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In Sri Lanka thousands of civil servants demanding higher salaries marched in Colombo, part of a daylong nationwide strike that paralyzed the government.
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In eastern Turkey a helicopter carrying military officers crashed, killing five officers, and seriously injuring another.
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The PM of Mauritania asked the West for help in sealing his borders as migrants from elsewhere in Africa were overwhelming the country as they set out from there on an often deadly voyage to Europe.
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In Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 4 plainclothes federal police agents were killed after an unknown number of gunmen sprayed the unmarked pickup truck they were riding in with more than 30 bullets. The slayings came a day after 600 new members of the Federal Preventative Police arrived in Nuevo Laredo as part of extra-security efforts.
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The World Bank warned that the Palestinian economy will be devastated if Israel and the international community follow through on threats to cut off financial assistance once Hamas assumes power.
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G-8 energy ministers meeting in Moscow called for market-oriented approaches to increasing supplies and said significant investments would be needed in the production, transportation and processing of resources.
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Uganda's army said the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Wolfgang Van Halen, American musician
1989 –
Blake Griffin, American basketball player
1989 –
Peaches Geldof, English socialite
1989 –
Theo Walcott, English footballer
1987 –
Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model
1986 –
Joe Denly, English cricketer
1986 –
Ken Doane, American wrestler
1986 –
T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
1985 –
Christopher Wojciechowski, American disc golfer
1985 –
Nicole Trunfio, Australian supermodel
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March, 16
- Births
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2008,
Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
2008,
Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (b. 1946)
2008,
Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (b. 1942)
2008,
G. David Low, American astronaut (b. 1956)
2008,
John Hewer, Actor famous for portraying Captain Birdseye in British commercials. (b. 1922)
2008,
Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer (Bonham). (b. 1968)
2007,
Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2006,
David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
2005,
Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
2005,
Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (b. 1914)
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March, 16
- Deaths
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