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current events (plural)

1. Plural form of current event.
2. current affairs; those events and issues of interest currently found in the news.

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• NASA launches the Solar Dynamics Observatory (artist's impression pictured) on a five-year mission to observe the Sun.
• British fashion designer Alexander McQueen is found dead at his home in London at the age of 40.
• Viktor Yanukovych of the Party of Regions is elected President of Ukraine, with members of runner-up Yulia Tymoshenko's party contesting the result.
• Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan is named Acting President in place of Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been ill since November.
• China passes Germany as the world's largest exporter.
• The Independent International Commission on Decommissioning confirms that several Northern Ireland paramilitary groups, including the Irish National Liberation Army, have decommissioned all of their weapons.
• Laura Chinchilla of the centre-left National Liberation Party is elected the first female President of Costa Rica.

Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events... Current events of 12 February 2010) (Friday) history February 12, 2010 Wikinews articles

• Reports issued after jets collided twice in same spot at UK airport
• At least seventeen dead after clashes in Somalia

Current events of 11 February 2010) (Thursday) history

• A European Union summit takes place to discuss a possible bailout for Greece's economy. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
• The European Parliament rejects an agreement that would have granted the United States Terrorist Finance Tracking Program unlimited access to the SWIFT bank transactions database. (BBC News)
• Protests continue in Sri Lanka after the arrest of opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka. (AFP) (Bernama)
• British fashion designer Alexander McQueen is found dead at his home in London at the age of 40 on the eve of his mother's funeral. (BBC News) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The New York Times) (Irish Independent) (The New Zealand Herald)
• A court in Beijing upholds a sentence against Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo who was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment on charges of subversion. (Xinhua) (The Times) (Al Jazeera)
• Iran:
  • President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran is now a nuclear state, following a successful 20% uranium enrichment. (New York Times)
  • Reformists clash with police forces in Iran, during protests held at the 31st anniversary of the overthrow of shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. (New York Times) (Al Jazeera)
• Sergey Aleynikov, a former computer programmer for Goldman Sachs, is indicted for three counts in the federal court in Manhattan for theft of trade secrets, transportation of stolen property in interstate and foreign commerce, and unauthorized computer access. (Wall Street Journal)
• Former U.S. President Bill Clinton undergoes heart surgery after chest pains in New York. (New York TImes)
• Haiti announces that the 10 American missionaries accused of attempted kidnapping will be released from Haiti. (Sky News)
• Yemen announces a cease-fire with rebels. (BBC)
• A large eruption occurs at the Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat after a partial lava dome collapse, sending ash to a height of 50,000 feet. (Montserrat Volcano Obeservatory)

February 11, 2010 Wikinews articles

• "Successor to mp3"; MusicDNA founder interviewed
• Two killed, one seriously injured in crash in Lancashire, England

Current events of 10 February 2010) (Wednesday) history

• Hundreds of Somali citizens flee the capital Mogadishu as hundreds of insurgents enter the city ahead of a government announcement of an offensive against them. (BBC) (News24.com)
• Frank Bainimarama, leader of the 2006 Fijian coup and current Prime Minister of Fiji, announces that he will retire in 2014. The report is denied by Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Information. (RNZI)
• The Court of Appeal of England and Wales rules that open air funeral pyres can be accommodated under the 1902 Cremation Act as amended. (BBC)
• A 3.8-magnitude earthquake strikes near Chicago, United States. No reports of major damage. (CNN)
• Officials in Haiti state that at least 230,000 people died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, but that number may yet grow, approaching the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake as the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century thus far. (BBC)
• Vice President Goodluck Jonathan is appointed acting President of Nigeria in place of Umaru Yar'Adua. (NEXT) (AllAfrica.com) (BBC)
• Nationwide strikes led by Communist and Socialist parties take place in Greece to protest the government's handing of the country's debt. Most of the country was brought to a standstill as factories, schools, airports and hospitals closed down or reduced capacity (BBC) (Deutsche Welle) (Al Jazeera)
• Prominent Uzbek photographer Umida Akhmedova is found guilty on charges of "slandering the nation" in her work, but is immediately pardoned under an amnesty. (BBC) (The Moscow Times)
• Afghan officials report that at least 150 bodies were pulled from vehicles buried by avalanches in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains earlier this week. (UPI.com)

February 10, 2010 Wikinews articles

• Final report blames London passenger jet crash on ice
• UK loses appeal to conceal Binyam Mohamed torture
• Google introduces Google Buzz
• American Alpine ski racer James Heuga dies at age 66
• ITV fined A$3000 for cruelty to rat on "I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!"
• Nigerian parliament votes to make vice president acting president

Current events of 9 February 2010) (Tuesday) history

• The recently-elected President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolves his country's parliament one day after the arrest of Sarath Fonseka. (BBC)
• The Italian Embassy in Iran is attacked by protesters unhappy with Italy's decision to scale back economic dealings and push for tighter sanctions and protests are also held outside French and Dutch embassies. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Andal Ampatuan, Jr., former ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and 196 other people are charged with murder in the Philippines, in connection with the Maguindanao massacre in November 2009. (ABS-CBN News) (AFP)
• China sentences Tan Zuoren, who investigated poor construction after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, to five years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power". (BBC) (The Washington Post) (Radio Television Hong Kong)

February 9, 2010 Wikinews articles

• Starr gets star; Ringo added to Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Michael Jackson doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter
• British jazz musician John Dankworth dies aged 82

Current events of 8 February 2010) (Monday) history

• Dr. Conrad Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in pop singer Michael Jackson's death.(BBC)
• The sodomy trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is halted after his lawyers attempt to have the judge removed. (Bernama) (Al Jazeera) (UPI)
• Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to win the 2010 presidential election, with 98% of the ballots counted. (Kyiv Post) (The New York Times) (The Hindu)
• At least 17 Indian soldiers are killed in an avalanche in Kashmir. (Indian Express) (BBC)
• Space Shuttle Endeavour launches successfully from Kennedy Space Center at 4:14 EST, marking the beginning of STS-130, a two-week mission to the International Space Station. (UPI)
• The World Health Organisation confirms that a cholera outbreak which has spread along the north coast of Papua New Guinea has hit more than 2,000 people, killing around 50 of them. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• A colony of Galapagos Islands sea lions relocate 1,500 kilometres, the first time they have set up a colony outside the islands. (BBC)
• A series of avalanches at the Salang tunnel in Afghanistan is presumed to kill 64 people, with at least 400 injuries reported. (The New York Times) (Toronto Sun)

February 8, 2010 Wikinews articles

• 'Criminal in uniform': Senior London policeman jailed for attempting to frame Iraqi
• Illinois man charged in Facebook harassment case
• Government poll indicates 85.6% of Japanese support death penalty
• "Black box" found near crash site of Ethiopian Airlines flight
• Super Bowl XLIV: Saints defeat Colts, 31-17
• 12-year-old girl dies after collapsing in school in Northamptonshire, England

Current events of 7 February 2010) (Sunday) history

• Laura Chinchilla is elected President of Costa Rica, the first woman to take the office, following the 2010 general election. (Reuters) (Tico Times) (RTÉ) (Xinhua)
• First Gentleman and former President Néstor Kirchner of Argentina undergoes emergency surgery to remove a blockage in his carotid artery. (BBC) (The Washington Post) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• In Nigeria, the Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, is controversially re-elected. (BBC) (Reuters South Africa)
• The Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, Connecticut, explodes, killing at least five people and injuring at least 14 others. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
• A Pakistani lawyers' group in Lahore threatens to "burn alive" anyone who prosecutes lawyer accused of murdering a 12-year-old servant girl. (Asia News)
• Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie defeats Alasdair McDonnell in an election to become leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) following Mark Durkan's resignation yesterday. She is the first woman to take charge of the party in its history and the first female leader of a major party in Northern Ireland. (The Belfast Telegraph) (BBC) (RTÉ)
• Voters in Ukraine go to the polls in the second round of the country's presidential election. (Al Jazeera) (The Independent)
• Australian Senator John Faulkner and Doctor Wayne Mapp attend a ceremony in Gallipoli to commemorate dead ANZAC and Turkish soldiers, laying wreaths at several locations. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Huang Yizhong is jailed for 13 years in Jiangmen, Guangdong, for copying and spreading pornographic material through his website. (The Washington Post)
• Britain is to tighten the rules on immigrants entering the country on a student visa in a clampdown on a system which some security experts say has been exploited by Islamist militants. (Reuters)
• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad orders his country's atomic agency to begin enriching uranium to a higher level. (The New York Times) (Press TV)
• Libya bans YouTube, independent news sites and opposition web sites in crackdown on controversial subjects, including human rights abuses by the Libyan government. (The Jerusalem Post)

February 7, 2010 Wikinews articles

• Major snowstorm sweeps across Eastern US
• Seven civilians killed in Afghan police mistake
• Former mayor receives two year sentence for underwear theft in Lancashire, England

Current events of 6 February 2010) (Saturday) history

• The Eastern Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, one of the world's largest water projects, has been delayed by about five years due to problems associated with water pollution, officials in east China's Shandong province. (China Daily)
• Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party of China's liaison office, arrives in North Korea on a "goodwill visit" at the invitation of the Workers' Party of Korea. (AFP) (Tehran Times) (The Straits Times)
• Charles McArther Emmanuel, son of President of Liberia Charles Taylor, is ordered to pay more than $22 million (£14 million) to five people tortured during the Liberian Civil War. (BBC)
• The Group of Seven nations agree to write off Haiti's debts following a conference in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (BBC)
• The Bank of Spain announces that Spain’s economy fell 3.6% in 2009, the most in decades. (Mercopress) (Reuters) (Business Spectator)
• Thousands protest in Togo against a decision by the Confederation of African Football to ban the country from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. (BBC) (Times of India)
• An Australian mining company signs a $70 billion deal to supply Chinese power stations with coal, in the country's biggest ever export contract. (BBC) (The Hindu) (Sydney Morning Herald)
• Mark Durkan, former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, resigns as leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). (The Belfast Telegraph) (The Irish Times)
• French aid worker, Laurent Maurice, kidnapped in Chad last November, is released after 89 days of captivity, described as "tired but appears to be in good health". (BBC) (CNN) (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (Reuters South Africa) (CTV News) (news.com.au)
• Afghan police admit they shot dead seven civilians, including two children, as they collected firewood in Spin Boldak, Kandahar, last Thursday. (Reuters) (Press TV) (France24)
• 23 Yemeni government soldiers are killed by the Houthis in two separate incidents: 15 are ambushed in Wadi al-Jabara, while the remaining 8 die in Sa'dah. (Press TV)
• The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, killing no one. (AFP)

February 6, 2010 Wikinews articles

• US unemployment rate falls in January

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Economic

• Automotive industry crisis
• Financial crisis
  • Greek Economic Crisis
  • PIIGS state financial troubles
• Worldwide recession

Medical

• West African meningitis outbreak
• HIV/AIDS in Africa

Political

• Canadian anti-prorogation protests
• Honduran constitutional crisis
• Constitutional crisis in Niger
• Nigerian presidential power crisis
• U.S. health care reform debate

Scientific

• Expedition 22

Humanitarian

• 2010 Haiti earthquake

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Recent deaths

February

• 11: Alexander McQueen
• 10: Charlie Wilson
• 8: Antonio Giolitti
• 8: James Heuga
• 8: John Murtha
• 7: Franco Ballerini
• 7: André Kolingba
• 6: John Dankworth
• 5: Brendan Burke
• 5: Ian Carmichael
• 5: Galimzyan Khusainov
• 5: Harry Schwarz
• 4: Tomás Mac Giolla
• 3: Frank Fasi
• 3: Frances Reid
• 3: Princess Regina of Austria
• 2: Futa Helu
• 2: Ng Teng Fong
• 2: Cochin Haneefa

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Ongoing conflicts

Africa / Middle East

• Darfur conflict
• Fourth Chadian Civil War
• Iraq War
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
• Maghreb insurgency
• Niger Delta conflict
• Sa'dah insurgency
• South Yemen insurgency
• Somali Civil War
• Turkey–PKK conflict

Asia

• War in Afghanistan
• Balochistan conflict
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
• Insurgency in the Philippines
• Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
• Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
• War in North-West Pakistan
• South Thailand insurgency

Americas

• Colombian Civil War
• Mexican Drug War
• Internal conflict in Peru

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Elections

Recent: February

• 3: Greece, President
• 7: Costa Rica, General
• 7: Ukraine, President (2 Round)

Upcoming: February

• 15: Anguilla, General
• 21: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament
• 22: Catalonia, Independence referendums
• 27: Nauru, Constitutional referendum
• 28: Tajikistan, Parliament
• 28: Togo, President

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Trials

Recently concluded

• Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi
• Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito
• Peru: Alberto Fujimori
• Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian
• Sweden: The Pirate Bay
• United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• United States: William J. Jefferson, Sheila Dixon

Ongoing

• Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
• China: Organized crime in Chongqing
• France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590
• Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk
• Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
• Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
• Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders
• Palau: Tommy Remengesau
• Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev
• Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
• Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan
• Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
• United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley

Upcoming

• Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
• United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Ehren Watada

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Holidays and observances

February 2010

Current

• 12: Darwin Day
• 12: Red Hand Day
• 12: National Freedom to Marry Day (LGBT)
• 12: Independence Day (Chile)
• 12: Union Day (Myanmar)
• 12: Lincoln's Birthday (United States)
• 12: Georgia Day (Georgia (U.S. state))
• 12: National Youth Day (Venezuela)

Upcoming

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