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EU foreign ministers agreed to restore normal diplomatic relations with the Cuban government while pledging to increase contacts with critics of Pres. Fidel Castro.
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in Egypt Ayman al-Nur, the head of an opposition party, denounced his arrest on forgery charges, telling a court it was a strike against political reform, while human rights groups said the moves against him could be a message to other opposition groups.
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France Telecom, Europe's second-largest telecommunications operator, announced plans to cut 8,000 jobs in 2005, mostly in France.
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Kamal Nath, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister, said the Indian parliament will shortly ratify new legislation protecting drug patents, paving the way for the country to become a major pharmaceutical research centre.
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A UN official said nearly 800,000 people will need food aid in Indonesia's Aceh province in the aftermath of the devastating Dec. 26 tsunami as the country's death toll from the disaster jumped by 5,000 for the 2nd day in a row. The overall death toll stood between 156,000 and 178,000 across 11 nations, with an estimated 26,500 to 142,000 missing, most of whom are presumed dead.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, Iraq's interim leader, called on his countrymen to set aside their differences, while local precincts finished a first-phase count of millions of ballots from the weekend election.
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US guards in southern Iraq opened fire on prisoners during a riot at the detention facility for security detainees at Umm Qasr, killing 4 of them. 6 other prisoners were injured.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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877 –
Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943)
1990 –
Kota Yabu, Japanese actor and singer
1986 –
Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Belgian football goalkeeper
1985 –
Adam Federici, Australian footballer
1985 –
Mario Williams, NFL player
1984 –
Jeremy Wariner, American 400m runner
1984 –
Vernon Davis, NFL player
1983 –
James Sutton, British television actor
1983 –
Tom Vangeneugden, Belgian swimmer
1982 –
Allan McGregor, Scottish football player
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January, 31
- Births
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2009,
Nagesh, Indian comedian actor in Kollywood (b. 1933)
2008,
Zeltim Odie Peterson, famous pug dog (b. 1997)
2007,
Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
2007,
Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author (b. 1944)
2007,
Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1924)
2007,
Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and wife of Oliver Tambo (b. 1929)
2006,
Moira Shearer, Scottish actress (The Red Shoes) and ballerina (b. 1926)
2004,
Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913)
2002,
Francis Gabreski, American, fighter pilot ace (b. 1919)
2001,
Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer (b. 1923)
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January, 31
- Deaths
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