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A US court has threatened to shut down the London-based Spamhaus Project, a volunteer-run antispam service, for ignoring an $11.7 million judgement against it.
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Google Inc. agreed to acquire YouTube Inc., a leading video-sharing Web site founded by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, for $1.65 billion in stock.
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Kanshi Ram (b.1934), founder of India’s Bahujan Samaj Party (1984), died. The party was founded promote the interests of India’s low caste Hindus, also known as dalits, or untouchables.
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American Edmund S. Phelps won the 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for explaining the relationship between inflation and unemployment, work that has had a profound impact on macroeconomic policy.
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Cambodian PM Hun Sen began a six-day official visit to Australia that will focus on security and trade.
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Christian Streiff, the head of Airbus, resigned after 99 days on the job due to clashed over operational powers with the EADS board of directors. EADS named Louis Gallois, a co-chief executive officer to replace him.
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In eastern Afghanistan 5 people, including 3 officials on their way to investigate a school burning, were killed by a roadside bomb in Nangarhar province. 2 Taliban rebels were killed in return fire after insurgents attacked ISAF and Afghan soldiers who were distributing food in southeastern Zabul province.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1994 –
Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
1992 –
Tyler James Williams, American actor
1987 –
Bill Walker, American basketball player
1986 –
Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
1984 –
Ghetto, British musician
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Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver
1983 –
Jang Mi-Ran, South Korean weightlifter
1983 –
Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
1982 –
António Mendonça, Angolan footballer
1982 –
Shi Jun, Chinese footballer
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October, 9
- Births
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2008,
Gidget Gein, American musician (b. 1969)
2007,
Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (b. 1922)
2006,
Paul Hunter, English professional snooker player (b. 1978)
2006,
Raymond Noorda, American co-founder and long time CEO of Novell (b. 1924)
2005,
Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (b. 1913)
2002,
Sopubek Begaliev, Soviet-era economist and politician (b. 1931)
2002,
Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (b. 1924)
2002,
Aileen Wournos, American serial killer sentenced to death (b. 1956)
2001,
Dagmar, American television personality (b. 1921)
2001,
Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (b. 1927)
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October, 9
- Deaths
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