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In Zimbabwe an independent African monitor said top members of President Robert Mugabe's party worried the government may have lost weekend elections, even as a te-diously slow release of results fueled fears of rigging. A ruling party projection said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will beat President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's crucial election, but be forced into a runoff vote in three weeks.
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Strong fighting broke out in northern Sri Lanka as government troops launched a fresh offensive against Tiger rebels. The heavy fighting left 42 rebels and a soldier dead.
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In Brazil Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, a reputed Colombian drug lord whose car-tel is accused of having shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine, was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison in Brazil for crimes committed in that country.
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In Brazil protesters burned a bridge after police arrested Paulo Cesar Quartiero, president of Roraima rice growers association, for blocking a federal highway. Quartiero was later released on bail. A second bridge was set alight the next day. Police planned to begin clearing the remaining non-Indian settlers from the 4.2-million-acre Raposa Serra do Sol Indian reservation next week.
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In France the stockmarket watchdog Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) filed a formal complaint against the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, the parent company of Airbus, and more than a dozen current and former executives. It confirmed evi-dence of massive insider trading in shares of EADS in late 2005 and early 2006 in the knowl-edge that the A380 airbus program was in deep trouble.
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Hungary’s coalition partner pulled out of the government leaving the Socialists without a parliamentary majority.
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India scrapped import duties on cooking oils and maize and extended a ban on pulse exports, escalating its fight against surging inflation driven by rises in global commodity prices.
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MAY, 21
- Current / Future Events
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1993 –
Keito Okamoto, Japanese Singer
1989 –
Vietoris Krisztián, German racecar driver
1988 –
Brook Lopez, American basketball player
1988 –
Courtney McCool, American gymnast
1988 –
Robin Lopez, American basketball player
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Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
1987 –
Li Ting, Chinese diver
1986 –
Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater
1986 –
Shunichi Miyamoto, Japanese musician
1985 –
Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
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April, 1
- Births
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2007,
Herb Carneal, American sports broadcaster (b. 1923)
2006,
In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916)
2005,
Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist and composer (b. 1915)
2005,
Harald Juhnke, German entertainer (b. 1929)
2005,
Jack Keller, American songwriter (b. 1936)
2005,
Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2005,
Robert Coldwell Wood, American educator (b. 1923)
2004,
Aaron Bank, American OSS officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
2004,
Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946)
2004,
Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (b. 1927)
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April, 1
- Deaths
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