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The British government unveiled a plan to put one million of the 2.7 million people on incapacity benefits back to work within the next decade, saving huge sums of taxpayers' money.
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China shut down Bing Dian, a newspaper supplement known for its in-depth reporting on sensitive issues, the latest measure by the communist government to tighten control over the media.
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Fidel Castro accused the US of seeking to rupture the minimum remaining diplomatic ties with his country, addressing tens of thousands of Cubans before starting a march outside the American mission in Havana.
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Shafik Handal (75), leader of the Salvadoran left, died of a heart attack in San Salvador. The ex-guerrilla commander had fought US-backed troops during the country's 12-year civil war.
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Georgia’s energy minister said Iran has expressed a readiness to export natural gas to Georgia to make up for a sharp drop in Russian deliveries.
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In Germany automaker DaimlerChrysler AG said that it would cut administrative staff by 20 percent worldwide over three years, dropping 6,000 jobs in order to save some $1.2 billion a year and make the company leaner and more profitable.
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India's central bank raised short-term borrowing rate a quarter percent point to 5.5 percent, citing fears of inflation amid strong economic growth.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1988 –
Jade Ewen, English singer
1986 –
Mischa Barton, English-born American actress
1986 –
Raviv Ullman, Israeli-born American actor
1984 –
Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
1984 –
Witold Kieltyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (d. 2007)
1983 –
Scott Speed, American race car driver
1983 –
Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
1981 –
Travis Hanson, American baseball player
1980 –
Nicole Marie Lenz, American actress
1980 –
Rocky Boiman, American football player
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January, 24
- Births
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2009,
Reg Gutteridge, British Boxing Journalist (b. 1924)
2009,
Kay Yow, North Carolina State Univ. women's basketball head coach (b. 1942)
2009,
Gérard Blanc, French singer
2008,
Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago's CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
2007,
Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
2007,
Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
2007,
Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's Oldest Military Veteran (b. 1891)
2006,
Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914)
2006,
Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
2006,
Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965)
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January, 24
- Deaths
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