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The UN launched a $680 million aid plan for the Democratic Republic of Congo, complaining the world remained ignorant of what it called the worst humanitarian crisis since World War Two.
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DP World, a ports operator owned by the government of Dubai (UAR), paid $6.8 billion to acquire P&O, a British firm which runs a global network of maritime terminals including 6 American ports.
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In Germany some 22,000 public workers in 8 of 16 federal states stopped work to protest an expanded workweek with no increase in pay.
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In Haiti election results showed the former president Preval slipping further below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff.
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In Indonesia 2 Australians were sentenced to life in prison for trying to smuggle heroin from the Indonesian resort island of Bali to their homeland.
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Diplomats said Iran has started small-scale enrichment of uranium, a process that can produce fuel for nuclear reactors or bombs. Talks with Moscow on moving Iranian enrichment to Russia as a way ensuring Iran has no direct control were put on indefinite hold.
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In Baghdad a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in a line of Iraqis waiting to receive government payments, killing 8 people and wounding about 30
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1992 –
Kaya Scodelario, British actress
1990 –
Olivia Allison, British synchronized swimmer
1990 –
Qoigyijabu, 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet
1989 –
Carly McKillip, Canadian actress
1989 –
Rhys Palmer, Australian footballer
1989 –
Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian Footballer
1988 –
Aston Merrygold, British Singer
1986 –
Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player
1986 –
Luke Moore, English footballer
1985 –
Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer
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February, 13
- Births
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2008,
Roger Voisin, Trumpet player, Boston Symphony (b. 1918)
2007,
Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (b. 1923)
2007,
Charlie Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
2007,
Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
2007,
Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (b. 1922)
2006,
Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (b. 1946)
2006,
Peter Frederick Strawson, British philosopher (b. 1919)
2005,
Nelson Briles, baseball player (b. 1943)
2005,
Lúcia Santos, Carmelite nun and Fatima visionary (b. 1907)
2005,
Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917)
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February, 13
- Deaths
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