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Total recall: The milestones of 2009

By David Stock

21 December 2009

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Swine flue was one of the biggest news events in 2009

(Image: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty)

If your memory doesn’t last much longer than the half-life of copernicium (less than a millisecond), refresh those brain banks with our review of the year, ranging from solar storm Armageddon to a vegetarian spider

Gallery: the year in pictures

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