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A car bomb ripped through eastern Beirut, killing Capt. Wissam Eid, Lebanon's top anti-terrorism investigator, as he returned from a meeting on the probe into the 2005 assassination of a former prime minister. Three others died in the blast.
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In Lithuania a specially established commission on image creation, chaired by PM Gediminas Kirkilas, approved a strategic marketing concept for the presentation of Lithuania around the world.
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North and South Korea held working-level military talks, the first dialogue between the two countries this year, as Seoul's conservative president-elect prepared to take office with calls for a tougher stance toward Pyongyang.
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Pakistani troops battled Islamic militants during a search for several hijacked trucks full of ammunition, with up to 30 rebels and two soldiers killed. Militants said only a few fighters were killed along with 6 Pakistani soldiers.
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At Davos, Switzerland, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced at the World Economic Forum that his foundation would give $306 million to use green technology and farming techniques to boost millions out of hunger and poverty.
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A World Trade Organization (WTO) accession committee approved Ukraine's membership bid, clearing the way for the former Soviet republic to join the body.
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The commander of US forces in Central Asia met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov, the first visit by a high-level US military officer since the authoritarian leader evicted American troops amid Western criticism of a bloody government crackdown.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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750 –
Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (d. 780)
1991 –
Jason Dolley, Actor
1989 –
Sheryfa Luna, French singer
1988 –
Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
1987 –
Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
1986 –
Chris O'Grady, English footballer
1986 –
Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
1985 –
Acie Law IV, National Basketball Association player
1985 –
Patrick Willis, American Football Linebacker
1985 –
Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer
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January, 25
- Births
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2009,
Kim Manners, American television producer and director (b. 1951)
2008,
Christopher Allport, American actor (b. 1947)
2008,
Evelyn Barbirolli, English musician (b. 1911)
2006,
Anna Malle, adult film star (b. 1967)
2005,
Stanislaw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
2005,
William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
2005,
Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
2005,
Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (b. 1907)
2005,
Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)
2005,
Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
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January, 25
- Deaths
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