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China’s government released a white paper outlining its African policy.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing gave four million US dollars to Dakar within hours of his arrival in Senegal, the latest west African country to have recently ditched Taiwan in favor of mighty Beijing.
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In Ecuador police used tear gas to disperse about 2,000 demonstrators after they burned an American flag in front of the government palace to protest a free trade pact with the United States.
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EU governments refused to ascribe market-economy status to 13 Chinese shoemakers, opening the way for duties to be imposed on their imports to Europe.
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A German court convicted Amin Lokman Mohamed (33), an Iraqi man, of aiding a terror group in his home country and sentenced him to seven years in prison.
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In Lucknow, India, police said 4 men, who were arrested last week on charges of spreading homosexuality, were running a secret Internet club for homosexuals. Homosexuality is illegal in India. Activists called for their release.
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Italy's Air One said it will buy 30 Airbus A320s under a $1.8 billion deal for delivery by 2008 and plans to exercise an option to buy 10 more planes this year.
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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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