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In Northern Ireland a report was published that detailed how some in the old Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) protected a band of loyalist paramilitary killers.
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Pakistan's military lodged a protest saying US-led forces in Afghanistan mistakenly fired at a Pakistani border post and killed a soldier. A suicide car bomber attacked a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing himself and at least four soldiers.
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Rosoboronexport chief Sergei Chemezov said Russia had fulfilled a contract to sell air defense missiles to Iran. This included 29 sophisticated missile systems under a $700 million contract signed in December 2005.
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Voting results in Serbia indicated that the ultra-nationalist Radicals won the most votes in parliamentary elections, but several pro-democratic groups collected enough seats to form a new government if they can unite.
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Klas Bergenstrand (61), the head of Sweden's intelligence agency, died from an apparent heart attack.
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In Turkey police said Yasin Hayal, a nationalist militant convicted of bombing a McDonald's restaurant in 2004, had confessed to inciting the killing of an ethnic Armenian journalist last week. Hayal said he provided a gun and money to the teenager who is suspected of carrying out the Jan 19 shooting.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that an external audit would be conducted of the UN Development Program in North Korea after the US alleged the program had funneled millions of dollars to Kim Jong Il's regime.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1988 –
Greg Oden, American basketball player
1987 –
Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
1987 –
Ray Rice , American football player
1986 –
Daniel Wayne Smith, American actor, reality television personality (d. 2006)
1986 –
Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model
1985 –
Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
1984 –
Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 –
Leon Powe, American basketball player
1984 –
Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
1984 –
Raica Oliveira, Brazilian model
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January, 22
- Births
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2009,
Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)
2008,
Roberto Gari, American actor (b. 1920)
2008,
Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
2008,
Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920)
2007,
Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer (b. 1962)
2007,
Ngô Quang Tru?ng, South Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
2007,
Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912)
2005,
César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
2005,
Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
2005,
Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)
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January, 22
- Deaths
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