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Gordon B. Hinckley (b.1910), the humble head of the Mormon church, died in Salt Lake City. He added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith's image as a world religion.
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Chinese police shot and killed two members of a "terrorist gang" and rounded up 15 others during a raid in the restive northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang. Police found guns, homemade bombs, training materials and "extremist religious ideological materials" during a raid in Urumqi.
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At least 10 bodies were recovered after a boat capsized on Lake Tanganyika in eastern Congo. An official later said the overloaded boat was piloted by a drunken captain.
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Egyptian forces brandishing electrified batons stopped Gaza cars from crossing the breached border and tightened security at checkpoints to try to confine Palestinians who moved freely into Egypt for a fifth straight day.
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France's Societe Generale said Jerome Kerviel, the young trader blamed for losses that cost the bank more than $7 billion, hacked computers and used "several techniques of fraud." Judicial officials said the man would remain in custody a further 24 hours. The bank said Kerviel had built up a position worth some $73.5 billion, which was eventually closed or hedged by Jan 23 with a loss of $7.21 billion.
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Indonesia, the nation hardest hit by bird flu, recorded its 100th human death as the virus picked up speed across Asia.
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In Iraq an American soldier was killed in a roadside bombing.
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1988 –
Kerlon Moura Souza, Brazilian footballer
1987 –
Katy Rose, American pop singer
1987 –
Lily Donaldson, British model
1987 –
Zuleidy Spanish porn star
1984 –
Davetta Sherwood, American actress
1983 –
Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 –
Gavin Floyd, American baseball player
1983 –
Mike Zagurski, American baseball player
1981 –
Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
1980 –
Chanda Gunn, American ice hockey player
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January, 27
- Births
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2009,
John Updike, American Novelist (b. 1932)
2009,
R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (b. 1910)
2008,
Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1910)
2008,
Suharto, President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
2008,
Louie Welch, mayor of Houston (b. 1918)
2007,
Tige Andrews, American actor (b. 1920)
2007,
Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese athlete (b. 1933)
2006,
Johannes Rau, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
2006,
Gene McFadden, American singer and songwriter (b. 1948).
2006,
Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (disappeared) (b. 1965)
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January, 27
- Deaths
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