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US and Afghan forces battled rebels aligned with renegade leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in the largest-scale fighting in 10 months. 18 enemy fighters were killed in 2 days of fighting. Norwegian F-16s participated in bombing enemy targets.
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A Chinese company began distributing generic drugs for an anti-AIDS cocktail.
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In eastern India a passenger bus caught fire after colliding with a truck carrying paint in dense fog, killing at least 42 people and injuring 13 others.
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In Israel PM Ariel Sharon's Likud won with 38 seats, but still needed coalition partners to reach a 61-spot majority in the 120-seat parliament.
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Ivory Coast's army said it opposed a new peace deal with rebel forces. Ethnic fighting flared amid violent protests over the proposed peace accord. A 4th day of ethnic clashes reportedly killed 10 people.
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Mauritania, an Arab-dominated West African nation, banned anti-U.S. protests and deployed hundreds of security forces in the capital to enforce the prohibition.
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In Mexico, gunmen in San Juan Chamula ambushed police trying to arrest murder suspects, sparking a gunbattle that left 5 people dead.
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- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Calum Worthy, Canadian actor and musician.
1988 –
Henry Mortensen, American actor
1986 –
Jessica Ennis, British athlete
1986 –
Shruti Haasan, Indian actress
1985 –
Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
1985 –
Daniel Carcillo, Canadian hockey player
1984 –
Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
1984 –
Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
1981 –
Elijah Wood, American actor
1981 –
Rick Razzano, American football player
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January, 28
- Births
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2009,
Billy Powell, American musician (b. 1952)
2008,
Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (b. 1939)
2008,
Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
2007,
Carlo Clerici, Swiss professional road racing cyclist (b. 1929)
2007,
Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
2007,
Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
2007,
Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
2007,
Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
2007,
Emma Tillman, the world's oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007 (b. 1892)
2006,
Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi
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January, 28
- Deaths
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