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- Two crew members of the Sea Shepherd vessel MV Steve Irwin are detained on a Japanese whaling ship after boarding it.
- The Democratic Labour Party win the Barbadian parliamentary elections with their leader David Thompson becoming the new Prime Minister.
- NASA's MESSENGER flies by Mercury (pictured), the first spacecraft to do so in thirty-three years.
- The Kuomintang and its allies win a landslide victory in the Republic of China (Taiwan) legislative elections, securing more than three quarters of the seats in the Legislative Yuan.
- Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors unveils the world's least expensive production car, the Tata Nano, priced at 100,000 rupees (US$2,500).
- Mikheil Saakashvili wins the Georgian presidential elections amidst allegations of vote-rigging.
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