Zealand Herald

U.S.

The United States and South Korea increase their alert states after North Korea renounces the armistice that halted the Korean War in 1953.

Context: Korean War, North Korea, South Korea, U.S., alert state, armistice

Bomb

Two bombs kill eight people and injure 74 others in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Context: Pakistan, Peshawar, War in North-West Pakistan, bomb

MMS

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Honduras.

Context: Gulf of Honduras, MMS, earthquake

U.S.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaffirms President Barack Obama's demand that Israel halt settlement in the West Bank.

Context: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Israeli settlement, U.S., U.S. President, United States Secretary of State, West Bank

Chile

Former Chilean Army conscript José Adolfo Paredes Márquez is charged with murdering activist-singer Víctor Jara during General Augusto Pinochet's coup d'état in 1973.

Context: 1973, 1973 Chilean coup d'état, Army, Augusto Pinochet, Chile, Víctor Jara, activist, conscription, general, murder, singer

Person of interest

Raymond Hewlett, a person of interest in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, gives the West Yorkshire Police a DNA sample for testing.

Context: DNA, DNA profiling, Police, West Yorkshire, disappearance of Madeleine McCann, person of interest

Bus

Sixteen people are killed and more than 20 injured when a bus crashes near Yambol, Bulgaria.

Context: Bulgaria, Yambol, bus, crashes

General Motors

General Motors asks Germany to indebt its subsidiary automakers Opel and Vauxhall Motors.

Context: General Motors, Germany, Opel, Vauxhall Motors, automakers, indebt, subsidiary