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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

Magnitude

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

Context: Gulf of Honduras, earthquake, magnitude

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, Secretary of State, U.S., U.S. President, West Bank

Chile

Former Chilean Army conscript Jos Adolfo Paredes Mrquez is charged with murdering activist-singer Vctor Jara during General Augusto Pinochet's coup d'tat in 1973.

Context: 1973, 1973 Chilean coup d'tat, Army, Augusto Pinochet, Chile, Vctor Jara, activist, conscript, 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, Madeleine McCann's disappearance, Police, West Yorkshire, 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