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In Haiti gunmen killed two Jordanian UN peacekeepers and seriously wounded a third at a checkpoint in Cite Soleil, a slum in Port-au-Prince.
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Subur Sugiarto, an alleged key aide to a Malaysian fugitive blamed for a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Indonesia, was captured in the central Javanese town of Boyolali en route to Jakarta. A local officer alleged that Sugiarto was "a henchman" of Noordin Top, who is believed to be a senior member of the al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah.
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Iran lifted its ban on CNN, a day after the government barred the US network from the country because of its mistranslation of nuclear comments by Pres. Ahmadinejad.
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In Iraq masked gunmen killed two people in attacks on an election headquarters and a Kurdish political party office in the northern city of Kirkuk. Hostage American reporter Jill Carroll appeared in a silent 20-second video aired by Al-Jazeera television, which said her abductors had given the United States 72 hours to free female prisoners in Iraq or she would be killed. Carroll was freed unharmed on March 30, 2006.
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Thousands of pro-Syrian Lebanese chanting "Death to America" protested near the US Embassy against what they called American meddling in the country's affairs.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il appeared to have left China after meeting Chinese leaders in Beijing to discuss six-party talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
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SF and other US cities held parades honoring Martin Luther King.
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- Current / Future Events
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1995 –
Connor Cruise, American actor; adopted son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
1989 –
Hollie-Jay Bowes, English actress
1986 –
Hale Appleman, American actor
1985 –
Kang-In, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
1985 –
Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU
1985 –
Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica)
1983 –
Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer
1983 –
Andrea Lowell, American model
1983 –
Johannes Herber, German basketball player
1983 –
Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician
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January, 17
- Births
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2009,
Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (b. 1943)
2008,
Bobby Fischer, American chess player (b. 1943)
2008,
Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
2008,
Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
2007,
Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925)
2007,
Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
2006,
Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
2006,
Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (b. 1925)
2005,
Charlie Bell, Australian fast food executive (b. 1960)
2005,
Virginia Mayo, American actress (b. 1920)
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January, 17
- Deaths
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