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Iajuddin Ahmed, the president of Bangladesh, declared a state of emergency following weeks of violent protests and threats by a political alliance to disrupt general elections. Gen. Masud Uddin Chowdhury led a coup and forced the president to cancel elections and declare a state of emergency. Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed was sworn in as head of Interim government.
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Protesters seeking the ouster of a Bolivian state governor for his opposition to leftist President Evo Morales battled with the governor's supporters in clashes that left two dead and more than 60 injured.
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Brazilian prosecutors sought the extradition of two church leaders arrested in the United States on money smuggling charges.
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The Bank of England (BoE) raised British interest rates by a quarter of a point to 5.25 percent to fight inflation.
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China destroyed its Feng Yun 1-C, an aging weather satellite launched in 1999, with a ballistic missile 537 miles above the Earth. The impact created about 28% of the junk currently floating in space. The US halted such tests in 1985 for fear of creating debris deadly to spacecraft.
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Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam was sentenced to life imprisonment, ending his 12-year trial in absentia for genocide and other crimes committed during his iron-fisted rule (1974-1991). Mariam lived comfortably in exile in Zimbabwe, where Pres. Robert Mugabe has said he won't deport Mengistu if he refrains from political activity.
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Indonesian police raided a house on Sulawesi Island where several alleged Islamic militants were staying, sparking a fierce gun and bomb battle that left one suspected terrorist dead.
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- Current / Future Events
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Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)
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Emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (d. 395)
1993 –
Flora Cross, American actress
1989 –
Sammy Carlson, Professional Freeskier
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Daniel Dzufer, Australian rules footballer
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Scotty Cranmer, American professional BMX rider
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Rachel Riley, British television presenter
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Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
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Newton Faulkner, British singer
1985 –
Rie fu, Japanese singer
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January, 11
- Births
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2009,
David Vine, British sports broadcaster (b. 1936)
2008,
Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (b. 1917)
2008,
Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, the 1st person to climb Mt Everest in 1953 (b. 1919)
2007,
Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
2007,
Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
2007,
Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
2006,
Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
2006,
Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
2005,
Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
2005,
Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)
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January, 11
- Deaths
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