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Brazil announced that it will build a wall on a small portion of its border with Paraguay in an effort to combat contraband and smuggling.
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Canada said it had the highest population growth rate among G-8 industrialized nations between 2001 and 2006
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In Colombia Trino Luna, the governor of Magdalena province, surrendered to federal prosecutors, becoming the first opposition politician arrested as part of the widening scandal over links between the country's political elite and far-right militias.
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Some 20 lawmakers fired last week by Ecuador's top electoral court for allegedly interfering with plans for a constitutional referendum forced their way past dozens of police guarding Congress and took up their seats.
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Five Europeans, kidnapped in Ethiopia and held captive for 13 days, were released in good health in Eritrea. 8 Ethiopians kidnapped with the group were still missing.
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France's highest court rejected as unlawful the first marriage by a gay couple in France, annulling the union of the two men.
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Iraq's Shiite prime minister made a groundbreaking and unannounced visit to Ramadi, the Sunni insurgent stronghold in Anbar province. A roadside bomb hit a minibus carrying Industry Ministry employees in northern Baghdad, killing two workers and wounding six. In Suwayrah police dragged two bodies out of Tigris River. The bodies showed signs of torture. In Kut gunmen killed Ibrahim Sasa, an interpreter working for coalition troops.
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- Current / Future Events
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1999 –
Wiktoria Gasiewska, Polish actress
1989 –
Harry Melling, British actor
1987 –
Marco Andretti, American racecar driver (grandson of Mario Andretti, son of Michael Andretti)
1986 –
Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
1985 –
Alcides, Brazilian football player
1985 –
Austin Scott, American football player
1985 –
Emile Hirsch, American actor
1984 –
Marc Zwiebler, German badminton player
1984 –
Matthew Randazzo V, American writer
1984 –
Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
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March, 13
- Births
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2009,
Andrew Martin, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1975)
2009,
Betsy Blair, American actress of film and stage, (b. 1923
2007,
Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
2006,
Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
2006,
Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
2006,
Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
2006,
Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
2004,
Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1905)
2002,
Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
2001,
Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
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March, 13
- Deaths
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