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Despite requests for clemency from the British government, Akmal Shaikh, a British national, is executed in the People's Republic of China for trafficking heroin. The discovery of the tomb of Cao Cao (portrait pictured), one of the leaders during the Three Kingdoms period of China, is announced. Thailand starts repatriating 4,000 Hmong asylum seekers to Laos, despite international protest. The Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, the world's fastest commercial train service, is opened in the People's Republic of China. A passenger aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit is charged with attempting to light an explosive device mid-flight. George Michael, pioneering sports commentator, dies aged 70.