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Two strong earthquake shook the African Great Lakes region, killing at least 37 people in Rwanda and six in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Serbs voted in a knife-edge presidential election that could decide whether their country turns its back on the West in response to the imminent loss of the breakaway province of Kosovo. Boris Tadic took 50.5% of votes cast to beat nationalist Tomislav Nikolic by about 100,000 votes.
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In Somalia a roadside bomb killed eight civilians and wounded nine others when it exploded near a minibus full of passengers in war-ravaged Mogadishu.
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In Sri Lanka a female suicide bomber attacked the main railway station in the capital of Colombo, killing at least 15 people and wounding 93 others. The dead included 7 students and their baseball coach killed on the eve of Freedom Day.
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Thailand's new PM Sundaravej said he will also become the defense minister in a soon-to-be unveiled Cabinet to deter the military from staging a coup against his government.
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Indonesia’s Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said Indonesia will pursue its plans to develop nuclear power as part of efforts to find alternative energy sources to address its growing needs. Officials said flooding has killed at least 44 people and left more than 340,000 others homeless in Jakarta, as neck-high waters submerged large sections of the city.
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Maize reportedly occupied 90% of the cultivated land in Malawi.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1994 –
Quincy Washington, BBC TV Show Winner
1990 –
Sean Kingston, Jamaican/American singer/rapper
1989 –
Ryne Sanborn, American actor
1989 –
Slobodan Rajkovic, Serbian footballer
1988 –
Kyuhyun, a singer, a member of Korean boy group Super Junior
1983 –
Richard Bartel, American football player
1983 –
Silambarasan Rajendar, Indian Tamil actor
1982 –
Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
1982 –
Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers)
1981 –
Alisa Reyes, American actress and singer
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February, 3
- Births
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2009,
Sheng-yen, Buddhist monk and founder of Dharma Drum Mountain. (b. 1930)211 Feb 4 Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (b. 146)
1991,
Harry Ackerman, American TV executive producer (b. 1912)
1991,
Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
1989,
John Cassavetes, American actor (b. 1929)
1989,
Lionel Newman, American movie music orchestra leader, composer and arranger (b. 1916)
1985,
Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1912)
1975,
William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (b. 1873)
1975,
Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (b. 1904)
1969,
Eduardo Mondlane Mozambican independence founder (b. 1920)
1967,
Joe Meek, English record producer (b. 1929)
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February, 3
- Deaths
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