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Gold prices hit a record high 933.33 dollars in London as the market was driven higher by production problems in key producer South Africa and the weak US dollar.
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In China deadly winter storms, the worst in five decades, showed no signs of letting up, where cities were blacked out, transport systems were paralyzed and a bus crash on an icy road killed at least 25 people during the nation's busiest travel season.
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Congolese Tutsi rebels and a rival Mai Mai militia group pledged to respect a recently-signed peace accord, a day after clashes between their fighters broke the ceasefire.
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A Cairo court ruled to allow Egyptian Bahais to leave their religion blank on official documents, in effect restoring their access to jobs, schools and medical and financial services.
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Cars and trucks traveled freely across the border from Gaza to Egypt for a seventh day. Egyptians living near the breached border with Gaza warned that chaos was brewing and demanded the crisis be resolved.
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Iran’s state media reported that more than 50 followers of the minority Baha'i faith were convicted of distributing propaganda against the country's Islamic regime. The faith was banned after the 1979 Islamic revolution, and it is not recognized in the Iranian constitution as a religious minority.
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A suicide car bomber targeted a US patrol in Mosul, killing at least one Iraqi and wounding as many as 15. Iraqi police north of Baghdad found 19 bullet-riddled bodies near the former insurgent stronghold of Muqdadiyah. In Baghdad a bombing at a checkpoint wounded five American soldiers and three civilians. Iraqi officials claimed it was a suicide bombing and said two people were killed. An Iraqi television cameraman and his driver were killed in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad. The female correspondent and camera assistant traveling with them were wounded.
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- 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
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Matthew Wilson, English world rally driver
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Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006)
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Chris Bourque, American pro hockey player
1986 –
Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
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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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