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In SF a 75-foot wide chunk of Telegraph Hill slid down a granite and sandstone slope above Broadway following recent rains. 120 residents were forced to leave their homes pending repair of the hillside, which could take months.
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A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main US military base in Afghanistan during a visit by VP Dick Cheney, killing up to 23 people and wounding 20. In Kandahar a suicide attacker targeting Afghan police blew himself up, wounding three people. Suspected Islamic militants captured and beheaded an Afghan teacher whom they accused of being a spy for the US. The man's body was found in a large sack dumped by a road near Jandola, a town in the South Waziristan tribal district.
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In Brazil 3 French nationals who ran a nonprofit group that helps poor children were stabbed to death at their headquarters near Rio's Copacabana beach and authorities arrested three suspects. The slayings that left one of the victims decapitated were part of a botched scheme to protect a Brazilian accountant, Tarsio Wilson Ramires (25), accused of stealing money from the group.
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In Cambodia the US ambassador said direct US aid to support Cambodian government projects will resume following the lifting of a decade-old ban by Washington.
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The Canadian parliament voted to end two anti-terror measures adopted in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, one that allowed for preventive arrests and another that permitted forced testimony.
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In China stocks sold off sending the Shanghai composite index down 8.8% as rumors circulated that the government was considering new measures to tame speculation. The plunge, assisted by order routing problems on the NYSE, led to a 416 point drop in the DJIA.
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China’s state media said scientists in eastern China say they have succeeded in controlling the flight of pigeons with micro electrodes planted in their brains.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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272 –
Constantine I, Roman emperor (d. 337)
1994 –
Hou Yifan, Chinese chess player
1992 –
Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer
1991 –
Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer
1988 –
Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 –
Yovani Gallardo, American Baseball Player
1985 –
Braydon Coburn, Canadian Hockey Player
1985 –
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian Footballer
1985 –
Juliana Imai, Brazilian model
1984 –
Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer
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February, 27
- Births
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2008,
Myron Cope, American sports broadcaster (b. 1929)
2008,
William F. Buckley, Jr., American conservative author and commentator (b. 1925)
2008,
Boyd Coddington, American automobile designer (b. 1944)
2007,
Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
2007,
Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven, German soldier (b. 1914)
2006,
Otis Chandler, American newspaper publisher (b. 1927)
2006,
Robert Lee Scott, Jr., U.S. General, Flying Tiger, and author (b. 1908)
2006,
Linda Smith, British comedian (b. 1958)
2005,
Jessica Lunsford, murder victim (b. 1995)
2004,
Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (b. 1910)
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February, 27
- Deaths
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