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In Mexico gunmen shot dead two federal agents and a civilian in the central state of Michoacan.
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In Belarus police broke up a rally of 2,000 entrepreneurs protesting moves by the authoritarian government to increase the burden on private business. The demonstrators opposed new legislation that would force them to reregister their ventures and double the amount of taxes they have to pay.
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Helicopters sent by Venezuela's president picked up two hostages freed by Colombian rebels in the jungle and flew the women across the border. Clara Rojas was an aide to Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt in February 2002 when the two were kidnapped on the campaign trail. Rojas gave birth in captivity to a boy fathered by one of the guerrillas. Betancourt is still being held. The other freed hostage, former congresswoman Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo, had been abducted in September 2001. FARC, in a statement published on a pro-rebel Web site, said the unilateral release demonstrated the group's "unquestionable willingness" to engage the government in talks over the release of remaining hostages. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is thought to still hold more than 700 others.
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In Georgia authorities formally charged Badri Patarkatsishvili, a billionaire businessman, who ran in this month's presidential election with plotting to overthrow the government. Patarkatsishvili left Georgia in November and has spent time in Britain and Israel. He has acknowledged offering large sums of money to police if they side with protesters.
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India's Tata Motors unveiled the world's cheapest car, bringing new mobility within the reach of tens of millions of people and nightmares to environmentalists, traffic engineers and safety advocates. The Tata Nano was expected to sell for about $2,500.
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In central Baghdad, two bombs exploded almost simultaneously near a military checkpoint, killing two policemen and one soldier. 11 others were wounded, including four civilians. US bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives during a 10-minute airstrike, flattening what the military called safe havens for al-Qaida in Iraq on the southern outskirts Baghdad. Al-Jibouri, leader of Arab Jabour's Awakening Council, said the airstrikes killed at least 21 al-Qaida militants including a group leader.
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A cargo boat laden with 500 tons of garbage from Naples docked at the island of Sardinia as the government worked to undo a weeks-long trash emergency that left heaps of waste piled up on the streets of Naples.
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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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