2010 A quake, a meltdown, a dramatic rescue

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2010: A quake, a meltdown,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a dramatic rescue
The disruptions of earthly existence came from some unlikely places in 2010: ash from an Icelandic volcano; the contents of an airline passenger's underwear; a website called WikiLeaks spilling the secret cables of international diplomacy onto front pages across the world.
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