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A bitterly cold winter storm pummeled parts of Europe, killing at least three sailors when a ship sank in rough seas, and piling up snow that stranded thousands at airports, on mountain roads and in remote villages.
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In the southern Philippines 2 al-Qaida-linked Muslim militants, including one wanted for the 2001 kidnapping of three Americans and 17 other people from a resort island, were captured in separate raids. Troops arrested suspected Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Tuwatin Anahalul in Zamboanga del Sur province's Margusatubig town.
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Puerto Rico halted all bird imports after a rare outbreak of avian flu in nearby Dominican Republic, where authorities killed more than 100 chickens, including fighting roosters that tested positive for the lethal virus. The ban forced the cancellation of more than 100 cockfights, dealing a blow to the lucrative industry.
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South Sudanese officials said North Sudanese troops have missed a third deadline to fully redeploy from the south following over two decades of north-south civil war that ended in 2005.
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Turkey’s Parliament approved a law extending a smoking ban in this tobacco-growing nation to all bars, restaurants and coffeehouses by mid-2009.
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In Turkey a car bomb exploded in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, killing 6 people, including 5 students. 67 people were wounded, including military personnel.
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In northern India ash-smeared and naked Hindu saints led millions of devotees in a pre-dawn holy dip at the meeting of three major rivers, starting a weeks-long pilgrimage to wash away their sins.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Alex D. Linz, American actor
1989 –
Anya Rozova, Russian model and America's Next Top Model contestant
1989 –
Julia Nunes, American singer and ukulele player
1989 –
Mustapha Hussein Saddam Hussein's grandson, Qusay Hussein's son (d. 2003)
1988 –
Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
1986 –
Jacob Timpano, Australian soccer player
1986 –
Jessica O'Rourke, American soccer player
1986 –
Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer
1985 –
John David Booty, American football player
1985 –
Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player for the Denver Nuggets
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January, 3
- Births
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2009,
Pat Hingle, American actor (b. 1924)
2009,
Ulf G. Lindén, Swedish entrepreneur (b. 1937)
2009,
Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (b. 1969)
2008,
Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (b. 1953)
2008,
Natasha Collins, British actress and television presenter (b. 1976)
2008,
Yo-Sam Choi, South Korean boxer (b. 1972)
2008,
Werner Dollinger, German politician and economist (b. 1918)
2007,
Janos Furst, Hungarian orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
2007,
Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor (b. 1937)
2007,
Earl Reibel, Canadian hockey player (b. 1930)
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January, 3
- Deaths
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