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Guinea's powerful union chiefs called off a crippling strike after the president agreed to appoint a new prime minister in an attempt to end simmering unrest that has killed scores of people this year.
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In India a 6-day national meeting of Indian sex workers started in the city of Kolkata to press demands for labor rights and legal recognition as entertainment workers.
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Iran’s Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would proceed with its nuclear program, comparing its nuclear drive to a train that has no reverse gear or brakes. Iran said it had successfully launched its first rocket into space for research purposes. The rocket reached an altitude of 150 kilometers (93 miles) but did not stay in orbit.
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A suicide bomber struck outside a college campus in Baghdad, killing at least 41 people and injuring dozens. Earlier, two Katyusha rockets hit a Shiite enclave in southern Baghdad, killing at least 10
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Dozens of Israeli jeeps and armored vehicles poured into Nablus overnight, placing large areas of the city under curfew and conducting house-to-house arrest raids in one of the largest West Bank military operations in months.
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It was reported that Libya, 30 years after officially proclaiming itself socialist, is gradually opening up its banking system with a string of privatizations in the works and the establishment of foreign banks. In late January, the Central Bank of Libya announced its intention to sell a minority stake in one of the north African country's five state-owned commercial banks, Sahara Bank, to a "leading international financial institution." (AFP, 2/25/07)
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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1998 –
Brendon Baerg, American actor
1991 –
Tony Oller, American actor
1990 –
Alejandra Andreu, Miss International 2008
1987 –
Eva Avila, Canadian singer
1986 –
Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
1986 –
James and Oliver Phelps, English actors
1986 –
Justin Berfield, American actor
1985 –
Benji Marshall, New Zealand rugby player
1985 –
Joakim Noah, American basketball player
1984 –
Logan Leistikow, American director and actor
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February, 25
- Births
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2009,
Ivan Cameron, son of David Cameron UK politician
2008,
Ashley Cooper, Australian race car driver (b. 1980)
2008,
Hans Raj Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India (b. 1912)
2008,
Static Major, American singer (b. 1974)
2008,
Charles Chan, Father of Jackie Chan (b. 1914)
2007,
William R. Anderson, CO USS Nautilus submarine, US Congressman (b. 1921)
2007,
Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
2006,
Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
2006,
Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
2006,
Thomas Koppel, Danish musician (b. 1944)
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February, 25
- Deaths
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