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Malaysian dissident politician Anwar Ibrahim sued former PM Mahathir Mohamad for defamation after Mahathir refused to apologize for calling him a homosexual.
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Angel Hidalgo Espinosa, the leader of a farmers' group in Mexico's southern Chiapas state, was convicted in the 2001 slayings of 8 peasants and sentenced to 37 years in prison.
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Basra's governor threatened to stop dealing with British forces unless they release several Iraqis detained this week, including policemen suspected of links to local killings and kidnappings. Iraqi special forces backed by US troops raided houses in Baghdad and detained 60 suspected insurgents.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas asked Hamas to form a new government after his vanquished Fatah Party rejected a role in the Cabinet and Israel ruled out peace talks. In the wake of Hamas' triumph in Palestinian parliamentary elections, thousands of outraged Fatah supporters burned cars and fired in the air across the Gaza Strip.
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The UN said killings, rapes and indiscriminate attacks on civilians continue in Darfur, accusing Sudanese soldiers of apparently coordinating with armed militia in terrorizing the troubled region.
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In Mexico authorities got into a shootout with drug traffickers in Acapulco and at least 4 people were killed.
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A Panamanian ship collided with two other vessels near the Peruvian port of Callao, splitting in two and leaving one sailor missing.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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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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