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In Iraq a suicide bomber apparently targeting a senior security official blew himself up inside a funeral tent, killing 18 people in Hajaj. US troops killed two al-Qaida-linked militants and detained 18 during raids in central and northern Iraq. A parked car bomb exploded as an Iraqi army patrol passed by south of Mosul, killing two civilians.
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Israel launched an advanced spy satellite that will be able to track events in Iran, the country it considers its top foe, even at night and in cloudy weather. India successfully launched the Israeli spy satellite into orbit.
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In Italy a key ally of Premier Romano Prodi pulled his party from the Cabinet amid a corruption scandal, sending the center-left governing coalition scrambling to keep the administration from falling.
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Latvia's Foreign Ministry declared a Russian diplomat persona non grata, citing a report that he was a threat to national security. On Jan 25 Russia said it will expel a Latvian diplomat in apparent retaliation. Some 400,000 non-citizens lived in Latvia. Ethnic Russians accounted for a third of the country's population of 2.3 million.
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Mexico's army captured Alfredo Beltran Leyva, a top lieutenant of the Sinaloa cartel. He allegedly commanded squads of hit men and organized drug shipments north.
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In southern Nigeria a major oil pipeline belonging to Italian oil company Agip caught fire and a tanker truck exploded in separate incidents.
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President Pervez Musharraf in Brussels pledged to hold free elections as he began a European trip aimed at bolstering outside support, but urged the West not to hold Pakistan to unrealistic rights standards.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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2004 –
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
2001 –
Jackson Brundage, American Actor
1994 –
Laura Robson, Tennis Player
1990 –
Jacob Smith, American actor
1988 –
William Johansson, Swedish composer
1987 –
Joe Ledley, Welsh footballer
1985 –
Adrian Lewis, English Dart Player
1985 –
Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
1985 –
Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
1985 –
Sasha Pivovarova, Russian Model
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January, 21
- Births
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2008,
Pam Barrett, Canadian politician (b. 1953)
2008,
Marie Smith Jones, last native speaker of the Eyak language (b. 1918)
2007,
Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
2007,
U;Nee, Korean pop artist (b. 1981)
2006,
Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
2006,
Bedanand Jha, Nepalese politician
2005,
Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907)
2005,
John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
2005,
Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
2004,
Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929)
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January, 21
- Deaths
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