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The Church of England's assembly affirmed existing teaching that homosexuality is no bar to full participation in the church but avoided the fractious debate within the Anglican Communion about accepting gay sexual relationships.
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Lord Charles Forte (b.1908), Italian-born British businessman, died. He had parlayed a London soda shop in 1934 into one of the world’s largest hospitality businesses. He was knighted in 1970 and in 1982 PM Margaret Thatcher made him Baron of Ripley. He authored an autobiography in 1986.
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Burundi said that it will send 1,700 peacekeepers to Somalia as part of an 8,000-strong African Union force, while the first Ugandan contingent prepared to leave for the war-torn nation.
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An official report said China's population grew by almost 7 million people last year. China's National Bureau of Statistics said that the country's population was 1,314,480,000 at the end of 2006
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Chinese stocks recovered following their worst plunge in a decade as regulators shifted into damage control, denying rumors of plans for a 20 percent capital gains tax on stock investments. A sandstorm with hurricane-strength wind gusts derailed a train in the far west, killing at least four people and injuring another 30.
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An Egyptian court ordered a freeze on the assets of 29 known financiers of the Muslim brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful opposition movement. An Egyptian with Canadian citizenship on trial for spying for Israel shouted from his courtroom cage that a confession had been extracted under torture.
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A boat carrying Haitian migrants caught fire off the coast of the Dominican Republic, leaving at least eight passengers dead and 44 missing.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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2007 –
Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco
1991 –
Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
1989 –
Zhang Liyin, Chinese R&B singer
1988 –
Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter and actress
1987 –
Kerrea Gilbert, English footballer
1985 –
Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer
1985 –
Jelena Jankovic, Serbian tennis player
1984 –
Ben Fagan, American musician and reality show contestant
1984 –
Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel
1982 –
Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
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February, 28
- Births
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2009,
Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (b. 1918)
2008,
Mike Smith, English musician (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1943)
2007,
Baron Charles Forte, Italian-born hotelier (b. 1908)
2007,
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)
2007,
Billy Thorpe, Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (b. 1946)
2006,
Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
2004,
Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914)
2004,
Carmen Laforet, Spanish writer (b. 1921)
2004,
Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982)
2003,
Chris Brasher, English athlete (b. 1928)
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February, 28
- Deaths
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