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The foreign ministers of seven key Muslim nations started arriving in Pakistan for talks on a collective push to end the turmoil in the Middle East. Three Islamic militants died in eastern Pakistan when a powerful bomb they were carrying on a bicycle accidentally exploded in Cheecha Watni, Punjab province. Pakistani police arrested two men in southern Sindh province and accused them of hacking two young women to death for allegedly having sex outside marriage.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended his European tour without persuading any country to end crippling economic sanctions based on his power-sharing deal with the rival Islamic militant Hamas.
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In Spain thousands of people waving red-and-yellow Spanish flags protested in Madrid against a court ruling that shortened the prison sentence for one of the Basque separatist group ETA's most notorious killers.
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A tentative deal was reached to end a two-week-old strike by about 2,800 Canadian National Railway Co. employees that had provoked a threat of government intervention.
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The Cayman Islands were cited as the world’s 5-th largest banking center with $1.4 trillion in assets.
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Bermuda was cited as the world’s richest country with a GDP per person estimated at $70,000.
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Thousands of anti-war protesters converged on London, calling on PM Tony Blair to withdraw all of Britain's troops from Iraq and voicing fears over a potential conflict with Iran.
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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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