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The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that 47 journalists were killed in 2005, and that more than three-quarters were murdered to silence their criticism of punish them for their work. Iraq accounted for 22 of the deaths.
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In Pennsylvania the Dover School Board rescinded its policy of presenting intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology classes.
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The US DJIA rose 129.91 to 10847.41 on expectations for an end to interest rate increases based the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve meeting in December.
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Armed men beheaded a teacher in the central Afghan town of Qalat, the latest in a string of attacks against educators at schools where girls study. Officials blamed Taliban militants.
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A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Egypt will deport 654 Sudanese refugees who were violently evicted from a protest camp in a Cairo park last week.
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Urbano Lazzaro (81), a resistance fighter credited with arresting fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at the end of World War II, died in Vercelli, Italy.
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In Japan Yoshie Sato (56) was killed near the Yokosuka base. Japanese media later reported that a US serviceman (21) had admitted to US military authorities to killing her.
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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
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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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