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A massive rescue operation was launched in Mexico’s southern state of Tabasco after rains caused the worst flooding there in more than 50 years, displacing more than a million people. ( 02/11/07)

The leaning towers of the new China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters in Beijing near their full height of 230m (755ft). The towers will be connected in the coming months.

The mummy of Egypt’s most famous ancient ruler, King Tutankhamun, has been put on public display for the first time inside his tomb complex in the Valley of the Kings. ( 04/11/07)

China begins world-record wheel

China has started to build what will be the world’s biggest wheel, dwarfing its rival, the London Eye.( 07/11/07)

The Burj Dubai tower, still under construction, rises in Dubai. The tower is both the world’s tallest building and the tallest free-standing structure on earth.( 08/11/07)

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The last Eurostar to leave Waterloo station in London is waved off. From Wednesday international train services will operate from the newly refurbished St Pancras station. ( 14/11)

Back in London, wannabe Father Christmases shape up for the festive season at a professional Santa school.( 14/11)

It is 60 years since the Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten – the first time a British heir presumptive had been married. Thousands gathered outside Buckingham Palace to celebrate the royal wedding on 20 November, 1947.The Queen was the 10th member of the royal family to be married at Westminster Abbey – the first was Henry I, who married Princess Matilda of Scotland there in 1100.

Some 2,000 guests were invited to a special ceremony to mark the royal couple’s 60th wedding anniversary. The Queen is the first reigning monarch in British history to celebrate his or her diamond wedding. The couple’s grandson, Prince William, gave a reading during the service. ( 19/11)

England’s football team failed to qualify for Euro 2008, after a 3-2 defeat to Croatia on Wednesday. England manager Steve McClaren was sacked the following day. ( 21/11)

In Australia, one million spectators lined the harbour to watch Sydney’s annual fireworks spectacular.( 31/12)

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Fireworks light up Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong in celebration of the second day of the Chinese New Year. This year is the Year of the Rat.( 08/08)

A major blaze started in London’s famous Camden Town markets area on Saturday, with about 100 firefighters fighting massive flames.( 20/02)

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was showered with glory by the prestigious Grammy Awards, winning five prizes – despite having to perform via videolink from London.( 20/01)

Made from thousands of jelly bean sweets, a mosaic of Hollywood star George Clooney is unveiled in Beverly Hills, California. ( 21/02)

Five students were killed by a gunman who opened fire in a crowded lecture theatre at Northern Illinois University near Chicago in the US on Thursday ( 21/02)

The Airbus A380 super-jumbo is making its first commercial flight to Europe, travelling from Singapore to London. Heathrow’s owner, BAA, has constructed a special pier at Terminal 3 to accommodate A380s. ( 18/03)

An office worker looks at « French Spiderman » Alain Robert – famous for illegally climbing buildings across the world – as he nears the top of the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong.( 21/04)

The 60th anniversary of the word game Scrabble is celebrated in London’s Trafalgar Square. Around 150 million sets of the game have been produced. ( 23/05)

Manchester United fans celebrate after their team won the Champions League trophy on penalties. ( 23/05)

After leaving a trail of destruction throughout the Caribbean, Hurricane Gustav finally crashed into the US coast on Monday afternoon. ( 02/09/08)

Barack Obama has formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for presidential candidate, making him the first African-American to be chosen for the role by a major US party. ( 03/09/08)

The Notting Hill Carnival, which has been held every August Bank Holiday since 1966, took place in London. It is the world’s second largest street party, after the Rio Carnival in Brazil. ( 03/09/08)

LONDON, England (CNN) — Campaigners in London planned to petition the British government Friday for a posthumous pardon for the hundreds of people executed for witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries. ( 31/11/08)

U.S. chooses ‘change’. Barack Obama thumped John McCain in the Electoral College tally and handily won the popular vote, becoming the first African-American elected president of the U.S. Obama told supporters, « change has come to America. » ( 05/11/08)

Many parts of the world remembered the 90th anniversary of the 1918 armistice which ended World War I.( 14/11)

Barack Obama launched his presidency before an estimated 1.5 million people on the National Mall on Tuesday . He becomes America’s 44th President. ( 20/01)

Floods in Istambul, Turkey’s biggest city. ( 11/09)

Eight years since the ‘dark day’

Across the United States, the memory of 9/11 – that fateful Tuesday in 2001 when suicide attacks struck New York and Washington – is still very much alive. ( 12/09)

Britain’s Prince Charles declared the Commonwealth Games officially open at a colourful ceremony in Delhi. Drummers beat out a countdown to the opening as a vast helium balloon rose towards the sky.  ( oct.2010)

Hollywood star Tony Curtis has died of a cardiac arrest at his US home in Nevada aged 85. The Oscar-nominated actor, who starred in Some Like it Hot opposite Marilyn Monroe, passed away peacefully in bed, a family spokesman said. ( oct 2010)

Picture from Japan where a massive earthquake has triggered a tsunami that struck coastal areas. (12/03/11)

Cinderella revisited …

Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

Winehouse shot to fame with the album « Back to Black, » whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit. It won five Grammys and made Winehouse — with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos — one of music’s most recognizable stars. (sat 23/07)

July 25, 2011. People place roses in front of Oslo’s town hall after as many as 150,000 people gathered for a flower vigil in the capital, in a show of solidarity with the victims of recent attacks in Norway.