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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said he was ready to hold talks with Taliban militants in an effort to end their bloody insurgency against his US-backed administration.
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Bishop Han Dingxiang (71), who led an underground congregation of Roman Catholics and was repeatedly detained in China for his loyalty to the Vatican, died in police custody. He died while being treated in a hospital for an unspecified illness.
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Guatemala held presidential elections. Front runners Alvaro Colom, candidate of the center left National Unity of Hope party, and Otto Perez Molina, of the conservative Patriotic Party, were virtually tied in recent polls. The 2 candidates faced a presidential runoff in November after a close first-round vote.
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In northern Mexico a truck carrying 25 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up after colliding with another vehicle, killing at least 37 people, including three reporters who came to the scene near Sacramento.
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In southern India a highway overpass collapsed in Hyderabad, crushing vehicles and injuring pedestrians taking shelter from a rainstorm. At least 2 people were killed. officials said they feared 20 people had died.
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In the 2007 MTV Music Video Awards the winners included: Video of the Year: Rihanna, "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z; Male Artist of the Year: Justin Timberlake; Female Artist of the Year: Fergie. Britney Spears performed her new single "Gimme More" in a much-criticized comeback attempt at the event in Las Vegas.
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In Utah searchers found the body of Camille Cleverley (22) at the base of a cliff near Bridal Veil Falls in Provo. The Brigham Young Univ. student had been missing for over a week.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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2000 –
Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón, granddaughter of king Juan Carlos I of Spain
1990 –
Melody Klaver, Dutch actress
1987 –
Alexandre Song, Cameroonian footballer
1987 –
Joshua Herdman, English actor
1986 –
Justice Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 –
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
1986 –
Michael Bowden, American baseball player
1985 –
Dani Pedrosa, Spanish motorcycle racer
1985 –
J.R. Smith, American basketball player
1985 –
Luka Modric, Croatian footballer
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September, 9
- Births
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2008,
Warith Deen Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1933)
2007,
Hughie Thomasson, American musician (b. 1952)
2006,
Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (b. 1927)
2006,
Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (b. 1955)
2006,
Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)
2006,
William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (b. 1930)
2005,
John Wayne Glover, English serial killer (b. 1932)
2004,
Roland Sherwood "Ernie" Ball, American businessman (b. 1930)
2003,
Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)
2003,
Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1908)
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September, 9
- Deaths
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