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UN forces pulling Serb demonstrators from a UN courthouse were attacked by hundreds of furious protesters who massed outside, setting off an hours-long battle with rocks, grenades and live ammunition. One UN policeman was killed.
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Lithuanian musicians, drum-beating Punjabis and West African dancers used Dublin's St. Patrick's Day parade to celebrate their place in a booming Ireland that has become a land of immigrants.
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The Arenitas waste water treatment plant, that Mexican officials say will help prevent pollution of US waterways, was inaugurated in the city of Mexicali, across the border from Calexico, Calif.
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In Nigeria retired general Adetunji Olurin, who runs Ekiti State, warned he could invoke State of Emergency Laws against politicians bent on causing violence as April general elections draw near. Newspapers next day reported that he threatened to have troublemakers shot on sight to curb political violence. In central Nigeria 2 Asians and one Nigerian were kidnapped.
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North Korea warned it would not shut a nuclear plant until the United States lifted banking curbs, while Washington's envoy maintained the bank issue would not kill a budding disarmament deal.
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Authorities eased restrictions on Pakistan's chief justice and sacked 15 police for attacking a private news channel that had criticized the government's handling of the judge's dismissal.
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The new Hamas-Fatah coalition won overwhelming parliamentary approval, clearing a final formal hurdle before taking on the challenge of persuading a skeptical world to end a crippling yearlong boycott of the Palestinian government. Fatah counted 6 ministers, Hamas had 12
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1993 –
Dylan Sukkert, American great
1987 –
Krisnan Inu, New Zealand rugby player
1987 –
Ryan Parent, Canadian hockey player
1986 –
Miles Kane, British musician
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Olesya Rulin, American actress
1981 –
Aaron Baddeley, Australian golfer
1981 –
Kyle Korver, American basketball player
1981 –
Servet Çetin, Turkish football player
1980 –
Danny Califf, American soccer player
1979 –
Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
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March, 17
- Births
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2009,
Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)
2008,
Roland Arnall, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)
2007,
John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924)
2007,
Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)
2007,
Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. (b. 1951)
2006,
Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
2006,
Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (b. 1913)
2006,
Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
2006,
Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. 1955)
2005,
George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)
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March, 17
- Deaths
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