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The comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Forest Whitaker won for his portrayal of Uganda's brutal dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland" and Helen Mirren won for her performance as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen."
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Rev. Robert Drinan (b.1920), former Jesuit congressman from Massachusetts (1971-1981), died.
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Afghan Pres. Karzai told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that his security forces need to be stronger as the two discussed possible US troop increases.
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Officials said India will set up an aerospace defense command to shield itself against possible attacks from outer space.
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The Israeli government approved the appointment of Raleb Majadele, the country's first Muslim Cabinet member.
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In southern Pakistan dozens of people sitting on the roof of a crowded passenger train were by hit by an overhead power line. At least 15 people were killed and 40 were injured.
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Jim Gray (63), an acclaimed computer scientist, was last heard from shortly after he set out from San Francisco for the shark-infested waters of the Farallon Islands, about 25 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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1991 –
Calum Worthy, Canadian actor and musician.
1988 –
Henry Mortensen, American actor
1986 –
Jessica Ennis, British athlete
1986 –
Shruti Haasan, Indian actress
1985 –
Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
1985 –
Daniel Carcillo, Canadian hockey player
1984 –
Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
1984 –
Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
1981 –
Elijah Wood, American actor
1981 –
Rick Razzano, American football player
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January, 28
- Births
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2009,
Billy Powell, American musician (b. 1952)
2008,
Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (b. 1939)
2008,
Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
2007,
Carlo Clerici, Swiss professional road racing cyclist (b. 1929)
2007,
Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
2007,
Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
2007,
Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
2007,
Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
2007,
Emma Tillman, the world's oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007 (b. 1892)
2006,
Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi
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January, 28
- Deaths
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