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In Guatemala Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced the formation of an Indian-led political movement whose primary aim is to back her probable bid for the presidency this fall.
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An Iraqi court raised the sentence against Saddam Hussein's vice president to death by hanging for the killings of Shiites in the town of Dujail. Thunderous explosions and dense black smoke swirled through central Baghdad when 3 car bombs tore through a crowded marketplace, setting off secondary blasts and killing 81 people with 172 wounded.
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A state official said Turkmenistan planned to open its first public Internet cafes, signaling at least some liberalization under Interim President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, the presumed winner of its presidential election.
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Ugandan army raids in the northeast allegedly killed up to 66 children who were shot or crushed by armored vehicles and stampeding animals. Save the Children later called for an independent, international investigation into the reports.
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Venezuela signed a preliminary agreement to purchase Verizon Communications Inc.'s stake in the country's largest telecommunications company, the latest move by President Hugo Chavez toward nationalizing strategic sectors of the economy.
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Police conducted raids across northern Italy, breaking up a leftist militant group that was allegedly planning kidnappings or kneecappings of victims to finance its plots. The group traced back to the Red Brigades. Police said they arrested 15 suspects accused of belonging to the Politico-military Communist Party (PCPM) in Milan, Turin, Padua and other northern Italian cities. Police in 7 locations across Italy arrested 17 men, including four alleged arms traffickers: Massimo Bettinotti (39), Gianluca Squarzolo (39), Ermete Moretti (55), and Serafino Rossi (64). A 5th member, Vittorio Dordi, was believed to be in Congo, apparently involved in the diamond trade. The luggage of Squarzolo had yielded the original clue to the arms deal. They were involved in a $64 million deal negotiated with Libyan officials for some 500,000 Chinese-made assault rifles. Iraqi and Italian partners had haggled over shipping more than 100,000 Russian-made automatic weapons into Iraq.
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A Japanese whaling ship issued a distress signal from Antarctic waters, after it collided with a protest boat trying to save whales from slaughter.
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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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