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In eastern Australia 5 people were killed when a plane carrying a group of skydivers plunged into a dam near Brisbane.
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China’s Xinhua News reported that the nation’s GDP grew 9.8% in 2005.
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The roof of an ice rink with about 50 people inside collapsed after a heavy snowfall in a town in the Bavarian Alps killing 15 people, most of them teens and children.
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In India’s Orissa state police shot and killed 12 tribals who were seeking to block construction of a steel plant in Kalinga Nagar. Tensions were heightened after the "tribals hacked to death a senior constable." Hundreds of protesters, some armed with bows and arrows, soon blocked a highway to protest the police shooting.
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In central Indonesia flash floods swept away hundreds houses and schools, killing at least 57 people.
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In Iraq the main Sunni Arab group, the Iraqi Accordance Front, and Kurdish regional Pres. Massoud Barzani agreed on broad outlines for a coalition government.
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A suicide car bomber targeted a busload of police recruits north of Baghdad, killing seven people, and gunmen in the capital killed five workers.
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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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