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Hisham Michwit Hamdan (27), an Iraqi journalist who disappeared after leaving his offices two days ago to buy some supplies, was found shot to death in central Baghdad. A police officer was killed and two others wounded when gunmen in a speeding car attacked their patrol just south of Basra. Gunmen opened fire on a school bus in Diyala province, killing two girls and a boy and wounding the driver and two other pupils. The attack happened as the bus traveled between the predominantly Sunni town of Kanaan and the mainly Shiite town of Balad Ruz. Iraqi police and forensics officials said a mass grave with 13 decomposed bodies was uncovered in an orchard near Muqdadiyah.
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Israel said it plans to build 1,000 homes in East Jerusalem, angering Palestinians who said the move undermines efforts for a peace deal.
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In Pakistan new army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani ordered the withdrawal of military officers from the government’s civil departments.
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The Philippine government called for calm amid growing street protests calling for President Gloria Arroyo to resign over a corruption scandal which has implicated her husband and a close aide.
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Russia agreed to eliminate a murky middleman company from its gas trade with Ukraine in exchange for 50% share of Ukraine’s domestic gas market.
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In northern Somalia gunmen kidnapped a German aid worker after exchanging fire with his bodyguards. The next day Somaliland forces freed him from gunmen.
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South Africa’s security minister announced that the government is dissolving an elite graft-busting unit set up by prosecutors, in the latest twist in a struggle between South Africa's crime-fighting agencies.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1993 –
Jennifer Stone, American actress
1991 –
Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, prince of Bahrain (d. 2006)
1988 –
Greta Salpeter, American singer of the band The Hush Sound
1988 –
Nana Eikura, Japanese actress
1985 –
Saskia Burmeister, Australian actress
1984 –
Brad Keselowski, American racing car driver
1984 –
Lolly Badcock, English pornographic actress
1984 –
Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
1983 –
Carlton Brewster, American football player
1982 –
Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
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February, 12
- Births
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2008,
Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (b. 1907)
2007,
Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
2007,
Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
2005,
Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964)
2005,
Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943)
2003,
Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930)
2001,
Kristina Söderbaum, German actress (b. 1912)
2000,
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
2000,
Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
2000,
Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967)
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February, 12
- Deaths
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