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Al-Jazeera broadcast portions of an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a possible truce to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Dragan Vasiljkovic, a Serbian-Australian man accused of ordering the torture of Croats during the bloody breakup of the former Yugoslavia, was arrested in Sydney. Authorities said Vasiljkovic trained and commanded a unit of the Croatian Serb special forces known as the "Kninjas." At the time, the rebels were engaged in a major campaign of ethnic cleansing, forcing tens of thousands of local Croats to flee their homes.
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President Omar Bongo (69) of Gabon, was sworn in for another 7-year term. Bongo has been president since Dec. 2, 1967, taking over upon the death of Leon M'Ba, the country's only other head of state since independence from France in 1960. Gabon produces about 290,000 barrels of oil a day and boasts sub-Saharan Africa's third largest reserves, around 2.5 billion barrels. Half the country still lives below the poverty line.
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India said that it had agreed to pay the Czech Republic 20 million dollars to resolve a trade dispute dating back to the Cold War. The move was announced at the end of a three-day visit by Czech President Jiri Paroubek.
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In India Jet Airways confirmed that it has agreed to buy Sahara Airlines for $500 million in cash. In 2005 Jet overtook the government owned Indian Airlines as India’s largest domestic carrier.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began a visit to Syria to consolidate an old alliance made increasingly crucial as both countries face mounting US pressure and the threat of international sanctions.
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Italy’s defense minister said Italy will withdraw all its troops from Iraq by the end of this year, in the first official timetable for Rome to end its mission.
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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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