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In Bangladesh a ferry carrying more than 100 people collided with a cargo vessel and capsized in a river near Dhaka, killing at least 39 people with 20 missing.
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In Bulgaria a night train traveling from Sofia to the northeastern town of Kardam caught fire. Officials said at least eight people died, adding that the toll could rise.
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The presidents of resource-hungry China and oil-rich Nigeria met ahead of the planned signing of energy deals in Beijing's latest overture to an African nation.
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In SF the new InterContinental Hotel opened at Fifth and Howard streets just in time for the 75th annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
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In Afghan four militants died and another was wounded when the roadside bomb they were planting on a main road in Helmand exploded prematurely.
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In western Antarctica a 160-square mile chunk of ice on the edge of the Wilkins ice shelf began collapsing. It had been there for some 1,500 years.
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It was reported that Aluminum Bahrain BSC had filed suit in federal court in Pittsburgh accusing Alcoa Corp. of a 15-year conspiracy involving overcharging, fraud and bribery.
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- Current / Future Events
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2007 –
Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco
1991 –
Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
1989 –
Zhang Liyin, Chinese R&B singer
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Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter and actress
1987 –
Kerrea Gilbert, English footballer
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Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer
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Jelena Jankovic, Serbian tennis player
1984 –
Ben Fagan, American musician and reality show contestant
1984 –
Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel
1982 –
Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
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February, 28
- Births
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2009,
Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (b. 1918)
2008,
Mike Smith, English musician (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1943)
2007,
Baron Charles Forte, Italian-born hotelier (b. 1908)
2007,
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)
2007,
Billy Thorpe, Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (b. 1946)
2006,
Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
2004,
Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914)
2004,
Carmen Laforet, Spanish writer (b. 1921)
2004,
Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982)
2003,
Chris Brasher, English athlete (b. 1928)
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February, 28
- Deaths
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