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In the news
- Germany's former President, Johannes Rau (pictured), has died at the age of 75.
- Preliminary results give Hamas 76 of 132 seats in elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council leading Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei to resign.
- A large fire quickly spreads from Table Mountain National Park into the City Bowl of Cape Town, South Africa, prompting mass evacuations amidst much property damage.
- OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, the most Earth-like extrasolar planet to date, is discovered in the constellation Scorpius near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
- Deus Caritas Est (Latin: "God is love"), the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is published.