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A US federal judge ruled that the Vatican can be sued for damages by US victims of clerical sex abuse.
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Felipe Calderon, ruling-party presidential hopeful, registered his campaign with election officials, saying he understands the problems facing common Mexicans and will stem the flow of migrants who head north in search of higher-paying jobs.
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The Mongolian People’s Revolution Party (MPRP) pulled out of the government, accusing the current leadership of failing to fight corruption and worsening poverty in the former communist country. The move would leave the government without the minimum number of seats required to stay in power.
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In Nigeria gunmen stormed an offshore oil platform run Royal Dutch Shell and kidnapped four foreign oil workers. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Nigerian Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility. The four were freed nearly three weeks later.
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The British weekly New Scientist said Norway is to build a "doomsday vault" in a mountain close to the North Pole that will house a vast seed bank to ensure food supplies in the event of catastrophic climate change, nuclear war or rising sea levels.
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In Russia a knife-wielding man (20) shouting "I will kill Jews!" attacked a synagogue in downtown Moscow, slashing and stabbing at 9 people before the son of a rabbi wrestled him to the ground. In September Alexander Koptsev was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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Rebel sources said Sudanese troops had entered Hamesh Koreb, a town in eastern Sudan, and threatened to evict ex-southern rebels in a move that could threaten a landmark year-old peace deal.
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- Current / Future Events
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889 –
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
1985 –
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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