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Gordon Brown, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the government will grant 35 billion pounds to Northern Ireland over the next four years.
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Counter-terrorist police in England arrested three men in connection with the 2005 suicide attacks on the London transit system. London police said a man held hostage for nine days following a dispute between drugs gangs has been freed in Liverpool in what was the longest-running kidnap they have ever dealt with.
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In Congo heavy gunfire broke out in Kinshasa near the home of a former warlord who placed second in last fall's presidential vote. Soldiers deployed throughout the city, and residents fled in vehicles and on foot.
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The EU approved an aviation deal with the US that opens up restricted trans-Atlantic routes to new rivals, but bowed to British concerns in delaying when the agreement takes effect. The EU said Boeing has benefited from $23.7 billion in illegal state aid, hitting back at the US in a tit-for-tat row at the World Trade Organization
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France became the first country to open its files on UFOs when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.
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A Japanese court sentenced Ryoji Miyauchi, former chief financial officer of dot-com company Livedoor, to 20 months in prison for inflating earnings reports.
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- Current / Future Events
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875 –
William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)
841 –
Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)
1993 –
Mick Hazen, American actor
1992 –
Luke Freeman, English footballer
1988 –
Tania Raymonde, American actress
1985 –
Mike Jenkins, American football player
1983 –
Dagoberto, Brazilian footballer
1981 –
MIMS, American rapper
1981 –
Victoria Lanz, Venezuelan porn star
1980 –
Pamela O'Connor, Scottish ice dancer
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March, 22
- Births
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2009,
Jade Goody, English and Indian television star (Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother, Big Boss Mar 22 Indian Big Brother) (b. 1981)
2009,
Leon Walker, Wakefield Wildcats Rugby Player (b. 1988)
2008,
Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
2007,
Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
2006,
Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
2006,
Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
2006,
Lawrence Stephen, Nauruan politician (b. 1939)
2005,
Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
2004,
Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. c. 1937)
2003,
Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
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March, 22
- Deaths
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