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In South Korea unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. began a promised partial strike amid a dispute with management over bonuses.
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Israel’s acting PM Ehud Olmert faced his first major test when he led his Cabinet in a unanimous decision to let Palestinians vote in Jerusalem later this month.
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Crown prince Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, in his mid-70s and ailing himself, assumed the throne of Kuwait following the death of emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah.
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In Malaysia a homemade bomb filled with nails and bullet casings exploded outside a shopping mall on Penang island, killing one man and injuring another.
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A spokesman said Rep Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican implicated in a lobbying corruption investigation, will step aside temporarily as chairman of the US House Administration Committee.
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In southern Afghanistan a suicide car bomb hit a Canadian military convoy, killing three civilians, including a Canadian diplomat.
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Finnish President Tarja Halonen won the first round of the country's presidential election, but failed to obtain an absolute majority and will be forced into a runoff.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Chris Warren Jr., American actor
1990 –
Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer
1989 –
Alexei Cherepanov, Russian hockey player (d. 2008)
1989 –
Keiffer Hubbell, American ice dancer
1988 –
Sonny Moore, American musician From First to Last
1987 –
Aria C Jalali, American musician
1987 –
David Knight, English footballer
1987 –
Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
1987 –
Kelly Kelly, American WWE Diva
1987 –
Michael Seater, Canadian actor
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January, 15
- Births
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2008,
Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, Game Designer (b. 1964)
2008,
Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
2007,
Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
2007,
James Hillier, Canadian inventor of electron microscope (b. 1915)
2007,
Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. 1945) (executed)
2007,
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein (b. 1951) (executed)
2007,
David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
2007,
Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905)
2006,
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1926)
2005,
Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913)
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January, 15
- Deaths
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