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Iraqi and US forces arrested one of Muqtada al-Sadr's top aides in Baghdad as pressure increased on the radical Shiite cleric's militia ahead of a planned security crackdown in the capital. Al-Sadr said in an interview with an Italian newspaper that the crackdown had already begun and that 400 of his men had been arrested. A US Marine died from wounds due to enemy action in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province. Another was killed by a roadside bomb while conducting combat operations in Ninevah province.
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Israel said it had paid $100 million in frozen tax funds to the Palestinians and rescinded a contentious decision for a new West Bank settlement, strengthening the hand of moderate President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of crucial weekend talks in Damascus with his Hamas rivals.
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Mexico extradited four major drug traffickers to the US, including Osiel Cardenas, head of the so-called Gulf Cartel. President Felipe Calderon announced that 7,600 soldiers have massed in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero to go after drug gangs that have committed beheadings and other violence in the resort city of Acapulco in recent months.
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Five Moroccans sent home from the Guantanamo US military camp in 2004 were acquitted of terrorism charges leveled at them on their return.
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Mozambique officials said 4 people have died, hundreds of homes destroyed and more than 6,000 affected by torrential rains over the last two days.
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North Korea said it reached an agreement with the US during talks this week on its nuclear program, and the top US nuclear envoy expressed optimism that progress could be made when wider arms negotiations reconvene.
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Pakistan's president discussed the "deteriorating situation" in the Middle East with his Iranian counterpart ahead of his tour of the region.
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SEP, 8
- Current / Future Events
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Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)
1992 –
Logan Lerman, American actor
1992 –
Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
1991 –
Erin Sanders, American actress
1989 –
Josh Hill, Australian rules footballer
1987 –
Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
1986 –
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, American ice dancer
1985 –
Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
1985 –
Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
1985 –
Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
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January, 19
- Births
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2008,
Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937)
2008,
John Stewart, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1939)
2008,
Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster for CBC (b. 1936)
2007,
Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2007,
Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (b. 1954)
2007,
Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1940)
2007,
Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer (b. 1969)
2006,
Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
2006,
Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941)
2006,
Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
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January, 19
- Deaths
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