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Current events of February 1, 2012 (2012-02-01) (Wednesday)

The London Times reports that a secret NATO report claims that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, is set to regain control over Afghanistan after international forces withdraw from the country. (Reuters)
The Xinhua news agency reports that 25 Chinese workers held captive in the Sinai region of Egypt have been released. (CNN)
Pakistan Air Force jets bomb militant positions in the Orakzai and Kurram Agency areas near the border with Afghanistan with claims that 31 alleged insurgents were killed. (AP via Washington Post)
Nigeria's State Security Service claim to have arrested Abul-Qaqa, a purported spokesman for the radical Islamist Boko Haram group. (AP)
A bomb explodes outside a police station in the Colombian city of Tumaco, killing at least five people and injuring 20. (AP via KTAR)

Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong ban poultry imports from the Australian state of Victoria while Japan bans imports from the whole of Australia following an outbreak of a low pathogenic form of the avian influenza (separate from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain).(ABC News Australia)(VoA)
The social network Facebook files for an initial public offering. (Wall Street Journal)
The parent company of American Airlines says that it will slash 13,000 jobs or 15% of its workforce. (BBC)

Egyptian football riots
- At least 73 people were killed as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said. (BBC), (AFP via News Limited)(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- All Egyptian Premier League matches are cancelled following the riots. (ABC News Australia)
Canadian national Naser al-Raas is arrested in Bahrain for attending a rally in the 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising. {CBC News}