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According to an insider's written account, female interrogators tried to break Muslim detainees at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay by using techniques such as sexual touching, wearing a miniskirt and thong underwear.
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In Chile Retired Gen. Manuel Contreras, the chief of the feared security service of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet, was forcefully arrested at his home and sent to prison with four of his top aides after being convicted in an emblematic human rights case.
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India took a major step to reform its financial sector and boost the country's stock markets by allowing non-government pension funds to invest up to 5 percent of their portfolios in equities.
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Iraq battened down for the 1st free balloting in half a century, imposing a 7 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew and closing Baghdad Int’l Airport. 5 US soldiers were killed in the capital and insurgents blasted polling stations across the country. Iraqis overseas began three days of voting in 14 nations.
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Authorities in Iraq said they have arrested three close associates of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In southern Iraq a roadside bomb hit an Iraqi police vehicle, killing one officer. 2 American soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Baghdad.
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Israel's army chief ordered troops to halt operations in the Gaza Strip and to scale back raids in the West Bank, as hundreds of Palestinian police deployed in the volatile central and southern parts of the territory.
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In Nicaragua Eugenio Hernandez, who served as mayor of El Ayote from 1990 to 2000, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the Nov 9 slaying of Maria Jose Bravo (26), a reporter who was investigating an electoral dispute.
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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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