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Current events of
February 26, 2012
(
2012-02-26
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
A mass
suicide bomber
kills at least two people outside a church in the
Nigerian
city of
Jos
.
(BBC)
France
and
Germany
follow the
United States
and
United Kingdom
in withdrawing civilian staff from
Afghan government
facilities following the killing of two senior
NATO
officers.
(BBC)
Colombia
's
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
or FARC announces that it has abandoned
kidnapping
and will soon release its last remaining captives.
(AP via Newsday)
Arts and culture
84th Academy Awards
:
The 84th Academy Awards are held at the
Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre)
in
Hollywood
,
California
.
(NineMSN)
The Artist
wins five Academy Awards, including
Best Picture
, the first silent film to win such an award since
Wings
in 1927.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
A Separation
wins the
Best Foreign Language Film Award
.
(Tabnak)
Chandra Bahadur Dangi
is verified by
Guinness World Records
to be the world's shortest person ever, beating the record long held by
Gul Mohammed
.
(CNN)
Business and economy
Rupert Murdoch
's
News Corporation
launches the
The Sun on Sunday
to replace the
News of the World
, which closed due to a phone hacking controversy.
(PA via
Sydney Morning Herald
)
Disasters
A bus plunges off a cliff in
Shanxi
, China, killing 15 tourists.
(AFP)
A
train derails
in
Burlington, Ontario
,
Canada
killing at least three people and injuring 45.
(CBC)
Law and crime
A trial begins in
Cairo
of 16
Americans
and 27 others linked to an
Egyptian government
crackdown on
non-government organizations
which has created tension between the
United States
and
Egypt
.
(AP via Google)
Two members of the
Italian Marines
accused of killing two
Indian
fishermen will be prosecuted under
Indian law
.
(PTI via DNA India)
In
Sanford, Florida
, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is
shot and killed
by George Zimmerman.
Politics and elections
Thousands of
Chinese
postings inundate
U.S.
president
Barack Obama
's
Google+
page after restrictions are lifted in China.
(BBC)
(Russia Today)
2011-2012 Russian protests
: Thousands of
Russians
form a human chain around the centre of
Moscow
in protest against
Vladimir Putin
.
(
Times of India
)
Voters in
Senegal
go to the polls for the
Senegalese presidential election
which has been marked by violence.
(Voice of America)
Voters in
Syria
go to the polls for a
referendum
on a new constitution.
(Reuters)
Three thousand
Malaysians
protest a
rare earth
refinery being built by
Australian
miner
Lynas
.
(AP via MSNBC)
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