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An Indonesian court rejected a civil case against the youngest son of ex-dictator Suharto for alleged corruption and awarded him 550,000 dollars in a countersuit he filed.
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In Iraq the US military captured an insurgent leader who was recruiting and training women, including his wife, to wrap themselves in explosives and blow themselves up, the latest sign that al-Qaida in Iraq plans to keep using women to carry out suicide attacks.
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Kenya's rival politicians, aided by AU chairman Jakaya Kikwete, signed a power-sharing agreement and shook hands after weeks of bitter negotiations on how to end the country's deadly postelection crisis.
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Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets throughout the Gaza Strip, killing 15 Palestinians, including 5 boys. Palestinian rocket fire continued throughout the day, lightly wounding two people. Hamza al-Haya, the son of hardline Hamas lawmaker Khalil al-Haya, was among those killed. Hamas said he had commanded a rocket-launching squad in northern Gaza.
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Liberia's Health Minister Walter Gwanigale said health services are chronically understaffed with only 51 native doctors in the west African nation.
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The Madhesi in southern Nepal pledged to end violent protests and a paralyzing general strike after reaching an agreement with the government to establish autonomous regions in the Himalayan nation. 2 days after the Madhesi agreement the government signed another agreement with a 2nd alliance of ethnic and regional groups.
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In Pakistan a predawn explosion killed up to 12 suspected militants in South Waziristan. A US drone was suspected.
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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
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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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