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

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Armed conflict and attacks

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)

Arts and culture

Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska, former winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, dies of lung cancer at 88. (Reuters)

Business and economy

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 a bird flu outbreak. (ABC News Australia)
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)

Law and crime

Egyptian soccer riots
- Scores of people are 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)

Sport

The Zimbabwe Football Association suspends 80 players including members of the Zimbabwe national football team on suspicion of participation in match-fixing. (Reuters via NZ Stuff)
England national football team and Chelsea captain John Terry faces charges at the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London that he used an ethnic slur against QPR defender Anton Ferdinand during a match in October. (Reuters via Yahoo News Australia)

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