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Meanwhile, a wreath laying ceremony takes place in Belfast to open the new Titanic Memorial Garden at the east side of the City Hall to remember those who perished on the Titanic 100 years ago. (PA)

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The Whisky a Go Go's marquee in Los Angeles honours musician Ray Manzarek of The Doors. Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, who had a dramatic impact on rock'n'roll, has died aged 74. The Doors were the Whisky a Go Go opening band in 1966. (AP)

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The devastation in Oklahoma came almost exactly two years after an enormous twister ripped through the city of Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and injuring hundreds more. (AP)

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