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Iraq arrested 3 men who were present at Saddam Hussein's execution, including the person believed to have recorded the event on a cell phone camera. US troops detained 23 people suspected of ties to senior al-Qaida leaders in raids in western Iraq. Police in Baghdad found 27 bodies, most of them with gunshot wounds to the head. Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video.
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Myanmar's military government freed nearly 3,000 convicts, but key political prisoners were not among those released.
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A Nigerian militant group said it had seized $545,000 sent by Italian oil firm Agip to obtain the release of 4 foreign workers kidnapped on Dec 7 but had kept the men hostage.
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In the northern Philippines a minibus carrying partygoers from a beach collided with a cargo truck, killing eight people and injuring 17.
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In Saudi Arabia Muslims circled the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, for a final time, bringing to a close what may have been the largest hajj pilgrimage ever.
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Kenya sent extra troops to its border with Somalia to keep Islamic militants from entering the country after Ethiopian helicopters attacked a Kenyan border post by mistake while pursuing suspected fighters.
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South Korea’s official media reported that Paek Nam Sun, North Korea's foreign minister and the country's top diplomat for nearly 10 years, has died at the age of 78.
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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)
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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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