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Britain’s PM Tony Blair said its 7,100 man force in Iraq would be cut to 5,500 over the next few months.
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In Britain Ken Livingstone, London's socialist mayor, signed an agreement with Venezuela's state-owned oil company to provide discounted oil for the city's iconic red buses.
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The Canadian government and Bill Gates announced an initiative to establish a research institute to develop an AIDS vaccine, committing a total of $119 million to the project.
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Three men from Canada, Taiwan and the United States completed a 4,000 mile run across the Sahara Desert over 111 days to draw attention to the lack of access to water in many countries they crossed.
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In eastern Afghanistan a suicide attacker disguised as a health worker blew himself up at a hospital opening ceremony, wounding at least 6 US soldiers. An official said Afghan authorities raided dozens of guesthouses suspected of illegally serving alcohol and arrested 14 people, including five foreigners, in a crackdown on vice in this Islamic country.
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Claiming a world first for a national government, Australia’s Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull said incandescent lightbulbs would be phased out by 2010 in favor of the more fuel-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs.
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Congo’s army and UN officials said days of clashes between the army and Rwandan and Congolese militias in eastern Congo have killed at least 23 combatants and forced thousands to flee.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress
1988 –
Jiah Khan, Indian actress
1988 –
Rihanna, Barbadian singer
1985 –
Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
1985 –
Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
1983 –
Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 –
Justin Verlander, American baseball player
1982 –
Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
1981 –
Chris Thile, American musician
1981 –
Tony Hibbert, English footballer
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February, 20
- Births
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2009,
Larry H. Miller, American businessman and owner of the Utah Jazz (b. 1944)
2008,
Emily Perry, English Actress (b. 1907)
2007,
F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. 1930)
2007,
Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish artist, member of the CoBrA movement (b. 1913)
2007,
Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (b. 1965)
2006,
Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
2006,
Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. 1920)
2005,
Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954)
2005,
Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944)
2005,
John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917)
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February, 20
- Deaths
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