Roald Dahl hailed with birthday celebrations
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Children, parents, teachers and adult   fans are throwing parties on Wednesday to celebrate what would   have been the 90th birthday party of the darkly comic writer   Roald Dahl.
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Film stars, top politicians and members of Sweden's royal family were among those who celebrated the life and work of directing legend Ingmar Bergman on Monday in a ceremony at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre.
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British-born science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke marked his 90th birthday Sunday wishing for peace in his adopted home Sri Lanka, where he has lived for the past five decades.
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The Rev. Al Sharpton celebrated his 50th birthday with speeches, musical acts and a rendition of "Happy Birthday" with James Brown and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs on stage at Harlem's Apollo Theater.
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An 80th-birthday year of tributes, from ballet companies on two continents, for Glen Tetley.
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling celebrates the arrival of her third child.
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Britain's royal family welcomed the birth of its newest member Monday, the son of Prince Edward and his 42-year-old wife, Sophie, Buckingham Palace said Monday.
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Preity Zinta, the vivacious, dimple-cheeked Bollywood star, celebrates her 33rd birthday.
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MORE than 500 people attended a celebration held at the Pakistan Club last night to mark the 128th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters Life!) - Singalong favorites, blazing solos, stunning dress sense, sparkling harmonies, comic banter -- and some Bob Marley tunes for the man's birthday.
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Film legend Elizabeth Taylor  celebrated her 75th birthday on Tuesday night with a New  Orleans-themed party flanked by her four children and famous  friends spanning the generations from model Kathy Ireland to  former rival Debbie Reynolds.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of the classic tale "The Yearling," will be honored with a commemorative postage stamp on Thursday.
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Film legend Elizabeth Taylor celebrated her 75th birthday on Tuesday night with a New Orleans-themed party flanked by her four children and famous friends spanning the generations from model Kathy Ireland to former rival Debbie Reynolds.
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The Smurfs Â led by Papa Smurf and Smurfette Â kicked off a year of 50th birthday celebrations Monday with Smurfberry cake and sasparilla juice.
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By Lisa Pemberton, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb. 19--Today we're observing the birthdays of two great presidents who left their marks in history. Here's a closer look at the birthday boys:   George Washington   n Birthday: Feb.
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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) holds a celebration day on Tuesday to mark 50 years of work. Heads of states, including French President Jacques Chirac and King Juan
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The life and work of novelist Graham Greene are being celebrated on Saturday, the centenary of his birth.