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A newly released video of Benazir Bhutto's assassination and an inconclusive medical report raised new doubts about the official explanation of her death and were likely to intensify calls for an independent, international investigation.
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A suicide bomber drove a truck rigged with explosives into a checkpoint manned by members of a US-backed security volunteer group in a town north of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people. Another three people were missing following the explosion in the town of Mishada, 20 miles north of the capital. A female suicide bomber detonated herself near a police patrol, wounding five policemen and four civilians in the town of Baqouba. In the town of Khalis gunmen traded fire with police and Awakening Council members, leaving one council member and one policeman dead. A roadside bomb targeting a patrol near the Iranian border killed two Iraqi soldiers and injured another four. According to Iraqi health, defense and interior ministries, 16,232 civilians, 432 soldiers and about 1,300 policeman died this year compared to 12,371 civilians, 603 soldiers and 1,224 policeman killed in 2006. 2007 was the deadliest year for the US military since the 2003 invasion, with 899 troops killed.
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A Venezuelan-led mission to rescue three hostages, including a 3-year old boy, from leftist rebels in Colombia's jungles fell apart as the guerrillas accused Colombia's military of sabotaging the promised handoff.
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Canada’s PM Stephen Harper said a one percentage-point cut to the country's consumption tax will be effective January 1, 2008.
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In California murders for 2007 in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of Los Angeles held at 19 as of Dec 24. Murders there had dropped from 43 in 2005 to 19 in 2006. In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of Florencia 13, or F13, one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race.
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In Nepal 4 former communist rebels were sworn in as Cabinet ministers, ending a political crisis that began when the ex-guerrillas walked out of a coalition government three-months ago.
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In San Francisco Albert Collins (30) shielded his daughter (9) from gunfire in the Sunnydale public housing project and was killed becoming the city’s 98th homicide victim.
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Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
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Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
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Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast
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Jan Smit, Dutch singer
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Bryce Avary, The Rocket Summer, American musician
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Julio DePaula, Dominican baseball player
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Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
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Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player
1981 –
Jason Campbell, American football player
1981 –
Matthew Pavlich, Australian football player
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December, 31
- Births
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St. Silvester, Pope
2008,
Donald E. Westlake, American author (b. 1933)
2007,
Tommy Dickson, British footballer (b. 1929)
2007,
Tony Elliott, American football player (b. 1959)
2007,
Michael Goldberg, American painter (b. 1924)
2007,
Bill Idelson, American actor (b. 1919)
2007,
Kathryn Ish, American actress (b. 1936)
2007,
Milton L. Klein, Canadian politician (b. 1910)
2007,
Markku Peltola, Finnish actor and musician (b. 1956)
2007,
Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (b. 1917)
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December, 31
- Deaths
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