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Gan Yisheng, a senior party discipline and oversight official, said nearly 100,000 members of China's ruling Communist Party were punished last year for corruption, and that eradicating graft in the near future remains a huge challenge. A Chinese business executive was sentenced to death for swindling $385 million from investors in a bogus ant-breeding scheme. Wang Zhendong, chairman of Yingkou Donghua Trading Group Co., had promised returns of up to 60% for buying kits of ants and breeding equipment.
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In south-east Congo a freight train derailed and at least 20 people were killed.
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Ecuador's Congress approved holding a referendum on whether to create an assembly to rewrite the constitution, bowing to demands by the new leftist president who is seeking to weaken traditional political parties.
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In Ethiopia federal police said weekend clashes between Garbo and Borena nomads in the southeastern Oromia region with least 16 people killed. The clashes erupted after cattle were stolen from a rival group, sparking fresh revenge attacks.
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In Guinea citizens were banned from leaving their homes as a strict curfew took effect in this West African country after the president instituted martial law following days of deadly protests.
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India's central bank tightened monetary policy for a second time in two weeks to fight accelerating inflation, hiking the amount of cash commercial banks must keep on deposit. Inflation at 6.73% hit a 2-year high, despite 5 interest rate hikes in the past year. Italian PM Romano Prodi led a jumbo-sized trade delegation to India and called for closer ties for companies from his country with Indian industry in farming and manufacturing.
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A suicide truck bomber blew himself up near a college and a ration office in a mainly Shiite area of the capital, killing at least 15 people with 27 wounded. Police discovered a booby-trapped ambulance about 500 yards away, but the explosives were defused. Hours later, a parked car bomb exploded near a bakery in another predominantly Shiite area in southeastern Baghdad, killing four people and wounding four. Iraq said it will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad.
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- Current / Future Events
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1992 –
Kaya Scodelario, British actress
1990 –
Olivia Allison, British synchronized swimmer
1990 –
Qoigyijabu, 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet
1989 –
Carly McKillip, Canadian actress
1989 –
Rhys Palmer, Australian footballer
1989 –
Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian Footballer
1988 –
Aston Merrygold, British Singer
1986 –
Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player
1986 –
Luke Moore, English footballer
1985 –
Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer
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February, 13
- Births
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2008,
Roger Voisin, Trumpet player, Boston Symphony (b. 1918)
2007,
Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (b. 1923)
2007,
Charlie Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
2007,
Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
2007,
Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (b. 1922)
2006,
Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (b. 1946)
2006,
Peter Frederick Strawson, British philosopher (b. 1919)
2005,
Nelson Briles, baseball player (b. 1943)
2005,
Lúcia Santos, Carmelite nun and Fatima visionary (b. 1907)
2005,
Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917)
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February, 13
- Deaths
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