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In Iraq gunmen kidnapped Jill Carroll, a female American journalist, and killed her Iraqi translator in western Baghdad. Carroll was freed almost three months later.
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Talib Enezy Ghadban, an Iraqi detainee held at the US-controlled Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, died in custody. The military said he died of complications from an apparent stroke and an investigation was under way.
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A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, killing all 12 Americans believed to be aboard. 2 US Marines were killed by roadside bombs in separate incidents.
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The French engineer, Bernard Planche (52), was pushed out of a car near a checkpoint in a Baghdad suburb. He had been kidnapped Dec 5.
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Visiting Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said it was hoped Britain's 8,000 troops would start to withdraw from Iraq in a matter of months.
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Cross border firing at a Pakistani village near the Afghan border killed eight people in Saidgi village. Pakistan protested the incident to the US military.
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In Pakistan assailants armed with rockets and assault rifles attacked a newly built checkpoint near the Afghan border before dawn, killing all eight security forces.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Max Morrow, Canadian actor
1990 –
Camryn Grimes, American actress
1990 –
Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
1990 –
Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian skijumper
1990 –
Liam Aiken, American actor
1989 –
Emiliano Insúa, Argentine footballer
1988 –
Robert Sheehan, Irish actor
1988 –
Scott Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer
1987 –
Haley Bennett, American Singer and Actress
1987 –
Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
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January, 7
- Births
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2008,
Alwyn Schlebusch, South African vice state president (b. 1917)
2007,
Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929)
2007,
Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. 1957)
2006,
Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)
2005,
Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
2005,
Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932)
2004,
Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
2002,
Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. 1935)
2002,
Jon Lee, Welsh musician (Feeder) (b. 1968)
2000,
Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
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January, 7
- Deaths
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