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Benin, Nigeria, and Togo formed a new regional body aimed at fast-tracking the integration of their economies. The body, known as the Co-Prosperity Alliance Zone (COPAZ), was formally inaugurated following a mini-summit of Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo, Benin’s President Boni Yayi and Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe.
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In Cape Verde 3 Italian women, aged 17-33
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State media said officials in eastern China plan to name and shame rich families who ignore the country's strict one-child policy and simply pay the fine for having a second or third baby. China executed Ismail Semed, an ethnic Muslim and member of the Uighur minority group in Xinjiang, for alleged separatist activities. Human rights groups condemned because they said the prosecution's case against him lacked evidence and his confession may have been coerced.
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Cuba deported reputed drug kingpin Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante to Colombia, which plans to extradite him to the United States to face trafficking and money laundering charges.
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In France teachers, tax collectors, railway workers and other public servants went on strike to protest job losses and demand higher pay.
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India’s air force chief S.P. Tyagi told reporters at the Bangalore air show that the government expects to sign a contract to buy 40 Russian Sukhoi-30 aircraft by the end of the fiscal year March 31.
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An object fell from the sky and killed 3 nomads in northern India’s Rajasthan state. The impact left a crater and the object was believed to have been a meteor.
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- Current / Future Events
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412 –
roclus, Greek philosopher (d. 487)
1995 –
Jordan Todosey, Canadian actress
1989 –
Danielle Harmer, English actress
1988 –
Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
1987 –
Carolina Kostner, Italian European champion figure skater
1984 –
Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player
1983 –
Jim Verraros, American singer
1982 –
Danny Tamberelli, American actor
1982 –
Eric Alexander, American football player
1982 –
Satomi Korogi, Japanese voice actress
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February, 8
- Births
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2009,
Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982)
2008,
Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)
2007,
Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and entertainer (b. 1967)
2007,
Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American professor and reincarnation expert (b. 1918)
2006,
Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
2006,
Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
2005,
Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
2005,
Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
2004,
Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)
2002,
Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)
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February, 8
- Deaths
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