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In Kenya gunmen shot and killed, Joan Wells Root (69), a well-known British environmentalist and wildlife filmmaker, at her home in the central Rift Valley.
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Hundreds of protesters stormed the headquarters of Mongolia's biggest political party (MPRP), one day after it pulled out of the country's 15-month-old ruling coalition.
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A Palestinian militant blew himself up and two other Palestinians were killed in a gunbattle with Israeli troops during an arrest raid in the West Bank town of Jenin.
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Thousands of Muslim pilgrims rushing to complete a symbolic stoning ritual during the hajj tripped over luggage, causing a crush in which 363 people were killed.
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Mehmet Ali Agca (48), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from prison after serving more than 25 years in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist.
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Turkey’s government said 2 more Turks tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in preliminary tests, bringing the total number of human infections to 18.
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Spanish police detained Omar Nakcha (23), a Moroccan whom they suspect of being the leader of two extremist groups recruiting volunteers to fight in Iraq.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1998 –
Nathan Gamble, American actor
1995 –
Laurel McGoff, American singer
1993 –
Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
1992 –
Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
1990 –
Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
1988 –
Andrew Lawrence, American actor
1988 –
Chris Casement, Irish footballer
1987 –
Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
1987 –
Will Rothhaar, American actor
1986 –
Kieron Richardson, English actor
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January, 12
- Births
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2009,
Claude Berri, French movie director (b. 1934)
2009,
Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
2007,
Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
2007,
Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2005,
Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003)
2005,
Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
2005,
Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)
2004,
Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
2004,
Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2003,
Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
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January, 12
- Deaths
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