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promising to immediately focus on helping poor countries navigate a fragile global economy. The U.S. Justice Department said British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline would pay $3 billion in fines for criminal and civil violations involving 10 drugs taken by millions of people.

Today's Birthdays: Country singer Marvin Rainwater is 88. Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos is 84. Jazz musician Ahmad Jamal is 83. Actor Robert Ito is 82. Actress Polly Holliday is 76. Racing Hall of Famer Richard Petty is 76. Former White House chief of staff John H. Sununu is 74. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is 71. Writer-director-comedian Larry David is 66. Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, is 66. Actor Saul Rubinek is 65. Rock musician Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) is 64. Rock musician Gene Taylor is 61. Actress-model Jerry Hall is 57. Actor Jimmy McNichol is 52. Country singer Guy Penrod is 50. Rock musician Dave Parsons (Bush) is 48. Actress Yancy Butler is 43. Contemporary Christian musician Melodee DeVevo (Casting Crowns) is 37. Actor Owain (OH'-wyn) Yeoman (TV: "The Mentalist") is 35. Race car driver Sam Hornish Jr. is 34. Singer Michelle Branch is 30. Actress Vanessa Lee Chester is 29. Figure skater Johnny Weir is 29. Actress-singer Ashley Tisdale is 28. Actress Lindsay Lohan (LOH'-uhn) is 27.

• Thought for Today:
"The instinctive feeling of a great people is often wiser than its wisest men." -- Louis Kossuth (kaw-SOOTH'), Hungarian statesman (1802-1894).

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