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In Ethiopia US former president Jimmy Carter announced distribution of thousands of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, in a drive that could save up to 100,000 lives annually.
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Sleet stung the faces of pedestrians in New York and snow and ice coated windshields and streets as a Valentine's Day blizzard roared out of the Midwest and shut down parts of the Northeast.
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German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler said it planned to axe 13,000 jobs at its loss-making Chrysler subsidiary as part of a broad restructuring plan aimed at returning the US unit to profitability by 2009. The bulk of the job losses will affect union workers, with 9,000 hourly jobs eliminated in the United States and 2,000 in Canada.
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NATO officials said warplanes struck a Taliban compound in southern Afghanistan with "precision munitions," killing an area commander and about 10 of his men. Villagers said the raid in the southern province of Helmand also killed civilians. NATO said Taliban fighters used children as human shields to flee heavy fighting this week during an operation by foreign and Afghan forces to clear rebels from around a key hydro-electric dam. In eastern Afghanistan US-led troops killed a suspected militant and detained 6 others, including one with alleged links to fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Bolivian President Evo Morales reached a deal late on how much Brazil will pay for Bolivian natural gas, apparently resolving an issue that has deeply divided the neighboring nations for a year.
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In Brazil violence cast a shadow over Rio's famed Carnival when gunmen killed Guaracy Paes Falcao (42), a leader of one of the premiere samba band groups. Falcao was with an unidentified woman who was also shot dead.
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The European Parliament approved a controversial report accusing Britain, Germany, Italy and other European nations of turning a blind eye to CIA flights transporting terrorism suspects to secret prisons in an apparent breach of EU human rights standards.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1994 –
Paul Butcher, American actor
1992 –
Freddie Highmore, English actor
1989 –
Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 –
Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer
1988 –
Asia Nitollano, American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner
1988 –
Eliska Sursova, American actress
1988 –
Katie Boland, Canadian actress
1988 –
Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer, winner of Star Academy France 7
1987 –
David Wheater, English footballer
1987 –
Joseph Pichler, American actor
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February, 14
- Births
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2009,
Sir Bernard Ashley, Welsh businessman and entrepreneur. (b. 1926)
2007,
Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920)
2007,
Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated film maker. (b. 1943)
2006,
Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
2006,
Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
2006,
Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925)
2005,
Najai Turpin, American boxer (b. 1981)
2004,
Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
2003,
Dolly, first cloned mammal (b. 1996)
2003,
Johnny Longden, English jockey (b. 1907)
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February, 14
- Deaths
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