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| c. 1987 |
| | | It is estimated that during this year the population of the world reached five billion | |
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| c. 1999 |
| | | It is estimated that during this year the population of the world reached six billion | |
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| 2009 November 20 |
| | | Global stock markets fall when Dubai seems in danger of being unable to service its massive $80 billion of debt | |
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| 2009 December 14 |
| | | Abu Dhabi provides Dubai with $10 billion of debt relief, reducing the threat of a new major financial crisis | |
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| 2010 January 12 |
| | | Haiti is devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, causing more than 230,000 deaths | |
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| 2010 March 21 |
| | | President Obama's radical bill of health care reform is passed by a margin of seven votes in the House of Representatives and is signed into law two days later | |
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| 2010 April 7 |
| | | Violent riots break out in Kyrgyzstan, causing the president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, to flee from the capital, Bishek | |
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| 2010 April 23 |
| | | Greece is promised an EU and IMF bail-out package of 45 billion euros to cope with its high level of national debt | |
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| 2010 April 27 |
| | | Greece's credit rating is downgraded by Standard & Poor to BB+ ('junk'), causing a run on global stock markets | |
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| 2010 May 1 |
| | | Severe austerity measures in Greece persuade Germany to back an increased EU and IMF bail-out package of 110 billion euros | |
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