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- The Taliban claims it has killed an Afghan reporter it abducted with Daniele Mastrogiacomo because the government of Afghanistan refused to meet ransom demands. (BBC)
- Voters go to the polls in Japan for local elections including 13 gubernatorial elections and 4 mayoral races with the most closely watched race being for the Governor of Tokyo. (BBC)
- Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy: Monica Goodling, who was the senior counsel to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, resigns after refusing to testify before the Congress. (BBC)
- Former rebel leader Ramzan Kadyrov takes office as President of Chechnya. (BBC)
- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denies the peace message given by Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Syrian President Bashar Assad; and further stated her trip was a mistake. (Jerusalem Post)
- Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro takes office as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire. (BBC)
- United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi travels to Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad as she continues a visit to the Middle East disregarding the objections of the Bush administration. (BBC)
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