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In Santa Monica, California, "Juno," a runaway hit comedy about a wisecracking pregnant teen, picked up the top prize at the Spirit Awards, the independent film community's version of the Oscars.
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It was reported that Dr. Nathan Wolfe, a virologist at UCLA, was pushing for the creation of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative, a planet-wide network to forecast epidemics before they happen.
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A B-2 stealth bomber crashed on take-off from the Pacific island of Guam, the first such incident involving the futuristic craft. Both pilots on board ejected safely as the 1.2-billion-dollar radar-evading plane went down at Andersen airbase.
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In eastern Afghanistan 7 Afghan security guards died when their car hit a roadside bomb in the Sarkano district of Kunar province. A gunman killed a district police chief in the region.
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Police on the Channel Island of Jersey found a child's buried remains at Haut de la Garenne, a former children's home. They soon widened their search for bodies to six more sites in and around the home.
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A senior Chinese official said the freakish winter storms that coated much of central and southern China in snow and ice have left 129 people dead so far this year.
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In Iraq rockets or mortars hit the US-protected Green Zone. Shihab al-Timimi, the head of the Iraqi Journalists Union, was shot and wounded. A boat carrying 11 Shiites to the holy city of Karbala overturned in the Tigris river and six people drowned. a suicide bomb attack killed Sheik Ibrahim Mutayri al-Mohamaday, the leader of one Awakening Council in Saqlawiyah, in Anbar province. A group of gunmen first opened fire on a checkpoint, killing one police officer. Then three of the attackers armed with explosives belts stormed the checkpoint, two blowing themselves up.
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Dakota Fanning, American actress
1989 –
Evan Bates, American ice dancer
1986 –
Holly Brook, American musician
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Jerod Mayo, American Football player
1986 –
Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese pop star (KAT-TUN)
1986 –
Ola Svensson, Swedish Pop Singer
1983 –
Aziz Ansari, Indian American Comedian
1983 –
Emily Blunt, British actress
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Mido, Egyptian footballer
1983 –
Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
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February, 23
- Births
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2008,
Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian prime minister and president (b. 1950)
2008,
Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917)
2008,
Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot (b. 1916)
2007,
Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
2007,
John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941)
2006,
Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (b. 1922)
2006,
Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
2004,
Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934)
2004,
Neil Ardley, English jazz pianist and composer (b. 1937)
2004,
Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)
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February, 23
- Deaths
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