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- A series of shootings on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia leaves at least 33 people (including the gunman) dead and another 29 injured, becoming the deadliest civilian gunfire incident in U.S. history.
- At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (pictured) in the upcoming presidential election.
- The United States Senate launches an investigation into the recent tainted pet food incident.
- Spectroscopic analysis of HD 209458 b, an extrasolar planet in the constellation Pegasus, provides the first evidence of atmospheric water vapour beyond the Solar System.
- Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond runs aground off Santorini in the Aegean Sea and sinks, leaving two passengers unaccounted for.
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