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In NYC Pope Benedict XVI preached in St. Patrick's cathedral, assuring priests and nuns that he was close to them as they battled the damage left by the clergy sex scandal.
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Alfonso Lopez Trujillo (b.1935), Vatican enforcer and former archbishop of Medellin, died. In 1995
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In southern Afghanistan a roadside bomb hit a civilian vehicle, killing three people and wounding another. An Afghan policeman and two Taliban fighters were killed in a firefight in Panjwayi, Kandahar province. Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border with Iran, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded.
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In Argentina President Cristina Fernandez surveyed more than 200 raging brush fires by air as a thick cloud of smoke covered Buenos Aires for a fifth day. She vowed to prosecute anyone who lit the blazes that have sent smoke clouding highways and grounding jetliners.
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In Australia PM Rudd opened a summit of the nation's top minds to discuss fresh policy ideas for the future.
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In Austria 3 men posing as policemen were shot along S1 highway, one fatally, when they tried to rob two men who turned out to be real officers.
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In central Bangladesh a speeding bus plunged off a road, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens.
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MAY, 21
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Kim Chiu, Filipino actress
1989 –
Fiona MacGillivray, Canadian vocalist (The Cottars)
1987 –
Courtland Mead, American actor
1987 –
Joe Hart, English Under-21 footballer
1987 –
Maria Sharapova, Professional Tennis Player
1987 –
Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
1986 –
Candace Parker, American basketball player
1985 –
Valon Behrami, Swiss Footballer
1984 –
Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress
1983 –
Alberto Callaspo, Venezuelan baseball player
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April, 19
- Births
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2009,
J.G. Ballard, British novelist. (b. 1930)
2008,
John Marzano, American baseball player (b. 1963)
2008,
Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
2008,
Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1935)
2007,
Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (b. 1932)
2007,
Helen Walton, wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1919)
2006,
Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. 1921)
2006,
Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. 1938)
2005,
Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. 1911)
2005,
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946)
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April, 19
- Deaths
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