Feb 18 - 21st 2010 & Feb 2000

21 February 2010 (2010-02-21) (Sunday) edit history watch

Six Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants, including "most wanted" leader Albader Parad, die after coming into contact with troops at the foot of Mount Tucay in Maimbung, Sulu on Jolo. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (BBC) The venue for an AC/DC concert upsets WWF Austria environmentalists in Wels who fear it will "smash" endangered species. (The Sydney Morning Herald) Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose for the sixth consecutive month in January, up 7.79 percent year-on-year to $8.13 billion, Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced. (China Daily) King Mohammed of Morocco requests structural examinations of all the old mosques after a minaret collapse kills 41 people. (BBC) Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada dismisses Australia's threat to take the country to the International Court of Justice over Japan's whaling in the Antarctic. (BBC) Prime Minister of the Netherlands Jan Peter Balkenende says the country will begin pulling out of Afghanistan in August and be gone by the end of the year following the collapse of Balkenende-4 over the issue. (CBC) (The Press Association) Prime Minister Gordon Brown battles a book published in The Observer which makes claims of bullying, including grabbing a secretary, stabbing with a pen and shouting expletives as members of his own staff contact the National Bullying Helpline to express their "concerns". (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC) (Deutsche Welle) (CBC)

February 21, 2010 Wikinews articles

Man killed after shop robbery in West Yorkshire, England; murder investigation launched Train accident kills three girls in Central Florida At least 32 die in Madeira storm BBC broadcasts first live episode of EastEnders

Current events of 20 February 2010 (2010-02-20) (Saturday) edit history watch

Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili is buried in Bakuriani, Georgia. (BBC) (CBC) (Sina) 2010 Nigerien coup d'état: The African Union (AU) suspends Niger following this week's coup d'état. (Al Jazeera) (Xinhua) (BBC) Thousands of people take part in a second day of celebrations in the capital. (BBC) President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, addressing parliament with a photo of an 8-year-old girl who lost 12 relatives to ISAF rocket fire during Operation Moshtarak, urges foreign troops to do more to prevent civilian deaths. (Al Jazeera) 30 people are killed in an air strike by the Pakistan Army in South Waziristan. (Al Jazeera) The Justice and Equality Movement rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region signs a framework ceasefire agreement with the Sudanese government in N'Djamena. (BBC) Russian allies, including Venezuela and Turkey, file a dozen requests for Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopters from Russia. (Europe News Agency) Floods and mudslides on the island of Madeira leave at least 32 dead and 68 injured. (Jersey Evening Post) (BBC) (Al Jazeera) The death toll from a minaret collapse in Morocco rises to 41. (CNN) (Xinhua) The Chinese military and several schools deny involvement in cyber attacks on Google, following a New York Times report cited investigators linking Lanxiang Vocational School and Shanghai Jiaotong University to the attacks. (Press Trust of India) (China Daily) The Dutch cabinet Balkenende IV collapses after a dispute on extending the mandate of Task Force Uruzgan in Afghanistan. (Radio Netherlands Worldwide) (BBC) (Al Jazeera) Lunar Tet New Year holiday road accidents killed almost 300, injured 400 people in Vietnam. Most of the crashes involved alcohol. (Inquirer) (Vietnam News) Bal wins the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. (Deutsche Welle) (BBC) The Canadian three-masted ship SV Concordia capsizes in a storm off the coast of Brazil. 64 people are rescued after spending 16 hours on life rafts in rough seas. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Vancouver Sun) (The Montreal Gazette) (The Times)

February 20, 2010 Wikinews articles

Former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies at age 85 Dutch government collapses over Afghanistan troops At least one dead, eighteen injured after grenade attacks in Rwanda Inventor Ronald Howes dies at age 83

Current events of 19 February 2010 (2010-02-19) (Friday) edit history watch

Bill McKibben and 350.org reacted to President Barack Obama and Copenhagen Accord. (Huffington Post) International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran could be making nuclear warheads. (The Hindu) Anti-government protestors are killed by police fire in Gagnoa, Côte-d'Ivoire. (Reuters South Africa) (The Washington Post) Element 112 is officially named Copernicium and assigned the symbol Cn on the 537th anniversary of the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus. (RiaNovosti) (Der Spiegel) BBC and IUPAC The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy that took power in a military coup in Niger yesterday lifts a curfew and reopens the country's borders. (African Press Agency) (BBC) French businessman Yazid Sabeg joins roster of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors. (UN) Romania is set to introduce a tax on fast food in March.(AP) (EurActiv) (The Scotsman) To persuade its volatile – and poor -- Niger Delta's oil region to reduce the conflict in the Niger Delta, Nigeria proposes handing over 10% stakes in its biggest energy industry to “host communities”. (China Dialogue News) Assassination of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai: Hamas threatens Western nations and trades accusations with rival Palestinian faction Fatah over alleged involvement in the affair. (The Jerusalem Post) Dubai's police chief calls for the head of Mossad to be arrested if Israel's spy agency is found to have been behind the killing of a Hamas boss in the emirate. (BBC) Israel denies involvement in the assassination and claims that there is no evidence "that even remotely connects this incident to Israel" (The Jerusalem Post) Social networking site Facebook closes down spontaneous support groups for a pilot who crashed his plane in Austin, United States. (Wikinews) (Politico) (NY Daily News) Ex-IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei is set to return to Egypt hoping to run for the presidency in the 2011 election. (BBC News) (BBC News) (AFP) (Al Jazeera) Mary MacKillop is to become Australia's first saint, after being approved by The Vatican for canonization. (The Australian) Plans for a Rudyard Kipling museum in his Mumbai home are scrapped due to the uncertainty of his legacy. (BBC)

February 19, 2010 Wikinews articles

Court ruling upholds expulsion of New York Senator convicted of assault Golfer Tiger Woods delivers apology speech 2010 BRIT Awards highlights Facebook takes down groups supporting Austin crash pilot Niger coup ousts president Tree car crash kills two in Oxfordshire, England Former US Vice President Dick Cheney: 'Barack Obama is a one-term President'

Current events of 18 February 2010 (2010-02-18) (Thursday) edit history watch

United States President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama amid opposition from China. (Times of India) (Al Jazeera) (Times Live South Africa) Irish Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea resigned after a controversy surrounding his remarks on a rival politician's relationship with brothels but denies claims by opposition party Fine Gael that he has committed perjury. Taoiseach Brian Cowen assigns himself temporary responsibility for the Department of Defence. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times) (BBC) The UK's Press Complaints Commission rejects a complaint by the husband of Stephen Gately about Jan Moir's Daily Mail article following his death but its head calls Moir's writing "extremely distasteful". (BBC) (RTÉ) Assassination of senior Hamas commander in Dubai: The British and Irish governments call in their Israeli ambassadors over the use of fake passports by the alleged killers of a Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. (BBC) It emerges that two additional fake Irish passports with genuine issue numbers were used by the suspects, with efforts underway to locate the two genuine holders. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejects the appeal for the inclusion of the Togo national football team in the draw for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations which resulted from their ban due to the Togo national football team attack prior to the 2010 tournament in Angola. It also says that a new draw will be required if they rule in favor of Togo in upcoming proceedings. (BBC) (RTÉ) (The Irish Times) Asia's biggest railway station, the Guangzhou South Railway Station, came into use on the first day of Chinese spring festival transport rush of 2010. China's operational high-speed railways have exceeded 3,300 km. (Xinhua) (CCTV) (People's Daily) In Niger, a military junta named the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy carries out a coup d'état, suspending the constitution and detaining President Mamadou Tandja. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Business Day) The top climate change official at the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Yvo de Boer, announces his resignation. (The Times) (CBC) Humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières accuses Bangladesh of a "crackdown" on Muslim Rohingya refugees from Burma. (Médecins Sans Frontières) (Al Jazeera) (AFP) A small private plane is intentionally crashed into an office building in Austin, Texas. (FOX News) Former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik is jailed for four years on tax fraud. (BBC) (Boston Globe) (The Daily Telegraph)

February 18, 2010 Wikinews articles

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik sentenced to four years in prison Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas New Internet site PleaseRobMe claims to reveal location of social networkers Libya and Switzerland to meet about visa bans Joint US-Pakistan operation captures top Taliban commander Plane crash in California kills three American bandleader Kevin Eubanks to leave 'Tonight Show'

Current events of 17 February 2010 (2010-02-17) (Wednesday) edit history watch

500,000 residents of Mexico City have been vaccinated against the A/H1N1 flu. (Xinhuanet) Four people are charged in connection with the Santika Club fire in Thailand on December 31, 2008. (Bangkok Post) The body of fallen luger Nodar Kumaritashvili returns to his hometown of Bakuriani, Georgia for burial. (BBC) (ESPN) Guam Governor Felix Perez Camacho issues an executive order changing the name of Guam to Guahan in government documents and signage and calls for unification with the Northern Mariana Islands. (Pacific Daily News) (Pacific Daily News) (Saipan Tribune) At least 22 people are killed in a bus crash in Northern India. (ABC) (BBC) It emerges that fake Irish passports used by suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai had valid numbers with mismatched identities, with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs embarking on an urgent mission to track the three genuine passport holders with these numbers. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times) Police in Kenya free five suspects held in connection with organising a gay wedding in a Mtwapa hotel. (BBC) Services from the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands remain disrupted as investigations continue into the Halle train collision in Belgium.(BBC) The Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine suspends the decision of the Electoral Commission to declare Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the Ukrainian presidential election until the court has decided on the complaints brought by the other candidate, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. (La Libre Belgique) The UK branch of publishing company Reader's Digest files for administration. (BBC) (Sky News) Walgreen Co. announces that it is buying Duane Reade Holdings Inc., operator of a chain of 257 drugstores in the New York City area, for about $1.08 billion including assumption of debt. (Marketwatch) Five southern Africans, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have their genomes analysed by scientists and published in Nature, with Tutu excited to discover he is "related to the San people, the first people to inhabit Southern Africa". (BBC)

February 17, 2010 Wikinews articles

Hockey player Georges Laraque joins Green Party of Canada UK inflation rate increases to 3.5% 16 February 2010 (2010-02-16) (Tuesday) edit history watch Bill Gates declared at the TED Conference that his top priority was achieving zero global emissions. (350.org) Assassination of a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai: Dubai police release the passport photographs of 11 “Europeans” suspected of the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. (BBC) It emerges those suspected used fake British and Irish passports, with Dublin saying it did not issue passports under their names, there is no evidence of their names on official Irish records and the counterfeits contain passport numbers with incorrect combinations of letters and digits. (The Daily Telegraph) Pope Benedict XVI issues a statement after a two-day meeting with all Irish bishops in the Vatican, including labelling paedophilia a "heinous crime", but his nuncio refuses to appear before an inquiry in Dáil Éireann. (RTÉ) (The Guardian) (The Times) The Queen Mary 2 arrives at the Port of Shanghai, making her first port call in China since her maiden voyage in 2004. (Xinhuanet) Queen Rania of Jordan meets with CEOs of mobile operators from around the world in Barcelona on Monday to rally support for the 1GOAL global education campaign. (Jordantimes) Libya detains Irish nationals at its airport in Tripoli due to the escalation of a dispute between it and Switzerland which has led Libya to refuse anyone from the Schengen area, despite Ireland not being a member. (The Irish Times) EMI places its Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, London, up for sale in an attempt to ease the debt burden created by Terra Firma Capital Partners' leveraged buyout of the company. (Financial Times)

& 2000

6 February 2000 (2000-02-06) (Sunday) edit history watch

Tarja Halonen is elected the first Finnish female president.

Current events of 12 February 2000 (2000-02-12) (Saturday) edit history watch

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Tom Landry, Charles M. Schulz, and Oliver die, of unrelated causes

Current events of 13 February 2000 (2000-02-13) (Sunday) edit history watch

Final original Peanuts comic strip is published.

Current events of 16 February 2000 (2000-02-16) (Wednesday) edit history watch

Archbishop Desmond Tutu makes an address at the University of Toronto. [1] February 16 - UMBC's Poetry Symposium takes place, with the participation of poets Linda Pastan, Michael Harper, Ray Gonzalez, Leo Connellan, Forrest Gander, Derrick Gilbert, Terence Winch, and Michael Fallon. [2]

Current events of 29 February 2000 (2000-02-29) (Tuesday) edit history watch

This leap year day is the last in a turn of the century year until February 29, 2400. Six year old Dedrick Owens shoots and kills Kayla Rolland, also six years old, at Theo J. Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Michigan. Rolland is currently the youngest victim of a school shooting [1] ^ http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.02/