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Event Search Results for "February"
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A "doomsday" seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
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The deadly conflict in Darfur entered its sixth year with no solution in sight, as Khartoum continued to resist the full deployment of a peacekeeping force amid a fresh wave of bombings.
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The WHO said drug-resistant TB had reached its highest levels ever at 5% of all new TB cases worldwide. In parts of the former Soviet Union and China it reached 15-22% of new cases.
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South Africa announced that it was reversing a 1995 ban on killing elephants to help control their booming population, drawing instant outrage from animal-rights activists.
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Turkey's military said it had killed 41 more separatist Kurdish rebels in clashes in northern Iraq, raising the reported guerrilla death toll in a cross-border operation to 153.
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In Connecticut 5 former insurance company executives were found guilty of a scheme to manipulate the financial statements of the world's largest insurance company, American International Group Inc.
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Visa Inc. said its initial public offering later this year could raise up to $19 billion, making it the largest in US history. Visa will offer 406 million shares at $37 to $42 per share.
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The Taliban threatened to attack mobile phone facilities in Afghanistan, alleging that the technology was being used at night to pin-point the Islamic rebels' hideouts. 7 insurgents were killed in two separate clashes in Helmand province. A rocket fired by insurgents in the Kajaki region of Helmand province killed five Afghan civilians.
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In Argentina the body of Paul Alberto Navone, a retired army officer, was found dead of a gunshot in an apparent suicide. He had been called to testify about the fate of twins born to a political prisoner in 1978.
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Czech PM Mirek Topolanek said he will complete a deal on missile defense this week in Washington, and attributed Russian opposition to the project to lingering frustration over the collapse of the Soviet Union. During his visit Topolanek signed a memorandum of understanding that will allow Czechs to apply for a US visa waiver online.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1987 –
Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
1985 –
CariDee English, American model
1985 –
Graham Harrell, American football player
1985 –
Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 –
Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
1984 –
Joe Lauzon, American martial artist
1983 –
John Hopkins, American motorcycling racer
1982 –
Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater
1982 –
John Bobek, American actor
1981 –
Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
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May, 22
- Births
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2008,
Robert Asprin, American author (b. 1946)
2006,
Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b. 1945)
2006,
Heather Crowe, Canadian activist (b. 1945)
2005,
Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)
2005,
Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
2005,
Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
2004,
Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
2004,
Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
2003,
Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim
1998,
José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b. 1910)
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May, 22
- Deaths
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