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In Papua New Guinea a landslide sent mud and boulders smashing through a remote village, killing at least eight people and leaving five more missing and feared dead.
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The head of Russia's atomic energy agency said that Iran is ready for detailed discussions on the proposal to conduct Iran's uranium enrichment in Russia.
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A top Sunni politician appealed for the release of American journalist Jill Carroll and urged US and Iraqi forces to stop arresting Iraqi women as a deadline set by the reporter's kidnappers was set to lapse.
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Japan halted imports of US beef just a month after lifting a ban, following the discovery of spinal material in a shipment that should have been removed due to the risk of mad cow disease.
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Kuwait’s PM Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah agreed to take charge of Kuwait due to the poor health of the new emir. The move was perceived as a first step toward his eventually taking over the top office.
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Taiwan allowed students and tour groups to fly direct to China for the first time in the third annual installment of symbolic Chinese New Year flights aimed at warming tense relations with the mainland.
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Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, returned to prison, after an appeals court ruled that he should serve more time for the killing of a Turkish journalist and other crimes.
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- Current / Future Events
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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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