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Liberia said it has asked Nigeria to hand over former Pres. Charles Taylor, who is living there in exile and wanted on war crimes charges for his role in Sierra Leone's civil war.
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A bus carrying dozens of teenagers on a school field trip toppled off a bridge on the outskirts of Mexico's capital, killing 7 people and injuring at least 28.
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In Iraq the Muslim pilgrims' road to the holy city of Karbala was a highway of bullets and bombs for Shiites. Drive-by shootings and roadside and bus bombs killed or wounded 19 people.
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A helicopter evacuated the five conservation workers from Raoul Island, a nature reserve in New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands. An erupting volcano forced the conservation team to abandon a missing colleague on the South Pacific island. The last known eruption on Raoul Island, about 625 miles northeast of the New Zealand city of Auckland, was on Nov. 21
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Exiled Syrian opposition figures in Belgium formed a united front, calling for a transitional government to prepare for the overthrow of President Bashar Assad's regime.
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In Uruguay 7 residents of Young were killed when they were run over by a train they were pushing as part of a reality television show aimed at raising funds for a local hospital.
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US Congressional hearings began on steroid use among baseball players. Baseball players told Congress that steroids were a problem in the sport; stars Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa testified they hadn't used them while Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had.
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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
1986 –
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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