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A battle in southern Afghanistan between US-led coalition forces and Taliban militants left more than a dozen of the insurgents dead.
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A team of students from Germany's Technische Universitat Darmstadt won a weeklong competition on the Washington DC National Mall for the best, most efficient, and well-designed and -engineered solar home.
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A twin-engine plane crashed into the ninth floor of a suburban Vancouver apartment building, killing the pilot and injuring at least two people in the building. Six people were found dead in what police described as a graphic murder scene in an apartment building in a Vancouver suburb. Police later said the killings, which took place on the 15th floor of a suburban Vancouver apartment building, were related to gang activity. They said that two of the dead were murdered because they chanced upon the crime scene.
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Armed with clubs and waving provincial flags, thousands of residents of Bolivia's wealthiest province seized control of Santa Cruz’ Viru Viru airport from troops sent in by President Evo Morales. The previous day Morales had ordered 220 troops to take control of the airport after workers threatened to block flights that did not pay landing fees to local officials rather than the national airport authority.
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European Union leaders in Portugal endorsed a reform treaty to replace their failed European constitution and give the 27-nation union a more influential say in world affairs. The new Treaty of Lisbon created 2 new posts, a European foreign minister in all but name and a new standing president of the European Council.
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In Indian Kashmir Rawathpora village residents claimed that Indian soldiers detained teacher Abdul Rashid Mir (26) outside a school, then tortured and fatally shot him while he was in custody. The Indian army said Mir was accidentally shot after he got into a squabble with an army patrol team. Violence quickly erupted.
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India and Pakistan reviewed their efforts to cut the risk of accidents involving nuclear weapons and discussed arms and security issues.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Janet Leon, member of Swedish all-girl group Play
1989 –
Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer
1985 –
Terry Etim, English UFC Fighter
1982 –
Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
1981 –
Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
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Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
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Brian Robertson, American trombonist
1979 –
José Luis "Parejita" López, Mexican footballer
1978 –
Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
1978 –
Henri Sorvali, Finnish musician
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October, 19
- Births
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2008,
Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (b. 1922)
2008,
Rudy Ray Moore, American comedian and actor (Dolemite) (b. 1937)
2007,
Dr. Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (b. 1943)
2007,
Michael Maidens, English footballer with Hartlepool United (b. 1987)
2007,
Jan Wolkers, Dutch writer (b. 1925)
2006,
James Glennon, American cinematographer (b. 1942)
2005,
Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends) (b. 1982)
2005,
Corinne Lévesque, wife of Quebec premier René Lévesque (b. 1943)
2003,
Alija Izetbegovic, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (b. 1925)
2003,
Margaret Murie, American conservationist (b. 1902)
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October, 19
- Deaths
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