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India’s Supreme Court granted bail to Jayendra Saraswathi, one of Hinduism's most venerated clerics, after he spent nearly two months in jail in connection with the murder of a temple official. Former monastery official Sankaraman, said to be a bitter critic of the top cleric, was hacked to death in an ancient temple in Kanchi in September.
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A bus driver apparently lost control of his vehicle and it plunged into a canal killing 57 people in southern India.
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In Iraq gunmen assassinated Baghdad's deputy police chief and his son. A huge roadside bomb in southwestern Baghdad destroyed a U.S. armored vehicle and killed two American soldiers.
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New Italian legislation went into effect to stop smoking in restaurants and bars. Officials extended the initial Jan 1 date for the benefit of New Year revelers.
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In Kuwait a shootout killed two policeman and a suspect they were chasing in a suburb of the capital.
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Ukraine's Election Commission declared Viktor Yushchenko the winner of the presidential vote.
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Venezuela's President Chavez declared that farmland nationwide would be inspected and some of it given to the poor, expanding agrarian reforms with a pledge to fight "the large estates."
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Adnan Causevic, Bosnian-Norwegian soccer player
1990 –
Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
1989 –
Kyle Reimers, Australian rules footballer
1986 –
Abigail Clancy, English model
1986 –
Saleisha Stowers, American model
1983 –
Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver
1983 –
Li Nina, Chinese aerial free-style skier
1982 –
Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
1981 –
Brian Joo, Korean-born singer
1980 –
Matt Roney, American baseball player
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January, 10
- Births
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2009,
William Frederick "Bill" Stone, British World War I veteran (b. 1900)
2008,
Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
2008,
Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, Finnish-born American actress (b. 1921)
2008,
Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
2007,
Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
2007,
Bradford Washburn, American explorer (b. 1910)
2005,
Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
2005,
Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
2005,
James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
2005,
Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
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January, 10
- Deaths
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