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James H. Nason receives patent for a coffee percolator
(Photograph:WION)
Norwegian Navy destroys Germany's last battleship, Scharnhorst
Slain body of American zoologist Dian Fossey is found in Rwanda
9.3 magnitude Indian Ocean quake triggers a tsunami, 280,000 people killed
China opens the world’s longest high speed railway line
