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An advance team of an African peacekeeping force to Somalia arrived unannounced into the country.
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Zambia's Lands Minister Gladys Nyirongo acknowledged at a major conference on graft in Africa that "Corruption is everywhere, in the villages, wherever." Hours later she was sacked. President Levy Mwanawasa said: "She gave land to herself, her two daughters, her sons and her husband."
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The US Department of Defense notified Congress that it plans to sell Taiwan missiles worth $421 million dollars.
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The US Army general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center was relieved of command after disclosures about dilapidated buildings and inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers.
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An independent commission concluded the US National Guard and Reserves weren't getting enough money or equipment.
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The US military announced that it has sent home two Afghans and three Tajikistani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, leaving fewer that 400 prisoners at the naval base.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Harry Eden, English actor
1990 –
Nikolas Tsattalios, Australian soccer player
1989 –
Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer
1989 –
Sonya Kitchell, American singer
1988 –
Katija Pevec, American actress
1988 –
Trevor Cahill, American Baseball Player (Oakland Athletics)
1987 –
Sammie, American singer
1986 –
Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
1985 –
Andreas Ottl, German footballer
1985 –
J Leman, American Football Player
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March, 1
- Births
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2008,
Raul Reyes Second-in-command of FARC guerrilla (b. 194
2006,
Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
2006,
Harry Browne, American politician and author (b. 1933)
2006,
Johnny Jackson, American musician (b. 1951)
2005,
Peter Malkin Israeli secret agent (b. 1927)
2001,
Henry Wade, American lawyer (b. 1914)
2000,
Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961)
1995,
Vladislav Listyev, Russian television journalist (b. 1956)
1995,
Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1946)
1991,
Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor (Polaroid Corporation) (b. 1909)
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March, 1
- Deaths
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