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Egypt arrested Rashad Bayyumi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader, along with 7 members of Egypt's main opposition group. Bayyumi sits on the Brotherhood's 13-member Guidance Bureau. 3 more members were arrested the next day.
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Scientists reported the discovery of a 19-mile wide crater in Egypt’s Sahara desert. The newfound crater, named Kebira, was likely carved by a space rock that was itself roughly 0.75 miles wide in an event that would have been quite a shock, destroying everything for hundreds of miles. It was discovered in satellite images by Boston University researchers Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim.
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The UN Security Council called on Eritrea to lift a ban on UN helicopter flights in its airspace, saying it imposes an "unacceptable restriction" that endangers the safety of United Nations staff in the country.
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Anger against U.S. President George W. Bush swept through parts of India as protesters burned his effigy and carried posters of Osama bin Laden, and rioting demonstrators clashed with Hindus in a northern city, leaving at least one dead.
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Iran offered to suspend full-scale uranium enrichment for up to two years during discussion in Moscow. The proposal reflected Tehran's attempts to escape UN Security Council action over the activity, which can be used to make nuclear arms.
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Iraqi security forces in bulletproof vests took to the streets in the bloodied capital to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles in an effort to blunt a surge of sectarian violence that has pushed Iraq to the edge of civil war. Insurgents attacks near Baghdad killed 19 people.
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It was reported that Save the Children USA, a Connecticut-based humanitarian organization, will withdraw from Iraq due to deteriorating security there.
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FEB, 9
- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Erica Morningstar, Canadian swimmer, and record holder.
1986 –
Stacie Orrico, American singer
1985 –
Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
1984 –
Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1983 –
Ashley Hansen, Australian Rules footballer
1983 –
Katie White, English singer (The Ting Tings)
1982 –
Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 –
Jessica Biel, American actress
1981 –
Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
1981 –
Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
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March, 3
- Births
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2008,
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor. (b. 1921)
2007,
Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist, creator of La Linea. (b. 1920)
2006,
Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
2006,
William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914)
2005,
Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
2004,
Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
2003,
Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
2003,
Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
2003,
Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (b. 1904)
2003,
Peter Smithson, English architect (b. 1923)
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March, 3
- Deaths
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