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A new study reported that drinking wine or beer every day increases the risk of bowel cancer. The British Daily Telegraph reported 35,000 people are diagnosed each year with bowel cancer and that it kills 16,100 a year.
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A senior Sudanese official said floods and heavy rains have caused 23,000 mudbrick homes to collapse and killed at least 62 people across Sudan this month. In southern Darfur Mahria Arab tribesmen attacked Terjem Arabs killing over 60 Terjem. Conflict between Arab tribes was on the increase and included clashes between the Habanniya and Salamat tribes.
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A US government watchdog group called for the removal of GOP Sen. Ted Stevens from his Senate committees, less than 24 hours after the FBI and IRS raided the senator’s Alaska home in connection with a public corruption probe centered in the state.
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An Indian anti-terror court sentenced Bollywood film star Sanjay Dutt to six years in jail for illegal weapons possession in connection with serial bombings in Mumbai in 1993. Dutt was freed on bail after 22 days in jail.
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ASEAN Plus Three foreign ministers gathered in Manila on the eve of high-level security talks. ARF, which includes the United States, European Union, India, Pakistan, North and South Korea and other countries, and will also hold talks here on Aug 1-2.
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China’s state media reported another 27 deaths from flooding and landslides in different parts of the country.
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In Cambodia Kang Kek Ieu (alias Duch), a former Khmer Rouge prison chief, was charged with crimes against humanity and detained by Cambodia's UN-backed tribunal in the first legal action taken by the court against regime leaders.
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- Current / Future Events
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1992 –
Curtis James, Professional Runner
1990 –
Olga Galchenko, Russian juggler
1989 –
Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
1987 –
Brittany Byrnes, Australian Actress
1987 –
Michael Bradley, American soccer player
1986 –
Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player
1984 –
Glenn Holt, American football player
1982 –
Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer
1981 –
Eric Lively, American actor
1981 –
Ira Losco, Maltese singer
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July, 31
- Births
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2006,
Paul Eells, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2005,
Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. 1935)
2004,
Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
2004,
Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)
2003,
Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. 1933)
2001,
Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
2001,
Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
2001,
Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
1996,
Seagram Miller, American rapper (b. 1970)
1993,
King Baudouin I of Belgium (b. 1930)
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July, 31
- Deaths
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