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- Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for investment fraud. (Reuters) (Times Online) (The New York Times)
- The United States Air Force test fires an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from the coast of California to a point in the Pacific Ocean about 4200 miles (6750 km) away. (AP via KFMB)
- Two passenger trains collide in Hunan in central China, leaving at least three people dead and 60 injured. (Xinhua) (USA Today)
- Five out of nine local staff from the British embassy in Tehran, Iran are released. (BBC)
- The Iranian Guardian Council have certified the controversial election, though four British staff members remain in custody in Tehran. (NY Times)
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