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Texas was ranked as the biggest polluter in the US, making it the 7th worst in the world if it were its own nation.
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A British cultural organization accused Russian authorities of harassing its staff and said it had temporarily closed its offices in St. Petersburg.
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Chile's congress backed a pension reform bill to ensure the country's landmark social security program for the first time covers every citizen.
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Pres. Bush visited Egypt. Stalled reforms and bitterness over the jailing of hundreds of dissidents haunted his visit. Bush promised to stay engaged in pulling Israelis and Palestinians toward a peace pact by the end of his term.
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Italian police arrested scores of suspected mobsters in Palermo in the latest raid on suspected Sicilian Mafia hideouts.
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In Morocco 16 people were killed and 30 injured when an apartment block being built in Kenitra collapsed.
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In New Zealand Hone Tuwhare (86), the first Maori poet to be published in English and one of New Zealand's most celebrated verse writers, died.
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SEP, 8
- 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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