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A disaster management agency said more than 520,000 people need urgent food aid in Mozambique while 600,000 face famine between now and April next year.
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A government news agency reported that 2 former bank employees were sentenced to death for stealing $6.7 million from their branch's vault in northern China. Most of the money was spent on lottery tickets.
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A small airplane plunged into the sea moments after taking off from the French Polynesian resort island of Moorea, apparently killing all 20 people aboard in the territory's worst-ever plane crash.
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China banned exports by two toy manufacturers whose products were subject to major recalls in the United States.
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David Beckham made his long-awaited Major League Soccer debut, entering in the 72nd minute of the Los Angeles Galaxy's 1-0 loss to D.C. United.
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In Canada 2 people were killed and six people wounded in an early-morning shooting in a Vancouver restaurant.
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In Ecuador Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to help Ecuador build a $5 billion oil refinery, as the socialist leader pledged to spread his government's oil wealth to another South American ally.
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MAY, 21
- Current / Future Events
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1994 –
Forrest Landis, American child actor
1991 –
Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
1990 –
Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
1989 –
Stefano Okaka Chuka, Italian footballer
1986 –
Vanessa Morley, American actress
1985 –
Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer
1985 –
JaMarcus Russell, American football player
1985 –
Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver
1984 –
Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer
1984 –
Saori Horii, Japanese gravure idol
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August, 9
- Births
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2008,
Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor.(b. 1957)
2008,
Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer of prose.(b. 1941)
2007,
Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer, photojournalist (b. 1922)
2006,
James van Allen, American physicist (b. 1914)
2006,
Philip E. High, science fiction author (b. 1914)
2005,
Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973)
2005,
Judith Rossner, American novelist (b. 1935)
2004,
Robert Lecourt, French politician and president of the European Court of Justice (b. 1908)
2004,
Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)
2004,
David Raksin, American film director (b. 1912)
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August, 9
- Deaths
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