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A 3-day African Union summit focused on forging a closer federation among the 53 member states began in the Ghanaian capital Accra.
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A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed truck at a checkpoint at the entrance of the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, killing five policemen. In eastern Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded near policemen, killing two. Gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on a minibus carrying Shiite day laborers in the mixed district of Saydiyah, killing one passenger and wounding four. The bullet-riddled body of a senior police commander was discovered in Basra. Col. Nasser Hamoud, who was in charge of the city's prisons, had been kidnapped along with three of his guards the day before. Five US service members were killed in fighting, including two soldiers who died in attacks in Baghdad and two soldiers and a Marine who died in fighting in western Anbar province.
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Argentina’s official government news agency said President Nestor Kirchner has tapped his wife to take his place as the ruling coalition candidate in October presidential elections.
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Australian media reported that PM John Howard is secretly planning to begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008. Howard denied the report, saying the idea was "absurd."
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British police arrested two people, a 26-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, on a major highway in Cheshire, northern England, in a joint swoop by officers from London and Birmingham, Scotland Yard said in London in relation to the attack in Glasgow and 2 car bombs in London. A fifth suspect was arrested in Liverpool. 2 more arrests in the failed car bombings brought the total to 7.
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England slammed the door on smoking in bars, workplaces and public buildings in what campaigners hail as the biggest boost to public health since the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.
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Former Gov. Mitt Romney’s compulsory health plan for Massachusetts went into force.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Hannah Murray, English actress
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Mitch Hewer, English actor
1988 –
Evan Ellingson, American actor
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Andrew Lee, Australian rules footballer
1983 –
Leeteuk, Korean singer
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Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M)
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Adrian Ward, American football player
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Carmella DeCesare, American model
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Hilarie Burton, American actress
1982 –
Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
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July, 1
- Births
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2008,
Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)
2006,
Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)
2005,
Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)
2005,
Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936)
2004,
Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)
2004,
Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)
2004,
Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)
2003,
Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)
2003,
Wesley Mouzon, American boxer (b. 1927)
2003,
N!xau, Namibian actor (b. 1944)
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July, 1
- Deaths
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