Current events of February 1, 2012 (2012-02-01) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of February 2, 2012 (2012-02-02) (Thursday) |
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Current events of February 3, 2012 (2012-02-03) (Friday) |
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- The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia increases the sentence of Kang Kek Iew, or Duch, to life for running the Tuol Sleng prison camp under the Khmer Rouge. (BBC)
- Major General Michael Linnington orders a court martial for US Private Bradley Manning responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to Wikileaks. (Baltimore Sun)
- US Federal prosecutors drop an investigation of cycling champion Lance Armstrong for alleged use of performance enhancing substances. (USA Today)
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Current events of February 4, 2012 (2012-02-04) (Saturday) |
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Current events of February 5, 2012 (2012-02-05) (Sunday) |
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- A Libyan starts court proceedings against 41 people accused of helping Muammar Gaddafi to attempt to suppress the opposition in the Libyan civil war. (Reuters)
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Current events of February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06) (Monday) |
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- Greek government debt crisis: The government of Greece fails to reach agreement over the terms of a new bailout from the European Union, but retracts the deadline they had given themselves to do so, 30 minutes before the deadline would have passed. (The Guardian)
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Current events of February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflict and attacks
- 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
- Maldives police mutiny
- A standoff between security forces and striking policemen occupying the state legislature continues in Salvador, Brazil. (Al Jazeera)
- Tuareg Rebellion (2011–present): 22,000 people flee fighting in Mali to neighbouring countries. (IOL)
- Business and economy
- Greek government debt crisis: discussions among the three parties within the ruling coalition in Greece are postponed, at least in part because the paperwork wasn't ready. (Reuters)
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Current events of February 8, 2012 (2012-02-08) (Wednesday) |
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Current events of February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09) (Thursday) |
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- Greek government debt crisis:
- Eastman Kodak Co. announces that it will no longer make digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in an effort to save money during bankruptcy. (Reuters)
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Current events of February 10, 2012 (2012-02-10) (Friday) |
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Current events of February 11, 2012 (2012-02-11) (Saturday) |
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- Arab Spring:
- 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
- 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising:
- Bahrain security forces tear-gas dozens of demonstrators, injuring three, ahead of the anniversary of the uprising. (AFP)
- Human rights activist Nabeel Rajab says two Americans have been detained by Bahraini security forces and US Embassy is looking into the reports. (Associated Press)
- 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests:
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- The Israel Air Force conducts four air strikes in the Gaza Strip with claims that two people were injured. (AFP via France 24)
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- Law and crime
- Arid Uka, an Islamic extremist, is convicted in Germany of murdering two U.S. soldiers and injuring another two in a shooting at Frankfurt Airport last year. (AP)
- Five journalists from The Sun are among eight people arrested in connection with allegations of corrupt payments to police. News International boss Rupert Murdoch says he is committed to the newspaper. (BBC)
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Current events of February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12) (Sunday) |
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Current events of February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13) (Monday) |
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- Syria:
- 13 February 2012 attacks on Israeli diplomats:
- An explosion tears through an Israeli diplomat's car in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India; one woman is injured. (Ynet)
- Explosives are found near the Israeli Embassy building in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi; the device is neutralized safely. (Ynet)
- 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: Police use tear gas on protesters attempting to occupy the Pearl Roundabout in the capital Manama a day before the anniversary of the start of anti-government protests. (Al Jazeera)
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Current events of February 14, 2012 (2012-02-14) (Tuesday) |
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- Authorities in the U.S. say that the recent mortgage settlement with the country's largest banks will provide $1 billion to the Federal Housing Administration, replenishing the FHA's badly depleted capital reserves. (Reuters)
- Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the Euro Group, cancels a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the Greek bailout stating that they are still seeking information from the Greek government. (AAP via The Age)
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- The Ugandan minister Minister for Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo raids a workshop for gay activists and attempts to arrest the organiser. (BBC)
- Kuwait forms a new cabinet before a new session of the assembly on Wednesday. (IOL)
- Thousands of opposition supporters from Iran's Green Movement march silently through the capital Tehran calling for the release of political prisoners. (Financial Times)
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Current events of February 15, 2012 (2012-02-15) (Wednesday) |
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- 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
- 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising:
- Over 120 protesters are injured and some arrested in clashes with police who prevented protesters from celebrating the first anniversary of the uprising. (Reuters)
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses concern over recent violence between security forces and demonstrators, urging authorities to exercise maximum restraint. (United Nations)
- Al Wefaq confirms informal contacts between senior officials and the government. (The Washington Times)
- Arts and culture
- The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, a painting by Francis Bacon, sells at Christie's for £21.3 million, the second most valuable work of post-war contemporary art sold at the London auction house. (RTÉ)
- Sony admits it increased the price of two Whitney Houston albums hours after she was found in the bathtub of her hotel room last Saturday. Fans react with outrage. (BBC)
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Current events of February 16, 2012 (2012-02-16) (Thursday) |
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- Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member Gary Carter dies at age 57 after a long battle with brain cancer. (Newsday)
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Current events of February 17, 2012 (2012-02-17) (Friday) |
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Current events of February 18, 2012 (2012-02-18) (Saturday) |
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- At least nine people are killed and 24 injured after a bus crashes in China's Yunnan province. (RIA Novosti)
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Current events of February 19, 2012 (2012-02-19) (Sunday) |
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Current events of February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20) (Monday) |
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Current events of February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21) (Tuesday) |
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Current events of February 22, 2012 (2012-02-22) (Wednesday) |
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- Afghanistan Quran protests:
- 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
- Two Western journalists are killed in the Syrian city of Homs, American Marie Colvin working for the Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik. (Reuters)
- Activists report that at least 92 people have been killed across Syria after security force shelling intensified in the rebel-held Baba Amr district in the city of Homs. (Al Arabiya)
- Explosions are reported in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. (AFP via Google News)
- Somalian Civil War:
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Current events of February 23, 2012 (2012-02-23) (Thursday) |
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Current events of February 24, 2012 (2012-02-24) (Friday) |
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- Arab Spring:
- Aftermath of the Libyan civil war: Reporter Nicholas Davies and cameraman Gareth Montgomery-Johnson are seized by militia in Misrata while working for the English language Press TV news network. Two local residents are also seized. (AFP) (Press TV)
- 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
- 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: A medic reveals that injured protesters are being treated by "underground medics" in fear of arrest. (BBC)
- A Palestinian man is shot and killed after clashes at an Israeli checkpoint near Ramallah in the West Bank. (BBC)
- At least 12 people are killed in the deadliest day of protests so far resulting from U.S. soldiers incineration of copies of the Koran in Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)
- Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants launch simultaneous gun and bomb attacks in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe. (Hindustan Times)
- The Taliban attacks a Pakistani police station in Peshawar killing four officers. (AP via Newsday)
- Business and economy
- Air Zimbabwe suspends all of its flights indefinitely. (IOL)
- A member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cautions against that agency's current draft of the Volcker rule, suggesting that it will have to scrap the rule as it stands and start over. (Reuters)
- Disasters and accidents
- Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, who was buried under an avalanche in Lech, Austria, while skiing off piste, is reported to have suffered massive brain damage due to oxygen shortage; it remains unclear whether he will ever regain consciousness. (AFP)
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- A fourth inquest begins into the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru in outback Australia in the Northern Territory. (AFP via Yahoo News)
- The trial begins of former US student Dharun Ravi, accused of spying on a homosexual encounter involving his room-mate, which resulted in his death. The case has triggered debate about the difficulties faced by young gay men in America. (BBC)
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Current events of February 25, 2012 (2012-02-25) (Saturday) |
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Current events of February 26, 2012 (2012-02-26) (Sunday) |
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Current events of February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27) (Monday) |
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Current events of February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28) (Tuesday) |
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- Millions of workers in India go on strike to demand improved rights and express anger at rising prices. (Hindustan Times)
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- A Thai court sentences leftist political activist Surachai Danwattananusorn to seven and a half years in jail for lese majeste or insulting the Thai monarchy. (Reuters)
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Current events of February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29) (Wednesday) |
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- North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for food aid. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- Egypt lifts a travel ban on seven Americans employed by pro-democracy U.S. groups, including the son of U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood, who is among 16 Americans on trial in Egypt for trying to foment unrest and incite protests against the nation's military rulers. (USA Today)
- In the British parliament Baroness Jenny Tonge resigns the Liberal Democrat party whip after accusations of making offensive remarks about Israel. (The Guardian)
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- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr.
- Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
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