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Philippine officials said soaring oil prices and the rising cost of living have driven nearly four million people in the Philippines back into poverty.
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In Puerto Rico public school teachers voted to suspend a 10-day strike that shuttered classrooms and sparked clashes between protesters and police.
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Sweden’s Karolinska Institute said researchers have discovered a protein that stimulates the formation of fat cells, a finding that could potentially be used to treat obesity.
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Russia's state gas monopoly announced that it was ending a reduction in natural gas supplies to Ukraine after the two countries' presidents and gas company chiefs reached an agreement aimed at ending a debt and contract dispute.
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In Somalia a firefight between Islamic insurgents and Somali police at a checkpoint outside the capital has left five people dead.
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South Ossetia appealed for international recognition as an independent nation, further adding to simmering tensions in Georgia and throughout the strategic South Caucasus region.
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Turkmenistan's state media reported that President Berdymukhamedov had approved a plan to reward women who give birth to eight or more children, a one-time bonus and lifetime perks.
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- Current / Future Events
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1989 –
Jake Lloyd, American actor
1989 –
Sterling Knight, American actor
1988 –
Bjarni Vi?arsson, Icelandic footballer
1988 –
Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
1987 –
Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
1986 –
Matty Fryatt, English footballer
1985 –
Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
1985 –
Whitney Port, American reality TV star
1984 –
Ryan Crowley, Australian rules footballer
1982 –
Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
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March, 5
- Births
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2008,
Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American professor of computer science (b. 1923)
2006,
Richard Kuklinski, American Mafia hit man (b. 1935)
2004,
Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
2000,
Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (b. 1962)
1999,
Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
1997,
Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (b. 1909)
1996,
Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
1995,
Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Band) (b. 1943)
1995,
Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
1993,
Cyril Collard, French author and filmmaker (b. 1957)
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March, 5
- Deaths
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