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A London jury convicted four Muslim militants of plotting to bomb London's public transport system.
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Afghan troops and the US-led coalition conducting a nighttime raid killed a Taliban leader but also two children caught in the crossfire. An exchange of small arms fire at an army base in Herat killed four Afghan soldiers.
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Alaska’s former state Rep. Tom Anderson was convicted of taking thousands of dollars from a corrections company consultant in exchange for his help in the Legislature.
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An appeals court freed Moldova's former defense minister, overturning his conviction for abusing his position in the 1997 sale of 21 fighter planes to the United States.
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Attacks in Baghdad killed 13 people as prominent Shiite and Sunni politicians called on Iraqi civilians to take up arms to defend themselves after a weekend of violence that claimed more than 220 lives. A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi military bus north of Baghdad, killing 9 Iraqi soldiers and injuring 21. British warplanes struck the southern town of al-Majar al-Kabir near the Iranian border, killing three militants suspected of smuggling weapons into Iraq.
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Buenos Aires experienced its first major snowfall since June, 1918.
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Canada announced plans to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage, a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is international territory.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1995 –
Georgie Henley, English actress
1991 –
Mitchel Musso, American actor
1991 –
Spencer Elden, Baby/Model on Nirvana (band)'s Nevermind album
1990 –
Fábio Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
1990 –
Rafael Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
1986 –
Dominic Cervi, American football player
1986 –
Kiely Williams, American singer and actress
1986 –
Simon Dumont, American freestyle skier
1985 –
Ashley Young, English footballer
1985 –
Pawel Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
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July, 9
- Births
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2008,
Séamus Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1948)
2007,
Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
2006,
Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
2005,
Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
2005,
Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
2005,
Kevin Hagen, American actor (b. 1928)
2004,
Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
2004,
Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2004,
Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
2002,
Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
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July, 9
- Deaths
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