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Thailand made an uneasy return to democracy with the swearing-in of a Cabinet dominated by loyalists to the prime minister ousted nearly 17 months ago in a military coup. Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a bomb near a Chinese shrine in southern Thailand, killing one soldier and wounding six other people.
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Ukraine's main opposition party vowed to continue its blockade of parliament, a day after fist fights and protests over NATO membership caused the president to cancel his state of the nation speech.
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In China the Year of the Pig ended at midnight making way for Year of the Rat.
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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air, as officials ordered the evacuation of 3,000 villagers living near its slopes.
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In Mexico more than a dozen armed assailants staged and videotaped simultaneous attacks against two offices of the state attorney general in Acapulco, killing five agents and two secretaries.
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Dutch media reported that the parties of the incoming centre-left Dutch government agreed to grant amnesty for some 30,000 failed asylum seekers who came to the Netherlands before April 2001.
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In Pakistan a suicide attacker detonated a bomb in a parking area at the international airport in Rawalpindi, which serves Pakistan's capital, wounding at least two police and killing himself.
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- Current / Future Events
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2004 –
Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Princess of Belgium
1989 –
Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
1988 –
Allison Holker, American dancer
1988 –
Bailey Hanks, American actress
1986 –
Alice Greczyn, American actress
1986 –
Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 –
U-Know, leader of Korean group TVXQ
1985 –
Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
1985 –
Kris Humphries, American basketball player
1985 –
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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