RIA Novosti looks back at the main events of the outgoing year; below the month-by-month review of 2007 continues with July
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* North Korea shuts down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the Russian Foreign Ministry says
July 16
* A 6.8-magnitude earthquake kills at least five and injures over 500 people in Japan. Japan's largest nuclear power plant suffers significant damage in the quake
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