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In Thailand Glenn Richard Allen (61), an American man was sentenced, to 16 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl and sexually abusing a second teenager in Pattaya, a Thai seaside resort town notorious for its sex industry.
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The body of a teenage girl was found hanging in the woods of a Welsh village, and authorities said it was the 17th young suicide in just over a year near one town in South Wales.
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In Iraq gunmen ambushed a minivan on the main highway from Baghdad to Anbar. The attackers accused the 13 aboard of opposing al-Qaida in Iraq. All 13 were executed, including an elderly woman and two boys. A string of car bombings and other attacks claimed more than 40 civilian lives in Baghdad and elsewhere. Insurgents launched a brazen coordinated attack on a US combat post near Tarmiyah, sending in a suicide bomber and clashing with American troops. Six US service members were killed.
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Three-way talks between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli and Palestinian leaders, initially billed as a new US push to restart peace efforts, ended with little progress other than a commitment to meet again.
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced that soldiers waging an offensive against drug traffickers will get a pay hike of 45 percent this year in a bid to insulate them from corruption. This coincided with a decision to lower his own pay by 10% and abolish pensions for Mexican presidents.
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In Pakistan suspected Islamic militants killed an Afghan refugee they accused of spying for the US and dumped his beheaded body by a road in North Waziristan.
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Daniel Petru Corogeanu, a Romanian priest, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. In 2005 he had led a dayslong exorcism ritual with 4 nuns for Maricica Irina Cornici (23), a young nun, that ended with the woman's death. One of the nuns, Nicoleta Arcalianu, was sentenced to eight years in prison, and the other three, Adina Cepraga, Elena Otel and Simona Bardanas, received five-year sentences.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1993 –
Victoria Justice, American actress
1989 –
Luke Pasqualino, English actor
1988 –
Miyu Irino, Japanese voice actor
1986 –
Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian
1986 –
Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
1986 –
Jayde Nicole, Canadian model
1986 –
Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 –
Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
1986 –
Marta, Brazilian footballer
1986 –
Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress
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February, 19
- Births
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2009,
Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra (b.1945)
2009,
Miika Tenkula, Finnish guitarist for the band Sentenced (b.1974)
2008,
Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945)
2008,
Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (b. 1964)
2007,
Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
2007,
Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
2003,
Johnny PayCheck, American singer (b. 1938)
2001,
Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
2001,
Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
2001,
Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
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February, 19
- Deaths
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