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In Bangladesh at least 15 people were injured as police and opposition supporters fought street battles in Dhaka ahead of a nationwide strike called by opposition parties. The Awami League and its 13 left-leaning allies called for a Sunday strike to press for removal of the chief election commissioner and two newly appointed commissioners.
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A lost whale that strayed up the Thames in central London was gently lifted onto a barge as crowds lined the river banks to watch a unique rescue operation. Wally, a young bottle-nosed whale, died while being returned to the sea.
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In Colombia a video, released by Colombian guerrillas, showed 12 kidnapped lawmakers pleading with their government to work with Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez to help obtain their release.
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Guyana's government deployed soldiers to protect flood control gates and reservoirs after saboteurs set fire to drainage systems in coastal areas threatened by recent flooding. Since December, flooding has covered thousands of acres in waist-deep water and displaced more than 5,000 people.
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In Iraq Sunni Arab politicians called for a government of national unity and signaled they will use their increased numbers in parliament to curb the power of rival Shiites, who have claimed the biggest number of seats in the new legislature.
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Ilan Halimi (23), a mobile phone salesman in northeast Paris, was kidnapped. Ransom demands soon followed. He was found 3 weeks later naked, handcuffed and covered with burn marks near railroad tracks in the Essonne region south of Paris. He died en route to a hospital. On Feb 20 a judge placed six men and a woman under investigation for the alleged plot to kidnap and kill on religious, racial or ethnic motives.
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The families of 426 HIV-infected Libyan children asked for $12 million in compensation for each child as part of efforts to resolve the case of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor charged with intentionally infecting the children.
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- 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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