Current events of February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01) (Saturday) |
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Current events of February 2, 2014 (2014-02-02) (Sunday) |
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Current events of February 3, 2014 (2014-02-03) (Monday) |
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Current events of February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04) (Tuesday) |
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- At least 10 people are dead and 35 injured when a bus falls into a ditch while travelling between the Indian cities of Pune and Satara. (NDTV)
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Current events of February 5, 2014 (2014-02-05) (Wednesday) |
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- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Post-civil war violence in Libya:
- At least 12 people are injured in a grenade attack on a school in Benghazi. (BBC)
- Arts and culture
- Archaeologists decrypt the jötunvillur runic code found on 13th century tablets. (Sciencenordic)
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Current events of February 6, 2014 (2014-02-06) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Seven car bombings across Baghdad, Iraq, kill at least 13 people. (Reuters)
- Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fire rockets towards Hof Ashkelon region in southern Israel; the rockets are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome defense system. (The Times of Israel)
- Fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces rages around the Aleppo Central Prison in the war-torn city of Aleppo, but it is unclear whether rebels control all or part of the facility. (CNN)
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- Business and economy
- Sony says it will sell its PC unit and split its TV division into a separate subsidiary as part of its restructuring programme. (BBC)
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Current events of February 7, 2014 (2014-02-07) (Friday) |
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- Russia's Foreign Ministry calls new US sanctions against Iran a "direct violation of the Geneva deal" and "unacceptable". (RIA Novosti)
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Current events of February 8, 2014 (2014-02-08) (Saturday) |
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- Princess Cristina de Borbón of Spain addresses allegations of money laundering and tax evasion at Palma de Mallorca courthouse. (The Guardian)
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Current events of February 9, 2014 (2014-02-09) (Sunday) |
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- Iran-United States relations:
- Iran agrees to a United Nations plan to address suspicions that they are working on designing an atomic weapon. (Reuters)
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Current events of February 10, 2014 (2014-02-10) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan (2001-present):
- A car bomb detonates prematurely in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 21 militants. In a separate event, a car bomb hits a convoy transporting Usama al-Nujayfi with a bodyguard being wounded. (AFP)
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- North Korea-United States relations:
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- A presidential panel in Yemen agrees to transform the country into a federation of six regions. (Al Jazeera)
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Current events of February 11, 2014 (2014-02-11) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S withdraw):
- 16 Iraqi soldiers are killed by militants in an attack on military outposts protecting an oil pipeline in northern Iraq. (Reuters)
- War in North-West Pakistan:
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Current events of February 12, 2014 (2014-02-12) (Wednesday) |
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- A measles outbreak from the Philippines has spread into Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. (The Toronto Star), (The Philippine Star)
- The UK's Met Office issues a "red warning" and warns of an exceptional storm as winds of up to 100mph are forecast to hit west Wales and north west England. (BBC)
- As the North American cold wave continues, a massive winter storm across states in the southern United States causes widespread power outages, travel disruptions and dangerous road conditions. (NBC)
- In Ireland, Storm Darwin ravages the country with hurricane force winds.Over 260,000 people are left without electricity and thousands of trees and buildings down and weakened.This has been the most severe of the winter storms that the country has had since they began on St.Stephen's Day 2013
- A sinkhole opens underneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, swallowing 8 vintage Corvettes including the millionth Corvette built. (Autoblog)
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Current events of February 13, 2014 (2014-02-13) (Thursday) |
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- Typhoon Haiyan victims are visited by former footballer David Beckham who seeks to raise awareness about their plight. (Fox Sports)
- Archaeologists unearth a painted, human-shaped sarcophagus that's 3,600 years old -- with a mummy still inside in Luxor, Egypt. (CNN)
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- Thousands of homes in England remain without power following Wednesday's storms as the UK's Met Office forecasts fresh heavy rain and high winds for Friday. (BBC)
- Mount Kelud erupts prompting the evacuation of 200,000 people on the Indonesian island of Java. (AAP via SBS)
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Current events of February 14, 2014 (2014-02-14) (Friday) |
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Current events of February 15, 2014 (2014-02-15) (Saturday) |
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- A new government is formed in Lebanon after 10-months of gridlock, Tammam Salam is elected to be Prime Minister. (Reuters)
- Judicial reforms are passed in the Turkish parliament after 20 hours and a brawl in the chamber. (BBC)
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Current events of February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16) (Sunday) |
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Current events of February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17) (Monday) |
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Current events of February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18) (Tuesday) |
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- A US$1 million vase made by Chinese dissident Ai Wei Wei is destroyed in Miami by a local vandal protesting the lack of exhibits promoting local art. (The New York Times)
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Current events of February 19, 2014 (2014-02-19) (Wednesday) |
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- Dongfeng Motor, a Chinese auto company, is buying a $1.1 billion equity stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen for 800 million euros, part of a broader effort to bail out the struggling French concern. (Reuters)
- Facebook announced it is acquiring WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash and stock. (Reuters)
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Current events of February 20, 2014 (2014-02-20) (Thursday) |
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- Alpine skier Bogdana Matsotska of the Ukraine olympic team decides to pull out of the Winter Games in Sochi, as widespread anti-government protests back home leave dozens dead and hundreds injured. (BBC)
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Current events of February 21, 2014 (2014-02-21) (Friday) |
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- 2014 Venezuelan protests:
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- G Asset Investment, a private investment management firm, reports that it has offered to buy a majority of the equity of Barnes & Noble or to buy its digital books business, Nook. (Reuters)
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Current events of February 22, 2014 (2014-02-22) (Saturday) |
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- Pope Francis creates 19 new cardinals in a ceremony at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. In addition, the Pope emeritus Benedict XVI makes his first public appearance at the Vatican since his resignation in 2013. (BBC)
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- The Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as "El Chapo", is arrested in Mexico. (BBC)
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Current events of February 23, 2014 (2014-02-23) (Sunday) |
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- Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip announces that he will be leaving office before scheduled parliamentary elections in 2015. (Deutsche Welle)
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Current events of February 24, 2014 (2014-02-24) (Monday) |
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- CNN cancels Piers Morgan Live, starring British presenter Piers Morgan, due to low ratings. (The Guardian)
- Pope Francis, in the most significant reform of the Roman Curia in 25 years, creates a second Secretariat, for Economic Affairs, headed by a Cardinal (which will work with the Vatican Secretariat of State, the reformed Vatican bank, or IOR, and the other economic departments of the Roman Curia), which will have an office with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time. (AP via MSN News)
- Mt Gox, an exchange of central importance in the history of the crypto currency bitcoin, closes down for an indefinite period under pressure from hackers. (Wired)
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Current events of February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25) (Tuesday) |
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- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Arts and culture
- 1,427 gold coins from the mid-19th century that were buried in eight cans are discovered by an anonymous couple while walking their dog in Gold Country, California. The find dubbed the Saddle Ridge Hoard is expected to be worth over $10 million dollars (USD) and is the largest known hoard of gold coins ever found in the United States.(USA Today)
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Current events of February 26, 2014 (2014-02-26) (Wednesday) |
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- Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present):
- Kevin Lau Chun-to, the former editor of newspaper Ming Pao whose dismissal in January sparked protests over press freedom, is attacked by a man with a meat cleaver in his Hong Kong neighborhood. He is in critical condition. (CNN)
- The two men convicted of the murder of Lee Rigby are sentenced to life imprisonment, Michael Adebolajo without the possibility of parole, and Michael Adebowale with the possibility of parole after 45 years. (BBC)
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Current events of February 27, 2014 (2014-02-27) (Thursday) |
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Current events of February 28, 2014 (2014-02-28) (Friday) |
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- British spree killer Joanne Dennehy is given a whole life sentence for three murders and two attempted murders committed in 2013. (BBC)
- A stabbing spree in a Loblaws distribution centre in Edmonton, Alberta kills two, and injures four. The suspect, 29 year-old Jayme Pasieka, is arrested hours after the attack. (CNN)
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Recently concluded
- Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
- China: Bo Xilai
- Croatia: Ivo Sanader
- Germany: Breno Borges
- Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
- Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY)
- Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis
- United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum
Ongoing
- Australia: Craig Thomson
- Brazil: Mensalão scandal
- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Luka Magnotta
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
- France: Church of Scientology
- Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe
- Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY)
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Jinggoy Estrada, Gregorio Honasan, Janet Lim-Napoles, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Imelda Marcos, Nur Misuari, Manny Pacquiao, Jovito Palparan, Juan Ponce Enrile, Bong Revilla
- Russia: Platon Lebedev
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren
- United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark
- United States: Jodi Arias
Upcoming
- France: Éric Raoult
- Germany: Bernie Ecclestone
- Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
- Jordan: Abu Qatada
- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
- United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rolf Harris, Nicholas Jacobs
- United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell
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