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**A car bomb explodes in the ] of ], killing at least 20 people and injuring 50 more. **A car bomb explodes in the ] of ], killing at least 20 people and injuring 50 more.
*An explosion occurs near a bullring in ], ], killing at least one police officer and injuring 30 others. The bullring has been the sight of protests by ] activists since the city reinstated ]. *An explosion kills one and injures at least 30 people, mostly police officers preparing for the weekly ] protests in ]. ] resumed last month after a four-year lull, per ]'s ] order.


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**At least 25 people are killed by snowstorms and avalanches in northern ] as heavy snow continues to hit the country. **At least 25 people are killed by snowstorms and avalanches in northern ] as heavy snow continues to hit the country.
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Current events of February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19) (Sunday) edit history watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economics
  • Kraft Heinz drops its bid to buy Unilever for US$143 billion. Unilever rejected the idea last Friday but Kraft Heinz still expressed interest in finding an agreement. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
Politics and elections
  • Ecuadorian general election, 2017
    • Voters head to the polls to select the National Assembly and a new president with former vice-president Lenín Moreno facing off against former bank president Guillermo Lasso, and six other opposition candidates. There will be an April 2 runoff unless the leader receives 40 percent of the votes and is at least 10 percentage points ahead of the others. In addition, there's a tax haven referendum. (Reuters)
  • South Sudanese Civil War
    • Two top level officials overseeing South Sudan's military courts resign from their posts, accusing the government of interfering in the court's moves to discipline soldiers accused of rape and murder. The resignations come less than a week after a military general and the Minister of Labour resigned in protest of President Salva Kiir's alleged approval of atrocities against civilians not belonging to the Dinka group. (Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
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