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In insurgency-hit Indian Kashmir voters turned out in big numbers to cast ballots in the first leg of municipal polls to be held in over a quarter of a century.
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In northern Kenya fighting over the last 2 weeks between the Garre and Murule clans forced 30,000 people to flee and left 30 people dead. Recent fighting between Masai and Kikuyu left 10-30 people dead.
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A suicide bomber attacked a police station in a Kurdish town, killing 8 people, and insurgents blasted polling places in several cities on the eve of landmark elections.
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In Russia the fragmented opposition gathered pace as thousands of communists, liberals and radical youth activists joined forces to protest against the loss of Soviet-era benefits.
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The US freed 3 juvenile Afghan detainees (13-15) from Guantanamo, Cuba.
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In Afghanistan an arms dump blast killed 8 American soldiers in a what was likely an accident.
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It was reported that Angolan troops and police have driven at least 10,000 Congolese from northern Angola's diamond zones in a bloody month-old campaign.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Megan Jossa, English actress
1993 –
Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player
1991 –
Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Son of the Duke of Westminster
1988 –
Stephanie Gilmore, Australian professional surfer
1987 –
Matthew Wilson, English world rally driver
1987 –
Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006)
1986 –
Chris Bourque, American pro hockey player
1986 –
Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
1986 –
Jair Jurrjens, Dutch baseball pitcher
1986 –
Mark Howard, English football player
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January, 29
- Births
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2009,
Helio Gracie, Creator of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (b. 1913)
2009,
John Martyn, Scottish singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
2009,
Bill Frindall, Cricket scorer and statistician (b. 1939)
2008,
Raymond Jacobs, American soldier (b. 1925)
2008,
Philippe Khorsand, French actor (b. 1948)
2008,
Margaret Truman, American writer, daughter of Harry S. Truman (1924)
2007,
Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
2007,
Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (b. 1970)
2005,
Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)
2005,
Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist (b. 1924)
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January, 29
- Deaths
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