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A 50-year-old battle to evict squatters from one of Egypt's most renowned archaeological sites, the West Bank of Luxor, ended as authorities began demolitions. The fate of Qurna's 10,000 residents was sealed when authorities gave the demolition order for the mud-brick houses erected over ancient Egyptian tombs.
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A bomb exploded in southwest Bhutan near the border with India, seriously injuring four people and shattering the calm of the isolated Himalayan kingdom.
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A civilian helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan. Militants attacked a NATO convoy in southern Helmand province's Nawzad district. NATO troops fired back and called in airstrikes that left five militants dead. In Zabul province, suspected Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint, sparking a gunbattle that left four insurgents dead and one police officer wounded. NATO troops also battled militants near Musa Qala in Helmand province for four hours. The fighting, including airstrikes, killed or wounded "a significant number of insurgents." Militants tried to block the main highway linking Kandahar and Helmand province, and a clash with police left three militants dead and eight wounded.
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A UN official said days of fighting between former rebels and government forces killed more than 150 people and wounded at least 400 in a southern Sudanese town.
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A US-based election monitor said Bangladesh's list of voters contains 12.2 million false names.
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A sport utility vehicle driven by actor Lane Garrison hit a tree in Beverly Hills, killing a 17-year-old passenger; Garrison was later sentenced to three years and four months in prison for drunken driving.
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About 30,000 Serbs protested in front of the United States embassy in defense of Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj, now 22 days into a hunger strike at The Hague's war crimes tribunal.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1993 –
Donald Jack, American Gangsta
1990 –
Hikaru Yaotome, Japanese actor
1989 –
Cassie Steele, Canadian actress
1988 –
Alfred Enoch, British actor
1988 –
Soniya Mehra, Indian actress
1987 –
Teairra Mari, American R&B singer
1986 –
Claudiu Keserü, Romanian football player
1985 –
Dorell Wright, American basketball player
1984 –
Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer
1983 –
Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player
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December, 2
- Births
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2008,
Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
2008,
Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American United Methodist Pastor
2008,
Odetta, American singer (b. 1930)
2007,
Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (b. 1972)
2006,
Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (b. 1947)
2005,
Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (b. 1948)
2005,
Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian-born Vietnamese drug smuggler (b. 1980)
2005,
Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
2005,
VADM William P. Lawrence, United States Navy (b. 1930)
2004,
Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921)
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December, 2
- Deaths
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