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The Sri Lanka air force bombed a strategic Tamil Tiger jungle base in Thoppigala, killing at least eight rebels, including two senior guerrillas.
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In Suriname Desi Bouterse, a former military dictator, offered his first public apology for the 1982 killings of 15 critics of his military regime, saying he accepted political responsibility for the deaths but denied involvement.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shadowed his political foil President Bush on a tour of Western Hemisphere nations, stopping in Haiti after passing through Jamaica to promote aid packages and discuss development projects.
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US lawmakers responded angrily over a weekend announcement by Texas-based Halliburton, a US oil services giant, that it is shifting its corporate headquarters to Dubai.
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Capital One said it was buying North Fork, a NY bank, for $14.6 billion in cash and shares. Capital One was spun off from Virginia’s Signet Bank in 1994 as a pure credit-card company.
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Swarms of tornadoes killed at least 10 people across the Midwest states of Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It caused so much damage in Springfield, Ill., that the mayor compared it to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Australia for a five-day state visit that has reignited the simmering debate over whether she should remain the country's head of state.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1994 –
Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor
1987 –
Chris Seitz, American footballer
1986 –
Ben Offereins, Australian athlete
1986 –
Danny Jones, English singer (McFly)
1985 –
Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer
1985 –
Tosh Townend, American skateboarder
1984 –
Jaimie Alexander, American actress
1984 –
Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
1983 –
Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer
1982 –
Samm Levine, American actor
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March, 12
- Births
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2008,
Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer and media host (b. 1949)
2008,
Lazare Ponticelli, French soldier (b. 1897)
2006,
Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)
2005,
Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
2005,
Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)
2003,
Zoran Dindic, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
2003,
Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914)
2003,
Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (b. 1973)
2003,
Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
2002,
Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
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March, 12
- Deaths
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