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In Tunisia at least 14 people, including two security forces, were killed in the shootout in Soliman, 25 miles south of the capital, Tunis. Fifteen people were arrested. On Jan 12 the interior minister said nearly 30 Islamic extremists involved in a deadly gunbattle with police had blueprints of foreign embassies and documents naming foreign envoys.
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Turkmenistan's acting president, in his first campaign statement for next month's election, called for wider Internet access in the country and for improving pensions that were slashed last year.
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China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing arrived in the central African nation of Guinea-Bissau for cooperation talks. His 7-nation tour reflected Chinese interest in Africa.
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Hundreds of hay bales fell from the sky across Colorado's rangeland as military helicopter and cargo plane crews delivered food to cattle that have been stranded by heavy snow and high drifts for a week.
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Bob Nardelli abruptly resigned as chairman and chief executive of The Home Depot Inc. after a six-year tenure that saw the world's largest home improvement store chain post big profits but left investors disheartened by poor stock performance. He left with a severance package of $210 million. He was succeeded by Frank Blake.
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C. William Verity Jr. (89), former US Commerce Secretary, died in Beaufort, SC.
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Afghanistan’s the interior ministry said Afghan and NATO troops killed 17 rebels, including two commanders, in a sweep of a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. In southern Afghanistan a roadside bomb killed five Afghan security forces and wounded four as they patrolled with NATO troops.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Alex D. Linz, American actor
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Anya Rozova, Russian model and America's Next Top Model contestant
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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
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Jacob Timpano, Australian soccer player
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Jessica O'Rourke, American soccer player
1986 –
Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer
1985 –
John David Booty, American football player
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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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