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A World Bank fund signed deals to buy pollution credits from two Chinese chemical companies for $930 million under a plan that lets richer countries meet commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by paying for reductions in poorer economies.
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Afghanistan inaugurated its first popularly elected parliament in more than three decades, a major step toward democracy following the ouster of the hardline Taliban.
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Antonio Fazio, embattled Italian central bank chief, resigned.
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Energy supplier FPL Group Inc. announced it is buying rival power-plant operator Constellation Energy Group Inc. for more than $11 billion in stock in a deal that would create one of the nation's biggest electricity conglomerates.
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Fernando Zevallos, an airline founder who was labeled Peru's drug kingpin by the Bush administration, was convicted of money laundering and cocaine trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The court also ordered him to pay a fine of $29 million for conspiring with Peru's Nortenos drug gang to ship 3.3 tons of cocaine to Mexico.
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Chad's army said its forces had killed about 300 rebels after they launched a failed offensive on a border town in one of the worst attacks in an escalating conflict. Chad's foreign minister said the troops then chased the rebels into Sudan and destroyed their bases across the border.
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In Florida a 58-year-old propeller seaplane, owned by Chalk’s Ocean Airways, crashed in the water off Miami Beach after taking off for Bimini in the Bahamas. 20 people were killed. Federal investigators found longstanding cracks in a wing that fell off.
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- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Declan Galbraith, English singer
1989 –
Valdimar Bergsta?, Icelandic horse rider
1988 –
Paulina Gretzky, American-born Canadian actress and model
1988 –
Peter Winn, English footballer
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Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer
1987 –
Karim Benzema, French footballer
1986 –
Ryan Babel, Dutch Footballer
1985 –
Gary Cahill, English footballer
1985 –
Neil Kilkenny, English-born Australian footballer
1985 –
Lady Sovereign, English musician
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December, 19
- Births
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Pope Anastasius I
2008,
James Bevel, 1960s Civil rights movement leader (b. 1936)
2008,
Kenny Cox, American jazz musician (b. 1940)
2008,
Dock Ellis, American baseball pitcher (b. 1945)
2008,
Carol Chomsky, American linguist and education specialist (b. 1930)
2005,
Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth (b. 1933)
2005,
Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (b. 1927)
2004,
Herbert C. Brown, English-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
2004,
Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922)
2003,
Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer (b. 1914)
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December, 19
- Deaths
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