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Current events of
February 19, 2013
(
2013-02-19
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Nigerian Sharia conflict
:
Seven
French
tourists are kidnapped by gunmen near
Waza National Park
in northern
Cameroon
, near the border with
Nigeria
.
President
of
France
François Hollande
states that the
Islamist
group
Boko Haram
may be responsible.
(BBC)
War in North-West Pakistan
:
Pakistani
police
arrest 170 suspected militants following the
February 2013 Quetta bombing
that killed 84 people and injured another 190.
(BBC)
Disasters and accidents
A
Yemeni Air Force
plane crashes in
Sana'a
, the capital of
Yemen
, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others.
(Reuters)
(BBC)
Two people are missing and at least 14 injured after a car struck a gas main causing an explosion at the
Country Club Plaza
in the
American
city of
Kansas City
,
Missouri
.
(NBC News)
(CNN)
Business and economy
European sovereign-debt crisis
: Workers for the
Spanish
flag carrier
airline
Iberia
strike over plans to axe 3,807 jobs.
(
The Guardian
)
International relations
The governments of
Singapore
and
Malaysia
announce plans to build a
high-speed rail
link between the
city-state
of
Singapore
and
Kuala Lumpur
by 2020.
(AAP via News Limited)
The New York Times
publishes allegations that a
Chinese
People's Liberation Army
unit called
PLA Unit 61398
may be the source of
hacking attacks
on the
West
.
(
The New York Times
)
The
People's Republic of China
rejects
an
attempt
by the
Philippines
to seek
international arbitration
over
conflicting claims
to the
South China Sea
.
(AP via
The Sydney Morning Herald
)
North Korea
threatens
the "final destruction" of
South Korea
during a
United Nations
conference on
disarmament
.
(BBC)
Law and crime
A one-man carjacking and
shooting spree
in
Orange County
,
California
,
United States
, results in the death of 4 people including the alleged gunman.
(KTLA)
(CNN)
A memorial service is held for
South African
Reeva Steenkamp
, who was shot dead at the home of athlete
Oscar Pistorius
last week. Pistorius faced murder hearings.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
The
City Hall
of the
Canadian
city of
Montreal
is shut down as the
Quebec police
conduct
anti-corruption
raids.
(CTV News)
Politics and elections
Christine Milne
, the leader of
The Australian Greens
, announces that the party has ended its agreement with the
Australian Labor Party
which led to the formation of the minority government led by
Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
.
(
The Australian
)
Official partial returns from the
Armenian
presidential election
indicate that incumbent
President
Serzh Sargsyan
will be reelected in a
landslide
with the leading Opposition candidate
Raffi Hovannisian
raising concerns about irregularities.
(Al Jazeera)
Prime Minister
of
Tunisia
Hamadi Jebali
resigns after failing to reach an agreement on forming a new
technocratic
government.
(BBC)
2013 Bulgarian protests
: At least 10 people are injured in the
Bulgarian
capital
Sofia
, as tens of thousands turn up for rallies in 10 cities, a day after
Prime Minister
Boyko Borisov
sacked his Finance Minister
Simeon Djankov
. The government revokes the license of
Czech
company
ČEZ
due to high electricity prices, which helped fuel the 9-day protests.
(Reuters)
Nepal
's major political parties agree to form an interim
government
led by the
Supreme Court
Chief Justice
Khil Raj Regmi
, pending a new
Constituent Assembly election
to write a new
constitution
.
(AP via NDTV)
Science and technology
1996
Nobel Prize
winning
physicist
Robert Coleman Richardson
dies at the age of 75.
(
The New York Times
)
NASA
loses direct contact with the
International Space Station
due to an equipment failure. Communications are restored three hours later.
(Space.com)
(NASA)
Sport
2012–13 UEFA Champions League
:
FC Bayern Munich
puts themselves in a strong position to reach the quarterfinals with a 3–1 away victory at
Arsenal F.C.
in
London
,
England
.
(BBC)
(ESPN)
Portugal
's
F.C. Porto
earns a 1–0 win over
Champions League
newcomers
Málaga CF
with
João Moutinho
's winning goal in
Porto
,
Portugal
.
(BBC)
(ESPN)
In a widening
doping
scandal, an
ESPN
report links five additional
Major League Baseball
players to the purchase of
performance-enhancing drugs
from the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in
Miami
. The report indicates that
Gio Gonzalez
, previously linked to PED purchases from Biogenesis, did not receive any
banned substances
from the clinic.
(ESPN)
In
ice hockey
, the
National Hockey League
's
Chicago Blackhawks
defeat the
Vancouver Canucks
in a
shooutout
for the
Blackhawks' sixteenth consecutive game
without a regulation loss to start the
2012–13 NHL season
, tying the
2006–07 Anaheim Ducks
' record. Blackhawks
forward
Marián Hossa
is forced to leave the game after being struck in the back of the head by Canucks forward
Jannik Hansen
.
(ESPN)
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