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Denmark's PM said his government could not act against satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed after Libya closed its embassy in Copenhagen amid growing Muslim anger over the dispute.
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Finland's first female president said she was confident of re-election in a runoff vote. Polls suggested a close race after a steady surge in support for her conservative challenger. Pres. Tarja Halonen clinched a narrow re-election victory over a rival with a pro-alliance agenda. She won a new six-year term with 51.8 percent of the vote.
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In Iraq ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff and camera operator Doug Vogt were seriously injured in a roadside bombing near Taji.
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Car bombs exploded in a synchronized spree of attacks outside at least four churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding 9. US troops killed three suspected insurgents wearing Iraqi police uniforms in Kirkuk. A bomb killed 11 people in a shop selling sweets in the town of Iskindiraya south of Baghdad overnight. Violence killed at least 20 people, including 13 Iraqi policemen and soldiers. A car bomb killed 4 Iraqi soldiers in Uja. Former Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Idham was assassinated near Tikrit.
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Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah was sworn in as the new emir of Kuwait.
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The Mexican government said the US Border Patrol in New Mexico arrested Francisco Javier Gutierrez, a Mexican immigration official, who was allegedly trying to help a group of undocumented migrants sneak into the US.
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A Pakistani express train with up to 600 passengers aboard derailed, killing at least three people and injuring as many as 40.
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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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