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In Pakistan 11 Islamic militants were sentenced to death for an assassination attempt on a Pakistani army general that killed 10 people in 2004.
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In Peru Miguel Toledo (36), a nephew of Pres. Alejandro Toledo, was given a four-year suspended sentence on charges he drugged and raped a 22-year-old woman in 2004.
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Portugal's President Jorge Sampaio was granted honorary citizenship of East Timor as he began a three-day official trip to the former Portuguese colony.
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The weekly Nash Region became the second Russian newspaper in a week to shut down amid heightened sensitivities about portrayals of Muhammad.
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Christian mobs rampaged through the southern Nigerian city of Onitsha, burning mosques and killing several people in an outbreak of anti-Muslim violence that followed deadly protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad over the weekend.
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Hamas presented its choice for Palestinian prime minister. Ismail Haniyeh (43), a pragmatic former university administrator, and the Islamic militant group reached out to other factions, including Fatah, to join a broad-based Cabinet that might stand a chance of gaining international approval.
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It was reported that the Stockholm chapter of the biker gang Hell's Angels is being investigated for fraud after police found 70 percent of members were certified as depressed by the same doctor and were getting state sickness benefits.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Cory Kennedy, American model
1989 –
Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
1989 –
Josh Walker, English footballer
1989 –
Kristin Herrera, American actress
1989 –
Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress
1987 –
Ashley Greene, American model and actress
1987 –
Ellen Page, Canadian actress
1986 –
Charlotte Church, Welsh singer
1986 –
Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1985 –
Bob Burton, American speedcuber
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February, 21
- Births
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2008,
Sunny Lowry, First British woman to swim the English Channel (b. 1911)
2008,
Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
2005,
Ara Berberian, American opera singer (b. 1930)
2005,
Gérard Bessette, Quebec novelist and poet (b. 1920)
2005,
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
2005,
Eugene Scott, American religious broadcaster (b. 1929)
2004,
John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931)
2004,
Guido Molinari, Canadian artist (b. 1933)
2003,
Eddie Thomson, Scottish football player and coach (b. 1947)
2002,
Harold Furth, Austrian-born physicist (b. 1939)
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February, 21
- Deaths
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