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Stewart Udall, 90 (1920 - 2010)
(Associated Press) By BARRY MASSEY Associated Press Writer SANTA FE, N.M. Stewart Udall, who sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary of the interior during the 1960s and later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the government's Cold War nuclear programs, died Saturday. He was 90. A statement from Udall's family, released through...
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Liz Carpenter, 89 (1920 - 2010)
(Associated Press) AUSTIN, Texas Liz Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to first lady Lady Bird Johnson, died Saturday at an Austin hospital after contracting pneumonia earlier in the week, said her daughter, Christy Carpenter. Carpenter was 89. On Nov. 22, 1963, Carpenter scribbled the 58 words that Lyndon Johnson delivered to the nation when he returned to Washington,...
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Girija Prasad Koirala, 85 (1925 - 2010)
(Associated Press) By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press Writer KATMANDU, Nepal Nepal's former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who served five terms and led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule in the Himalayan nation, died Saturday. He was 85. Close aide and parliament member Bal Krishna Khad confirmed the death to reporters and thousands of supporters...
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Hans van Mierlo, 78 (1931 - 2010)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands Former Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van Mierlo has died of liver disease, the social democratic party he helped establish announced. He was 78 Van Mierlo, who died late Thursday, was foreign minister in 1995 when outnumbered and outgunned Dutch peacekeepers looked on helplessly as Bosnian Serb forces overran the Srebrenica enclave in Bosnia and went on to massacre...
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Doris "Granny D" Haddock, 100 (1910 - 2010)
By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. Doris "Granny D" Haddock, a New Hampshire woman who walked across the country at age 89 to promote campaign finance reform and later waged a quixotic campaign for U.S. Senate, has died. She was 100. Haddock died Tuesday night of chronic respiratory illness at her home in Dublin, N.H., said spokeswoman and family friend Maude...
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David Kimche (2010)
The Associated Press JERUSALEM David Kimche, the Israeli spy-turned-diplomat who played a key role in the Iran-contra scandal that rocked President Ronald Reagan's administration, has died....
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Vladislav Ardzinba, 64 (1945 - 2010)
By RUSLAN KHASHIG, Associated Press Writer SUKHUMI, Georgia Vladislav Ardzinba, who led the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia to de facto independence through a bloody war and ethnic...
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Michael Foot, 96 (1913 - 2010)
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer LONDON Michael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labour Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died Wednesday...
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Winston Spencer Churchill, 69 (1940 - 2010)
The Associated Press LONDON Winston Spencer Churchill, a former member of Parliament and grandson of Britain's wartime leader, died Tuesday, an associate said. He was 69. Churchill had been...
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Ana Maria Zapata Portillo (2010)
(Associated Press) MEXICO CITY The last surviving child of Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata has died at 94. A local government spokesman says Ana Maria Zapata Portillo died in...
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Juanita Goggins (2010)
COLUMBIA, S.C. - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White...
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Alexander Haig, 85 (1924 - 2010)
By ANNE GEARAN, AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON Soldier and statesman, Alexander Haig never lived down his televised response to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald...
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Bo Holmberg, 67 (1942 - 2010)
The Associated Press STOCKHOLM Bo Holmberg, the husband of murdered Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, has died. He was 67. Jan Eliasson, the chairman of the Anna Lindh Memorial Fund,...
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Charlie Wilson, 76 (1933 - 2010)
By JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press Writer DALLAS The late Rep. Charlie Wilson worked tenaciously to funnel millions of dollars in weapons to Afghan rebels who fought off the Soviet Union,...
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Jose Joaquin Trejos, 93 (1916 - 2010)
Jose Joaquin Trejos, who as Costa Rica's president pushed through reforms that prohibited presidential re-election, has died. He was 93. Trejos, who governed from 1966 to 1970, had no...
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Francine Neff, 84 (1925 - 2010)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Associated Press) - Francine Neff, who served as U.S. treasurer in the 1970s and was deeply involved in Republican politics for decades, has died at age 84. Neff, who grew up...
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Krzysztof Skubiszewski, 83 (1926 - 2010)
The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Poland's government says , a legal expert who became Poland's first foreign minister after communism's collapse and helped the country chart a pro-Western...
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John Murtha, 77 (1932 - 2010)
By PETER JACKSON, Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG, Pa. Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an...
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Phillip Martin, 83 (1926 - 2010)
By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. Phillip Martin, a longtime chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was remembered Friday as a visionary who lifted the...
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Frank Fasi, 89 (1920 - 2010)
HONOLULU (AP) — Frank Fasi, who served as Honolulu mayor for 22 years and ran unsuccessfully for Hawaii governor five times, has died at home. He was 89. Fasi's son, David, issued an e-mail...
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Robert Mosbacher, Sr., 82 (1927 - 2010)
(Associated Press) HOUSTON - Robert Mosbacher Sr., a Houston oil multimillionaire who served as U.S. Commerce secretary under his close friend, President George H.W. Bush, died Sunday at M.D....
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Sir Percy Cradock, 86 (1923 - 2010)
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer LONDON Sir Percy Cradock, the British diplomat who negotiated terms for returning Hong Kong to Chinese rule, has died at 86, his family said. ...
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Sultan Iskandar Ismail, 77 (1932 - 2010)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Associated Press) - Sultan Iskandar Ismail, a royal state ruler who was Malaysia's king for five years under the Asian nation's unique rotating system, has died, an...
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Cerge Remonde (1958 - 2010)
The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines Philippine Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, a staunch defender of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, died Tuesday following a heart attack, officials...
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Jyoti Basu, 95 (1914 - 2010)
(Associated Press) CALCUTTA, India - Veteran communist leader Jyoti Basu, who in 1996 came close to becoming India's prime minister, died Sunday after a prolonged illness, a party spokesman...
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Tony Halme, 47 (1963 - 2010)
(Associated Press) HELSINKI - Finnish officials say that former lawmaker and boxer Tony Halme has been found dead in his apartment. He was 47. Police say no crime is suspected, but they...
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Jean Biden, 92 (1917 - 2010)
By RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press Writer WILMINGTON, Del. – Jean Biden, who raised her son Vice President Joe Biden to believe in what he called "America's creed ... everyone is your equal,...
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Philippe Seguin (2010)
The Associated Press PARIS Philippe Seguin, an influential, often defiant figure in conservative French politics who famously resisted a treaty that led to the common European currency, has...
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Ivan Medek, 84 (1925 - 2010)
(Associated Press) PRAGUE - Ivan Medek, who served as chancellor under Czech President Vaclav Havel, has died. He was 84. Medek's wife Helena told the CTK news agency that Medek died...
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Johan Ferrier, 99 (1910 - 2010)
The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Johan Ferrier, the first president of post-independence Suriname, has died at his home in the Netherlands. He was 99. Ferrier's daughter, Joan...
