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Australia's government promised to spend about $2.9 billion to buy river water from farmers in a bid to address the country's worst drought in a century.
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Sen. Barack Obama, US presidential candidate, angrily repudiated Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor, for his recent remarks on race and US foreign policy.
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California’s Gov. Gov. Schwarzenegger said the state deficit could grow to as much as $20 billion.
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James Woodward (55) walked out of a Dallas court after DNA testing overturned his conviction over 27 years ago for the murder and rape of his girlfriend.
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The videogame “Grand Theft Auto IV,” produced by Take-Two Interactive Software, hit the stores with expectations of record sales. First week sales topped $50 million.
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In Afghanistan a suicide bomb tore through a team preparing to eradicate opium poppy fields, killing at least 19 people and injuring over 40 others in eastern Nangarhar province. 12 police officers were among the dead.
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A Chinese court jailed 30 people for terms ranging from three years to life for their roles in Tibet's deadly riots, which triggered anti-China protests across the globe ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain
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Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007)
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Maud Behn, Princess of Norway
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Younha, Korean pop singer
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Alicia Morton, American actress
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Renee Alway, American model
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Firass Dirani, Australian actor
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Ph?m Van Quy?n, Vietnamese footballer
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Taylor Cole, American actress
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David Lee, American basketball player
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- Births
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2008,
Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist, known as the first to synthesize LSD (b. 1906)
2007,
Milt Bocek, American baseball player (b. 1912)
2007,
Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)
2007,
Ivica Racan, former Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
2007,
Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor, known as the leader of Olsenbanden
2007,
Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1940)
2007,
Zhang Taofang, Chinese sniper (b. 1931)
2006,
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-born US economist (b. 1908)
2005,
William J. Bell, American television writer and producer (b. 1927)
2005,
Mariana Levy, Mexican actress, singer, and television show host (b. 1966)
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