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Gunmen attacked the car of a provincial councilman northeast of Baghdad, killing the official and three relatives. A roadside bomb killed three Iraqi civilians and wounded seven others in eastern Baghdad. US troops killed a suspected al-Qaida weapons dealer and two other people in Baghdad raids. Police found 15 bodies dumped in northern Baghdad.
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Teddy Kollek (b.1911), the legendary mayor of Jerusalem, died. He was born in Hungary, but was brought up mostly in Vienna. Kollek arrived in Palestine in 1934 and in 1965 was elected mayor of Jerusalem and served to 1993. He presided over the reunification of the city after the 1967 Mideast war and tried to balance the needs of its split Jewish and Arab populations.
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Grass fires in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas left at least 4 people dead with over 250 structures burned.
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In Tallmansville, West Virginia, an explosion at the Sago coal mine trapped 13 miners more than a mile underground. After 1½ days 12 miners were found dead. Randal McCloy (27) was the lone survivor.
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Independence Air, formerly known as Atlantic Coast Airlines, said it will shut down on Jan 5. The DC based carrier only began operations Jun 16, 2004.
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The Afghan government said it has ordered the US Embassy, the UN and other organizations to remove security barriers that are blocking streets in Afghanistan's capital and causing traffic jams.
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In Afghanistan a suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car near a US military convoy in the southern city of Kandahar, killing himself and wounding an American soldier and two passers-by. Suspected Taliban gunmen killed an Afghan aid worker who was praying in a mosque in southern Afghanistan. A policeman was killed in a separate firefight with militants.
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FEB, 10
- 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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