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Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a barrage of homemade rockets and mortar rounds at Jewish towns and settlements, hours after newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas extended his hand in peace to Israel.
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Russia's Federal Statistics Service said inflation was 11.7 per cent in 2004, slower than the 12 per cent rate for 2003 but still above government's target.
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The Ukrainian parliament called for an immediate withdrawal of the nation's peacekeepers from Iraq. The vote was non-binding but reflected growing national dismay over the mission.
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Fighting raged on in Sudan's western Darfur region where despite a peace accord ending a separate conflict in southern Sudan.
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Spencer Dryden (66), former drummer for the Jefferson Airplane (1967-1970), died in Petaluma, Ca. Dryden also played with the Grateful Dead (1971-1978), whose albums included “The Adventures of Panama Red” (1973).
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A strike by workers and a demonstration that drew hundreds of thousands of people paralyzed Santa Cruz as Bolivia's largest city joined an anti-government protest that has elicited a pledge from the president to resign if things turn violent. The protests forced the government to cancel water concessions to a foreign firm.
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Gunmen on a motorbike in northern Colombia killed Julio Hernando Palacios, a radio journalist known for his tough talk against corruption.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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889 –
Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)
347 –
Emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (d. 395)
1993 –
Flora Cross, American actress
1989 –
Sammy Carlson, Professional Freeskier
1988 –
Daniel Dzufer, Australian rules footballer
1987 –
Scotty Cranmer, American professional BMX rider
1986 –
Rachel Riley, British television presenter
1985 –
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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