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In Afghanistan suspected Taliban gunmen burned down a primary school in the southern city of Kandahar, the latest in a spate of attacks against teachers and institutions that educate girls.
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State media said China will invest more than $3 billion over the next five years to clean up the Songhua River, a key source of drinking water for tens of millions of people that was polluted in November by a toxic spill that flowed into Russia.
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The Indian capital of Delhi saw its first winter frost in 70 years as a cold wave sweeping in from the frigid heights of the Himalayas. The death toll from the cold rose to 137 people in northern India.
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In Iraq 3 Marines were killed by small arms attacks in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad. 5 people were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad, including a policeman killed by a suicide car bomber that targeted an Interior Ministry patrol. Seven others were wounded.
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Greenpeace claimed a Japanese whaling ship deliberately rammed its ship Arctic Sunrise, denting the ship's bow but causing no injuries. Greenpeace said it would continue hounding Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters despite the damaging collision.
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The US and South Korea withdrew their last remaining staff from the site of two North Korean nuclear reactors, ending a decade-old construction project amid rekindled tension over the North's nuclear ambitions.
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In Morocco a senior official said Royal Air Maroc (RAM), encouraged by its majority shareholdings in the national airlines of Senegal and Gabon, is planning a major expansion of routes in Africa.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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2000 –
Noah Cyrus, American actress
1991 –
Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer
1990 –
Maci Wainwright, American singer
1986 –
David Silva, Spanish footballer
1986 –
Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
1986 –
Maria Ozawa, Japanese/French Canadian Pornstar
1985 –
Rachael Lampa, American singer
1984 –
Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player
1983 –
Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler
1983 –
Felipe Colombo, Argentine/Mexican actor and singer
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January, 8
- Births
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2009,
Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American Christian writer and editor (b. 1936)
2008,
George Moore, Australian champion jockey (b. 1923)
2007,
Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (b. 1908)
2007,
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (b. 1922)
2007,
Francis Cockfield, British politician (b. 1916)
2007,
David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. 1953)
2007,
Iwao Takamoto, American animator (b. 1925)
2006,
Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943)
2005,
Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. 1952)
2005,
Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer (b. 1954)
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January, 8
- Deaths
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