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In Lebanon Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader Hezbollah, declared no president will be elected unless his opposition party gets veto power in the future government.
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Darfur rebels in Sudan said they had taken a town around Geneina, the main city of west Darfur which they claim to have surrounded.
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In Iraq a suicide bombing in Baqouba killed seven people, including Abu Sadjat, a local tribal chief, and wounded 22 others.
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Egypt allowed more than 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims to enter the Gaza Strip, drawing a fierce rebuke from Israel, which had tried to prevent top members of the militant Hamas from returning home.
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Israeli forces killed seven Palestinian militants in a clash before dawn, pressing its war against armed groups in the Gaza Strip days before President Bush arrives to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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International pressure mounted on Kenya's leaders to end postelection violence that has killed more than 300 people. Vice President Moody Awori told a local television station that the violence has cost the country $31 million a day.
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Myanmar's military junta dramatically raised the annual fee for TV satellite dishes, an apparent move to block the foreign news channels that beamed in global criticism of its recent crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
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- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Davide Santon, Italian footballer
1991 –
Steele Sidebottom, Australian Rules footballer who plays for Collingwood
1989 –
Danny Jones, English/Spanish legendary matador
1988 –
Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
1987 –
Loui Batley, British actress
1987 –
Syesha Mercado, American singer
1985 –
Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
1984 –
Colleen Taylor, American journalist
1983 –
Andrew Ebbett, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Kate Bosworth, American actress
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January, 2
- Births
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2009,
Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (b. 1893)
2008,
Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. 1926)
2008,
George MacDonald Fraser, British author (b. 1925)
2008,
Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2008,
Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Thailand (b. 1923)
2007,
Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (b. 1957)
2007,
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (b. 1941)
2007,
Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and researcher (b. 1924)
2007,
Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2007,
Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
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January, 2
- Deaths
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