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In Cuba Raul Castro became the new president. The island's parliament tapped revolutionary leader Jose Ramon Machado (77) for the government's No. 2 spot.
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Iran said that it has started using new centrifuges that can churn out enriched uranium at more than double the rate of the machines that now form the backbone of the Islamic nation's nuclear program.
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In Iraq a suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims as they were resting in Iskandariyah during a days-long walk to a Shiite shrine in Karbala, killing at least 56 people and wounding 68. Earlier, extremists attacked another group of pilgrims in the predominantly Sunni Baghdad neighborhood of Dora, killing three and wounding 36. In Hawija, about 30 miles southwest of Kirkuk, a parked car bomb went off next to a patrol of Sunni tribesmen who aligned with US forces to fight al-Qaida in Iraq. One civilian bystander was killed and 10 people were wounded.
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A rights group said Zimbabwe's biggest state hospital has stopped surgical operations because of a breakdown of equipment and shortages of drugs.
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In Milan, Italy, masked thieves drilled a tunnel and broke into a jewelry showroom as employees were preparing for a VIP showing by Damiani, making off with gold, diamonds and rubies in a brazen daylight heist.
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The LGT Group, Liechtenstein’s largest financial group, confirmed that stolen client data, believed to be fueling a major German tax-evasion probe, included confidential information on thousands of customers and beneficiaries in other countries.
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Turkey's military said that eight more soldiers were killed in combat during its cross-border ground operation in northern Iraq, raising the death toll to 15. Turkish troops and Kurdish PKK rebels fought close battles in northern Iraq that left scores dead on the fourth day of a major ground offensive Baghdad and Washington fear could further destabilize Iraq.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1991 –
Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
1989 –
Kosta Koufos, American basketball player
1987 –
Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress
1987 –
Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
1987 –
Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
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Wojtek Wolski, Polish ice hockey player
1984 –
Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver
1984 –
Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler
1982 –
Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
1982 –
Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
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February, 24
- Births
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2008,
Larry Norman, American musician, singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2007,
Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)
2007,
Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932)
2007,
Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935)
2007,
Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
2006,
Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947)
2006,
Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
2006,
John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
2006,
Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925)
2006,
Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924)
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February, 24
- Deaths
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