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The UNHCR said the floods last week left more than 50,000 Sahrawi refugees homeless, destroying up to half of the mud-brick houses in their camps of Awserd, Smara and Laayoune in the Tindouf region of western Algeria. Tents, blankets and other emergency aid were being rushed to the camps in the Algerian Sahara hit by rare torrential rains.
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Two Australians were sentenced to death by firing squad for leading a drug smuggling ring on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, verdicts that could strain ties between the countries. Andrew Chan (22) and Myuran Sukumaran (24) had masterminded the trafficking of 18 pounds of heroin to their homeland.
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In Porto Alegre, Brazil, leaders and envoys from across Christianity opened their most ambitious gathering in nearly a decade with a host of troubles on their agenda, from the faith's many internal rifts to easing discord with Islam, even as it deepens over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
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In southern China toxic wastewater was flushed untreated into a river, prompting the government to cut water supplies to 28,000 people in Guanyin for at least four days. A power plant on the upper reaches of the Yuexi River in Sichuan province was to blame for the pollution.
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The Egyptian parliament approved the two-year postponement of municipal polls despite objections from opposition Islamists and the US. President Hosni Mubarak issued a decree last week calling for the delay of the elections which was passed by parliament's upper chamber on
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The UN said 13 Eritreans employed by the UN peacekeeping mission in Eritrea have been detained by local authorities and another 30 are in hiding for fear of being arrested.
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Iran said it had resumed uranium enrichment; Russia and France immediately called on Iran to halt its work.
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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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