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In Cambodia American actress Mia Farrow was forced to cancel a ceremony in Phnom Penh highlighting human rights abuses in Sudan after authorities barred her access to the city's genocide museum.
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Some 8.4 million Cubans ratified a slate of parliamentary candidates that included the ailing Fidel Castro (81).
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In western India a bus carrying Hindus on a religious pilgrimage skidded off a hill and plunged into a gorge, killing at least 38 people and injuring 40 others.
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In Myanmar a bus plunged over the side of a road and flipped over, killing 27 passengers and injuring 10 others.
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Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency reported that a fourth Russian shipment of nuclear fuel had arrived, destined for a power plant being constructed in the southern port of Bushehr.
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In western Iraq a suicide bombing killed six people near Fallujah. The attacker (18) was a relative carrying a box of candy at a gathering of tribal members to celebrate the recent release of a relative, Hadi Hussein, who had been released after more than a week in US custody. Hussein and five other people were killed in the blast.
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In Kenya renewed ethnic fighting broke out in a Nairobi slum following the deaths of more than 20 people in demonstrations against the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Several people were beaten and hacked to death with machetes.
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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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