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The US SEC settled with David Li, head of the Bank of East Asia, charges of insider trading regarding last year’s acquisition of Down Jones by News Corp. Michael Leung, another Hong Kong tycoon, and his family also settled for $8.1 million in disgorged profits and a similar amount in fines.
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The play “Betrayed” by George Packer opened at Manhattan's Culture Project. It was based on his article in the New Yorker concerning Iraqis, who have worked with American forces.
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Samba group Beija Flor was declared Brazil's carnival champion for the fifth time in six years. While Beija Flor's dancers were topless, the judges drew the line at going bottomless, penalizing the rival Sao Clemente group for breaking a rule against display of genitalia during its 80-minute parade.
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PM Gordon Brown announced that evidence gathered through wiretapping will be allowed in British courts for the first time under proposals aimed at bringing more terrorism suspects to justice.
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Congo arrested and turned over for trial Mathieu Ngudjolo, an army colonel and former rebel leader accused of leading a deadly 2003 attack on a village in the country's lawless east. Ngudjolo was expected to arrive at the International Criminal Court in the Hague the next day.
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In France 7 doctors and pharmacists went on trial for the deaths of more than 100 young people who died of a brain-destroying disease after being treated with tainted human growth hormones.
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Iraqi and US officials said videotapes seized during US raids on suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hide-outs show the terror group training young boys to kidnap and assassinate civilians. A roadside bomb exploded near a police convoy transporting suspected Shiite militia fighters south of Baghdad, killing four passers-by and wounding nine other people. At least 19 people were killed or found dead across the country. The US military said that its troops, along with Iraqi forces, had killed seven suspected insurgents and detained 45 others in five days of raids across Iraq. The US military said videos seized from suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hideouts show militants training children who appear as young as 10 to kidnap and kill. A US soldier killed by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad.
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Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Princess of Belgium
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Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
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Allison Holker, American dancer
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Bailey Hanks, American actress
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Alice Greczyn, American actress
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Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
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U-Know, leader of Korean group TVXQ
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Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
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Kris Humphries, American basketball player
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Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
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February, 6
- Births
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2008,
John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
2008,
Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)
2007,
Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007,
Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
2007,
Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2007,
Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
2007,
Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
2005,
Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
2005,
Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913)
2002,
Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
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February, 6
- Deaths
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