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Bangladesh police over the last 2 days detained about 1,500 activists ahead of a two-day nationwide general strike aimed at forcing electoral reform and the postponement of a general election this month.
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Chinese police raided an alleged terrorist camp in a western mountain region near the border with Pakistan, killing 18 suspects and arresting 17 at a training camp run by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). Critics accused Beijing of using claims of terrorism as an excuse to crack down on peaceful pro-independence sentiment and expressions of Uighur identity.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met with Pres. Bozize of the Central African Republic. Zhaoxing was set to sign a series of accords as part of seven-nation tour highlighting China's increasing interest in the African continent.
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In central Congo a diamond mine collapsed in Tshikapa. 2 people were soon rescued and 15 bodies were later pulled from the mine. Further rescue efforts were abandoned. The group appeared to have been teenagers who hoped that recent rains had uncovered diamonds in the community mine.
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Leon Febres Cordero, Former President of Ecuador (1984-1988), resigned from Congress and political life, citing unspecified medical problems. His center-right Social Christian Party long dominated Ecuadorian politics.
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Nicolas Cocaigne, a French prisoner in Rouen, confessed to killing his cellmate and then eating part of the man's body. Thierry Baudry's mutilated body was found Jan 3 by a guard at the prison. A third cellmate who claimed he slept though the attack was charged with complicity in homicide.
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A prominent Sunni Arab group charged that some officials in the Iraqi government have links with Shiite militias involved in sectarian violence and said authorities should be held responsible for any attacks by the armed groups. Mortar rounds killed four civilians on Baghdad's outskirts, and gunmen attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint north of the capital, killing four soldiers. Police in the southern city of Basra reported that an American contractor and two Iraqis were abducted. The 2 Iraqis were later found dead. The body of Ahmed Hadi Naji (28), an Associated Press employee, was found in Baghdad shot in the back of the head, 6 days after he was last seen by his family leaving for work. A US soldier died from combat wounds sustained in Iraq's Anbar province.
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- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Max Baldry, English actor
1995 –
Noah Phelps, American footballer
1995 –
Sara Diamond, Canadian singer (Clique Girlz)
1989 –
Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
1988 –
Pauline, French singer
1986 –
Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress
1986 –
Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer
1985 –
Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
1985 –
Yoon So-Yi, South Korean actress
1984 –
Amanda Hearst, American heiress
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January, 5
- Births
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2008,
Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (b. 1975)
2007,
Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910)
2007,
Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
2006,
Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920)
2005,
Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors) (b. 1954)
2004,
Tug McGraw, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw (b. 1944)
2003,
Massimo Girotti, Italian film actor (b. 1918)
2003,
Roy Jenkins, British politician (b. 1920)
2003,
Doreen Carwithen, British composer, widow of William Alwyn (b. 1922)
2003,
Jean Kerr, American author (b. 1923)
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January, 5
- Deaths
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