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In Serbia protesters, outraged at US support for Kosovo, stormed the US Embassy in Belgrade and set part of it on fire. Zoran Vujovic (21) died in the fire and 150 people were injured. Police arrested almost 200 rioters involved in the protests.
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In South Korea a special prosecutor cleared Pres.-elect Lee Myung-bak of financial fraud allegations.
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Turkish troops launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels.
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In Venezuela a plane carrying 46 people crashed in the western mountains, 6 miles from the airport in the Andean city of Merida. All aboard were believed killed.
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PM Tony Blair said Britain will withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the coming months and aims to further cut its 7,100-strong contingent by late summer if Iraqi forces can secure the country's south.
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Ottawa took the first step to end a strike by Canadian National Railway workers that has spurred demands for government intervention by a chorus of shippers as well as an internecine union battle.
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In Costa Rica an American senior citizen (70) killed an alleged mugger with his bare hands. His traveling companions aboard a tour bus fended off two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon. The tourists left on their Carnival cruise ship after the incident and authorities did not plan to press charges against them.
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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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