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Portal:Current events/2008 February 1

February 1, 2008 (2008-02-01) (Friday)
  • A small plane crashes at Mount Airy, North Carolina, resulting in the death of six passengers. (WSLS)
  • Iraq War: At least 43 people are killed and 85 injured as a result of two bombings in markets in central Baghdad. (News Limited)
  • RORO ferry MS Riverdance runs aground in Blackpool, England, after its cargo shifts in heavy seas. All passengers and crew are airlifted to safety. (Blackpool Gazette)
  • A third fiber-optic submarine communications cable, FALCON, is cut two days after SEA-ME-WE 4 and FLAG were damaged. (BBC News)
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