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Scientists reported in the journal Nature that they had successfully prevented cleft palates in embryonic mice using a technique called chemical genetics.
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Helmand’s provincial governor said an estimated 700 foreign fighters are operating in a southern Afghan province where Taliban fighters overran a town earlier this month. Asserting a right to self-defense the commander of US forces in the region said American forces in eastern Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote US outposts. A US service member died of a gunshot wound in northern Afghanistan.
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Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh's "banker to the poor" and Nobel Peace Prize winner, formally announced his willingness to form a new political party to take part in forthcoming elections. In May Yunus reversed his decision to enter politics.
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In Egypt Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, known as Abu Omar, was released. The Egyptian Muslim preacher had been allegedly kidnapped by CIA agents off the streets of Milan, Italy, on
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In France socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal unveiled a long-awaited platform that promised to boost the minimum wage and pension payments.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, marking the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, vowed his country would not give up uranium enrichment.
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A suicide truck bomber slammed into a crowd of police lining up for duty near Tikrit, collapsing the station and killing at least 30 people and wounding 50. 21 of the 30 killed were policemen. Minutes later, a roadside bomb struck a car on a highway on the western outskirts of Tikrit killing two civilians and wounding two others. A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police patrol in the religiously mixed neighborhood of Ilam in southwestern Baghdad, killing one policeman. A parked car bomb exploded near an intersection, killing two people and wounding three in Mansour. A US soldier was killed after coming under small-arms fire northeast of Baghdad. A senior US intelligence officer said high-tech roadside bombs, that have proved particularly deadly to American soldiers, are manufactured in Iran and delivered to Iraq on orders from the "highest levels" of the Iranian government. Another US soldier was killed in fighting in Anbar province.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1994 –
Dominic Janes, American actor
1992 –
Blair Dunlop, English actor
1992 –
Georgia Groome, English actress
1992 –
Taylor Lautner, American actor
1991 –
NeverShoutNever!, American pop artist, real name Christofer Ingle
1990 –
Princess Ayah of Jordan
1985 –
Harris Allan, Canadian Actor
1985 –
Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 –
William Beckett, American singer
1984 –
Aubrey O'Day, American singer
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February, 11
- Births
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2009,
Estelle Bennett, American singer (b. 1941)
2008,
Tom Lantos, member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1928)
2008,
Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer (b. 1919)
2007,
Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
2006,
Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1943)
2006,
Peter Benchley, American author (b. 1940)
2006,
Jackie Pallo, wrestler (b. 1926)
2005,
Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
2005,
Stan Richards English television actor (b. 1930)
2004,
Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
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February, 11
- Deaths
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