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| ;Armed conflicts and attacks | |||
| *The ] military claim to have killed ] leader ], ] ], a leader of ], and Singaporean Abdullah Ali. | |||
| *Six kidnapped aid workers are released in ]. | |||
| *The ] sends 4,000 soldiers to ] state as a result of recent violence. | |||
| ;Disasters | |||
| *The ferry {{MV|Rabaul Queen}} sinks off the coast of ] near the ], with an estimated 350 people on board. Nearby commercial ships rescue 238 people from the sea. | |||
| *More than 110 people are killed across ] as a result of a ]. | |||
| *Australian floods: | |||
| **Thousands of residents of ]n towns ] and ], ] are warned to prepare to evacuate as a result of heavy rain. | |||
| **A disaster is declared in the ] town of ] with the ] expected to reach a peak of 9 metres. | |||
| ;International relations | |||
| *The ] asks for assistance from ] to obtain the release of 29 ] workers held captive in ] for five days. | |||
| ;Law and crime | |||
| *Corruption charges against former ] ] are dropped. | |||
| *The ] cancels 122 ] licences granted in the 2008 sale at the centre of a corruption scandal involving former minister ]. | |||
| *A ] appeals court upholds a 2009 conviction of the ] on ] charges. | |||
| *]ian comedian ] is sentenced to three months in prison for ]. () | |||
| ;Politics | |||
| *The ] ] calls an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss the ] which resulted in at least 74 deaths. | |||
| *Voters in ] go the polls for a ]. | |||
| *] arrives in the ] for a tour of duty as a ] ] pilot. His deployment comes at a time of high tension between the ] and ] over the ]. | |||
| ;Sports | |||
| *] of the ] becomes just the thirteenth ] player in history to record 8 points in one game, doing so against the ]. It is the first time the feat is attained since 1989. | |||
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in 1989 the vietnam war started.