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A Polish court convicted two doctors and two ambulance workers of participating in a scheme in which 14 patients were allowed to die, or in some cases killed with muscle relaxants, in return for kickbacks from funeral homes. All received prison sentences, ranging from five years to life.
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Rwanda's government said it has approved plans to scrap the death penalty, in a step which could remove a major obstacle to the transfer back home of defendants facing trial over the 1994 genocide.
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The African Union agreed to deploy a long-discussed peacekeeping force in Somalia.
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Sri Lankan troops captured the main rebel bastion in the island's east. After weeks of fighting, at least 45 security forces and 331 Tiger rebels were killed in the battle for Vakarai.
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Hrant Dink (53), a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent, was shot to death at the entrance to his newspaper's offices. The journalist had faced constant threats and legal proceedings as one of the most prominent voices of Turkey's shrinking Armenian community.
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In northeastern Hungary a Slovak military plane crashed as it ferried troops back from Kosovo, killing at least 42 people. Only one person survived the crash of the AN-24 aircraft.
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In Iraq 2 near-simultaneous bombings targeted a crowded downtown Baghdad coffee shop and nearby restaurant, killing at least 23 people and wounding 26.
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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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