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Chinese officials promised to crack down on seizures of farmland for redevelopment that were fueling unrest, saying as many as 1 million farmers lose their land each year and are paid too little for it. Communist leaders launched China's most ambitious initiative in decades, promising billions of dollars in social spending and farm aid to help the 800 million people in its neglected countryside catch up with its booming cities.
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In Ecuador soldiers fired tear gas to disperse rock-throwing oil workers, hours after President Alfredo Palacio declared a state of emergency in three jungle provinces to quell a strike and regain control of oil installations.
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Iran threatened the US with "harm and pain" for its role in hauling Tehran before the UN Security Council over its nuclear program. America's ambassador to the United Nations said Iran's comments reflected the menace it poses.
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In Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen in camouflage uniforms stormed the offices of a private security company and kidnapped as many as 50 employees. Police found the bodies of four handcuffed and strangled men in an open field in east Baghdad. Another body, shot in the head, was found near a shop in an eastern suburb. Bombings, gunfire and other violence claimed at least seven other lives.
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In Japan 9 people in two groups were found asphyxiated in sealed cars, apparently the latest cases of group suicides that have surged there. A record 91 people died in 34 Internet-linked suicide cases last year, up from 55 people in 19 cases in 2004.
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In Kuwait Mishaal al-Shimmiri, a Muslim fundamentalist convicted in absentia and sentenced to 10 years in prison for belonging to a terrorist group, turned himself in to an appeals court hearing a case that stemmed from clashes with police in Jan 2005.
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In Nigeria government sources said the head of the Nigerian military in the oil-producing Niger Delta has been removed from his post on suspicion of involvement in the theft of crude oil. Militants killed at least 5 soldiers in a firefight during an attack by the army in the southern Niger Delta.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1998 –
Molly Conlin, English actress
1996 –
Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress
1992 –
Charlie Ray, American actress
1991 –
Devon Werkheiser, American actor
1990 –
Ben Tozer, English footballer
1990 –
Kristinia DeBarge, American R&B singer
1988 –
Armanti Edwards, American college football player
1986 –
Princess Tsuguko, Japanese princess
1985 –
Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer
1984 –
Dave Moffatt, Canadian musician
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March, 8
- Births
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2009,
Ali Bongo, President of the Magic Circle (b.1929)
2009,
Zbigniew Religa, Minister of Health of the Republic of Poland (b. 1938)
2008,
Carol Barnes, former ITV news presenter (b. 1944)
2007,
John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
2007,
Viky Vanita, Greek actress (b. 1948)
2007,
John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach.. (b. 1947)
2006,
Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
2005,
Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen leader (b. 1951)
2005,
César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (b. 1924)
2004,
Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)
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March, 8
- Deaths
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