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==1 February 2006 (Wednesday)==
*] of ] ] asks for a halt in ] following two more coal mining deaths in the state that saw fourteen people die in coal mining disasters in ]. .
*More than 200 ]s and ] are injured when the Security Forces brutally beat the settlers of the ] outpost in the ].
*The controversy surrounding the ] escalates as newspapers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain republish the controversial pictures in defiance of widespread Muslim protests in the Middle East and elsewhere.
*The Latin American ] ], backed by the ]n government, has signed a co-operation agreement with the ] channel ].
*Shares in ] fall dramatically after the company reported profits below ] estimates. {{Nowrap|$12 billion}} in market value was lost.
*Astronomers measure the size of newly discovered ] ] as larger than ] with 84% probability. ,

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==2 February 2006 (Thursday)==
*A leaked memo in the UK, detailing a conversation between U.S. President ] and British Prime Minister ] in 2003, has revealed that Blair intended to follow the US into ] even without a ], and that Bush considered provoking a response from Iraq using falsely marked ] spy planes to provide an excuse for war.
*] has expelled ]. ], a military attaché at the ] embassy in ], on suspicion of espionage.
*Representative ] of ] becomes the ] ], beating out acting majority leader ] in a house vote.
*] breaks the record for the highest ever annual profit for a British company with a total of £13.12bn
*The ] ], carrying approx {{convert|100000|oilbbl|m3}} (approx. {{Nowrap|16 million L}}) of oil, runs aground in the port of ], ].
*The mobile phones of high ranking ] government officials, including Prime Minister ] have been revealed to ].

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==3 February 2006 (Friday)==
*], who masterminded the ], and ], who planned the ]'', escape from a prison in ] along with 22 other prisoners, 12 of whom were convicted members of ].
*The United States ] ]n diplomat Jeny Figueredo Frias in retaliation for yesterday's expulsion of suspected US spy John Correa from Venezuela. A ] spokesman described the move as part of "tit-for-tat diplomatic games".
*The ] has deferred until Saturday a vote on whether to report ] to the ] over concerns its nuclear programs may produce weapons.
*A plot to ] ] ] of ] by shooting down his ] has been foiled.
*Queues build up at vendors as the ] ] offers a jackpot of ]180 million after 11 successive rollovers (statistically expected once in 25 years). Some British vendors report a 1200% increase in sales. EuroMillions tickets are sold in Austria, Belgium. France, Ireland, ], Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. An Irish woman won €115,436,126 last July. , . UPDATE: The winning numbers were 9 21 30 39 50 with Lucky Star numbers 01 and 03; the jackpot was shared between three winning tickets, two in France and one in Portugal.
*Two ] explode minutes apart in southern ], killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 90 others.
*A strong ] registering magnitude 5.9 shakes northeastern Japan, but there is no danger of a ].
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**] fires some 30 ] at ] outposts along the northern ]i border, lightly wounding an Israeli soldier. In response, Israeli Air Force strikes ] targets in southern ].
**At least three ]s are fired from ] by ]s at Israeli civilian targets. One rocket strikes a home in ], injuring four people, including a one-year-old infant. The home belongs to a family recently evicted during Israel's 2005 ].
*The United States ] ] likens ]'s ] ] to ]. In retaliation, Venezuelan Vice President ] refers to the US as the ]. ,
*The ], a ferry carrying 1272 passengers and 105 crew, sinks in poor weather in the ] while travelling between ] and ]. 314 people have been rescued so far. ]
*Dutch ] party chairman ] resigns because the Dutch Government voted 'Yes' to Dutch participation in a ]-led ] operation in ].

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==4 February 2006 (Saturday)==
*] aims to sue ] and ] for crimes against ].
*Georgia, US. 17 human rights activists sentenced to prison including one 81 year old retired World War&nbsp;II Veteran for trespassing at ] military camp.
*Twenty-seven out of 35 countries on the ]'s Board of Governors vote to refer the ] to the ] out of concern over Iran's plans to enrich nuclear materials and to refuse IAEA inspection of the process.
*] at a sports stadium in ], ], ], kills 73 and injures more than 320, mostly women. Tens of thousands of people had gathered to watch the anniversary presentation of the popular ] early afternoon TV gameshow, '']''.
*The ], and as a consequence of sharing the same building, the ]an and ] embassies in ], are firebombed by protestors denouncing the publication of what they consider sacrilegious ]. The ] embassy is also burned.

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==5 February 2006 (Sunday)==
*]: The ] defeat the ] by a score of 21–10 in ].
*] resumes most of its ] after it was voted to be referred to the ]. However it says that it is still open for renegotiation.
*The ] embassy in ], ], is set on fire by protesters because of the continued controversy over the ], and rumors of ] burnings in Denmark.
*Israel bombs a sport club in Gaza. When people came to help the wounded they fired another missile. When they manage to get a badly injured into a car a third missile is fired at the car killing three persons. <!-- {{citenews|date=2006-02-25|title=Israel trappar upp våldet mot palestinierna|org=Stockholms Fria Tidning|url=http://www.stockholmsfria.nu/modules.php?name=Artikel&id=6555}} -->

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==6 February 2006 (Monday)==
*In ], the ] is a tight race and too close to call.
*] denounces amendments to an oil contract made by former leader ] with ]. The Mauritanian authorities declare that the amendments were signed "outside the legal framework of normal practice, to the great detriment of our country", and could cost Mauritania up to {{Nowrap|$200 million}} a year.
*] hearings begin regarding the ], with testimony from ] ].
*As ] is sworn in as Canada's ], ] ] from the ] to join Harper's ], and is appointed as Minister of International Trade. Harper also appointed ], an unelected party supporter, to minister of public works and government services and to the senate.
*United States, ]n, and ] scientists working in the ] in eastern ], ], discover 20 previously unknown ] species, a new species of ], four new ], and at least five new plants. Also discovered were a ] unknown in Papua, and a ], previously known only from dead specimens whose origin was unknown.
*German car company ] is banned from the ] index after attempting to deliberately deceive Google users.
*In the ]ian port of ], relatives of hundreds of passengers killed when the ferry '']'' sank in the ], attack the office of ].
*], the French woman who received the world's first partial face transplant appears before the media for the first time, saying she expects to resume a normal life.
*The Austrian ] in ] is pelted with stones by some 200 youths, in retaliation for the printing of the ] by three Austrian newspapers.


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==7 February 2006 (Tuesday)==
*Private ], an 18-year old conscript soldier who was so severely ] at his base in ] on ] that his legs and ] had to be ], is transferred to Moscow for further treatment. The incident has caused uproar in Russia with ] addressing the ] on army bullying. Sixteen soldiers officially died in hazing incidents last year, although the figure does not include related suicides.
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** An ]ian newspaper, '']'', has announced a competition for the best cartoon of the ] "as a test of the boundaries of ]". ]
** As the ] embassy in ] is attacked by hundreds of protesters, five people are killed in ] as protests against European Muhammed cartoons sweep across the country.
** ] ] says violent Muslim protests over ] of ] are a worldwide crisis spinning out of the control of governments.
*Monitored by thousands of ] ], the people of ] go to polling stations in the country's ] since the ousting of former ] ] in 2004.
*An ]i ] on a car kills two Palestinian militants in ].
*], a member of the ] led by ], is ordered an early release by the ]. The Berlin court rules there is an absence of proof in the government's case that Motassadeq was informed about the ] terrorist plot.
*] is to follow England into implementing the controversial ] of those arrested, but acquitted or released without charges.
*Japan urges ] to return to ] on its nuclear program and halt ] development, but a Japanese official said Pyongyang insists that Washington drop sanctions first.
*Muslim cleric ] is convicted on 11 of 15 charges of solicitation and incitement to murder, and ] after a lengthy trial at London's ] and is sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
*The number of people attempting to view illegal ] on the web has risen since 2004, according to ] (BT). They use a system to block sites carrying the images of children, which has been getting some 35,000 hits a day for the past four months.

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==8 February 2006 (Wednesday)==
*] and ] sign the ], ending the ].
*], a New Mexico Congresswoman with ] oversight authority, became the first Republican on an intelligence committee to call for a congressional investigation into ].
*An explosion at Russian military base at ] in ] kills at least 12 soldiers. The cause is unknown; however, a ] has been officially ruled out.
*Japanese ] is pregnant with her third child.
*Thousands of native South Americans march {{convert|900|mi|km}} south of ] to the spot where ] was killed in 1756, demanding that land in ] be given for a new "] nation."
*]: in ], four people are killed and eleven others are wounded by police firing on hundreds of protesters attempting to storm US military base.

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==9 February 2006 (Thursday)==
*], ] ]'s former chief of staff tells federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the ]'s defense of intelligence used to justify invading ].
*Early results indicate that ] has an overwhelming lead in the ]
*The ] of the ] unanimously votes to apologise to descendants of the ] on ] where, two hundred years ago, the church's ] that owned the Codrington Estates, used slaves for labour.
*U.S. forces are searching for the {{USS|Cole|DDG-67|6}} attacker who escaped from prison last Friday. According to ], an ] operative who had been sentenced to death for plotting the ] of the USS ''Cole'' in 2000 escaped with a group of convicts from their prison last week in ], ]. This is not the first group to have escaped. Ten other chief suspects escaped from custody in Aden during April 2003
*]'s ] announces the discovery of an ] in the ]&nbsp;&ndash; the first to be discovered since ]'s in 1922.
*In ], ]'s police chief said a bomb blast at an Internet cafe in the city had wounded 14 people.
*A suicide bombing occurs during a ] Muslim procession in ], resulting in riots during the Muslim branch's most important holiday, ]. At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured in the result violence.
*A large-scale slaughter is planned at a ]n farm where thousands of chickens have died from ].
*The ], the ] of the ], a ] of the United Kingdom, votes to lower the voting age to 16.
*], Germany—], a German white supremacist extradited from Canada on accusations he repeatedly ], returned to court Thursday to face charges of incitement, libel and disparaging the dead.
*]: administration at the ], Canada, ordered a halt to the on-campus distribution of the student newspaper ] after the cartoons were re-printed in the newspaper. Campus authorities also attempted to seize all 2,000 copies of the edition containing the cartoons.
*Legendary producer ] dies.

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==10 February 2006 (Friday)==
*] great ] has denied placing any bets with an illegal sport gambling operation.
*Finance chiefs of the ] countries meet this weekend in Moscow with energy security at the top of their agenda.
*] has criticised Russia's decision to invite ] leaders to Moscow for talks, following the militant group's victory in Palestinian elections.
*], tomb from the ], dating back more than 3,300 years, has been uncovered in the famed ], an ancient desert burial ground near the southern city of ].
*] ] ] wishes editors to stop reprinting the controversial ].
*A medium-sized ], registering 4.9, shook central ], rattling buildings, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages.
*] bird flu virus:
**The deadly strain of ] avian flu has been found in wild birds in ]'s ] coast.
**Two ]n women from an area just east of the capital are in hospital after local tests showed they had the ] bird flu virus.
*At least eight people are killed and 22 wounded by a car bomb in the southern Doura district of the ]i capital, ].
*An ] who sued a small-town priest for saying that ] existed has had his case thrown out of court by a judge in Italy.
*The ] open in ], Italy, with the ] at the ]. It is the 20th winter games and the second hosted by an Italian city.

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==11 February 2006 (Saturday)==
*] ] accidentally shoots and injures ] while hunting in ].
*] avian flu virus: ], Greece, and Italy report their first cases of H5N1-infected wild birds, all swans thought to have migrated from Russia in recent months.
*] completes the world record for the longest non-stop, unrefuelled, flight when the ] lands at ] airport in southern England after a flight lasting 76 hours and 45 minutes which covered a distance of 26,389.3 miles (42,469.46&nbsp;km). The aircraft had to declare an emergency landing after suffering total electrical failure, and had only 200&nbsp;lb (90&nbsp;kg) of fuel remaining.
*]i ] ] undergoes emergency ] due to digestive problems. His condition is critical.
*] begins voting in ] to determine whether it remains a New Zealand territory, or becomes a state in ] with New Zealand.
*In the United States, it has been revealed that the ] knew of extensive flooding of ] in the hours after ] struck last August. ], the former head of the ] (FEMA), told a ] that he informed the White House of the seriousness of the situation at a time when even the media were not fully aware of the extent of the flooding.
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**The Danish editor who first published the ] cartoons that sparked global protests has been placed on leave.
**Thousands of people are planning to gather in London on Saturday to rally against the controversial cartoons of the ].

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==12 February 2006 (Sunday)==
*] ] causes a political storm by comparing himself to ].
*A royal tomb from the 2nd or 3rd century BC is found in ], Greece. It is the largest Greek tomb found to date. This announcement comes a few days after the Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings was found.
*] tabloid The '']'' releases a video shot in 2004 by a ] showing the repeated kicking and beating of four ]i teenagers with batons by other British soldiers. The video contains a commentary by the cameraman urging the soldiers on. The ] began an investigation. One man was arrested on 13 February and two more on 14 February.
*United States military strategists reportedly are developing plans for a possible major military bombing campaign against ] as a "last resort" in the event that diplomatic efforts fail to convince ] to voluntarily end what Western governments consider to be efforts at acquiring a ].
*The ] dumps 27&nbsp;inches of snow on New York City, closes many major airports, and leaves 200,000 without power in ] and ].

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==13 February 2006 (Monday)==
*In a televised address to the nation, ]n President ] announces the resignations of two government ministers in connection with two separate corruption scandals, the "]" and "]" affairs. Energy minister ] and education minister ] both deny any wrongdoing.
*In ], a ] detonates an explosive belt in a line of people waiting to receive government payments, killing at least eight other people and wounding about 30, including children and police.
*] is forced to attend the latest session of his trial, wearing a traditional Islamic robe rather than his usual crisp suit, as he shouted "Down with Bush."
*]n Prime Minister Prince ] resigns suddenly on 11 February 2006, and also gives up his other cabinet portfolios. He was replaced in the interim by the elected Minister of Labour, Dr. ].
*Australian ], 28, the only female member of the ] group arrested in 2005, and fellow accused ], 19, are convicted in Indonesia of attempting to import heroin to Australia and sentenced to ].

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==14 February 2006 (Tuesday)==
*The ] votes by 384 to 184, on a ], to implement a full smoking ban in all enclosed public places in England from summer 2007.
*The ] votes on a budgetary ] on the ] legislation. The bill's supporters fail to get the 60 votes they need to proceed with a vote on the bill's merits, so the legislation has effectively been returned to committee.
*], the 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by ] ] in a ], has some ] lodged in his heart and he has had a "minor ] due to an irregulairty in his heartbeat.".
*]n Police instruct 20 leading figures not to leave the country as investigations into two corruption scandals, the ] and ]s continue. Among the people told to hand in their passports is ] whose resignation as education minister was announced by President ] yesterday. Meanwhile, 80 Members of Parliament have demanded the resignation of Deputy President ], who is accused of involvement in the ].
*A moderate ] shakes east India, recording a 5.7-magnitude.
*Former ] ] tells the court during the latest session of his trial that he and his seven co-accused are on ] to protest at their treatment.
*A top ]ian official confirms that ] has resumed small-scale enrichment of ] at one of its main nuclear facilities last week.
*]'s veterinary organization said the first cases of the deadly ] strain of bird flu had been detected in wild ]s in the Islamic Republic.
*The ''New York Times'' reveals the existence of a "destabilization plan" for Hamas, winner of the Palestinian legislative elections. The intention is, according to Israeli officials and Western diplomats, to make sure that Hamas officials fail in fulfilling their campaign promises so that the president, ], is forced to call a new election. The plan would cut all Quartet funds from the Palestinian National Authority (PA), while Israel would refuse to release taxes and custom duties it collects on behalf of the PA and also block movements between the West Bank and the Gaza strip. A third of the Palestinian population would suffer from the Quartet's decision to cut funds to the PA.
*Australians ], 21, and ], 24, are sentenced to ] by an ]n court for their role in the ] ] ] attempt. Fellow accused ], 29, and ], 20, both receive life prison sentences.
*In ], the ] Magistrates Court sentences ] to a nine-month prison term, a nine-month suspended sentence, and a NIS 300,000 (USD 65,000) fine after he is convicted of violating political fundraising law and providing false testimony.

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==15 February 2006 (Wednesday)==
*]: ] network ] airs video and photographs of what it says are previously unpublished images of the abuse of Iraqis in US military custody at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003.
*Italian ambassador ] apologizes to Libya on behalf of Italian minister of Constitutional Reform ], who suggested Italy use "force against Muslims."
*The final three defendants in the ] hearings in Indonesia, Australians, ], 19, ], 23, and ], 20, are sentenced to life imprisonment.
*The United States and Israel deny a "destabilisation plan" of Hamas, winner of the January 2006 legislative elections, which was revealed on February 14 by the ''New York Times''. However, they do acknowledge that they would cut off funds and transfers of tax-receipts to the Palestinian Authority. The aim of the "destabilisation plan" was to push the PA to organize new elections .
*]: In a case of apparent ], hundreds of ballot boxes are discovered in a garbage dump in ], throwing the results of the elections there in doubt.

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==16 February 2006 (Thursday)==
*] reports hundreds of thousands are affected by severe water shortages in ] and ].
*Tens of thousands of ] are ] in the ] after rains wiped out their shelters.
*]: 391 ] vote for the new directive against 213 (among them the ], the ] and the ]). The controversial "country of origin principle", which had led to the ] controversy, was abandoned, although the current legislation still favorize it .
*Following their ] victory, ] chooses ], considered a moderate, as ].
*Telephone recordings show governors in plot against journalist ] who exposed a ring of pedophiles. The recordings include conversations between businessman ] and governors ] (]) and ] (]) in which they arrange for her imprisonment and bribe prison guards to have her raped on arrival.
*A ] report condemns the continued existence of Camp Delta, and multiple breaches of ] by the US. . The UN says that prisoners held there should be immediately charged or released. Like many other countries that the UN Human Rights watchdog has heavily criticised, the US has attacked the report as invalid . The UN report is available online
*] abuse:
**US civil liberties groups have called for an inquiry into treatment of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib after new images of apparent abuse were shown.
**U.S. slams new Abu Ghraib leak
* After allegations of fraud, officials in ] have reached an agreement to declare ] the winner of that country's election.
*]: Tokelau decides to remain a New Zealand territory after a referendum on self-governance. A 60% majority voted in favor of self-governance, but a two-thirds majority was required for the referendum to succeed.

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==17 February 2006 (Friday)==
* ]:
**In ], ] in ]s protesting the ] cartoons in ] outside the Italian consulate in Benghazi.
**Russian authorities order the closing of a ] newspaper that published a cartoon of ].
* ] leader ] narrowly escapes an attempted ] by ]n troops attacking in ]. Several of his ]s are killed as he flees to the ].
* Interim ]i Prime minister ] postpones until Sunday official discourse which would ban Palestinian movements between ] and the ], bar ] from working in Israel and stop transfer of {{Nowrap|$50 million}} tax receipts to the Palestinian Authority. All these measures, criticized by ] leader ], follows the victory of ] over ] during the ]. .
* International demands grow that the United States close '']''. The ] votes overwhelmingly for a resolution urging that the prison be closed and inmates given a ]. UK Prime Minister ] calls Guantanamo an "anomaly" . ] ] calls for the camp to be closed "as soon as possible" . Former ] President and ] ] urges the US to act on the findings of the UN report , while ] Secretary of State ] also calls for its closure. This follows a ] report which calls for it to be closed.
* Christian ] and songwriter ] released his first solo ], ]
*]: A ] in ], Philippines, has buried more than 300 homes and an elementary school. An estimated 300 people are killed, with more than 1500 missing.

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==18 February 2006 (Saturday)==
*Former ]an Minister of Education and head of the country's anti-corruption campaign ] is sentenced to five years in prison for ] and ].
*Venezuelan president ] threatens to cut off oil supplies after U.S. Secretary of State ] claims that the Venezuelan government poses "one of the biggest problems" in the region.
*] rebels kidnap nine foreign oil workers in Nigeria.
*] ] crisis:
**France orders mass ] of domestic ] following the discovery of an infected dead duck near ].
**] records the presence of the virus for the first time.
**India confirms the virus was responsible for the death of fifty thousand ]s in the state of ] in recent days.
**] reports a second human fatality.
* ]:
**Italian reform minister ] resigns after criticism for wearing a ] depicting the ]s. The incident triggered yesterday's rioting outside the Italian ] in ], ], in which at least 10 people died.
**Sixteen people are killed in northern ] as ]s protest the cartoons by storming and burning Christian ] and ]es.
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==19 February 2006 (Sunday)==
*The movie '']'' by ] wins the Golden Bear at the ], the world's most visited ].
*]: An explosion traps 66 coal miners three hundred meters underground in a ] near ], ].
*] of ] becomes ] of the ], succeeding ].
*]: Interim ]i Prime Minister ] decides to withhold payment to the Palestinian Authority of tax receipts amounting to about {{Nowrap|$50 million}} per month. .

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==20 February 2006 (Monday)==
*Retired scientist Don Kennedy suggests the entire population of ] should move to the Fijian island of ], to preserve Tuvaluan culture as their homeland becomes uninhabitable due to ].
*]ian ] ] denies that ] ] said that he wanted ] to be "]", saying Ahmadinejad was misunderstood.
*Attacks by the ] destroy an ] and a military houseboat in southern ], cutting crude production by about twenty percent. The recent violence has caused a rise in international ] due to supply concerns.
*British ] ] is jailed for three years by an Austrian court after pleading guilty to ] during a visit to Austria in 1989. Arrested last November, a suspended sentence had been expected and Irving is expected to appeal the sentence.
*Russian and ]ian negotiators begin talks today on a plan that may have the former enrich uranium for the latter, as part of the international community's efforts to dissuade Iran from doing its own enrichment.
*Western romance '']'' wins awards for best film and best director for ] at the ] awards.
*] vows never to be captured alive, according to an audiotape that was posted Monday on a militant Web site.

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==21 February 2006 (Tuesday)==
*33 people are killed and dozens are wounded amidst fighting between the ] and Islamic Court in ], ], ].
*]: The ] in London rules that three bankers may be extradited to the United States to face trial on Enron-related charges. The three, David Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew and Giles Darby, former executives at ] Group PLC unit ], had argued unsuccessfully that since the majority of the alleged offenses took place in Britain, any trial should be held in that country.
*Former ] General ], wanted by the ] in ] in connection with the massacre of 8,000 men and boys on July 11, 1995, in ], has been reported by ]'s ] TV to have been arrested. The Serbian government has denied the capture, decrying the report as "manipulation which damages the government".
*Eight men are acquitted of the 1999 murder which has many hundreds of witnesses of model ] in India. The acquittal causes outrage among the Indian community with petitions to President ] for a review of the case .

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==22 February 2006 (Wednesday)==
* ] approves a ] that would purport to outlaw almost all forms of ].
* A man in ], New York City is hospitalized for treatment of ] infection after being exposed to animal hides from the ] which he used for making drums.
* ]: The United Kingdom's largest ] when a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, was robbed and the thieves made off with ] banknotes worth {{Nowrap|£53 million}}.
* The ] proposes the establishment of a ].
* ] announces that a ] will be held next month to create 15 new ], the first of his ].
* ]: The ], a shrine to ] ] and Imam ] in ], ], is bombed and partly destroyed. The Golden Dome has collapsed. In the aftermath dozens of people die in riots, along with three journalists which includes ].
* Indian authorities completely seal off the village of ] after ] is discovered there.

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==23 February 2006 (Thursday)==
* ] holds a ], the first ] in 25 years.
* ]: In ] over 100 people are killed in violence following yesterday's bombing of the ]:
**47 factory workers are forced off buses and shot at ], near ].
**About 50 bullet-riddled bodies are found in Baghdad overnight.
**] TV reporter ] and her two crew are killed in ].
**At least 11 people are abducted from jail in ] by gunmen dressed as police, and shot.
**One person is killed in a Sunni mosque in ], where a bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol also kills 12 people.
* A roof at a marketplace in Moscow collapses under heavy snow at approximately {{Nowrap|4:50 am}} local time (0150 UTC), killing at least forty-nine people. The 1970s-built building had the same architect as the ], whose roof collapsed in 2004 killing 28 people.
* A ] 7.5 earthquake occurred at {{Nowrap|12:19 am}} local time (Feb.22, 2219 UTC) in southern ], {{convert|140|mi|km}} southwest of the coastal city of ], centered near ], a small farming town in a remote and sparsely populated area near the border with ]. ,
*An ancient Egyptian sun temple has been discovered beneath a flea market in the ] suburb of ], which is built on top of the ancient city of ].

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==24 February 2006 (Friday)==
* ] ] ] declares a ] in attempt to subdue a possible military coup. ,
*]: A ] editor of the paper '']'', Jussi Vilkuna, was fired after refusing to remove a Muhammed-cartoon on the online version of the paper. This cartoon featured a westerner in the grips of Muhammad (who was masked), and Finnish politicians burning Danish flags.
* It is revealed that ] (British Intelligence) withheld vital anti-terrorism intelligence just months before the ] in 1998.
* Actor don knotts dies at 81. RTÉ News
* ] orders US airlines to reduce the number of flights into the country by up to 70% in a dispute over safety regulations.
* ] announces the unusual ] ] that is not yet explained and may be a predecessor to a ]. It was located {{Nowrap|440 million}} light-years away and lasted for 33 minutes, closer and longer than any previous gamma ray burst.
* ], the ], is suspended from his position for one month by a three member panel of the ] for being "unnecessarily insensitive" in comparing a Jewish '']'' reporter to a ] concentration camp guard. ], his deputy, will take over his responsibilities whilst Livingstone is suspended.
* An explosion and gunshots are reported at ], home of largest ] oil facilities.
* After months of an increasing political power struggle, the ] Prime Minister ] dissolves the ] and calls for new election to be held on April 2.
* A fire in a textile mill in ], ], kills 51 people and injures over 100.
* Australian ] and ] ] challenges Muslim leaders to pledge their allegiance to Australia.

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==25 February 2006 (Saturday)==
* ] ] announces that the ] will take place on May 3. Several opposition leaders have already stated plans to boycott the election, and ] continues to threaten further violence if a national forum is not held soon.
* A ] company is accused of harvesting body parts from ] funeral homes for transplants. An estimated 12,000 people received the body parts.
* ]: ], ] of ] since 1986, is re-elected.
* Paintings by ], ], ] and ] are stolen from a museum in ], ].
* ] in the lead up to the Love Ulster parade. Six officers, seven protesters and a journalist are hospitalized, mostly with head wounds.
*] admits responsibility for a failed bomb attempt at ] plants, the world's largest oil processing facilities.
* The search for ] trapped in the ] in Mexico is suspended due to toxic levels of ]. The 65 trapped miners are presumed dead.
* It is revealed that ] silently removes messages containing links to freeware and open source software.
* ] makes his 500th appearance for ] football Club, in a 2–1 win against ]

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==26 February 2006 (Sunday)==
* ]: ]<!--updated-->, ] and ] win an award for Best Actor in a musical for their role in '']''. They are the first to do so in a shared capacity. At 13, this makes Mower the youngest actor to ever receive this award.
* ]: The ] is passed to the ] of ], home of the ], during the ] of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
* ]: The ] releases a report cautioning the international community to plan for the contingency of a ] in ]. At least 250 people have died in violence resulting from the ] bombing.
* ] will have its first female ], as ] is elected president of the ]. She will automatically replace ] in a few weeks.
* The ] hits {{Nowrap|6.5 billion}} at 0016 ], according to the ]'s ].
* The ] liner, '']'' meets its namesake predocessor, '']'' for the first time in ], ''Queen Mary'''s permanent base.

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==27 February 2006 (Monday)==
* ] (Taiwan) ] announces the cease of the function of the ] and the application of the ]. The move is condemned by the ] and People's Republic of China. Chen says that the reversal is a response to aggression by the PRC.
*] (ICJ) begins hearing a landmark genocide case, ] vs. ]. Bosnia filed a claim alleging violations of the ] Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide against the former ] during the 1992–1995 ]. ] is a first ever genocide court case against a state in the 60 year history of ICJ. ,
* ]: British police announce that the total amount of cash stolen in last Wednesday's ] was ] {{Nowrap|£53 million}} (] {{Nowrap|$92.6 million}}, {{Nowrap|]77.8 million}}). Five more people have been arrested in the last 24 hours and 10 properties searched in the ongoing investigation.
* The ] ] says that it needs {{Nowrap|11 million}} USD to be able to continue its ] operations to June this year. "Poor and hungry schoolchildren who receive take-home rations of food as an incentive to attend school will receive at most half their usual ration and in some cases none at all", says the U.N. More than 50% of the nation's children are malnourished.
* Another series of bomb attacks in southern ]ian cities of ] and ] wounds at least six people. Eight people died when bombs exploded in the provincial capital ] a month ago. The Iranian government again accuses Britain of being behind the attacks, although a small Arab separatist group claimed responsibility on its website.
* ]: The deadline set by the kidnappers of ], after which they said they would execute her if their demands were not met, passes with no word yet on whether she has been killed. An Iraqi official says he believes she is still alive and that they know her original kidnapper's name and address, although Carroll may have been sold to another group since.
* The ] continues with Miami-based ] trying to obtain an injunction in the UK High Court to prevent the sale of ] to Dubai Ports World.
* '']'': Writers ] and ] sue ] in the ] in London claiming that the best selling novel '']'' by ] contains ideas stolen from their 1982 book '']''.
*] is opened to the public.

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==28 February 2006 (Tuesday)==
* ]:
** Sixty-eight people have been killed so far today in ], ]. Car bombs and mortar barrages rocked Baghdad streets, as news ]s speculate about the possibility of Iraq becoming embroiled in a full fledged ].
** ]'s primary ] says that the death toll resulting from violence after the ] has surpassed 1,300, contrary to earlier information from most news media and the United States military.
* The ] grants the ], ], an order that delays a four-week suspension from his post ordered by an administrative tribunal last week.
* For the first time in Europe, a domesticated cat is found infected with the ] bird flu virus. The dead cat was found on the island of ] in ], Germany. , ,
* ] government forces and ] peacekeepers (part of the ] mission) engage militia fighters in the wartorn ] district in a battle to retake the town of Tchei. The operation is in conjunction with a more aggressive disarmament policy by the U.N. peacekeepers in the region.


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February 1, 2006 (2006-02-01) (Wednesday) February 2, 2006 (2006-02-02) (Thursday) February 3, 2006 (2006-02-03) (Friday) February 4, 2006 (2006-02-04) (Saturday) February 5, 2006 (2006-02-05) (Sunday) February 6, 2006 (2006-02-06) (Monday) February 7, 2006 (2006-02-07) (Tuesday) February 8, 2006 (2006-02-08) (Wednesday) February 9, 2006 (2006-02-09) (Thursday) February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10) (Friday) February 11, 2006 (2006-02-11) (Saturday) February 12, 2006 (2006-02-12) (Sunday) February 13, 2006 (2006-02-13) (Monday) February 14, 2006 (2006-02-14) (Tuesday)
  • The British House of Commons votes by 384 to 184, on a conscience vote, to implement a full smoking ban in all enclosed public places in England from summer 2007. (BBC)
  • The U.S. Senate votes on a budgetary point of order on the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Recovery legislation. The bill's supporters fail to get the 60 votes they need to proceed with a vote on the bill's merits, so the legislation has effectively been returned to committee. (Business Week)
  • Harry Whittington, the 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting incident, has some birdshot lodged in his heart and he has had a "minor heart attack due to an irregulairty in his heartbeat.". (ABC)
  • Kenyan Police instruct 20 leading figures not to leave the country as investigations into two corruption scandals, the Goldenberg and Anglo Leasing scandals continue. Among the people told to hand in their passports is George Saitoti whose resignation as education minister was announced by President Mwai Kibaki yesterday. Meanwhile, 80 Members of Parliament have demanded the resignation of Deputy President Moody Awori, who is accused of involvement in the Anglo Leasing affair. (BBC)
  • A moderate earthquake shakes east India, recording a 5.7-magnitude. (Reuters)
  • Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein tells the court during the latest session of his trial that he and his seven co-accused are on hunger strike to protest at their treatment. (CTV) Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  • A top Iranian official confirms that Iran has resumed small-scale enrichment of uranium at one of its main nuclear facilities last week. (CBC)
  • Iran's veterinary organization said the first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been detected in wild swans in the Islamic Republic. (Reuters)
  • The New York Times reveals the existence of a "destabilization plan" for Hamas, winner of the Palestinian legislative elections. The intention is, according to Israeli officials and Western diplomats, to make sure that Hamas officials fail in fulfilling their campaign promises so that the president, Mahmoud Abbas, is forced to call a new election. The plan would cut all Quartet funds from the Palestinian National Authority (PA), while Israel would refuse to release taxes and custom duties it collects on behalf of the PA and also block movements between the West Bank and the Gaza strip. A third of the Palestinian population would suffer from the Quartet's decision to cut funds to the PA. (NYT)
  • Australians Andrew Chan, 21, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24, are sentenced to death by firing squad by an Indonesian court for their role in the Bali Nine heroin smuggling attempt. Fellow accused Martin Stephens, 29, and Michael Czugaj, 20, both receive life prison sentences. (ABC)
  • In Israel, the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court sentences Omri Sharon to a nine-month prison term, a nine-month suspended sentence, and a NIS 300,000 (USD 65,000) fine after he is convicted of violating political fundraising law and providing false testimony. (Ynetnews)
February 15, 2006 (2006-02-15) (Wednesday)
  • Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse: Australian television network SBS airs video and photographs of what it says are previously unpublished images of the abuse of Iraqis in US military custody at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003. (Metronews)
  • Italian ambassador Francesco Trupiano apologizes to Libya on behalf of Italian minister of Constitutional Reform Roberto Calderoli, who suggested Italy use "force against Muslims." (Angola Press)
  • The final three defendants in the Bali Nine hearings in Indonesia, Australians, Matthew Norman, 19, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, 23, and Si Yi Chen, 20, are sentenced to life imprisonment. (NineMSN)
  • The United States and Israel deny a "destabilisation plan" of Hamas, winner of the January 2006 legislative elections, which was revealed on February 14 by the New York Times. However, they do acknowledge that they would cut off funds and transfers of tax-receipts to the Palestinian Authority. The aim of the "destabilisation plan" was to push the PA to organize new elections (NYT).
  • Haitian elections, 2006: In a case of apparent electoral fraud, hundreds of ballot boxes are discovered in a garbage dump in Haiti, throwing the results of the elections there in doubt. CBC
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