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In Switzerland UBS AG posted a 4th-quarter net loss of $11.28 billion, and a loss for the entire year, besieged by investments in US subprime mortgages. Chairman Marcel Ospel announced his resignation on
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Zimbabwe's inflation rate, already the highest in the world, soared to a new high of 66,212.3%.
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In Thailand General Secretary Mahn Sha (64), leader of the Karen National Union (KNU), was shot and killed at his home in Mae Sot by three men who arrived in a pickup truck. The KNU is one of the biggest ethnic groups fighting Myanmar's military government. Initial investigations showed that the assailants were also Karen.
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Challenged on the accuracy of US intelligence, President Bush told a news conference there was no doubt the Iranian government was providing armor-piercing weapons to kill American soldiers in Iraq, and he said he would fight any attempt by the Democratic-controlled Congress to cut off money for the war.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, acclaimed for his leadership after the September 11 attacks, confirmed he is running for US president in 2008
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The Milton Friedman Foundation said each high school dropout costs Texas $3,168 a year in lost revenue, plus Medicaid and prison expenses.
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ConAgra recalled all Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter made at a Georgia plant because of a salmonella outbreak.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1994 –
Paul Butcher, American actor
1992 –
Freddie Highmore, English actor
1989 –
Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 –
Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer
1988 –
Asia Nitollano, American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner
1988 –
Eliska Sursova, American actress
1988 –
Katie Boland, Canadian actress
1988 –
Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer, winner of Star Academy France 7
1987 –
David Wheater, English footballer
1987 –
Joseph Pichler, American actor
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February, 14
- Births
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2009,
Sir Bernard Ashley, Welsh businessman and entrepreneur. (b. 1926)
2007,
Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920)
2007,
Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated film maker. (b. 1943)
2006,
Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
2006,
Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
2006,
Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925)
2005,
Najai Turpin, American boxer (b. 1981)
2004,
Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
2003,
Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)
2003,
Johnny Longden, English jockey (b. 1907)
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February, 14
- Deaths
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