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DIED. TED WILLIAMS, 83, tough Boston Red Sox outfielder who made good on his goal to become baseball's greatest hitter with a .400 average; in Crystal River, Florida. The Hall of Famer began playing for the Red Sox in 1939. After a brief stint as a Marine flyer during World War II, he returned to Fenway Park, hitting his final major league ball—a home run—in 1960.

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DIED. ROSEMARY CLOONEY, 74, enchanting American singer renowned for her radiant voice; in New York City. Clooney released some of America's most popular hits in the 1950s, including Come-on-a My House, and she co-starred with Bing Crosby in the 1954 film White Christmas. She nearly lost her career to drugs and alcohol in the wake of a disastrous marriage to Oscar-winning actor JosE Ferrer, but her voice won critics over again when she made a comeback in the early 1970s. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Grammys.

DIED. RAY BROWN, 75, jazz virtuoso known for his strong, imaginative bass lines; in New York City. An originator of bebop, a 1940s jazz style characterized by quick tempos and intricate harmonies, Brown also performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He was briefly married to Ella Fitzgerald in the late 1940s and remained her music director after their divorce.

ASSASSINATED. HAJI ABDUL QADIR, Vice President and Minister of Public Works in Afghanistan's transitional government; in Kabul. One of three Vice Presidents chosen to serve in the Cabinet of President Hamid Karzai's, Qadir was gunned down in his own car as he left the ministry. Qadir was the brother of rebel commander Abdul Haq, who was killed by the Taliban last year.

ARRESTED. MOHAMMAD NOUR AL-DIN SAFFI, 36, stepson of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, on immigration charges; in Miami. Saffi, who worked as a commercial pilot in New Zealand, where he is a citizen, had enrolled in a Florida flight school for recertification training. Immigration officials say he was traveling as a tourist and had not applied for the necessary student visa.

SENTENCED. FRIEDRICH ENGEL, 93, former Nazi SS officer dubbed the "Butcher of Genoa," to seven years in jail for ordering the massacre of 59 prisoners in Italy during World War II; in Hamburg. In his defense, Engel insisted he was only following Hitler's instructions.

RESIGNED. TEOFISTO GUINGONA, 74, Philippine Vice President, as Foreign Minister following a disagreement with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over the deployment of U.S. troops in the southern Philippines for counterterrorism exercises; in Manila. Guingona believes the U.S. military presence is at odds with a constitutional provision barring foreign combat troops on Philippine soil.

APPOINTED. LAL KRISHNA ADVANI, 74, India's Hindu nationalist Home Minister, as Deputy Prime Minister; in New Delhi. Widely perceived as a right-wing hard-liner, Advani remains the main strategist of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (bjp). He has long been the de facto No. 2 to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and his new designation appears to formalize his position as successor.

RETIRED. FELIX TRINIDAD, 29, from boxing, ending a career in which he won three titles in three weight classes; in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Trinidad lost the only fight of his 42-bout career to American Bernard Hopkins last September, and it's believed Hopkins' refusal to grant Trinidad a rematch led to his decision to quit.