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British chancellor Alistair Darling announced that stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock would be nationalized.
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US President George W. Bush discussed the bloody conflict in neighboring Kenya with Tanzania's Pres. Jakaya Kikwete before showering him with praise and signing over a $700 million development grant.
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The US Department of Agriculture ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs. Downer cows at the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company had been processed and sent for use in the National School Lunch Program.
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In Afghanistan a suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition in Kandahar killed 80 people and wounded scores more, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack there since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. The attack apparently targeted Abdul Hakim Jan, a militia commander, who had stood up against the Taliban and died in the attack.
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In Algeria African Union energy ministers launched a new energy organization for Africa tasked with coordinating policy for the resource-rich continent.
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Communist party leader Demetris Christofias led in exit polls after Cyprus elections. It was unclear who he would be competing against in a run-off on
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Indian troops killed at least 20 Maoist guerrillas in clashes following the killing of 13 policemen by the insurgents in the eastern state of Orissa.
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- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Sasha Pieterse, South African actress
1992 –
Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress and singer
1991 –
Bonnie Wright, British actress
1988 –
Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
1986 –
Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
1986 –
Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
1985 –
Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian skijumper
1985 –
Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
1984 –
AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1984 –
Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
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February, 17
- Births
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2009,
Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
2009,
Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)
2008,
Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
2007,
Jurga Ivanauskaite, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
2007,
Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2007,
Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2007,
Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
2006,
Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
2006,
Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
2005,
Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
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February, 17
- Deaths
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