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The Bank of Japan abandoned the super-easy monetary policy it has kept for five years, saying it will gradually raise interest rates and start to cut the excess cash in the banking system amid signs of economic recovery.
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In southwestern Nepal communist rebels attacked a security checkpoint with bombs, killing at least three government security forces and wounding five.
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A fuel oil spill from a chemical plant in southeastern Norway threatened hundreds of birds in a salt water nature preserve, while snow and ice hampered a cleanup operation. Nearly 200 barrels leaked during the transfer of fuel oil from a ship on March 4
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said new customs rules imposed by Ukraine to tighten its border with Moldova's breakaway region violate a 1997 agreement and are an attempt to pressure the separatist Russian-speaking enclave.
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In Turkey a bomb set off by suspected Kurdish guerrillas killed three people and injured 18 in the Kurdish-dominated southeast.
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In Turkey a bus carrying about 40 people drove off a road and plunged into a river before dawn, killing at least 16 passengers and injuring 11.
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In southern Germany a delivery van struck a funeral procession after the driver had a fatal heart attack. The crash killed two mourners.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Darsheel Safary, Indian actor
1993 –
Trevor Johnson, American guitarist.
1992 –
Luis Armand Garcia, American actor
1989 –
Christina Broccolini, Canadian TV presenter
1987 –
Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
1986 –
Brittany Snow, American actress
1985 –
Parthiv Patel, Indian Cricket Player
1984 –
Julia Mancuso, American Olympic gold medalist
1983 –
Clint Dempsey, American footballer
1983 –
Maite Perroni, Mexican singer (RBD)
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March, 9
- Births
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2007,
Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)
2007,
Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
2007,
Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, North Carolina politician
2006,
John Profumo, British cabinet minister (b. 1915)
2006,
Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
2006,
Laura Stoica, Romanian singer, composer and actress (b. 1967)
2005,
Chris LeDoux, American country singer and rodeo competitor (b. 1948)
2005,
Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (b. 1912)
2005,
István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
2005,
Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler; aka Baroness Lips von Lipstrill (b. 1924)
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March, 9
- Deaths
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