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• The Preparatory Commission for the International Renewable Energy Agency designates the headquarters of the organization to Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. (Deutsche Welle)
• Scientific tests show bones housed in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome are those of the apostle Saint Paul himself, according to Pope Benedict XVI. (CNN)
• Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for investment fraud. (The New York Times)
• The United States Air Force test fires an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from the coast of California to a point in the Pacific Ocean about 4,200 miles (6,750 km) away. (AP via KFMB)
• Two passenger trains collide in Chenzhou, Hunan in central China, leaving at least three people dead and 60 injured. (Xinhua)
• Five out of nine local staff from the British embassy in Tehran, Iran, who were recently arrested, are released. (BBC)
• The Iranian Guardian Council certifies the controversial presidential election. (The New York Times)
• The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Burma on Friday to press the country on democratic reform. (BBC)
• The opposition gained a large victory in Argentine legislative elections, leading party leader Nestor Kirchner to step down. (BBC)
• The U.S. resumes secret surveillance flights to aid Pakistani commanders. (The New York Times)

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