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A lawyer told a government inquiry that Australia's wheat exporter, AWB Ltd., knowingly provided hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime and deceived the United Nations about the payments under the oil-for-food program.
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Chinese state media reported that foreign currency reserves rose 34% last year to a record $818.9 billion.
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Colombia's president ordered an investigation into allegations that outlawed paramilitary groups have infiltrated congressional campaigns using illegal drug money.
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In Strasbourg, France, demonstrators fought with police and smashed windows at the European Parliament building during a protest over a proposal to make port operations in the European Union more competitive.
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A US-registered private jet crashed in the French Alps outside Bourdeau and 4 people were killed.
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State radio reported that Iran has allocated the equivalent of $215 million for the construction of what would be its second and third nuclear power plants.
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In Baghdad, Iraq, a car bomb detonated next to a police convoy, killing a 6-year-old child and five police officers. A US military helicopter crashed north of Baghdad killing the two crew members. It was the third American chopper to go down in 10 days.
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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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