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In Canada 7 members of a ski party were killed in an avalanche near Durrand Glacier outside of Banff National Park.
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In northeast China a gas explosion tore through a coal mine, killing 16 workers at a facility in the same city where another blast killed scores of miners last year.
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In northern Colombia FARC rebels ambushed a pickup truck carrying policemen, killing 6 officers and their civilian driver in a hail of gunfire and grenades.
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The chief UN arms inspectors and Iraqi officials agreed on practical steps to greater Iraqi cooperation in the UN disarmament program, including Baghdad's encouragement of weapons scientists to submit to private UN interviews.
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The UN human rights watchdog elected a Libyan diplomat as its president for this year, despite concern from the United States about the country's poor record on civil liberties and its alleged role in sponsoring terrorism.
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An Organization of American States report accused Nicaragua of negligence for authorizing a deal that allowed 3,000 Kalashnikov rifles meant for Panama to go to a Colombian paramilitary militia.
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The leaders of Russia and Belarus reaffirmed their commitment to closer integration under a union treaty that has developed slowly since it was created nearly seven years ago.
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- Current / Future Events
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225 –
Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)
1991 –
Jolyon Palmer, English racing driver; son of Jonathan Palmer
1986 –
Derek Fathauer, American professional golfer
1984 –
Olivia Hallinan, English actress
1984 –
Toni Gonzaga, Filipina actress and singer
1983 –
Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 –
Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1983 –
Paula Taylor, English-Thai actress, model and presenter
1982 –
Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
1982 –
Joe Swash, English actor
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January, 20
- Births
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2009,
Stéphanos II Ghattas, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria for the Coptic Catholic Church
2009,
Stan Hagen, Canadian politician (b. 1940)
2009,
David Newman, American jazz musician, nicknamed "Fathead" (b. 1933)
2009,
Sheila O'Nions Walsh (aka Sheila Walsh, Sophie Leyton), English romance writer (b. 1928)
2006,
Dave Lepard, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (b. 1980)
2005,
Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
2005,
Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (b. 1921)
2005,
Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
2005,
Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
2004,
Guinn Smith, American athlete (b. 1920)
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January, 20
- Deaths
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