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Best of the 2000's: Top Shocking news stories
What was the last decade about? Vote or suggest your favorite Shocking news stories while it's time.
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The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. add a comment | add a media | flag
On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. |
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The 2008 Lhasa violence was one of a number of violent protests that took place during the 2008 Tibetan unrest. add a comment | add a media | flag
According to a Tibetan who fled Tibet after the demonstrations in Lhasa, knife-wielding Chinese troops attacked Tibetan demonstrators on March 14, and several demonstrators died from gunshot and knife wounds. |
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The death of Michael Jackson occurred after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California on June 25, 2009. He was treated by paramedics at his home, but was pronounced dead at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. add a comment | add a media | flag
Jackson's death triggered an outpouring of grief around the world, creating surges of Internet traffic and causing sales of his music and that of the Jackson 5 to soar. |
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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed over 300,000 people with many bodies either being lost to the sea or unidentified. Some unofficial estimates have claimed that approximately 1 million people may have died directly or indirectly solely as a result of the tsunami. add a comment | add a media | flag
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On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, registration F-BTSC, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 100 passengers and nine crew on board the flight, and four people on the ground. It was the only fatal incident involving the Concorde.The crash of the Air France Concorde nonetheless proved to be the beginning of the end for the type. add a comment | add a media | flag
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The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also known as 7/7, were a series of coordinated suicide attacks on London's public transport system during the morning rush hour. The bombings were carried out by four British Muslim men, three of Pakistani and one of Jamaican descent, who were motivated by Britain's involvement in the Iraq War. add a comment | add a media | flag
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On March 12, 2009, Madoff pled guilty to 11 felonies and admitted to operating what has been called the largest investor fraud ever committed by an individual. Prosecutors estimated the size of the fraud to be $64.8 billion. add a comment | add a media | flag
Madoff's personal and business asset freeze has created a chain reaction throughout the world's business and philanthropic community, closing many, including the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, the Picower Foundation, and the JEHT Foundation. In March 2009, Madoff admitted that since the mid-1990s he stopped trading and his returns had been fabricated. |
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Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. add a comment | add a media | flag
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John Paul II has been widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. add a comment | add a media | flag
On Saturday 2 April 2005, at about 15:30 CEST, John Paul II spoke his final words, “pozwólcie mi odejść do domu Ojca”, (“Let me go to the house of the Father”), to his aides in his native Polish and fell into a coma about four hours later. It was the single largest gathering of heads of state in history, surpassing the funerals of Winston Churchill (1965). It is also likely to have been the largest single pilgrimage of Christianity in history, with numbers estimated in excess of four million mourners gathering in Rome.From 250,000 to 300,000 watched the event from within the Vatican walls |
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The 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the Cercanías (commuter train) system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004 (three days before Spain's general elections), killing 191 people and wounding 1,800. The official investigation by the Spanish Judiciary determined the attacks were directed by a Muslim al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cell although no direct al-Qaeda participation (only "inspiration") has been established. add a comment | add a media | flag
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