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 In the news   Severe flooding in Yemen caused by Deep Depression ARB 02 (pictured) kills 58 and displaces 20,000. A bomb attack in Zagreb, Croatia kills Ivo Pukanić, the owner of the newspaper Nacional. The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches Chandrayaan-1, an unmanned lunar exploration mission. Several additional amino acids are found in vials from the 1953 Miller–Urey experiment that probed the origin of life.  The United Nations General Assembly elects Turkey, Austria, Japan, Uganda, and Mexico to two-year terms on the Security Council.  Recent deaths &middot; More current events

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Gwen Stefani (born October 3, 1969), is an American recording artist and fashion designer. Stefani fronts the rock band No Doubt, whose 1995 album Tragic Kingdom propelled them to stardom, selling 16 million copies worldwide. It spawned the singles "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and "Don't Speak". The band's popularity went into decline with its fourth album, Return of Saturn (2000), but Rock Steady (2001) introduced reggae production into its music, and generally received positive reviews. <em style="font-size:75%;">(Read more...) <div style="color:#9B9362; font-size:85%; vertical-align:text-bottom; text-align:left; position:absolute; bottom:20px; left:20px; width:100%;"> Featured article &middot; Archive &middot; Daily email &middot; More featured content

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 * ... that Tang Dynasty general Li Na was, at one point, reduced to tears when he was under siege by another general, Liu Qia?
 * ... that four of the candidates for either Governor or Lt. Governor in the 2008 American Samoa gubernatorial elections have ancestral ties to the Manu'a Islands?

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