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Turkey's PM Erdogan challenged a ban on women wearing head scarves in universities and public offices, saying there is no need to wait for a constitutional change to remove the ban.
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CIA analyst Tom Donahue disclosed that criminals have been able to hack into computer systems via the Internet and cut power to several cities outside the US. He offered few specifics on what actually went wrong.
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US District Judge Charles Breyer sentenced Gregory Reyes, former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., to 21 months in prison and fined him $15 million for ordering options grants to employees to be changed to look as though they were made on days when the stock's value was lower.
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A US District court in Kansas City, Mo., unsealed a 42-count indictment that accused the Islamic Relief Agency of paying Mark Deli Siljander, a former Michigan congressman (1981-1987), $50,000 for lobbying funds that were sent to terrorists.
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In Georgia 2 off-duty DeKalb County police officers were killed in what appeared to be an ambush at an apartment complex in what residents described as a high-crime neighborhood.
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BEA Systems accepted an $8.5 billion offer to be acquired by Oracle Corp.
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Sun Microsystems agreed to buy MySQL AB, a Swedish-based database firm, for $1 billion.
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- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Yvonne Zima, American actress
1988 –
Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
1987 –
Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
1986 –
Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka
1985 –
Joe Flacco, American football player
1985 –
Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer
1984 –
Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician
1984 –
Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
1983 –
Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
1982 –
Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
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January, 16
- Births
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2009,
Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)
2009,
John Mortimer, British barrister, screenwriter and author. (b. 1923)
2009,
Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter (b. 1917)
2007,
Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)
2007,
Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
2006,
Stanley Biber, American surgeon (b. 1923)
2005,
Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)
2004,
Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
2003,
Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
2002,
Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
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January, 16
- Deaths
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