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In Lahore, Pakistan, hundreds of kites filled the skies on the opening day of a traditional spring festival, despite a ban that followed the deaths of seven people killed by glass-coated or wire kite strings.
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In Sudan 5 members of the main opposition group in eastern Sudan were arrested or detained, in a move party officials said hindered any chance to start long-delayed peace talks.
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Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals gathered under tight security for a major 2-day conference in Istanbul to discuss a peaceful resolution to the 22-year-old Kurdish conflict.
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In Zimbabwe lawmaker Giles Mutseyekwa of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change
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Zimbabwe’s Central Statistical Office said inflation was 782 percent for the 12 months that ended in February. Moffat Nyoni, acting director of the government-run Statistical Office, said prices of food and nonalcoholic beverages rose 824 percent during that time.
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Investors began to recoil from almost any asset class that looked risky.
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Rural house fires in Tennessee and Indiana killed 15 members of two families, and most of the victims were children.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Jack Rodwell, British football player
1989 –
Anton Yelchin, Russian/American actor
1987 –
Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 –
Mariko Shinoda, Japanese actress and member of AKB48
1985 –
Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan Cricketer
1985 –
Derek Schouman, American football player
1985 –
Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian soccer player
1985 –
Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 –
Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
1984 –
Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
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March, 11
- Births
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2009,
Charles Lewis, Jr., American businessman, promoter and entertainer (b. 1963/1964)
2007,
Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
2006,
Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
2006,
Slobodan Miloševic, President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia (b. 1941)
2003,
Brian Cleeve, Irish author (b. 1921)
2003,
Ivar Hansen, speaker of the Danish Folketing (b. 1938)
2002,
James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
1999,
Camille Laurin, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (b. 1922)
1996,
Vince Edwards, American film actor and director (b. 1928)
1993,
Dino Bravo, Italian-born professional wrestler (b. 1949),
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March, 11
- Deaths
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