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A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills at least 40 people.
French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot (pictured) dies at the age of 91.
Thirteen people are killed when a train derails in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Israel becomes the first country to officially recognise Somaliland as an independent state.
Nasry Asfura is elected president of Honduras, after one month of controversy surrounding the vote counting process.

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