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An African Union statement said former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is taking over mediation in Kenya's disputed presidential election. Kenya's feuding political leaders agreed to an immediate cessation of violence and any acts that may harm efforts to end the country's post-election crisis,
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Sir Edmund Hillary (88), the first person to stand atop the world's highest mountain, died in New Zealand. He was remembered as a deeply driven but unassuming man who strived to help the people of Nepal in the decades after his 1953 ascent of Mount Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
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In eastern Pakistan a suicide bomber blew himself up among police deployed outside a court in Lahore, killing at least 25 people, including 21 policemen, and wounding more than 70. Pakistani troops killed more than 50 Taliban militants after fighting off an attack overnight on a military fort near the town of Ladha in rugged South Waziristan.
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In the West Bank President Bush predicted that a Mideast peace treaty would be completed by the time he leaves office. Bush named Lt. Gen. William Fraser III of the US Air Force to oversee compliance with a US-backed peace plan.
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin named a prominent nationalist politician as ambassador to NATO at a time of severely strained ties between the two.
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Government officials and rebels said soldiers and Shiite rebels are fighting again in northern Yemen, breaking a 6-month-old cease-fire with clashes that have killed more than 30 people.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, midway through an official visit to Beijing, said he received a candid assurance from China that it opposes Iran having a nuclear arsenal.
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- 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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