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In Burkina Faso the Fespaco film festival began. Hundreds of films made by Africans and people of African descent competed for the Yennenga stallion, a golden statue of a prancing horse.
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Eq. Guinea was cited as the world’s 3rd richest country with a GDP per person estimated at $50,000.
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In India 16 police officers were killed when suspected rebels ambushed their patrol in northeast Manipur. In eastern India an ill Sabita Behera (30), was beaten to death by her in-laws. They suspected she had AIDS and feared she would infect the rest of the family.
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Thousands of Shiites rallied in Najaf to protest the nearly 12-hour detention of the eldest son of Iraq's most influential Shiite politician as he crossed back from Iran. Iraqi commandos backed by US aircraft raided a Sunni insurgent base north of Baghdad, killing dozens. Local authorities said six children and their father were among the dead. Attacks in Baghdad killed at least seven civilians. A suicide truck bombing in Anbar province left 52 dead and 74 injured. The attack was on worshippers leaving a mosque in Habbaniyah. An arsenal was discovered north of Baghdad containing components for so-called EFPs, explosively formed projectiles that fire a slug of molten metal capable of penetrating armored vehicles. The weapons cache contained more than two dozen mortars and 15 rockets. There were enough metal disks to make 130 EFPs.
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Israel denied a report in a British daily that it is seeking permission from the United States to fly its bombers over Iraq to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi to stay on as premier and put his center-left government to a new vote of confidence in parliament.
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In southern Nepal police arrested at least 14 people after violence broke out between Maoists and supporters of ethnic groups.
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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
1986 –
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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