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EU finance ministers warned Greece to get its finances in order by the end of 2006 and bring its annual budget deficit in line with EU spending rules or face hefty fines.
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Georgia’s parliament approved Zurab Nogaideli as premier.
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Iraq's electoral commission certified the results of the Jan. 30 elections and allocated 140 of 275 National Assembly seats to the United Iraqi Alliance, giving the Shiite-dominated party a majority in the new parliament.
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Hundreds of Jewish settlers took first steps to eventually leave their homes in the Gaza Strip, a day after Israel's parliament approved $871 million in compensation for them.
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In Rwanda cabinet ministers from 11 African nations gathered to flesh out details of a deal intended to end a cycle of wars, rebellions, dictatorships and poverty in central Africa's Great Lakes region.
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Spanish police arrested two suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA in Valencia, seizing explosives that they planned to use for imminent attacks.
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In southern Thailand a bomb exploded near a tourist hotel in the border town of Sungai Kolok, killing 5 people and wounding over 40.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Sasha Pieterse, South African actress
1992 –
Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress and singer
1991 –
Bonnie Wright, British actress
1988 –
Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
1986 –
Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
1986 –
Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
1985 –
Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian skijumper
1985 –
Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
1984 –
AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1984 –
Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
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February, 17
- Births
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2009,
Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
2009,
Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)
2008,
Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
2007,
Jurga Ivanauskaite, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
2007,
Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2007,
Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2007,
Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
2006,
Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
2006,
Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
2005,
Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
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February, 17
- Deaths
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