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- Madagascar leader names army officer as prime minister
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- Apartment fire in south London, England claims victim from smoke inhalation
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- American actress Brittany Murphy dies at age 32
- Rage Against The Machine top UK singles chart
- Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri dies
- Eurostar suspended due to cold weather
- US university Penn State wins 2009 NCAA Division I volleyball championship
- Democratic holdout agrees to support health care reform in US
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- Death toll from Pakistan train crash officially lowered to 40
- Lakota activists declare secession from US
- Japan backs down from hunting Humpback whales
- Cathal Ryan, early board member and son of co-founder of Irish flag carrier Ryanair, dies at 48
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- Denver airport shutdown as blizzard hits Colorado
- Turkmenistan President Niyazov dies of heart condition
- Search for climbers on US mountain ends; two presumed dead
- JK Rowling announces seventh Harry Potter title
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- U.S. Rep. Conyers raises Bush censure issue
- San Jose, CA, USA, city manager resigns amid Norcal investigation
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- Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Jones dies at age 90
- Iraqi insurgents intercepted drone feeds using widely available software
- Sir Terry Wogan leaves BBC Radio 2 breakfast show
- Guantanamo inmates to be transferred to Illinois
- Cyclone Mick wreaks havoc on Fiji
- Two killed as Islamic militants storm Philippine jail
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