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A deadline for Ethiopia and Eritrea to agree on the physical demarcation of their border expired amid escalating tension between the two nations, leaving the frontier only delineated on maps.
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Afghan and NATO-led troops battled with Taliban militants and called in airstrikes in a series of clashes in the country's south that left 40 insurgents dead.
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An Israeli airstrike killed five Hamas members, prompting threats by Gaza militants to fire longer-range rockets at Israeli border towns.
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At the 20th annual European Film Awards in Berlin Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" won the best film prize.
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China and Japan began talks on trade and economic issues that are intended to bolster the recent warming of their long-uneasy relations.
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Danny Newman (b.1919), press agent, died at his home in Chicago. He boosted theater success for the Lyric Opera of Chicago beginning in 1954 with the use of subscriptions. His 1978 book “Subscribe Now” became a fund-raising classic.
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Dubai police conducted a series of simultaneous raids on suspected brothels, landing 247 suspects in jail in the emirate's biggest anti-prostitution sweep to date. Human was trafficking rampant in this wealthy Gulf city.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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2001 –
Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan
1998 –
Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee, award-winning Sussex Spaniel
1990 –
Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
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DeSean Jackson, American football player
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Luke McPharlin, Australian football player
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Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
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Angelique Bates, American actress
1979 –
Ryan Malone, American hockey player
1978 –
Mat Kearney, American singer and songwriter
1977 –
Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)
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December, 1
- Births
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2008,
Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
2008,
Joseph B. Wirthlin, religious leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, businessman (b. 1917)
2008,
Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
2007,
Anton Rodgers, British actor (b. 1933)
2006,
Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
2006,
Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist (McGill University) (b. 1937)
2005,
Gust Avrakotos, American intelligence case officer (b. 1938)
2005,
Mary Hayley Bell, English dramatist, wife of Sir John Mills (b. 1911)
2004,
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)
2003,
Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
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December, 1
- Deaths
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