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Albertson's Inc., the nation's second biggest traditional grocery store chain, said it has agreed to sell the company. The deal was valued at about $17.4 billion in cash and stock and debt to an investment group including supermarket chain Supervalu Inc. and drugstore chain CVS Corp. In June the new owners announced the closure of 37 underperforming stores in Northern California. In 2007 the remaining stores were renamed under the Lucky name.
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Ford Motor Co., the nation's second-largest automaker, said that it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 facilities by 2012 as part of a restructuring designed to reverse a $1.6 billion loss last year in its North American operations.
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African leaders began their annual summit in disarray, failing to resolve dissension over Sudan's bid to chair the 53-state body. An AU official said 5 African leaders have asked Sudan to withdraw its bid to head the African Union because the appointment could sink Darfur peace talks and dent the group's credibility.
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In Australia commercial fishing was banned in Sydney's harbor due to dangerous levels of poisonous dioxin being found in prawns and fish. Prawn fishing had already been banned a month earlier. Greenpeace said some of the pollution originated in Homebush Bay on the Parramatta River, some 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from Sydney Harbor Bridge. From 1957 to 1976 Union Carbide made chlorinated herbicides there, including 2,4,5,-T a component of the infamous Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War.
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Wildfires raged across southern Australia. A firefighter was killed as a fire truck overturned speeding to a blaze. Distraught ranchers shot cattle injured by the flames.
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In northwest Bangladesh 6 people were killed and around 100 were wounded when police opened fire on a crowd of 10,000 rioting farmers demanding improved electricity supply.
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Belgian brewer InBev NV, the world's largest brewery by volume, said it has agreed to buy the largest brewer in China's Fujian province for 614 million euros ($740 million).
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
April Pearson, British actress
1987 –
Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer
1986 –
Steven Taylor, English footballer
1985 –
Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
1985 –
Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel
1984 –
Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
1982 –
Patrick Levis, American actor
1982 –
Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
1981 –
Greg Smith, American UFC fighter
1981 –
Rob Friend, Canadian footballer
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January, 23
- Births
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2009,
Robert W. Scott, American politician, governor of North Carolina (b. 1929)
2007,
E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918)
2007,
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932)
2007,
Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (b. 1928)
2006,
Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)
2005,
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, British politician (b. 1921)
2005,
Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
2004,
Bob Keeshan, American actor (b. 1927)
2004,
Helmut Newton, German-born photographer (b. 1920)
2003,
Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)
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January, 23
- Deaths
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