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In sumo, the controversial Mongolian yokozuna Asashōryū Akinori (pictured) announces his retirement.
The Iranian Space Agency announces that a rocket was launched with living organisms on board and returned to Earth unharmed.
The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million, a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.
The medical journal The Lancet issues a full retraction of a paper that caused a controversy over alleged links between the MMR vaccine and autism.
Taylor Swift wins Album of the Year for Fearless and Beyoncé Knowles wins a record-setting six awards, including Song of the Year, at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

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7 February 2010 (Sunday)

Voters in Ukraine go to the polls in the second round of the country's presidential election. (Al Jazeera) (The Independent)
Senator John Faulkner and Doctor Wayne Mapp attend a ceremony in Gallipoli to celebrate dead ANZAC and Turkish soldiers, laying wreaths at several locations. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Huang Yizhong is jailed for 13 years in Jiangmen, Guangdong for copying and spreading pornographic material through his website. (The Washington Post)
American politician Sarah Palin speaks at a gathering of the Tea Party movement in Nashville. (BBC)

February 7, 2010 Wikinews articles

6 February 2010 (Saturday)

Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party's liaison office, arrives in North Korea on a "goodwill visit" at the invitation of the Workers' Party of Korea. (AFP) (Tehran Times) (The Straits Times)
The China PR national football team has a draw with the Japan national football team in Tokyo in a match where victory is said to be "psychologically important" for China. (Xinhua)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Mitch Landrieu is elected Mayor of New Orleans. (New York Times)
The Group of Seven nations agree to write off Haiti's debts following a conference in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (BBC)
Spain’s economy fell 3.6% in 2009, the most in decades. (Mercopress) (Reuters) (Business Spectator)
Thousands protest in Togo against a decision by the Confederation of African Football to ban the country from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. (BBC) (Times of India)
An Australian mining company signs a $70 billion deal to supply Chinese power stations with coal, in the country's biggest ever export contract. (BBC) (The Hindu) (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mark Durkan, former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, resigns as leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). (The Belfast Telegraph) (The Irish Times)
Afghan police admit they shot dead seven civilians, including two children, as they collected firewood in Spin Boldak, Kandahar, last Thursday. (Reuters) (Press TV) (France24)
23 Yemeni government soldiers are killed by the Houthis in two separate incidents: 15 are ambushed in Wadi al-Jabara, while the remaining 8 die in Sa'dah. (Press TV)
The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, killing no one. (AFP)

February 6, 2010 Wikinews articles

US unemployment rate falls in January

5 February 2010 (Friday)

A private helicopter crashes in the Dominican Republic, killing two. The helicopter was returning from relief work for the Haitian earthquake. (AP)
Civil servants in Zimbabwe go on strike, demanding a wage increase. (Zimbabwe Times) (Business Day) (Press TV)
Cyclone Oli hits Tahiti and other islands of French Polynesia, killing at least one man. (AP) (BBC)
The last native of India's Andaman Islands fluent in the Aka-Bo language dies, rendering the language extinct. (Daily Mail)
Danish special forces storm a ship captured by armed Somali pirates and free the 25 crew on board. (Miami Herald)
At least 22 people are killed and more than 50 are injured in two separate bombings in Karachi. (The Hindu) (BBC) (euronews) (The Guardian)
At least 32 people are killed and more than 150 are wounded in at least two explosions in Kerbala during the final day of Arbaeen. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin agree to devolution from Westminster from 12 April 2010 after two weeks of discussions, the longest ever during the Northern Ireland peace process. (RTÉ) (BBC)
At least five Russian soldiers are killed and six injured in clashes with militants in Chechnya. (RIA Novosti) (Press TV) (News24)
Four British politicians will face criminal prosecution over their expense claims in the ongoing expenses scandal. (BBC) (Washington Post)
New images of the dwarf planet Pluto reveal rapid changes on its surface. (BBC) (National Geographic) (Xinhua)
Uganda's deputy Foreign Minister Henry Okello Oryem says the country's anti-homosexuality Bill "will be changed". (BBC)
North Korea announces it will release an American man who entered the country on December 25, 2009. (The Guardian) (Yonhap) (Korea Times)

February 5, 2010 Wikinews articles

4 February 2010 (Thursday)

A curfew is imposed in Srinagar, Kashmir, after protests over the death of a 15-year-old boy during a demonstration. (AFP) (BBC) (KashmirWatch.com)
North Korea relaxes restrictions on the free market after a revaluation in 2009 led to unrest and worsened food shortages. (AFP) (BBC) (The Times)
Switzerland agrees to accept two Chinese Muslim Uyghurs from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. (Swissinfo)
Yahoo! sells HotJobs to Monster.com for US$225million. (PA)
Debt-ridden emirate of Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, confirms the discovery of a new oilfield. (Gulf News) {Kyiv Post)
Sumo grand champion Asashoryu announces his retirement, following allegations he attacked a man outside a Tokyo nightclub. (BBC)

February 4, 2010 Wikinews articles

3 February 2010 (Wednesday)

L'Homme Qui Marche I by Alberto Giacometti, a bronze sculpture sells in London for £65,001,250, a new world record auction price. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
A major fireball is reported in the skies over Ireland, lighting up "the whole country". (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
Avatar becomes the highest grossing film in the U.S. and Canada while surpassing the 2 billion dollars mark in worldwide sales. (Reuters) (BoxOfficeMojo)
Judges at the International Criminal Court rule that Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir could face charges of genocide over the War in Darfur. (The Guardian) (CNN)
Pirates off the coast of Somalia seize a North Korean-flagged cargo ship south of Yemen. (AFP) (CNN)
NASA and Cornell University have given up attempting to move the Spirit rover, currently stuck in sand near Home Plate, Gusev crater on the planet Mars, and are converting it into a stationary outpost. Its twin rover, Opportunity, remains mobile on Mars. (Space.com)
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim goes on trial in Kuala Lumpur, accused of sodomy. (Bernama) (BBC) (AFP)
A man detonates a homemade bomb outside a shopping mall in Darwin, Australia, wounding 15 people. (Sydney Morning Herald) (The Australian)
A bombing near a girls' school in Lower Dir, Pakistan kills seven, including three U.S. Marines, marking the first time U.S. soldiers are killed in that country. (CNN) (Al Jazeera)

February 3, 2010 Wikinews articles

2 February 2010 (Tuesday)

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of espionage, while the latter detains one Russian and expels four others. (BBC) (RIA Novosti) (Kyiv Post)
A hearing whether to repeal the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy is held in the United States allowing the possibility of openly gay people to become active-duty members of the United States armed forces. (BBC)
The World Food Programme announces the number of hungry people in Sudan has quadrupled since August 2009 to 4.3 million. (AFP) (Emirates News Agency) (Taiwan News)
China says that relations will be undermined if U.S. President Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama. (BBC) (China Daily) (CBC)
Continental Airlines and five men go on trial for their alleged role in the crash of Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde flight, that killed 113 people in 2000. (Reuters)
The Lancet medical journal issues a full retraction of a paper that caused a 12-year international controversy over alleged links between the MMR vaccine and autism. (BBC) (Reuters)
Finance Minister of Germany Wolfgang Schaeuble says that the German government will buy stolen information on Swiss bank accounts, offered in a CD that contained 1,500 names in exchange for 2.5 million euros, to pursue tax evasion. (Bloomberg)
Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards are announced. Avatar and The Hurt Locker lead the way with nine nominations each, and are both among ten nominees for Best Picture, the first time more than five films have been up for consideration since 1943. (CNN)
Paul Volcker testifies before the Banking Committee of the United States Senate about the so-called "Volcker rule," an administration proposal to separate banks from hedge funds and have them close down their risk-taking prop desks. (L.A. Times)

February 2, 2010 Wikinews articles

1 February 2010 (Monday)

President Barack Obama will propose a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 that foresees the deficit hitting a record $1.6 trillion in the current fiscal year but falling to about $700 billion by 2013. (WSJ)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presses China to back Iran sanctions for its nuclear program. (WSJ)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cyprus to begin talks aimed at reuniting the country. (The Hindu) (Deutsche Welle) (UN News Centre)
Nigerian militant group the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta denies it attacked oil pipelines in the south of the country, after Shell closes three oil flow stations. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
Envoys of the Dalai Lama return from Beijing after the ninth round of negotiations. (Times of India) (Xinhua) (RIA Novosti)
A female suicide bomber kills 41 people and injures a further 106 in an attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (Al Jazeera) (The Daily Telegraph)
Nine people are killed in a bus rampage in Tianjin, northern China. (BBC) (China Daily) (Taiwan News)
52nd Grammy Awards:
- Pop singer Beyoncé Knowles wins the most awards at the 52nd Grammy Awards, winning six of her ten nominations including Song of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", and becoming the first woman to win six awards in the same night. (BBC) (The Times of India) (Chicago Tribune)
- Rock band AC/DC win their first ever Grammy Award. (The Daily Telegraph)
- Seven performers, including Michael Jackson, Bobby Darin and Loretta Lynn, are awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards. (All About Jazz)
Chinese state media voices its disapproval after the Obama administration unveils its first arms package for Taiwan, a move that prompted China to threaten sanctions on the firms involved. (Reuters) (BBC)
Anti-government protests take place in cities across Russia, with 100 protesters detained at rallies in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. (BBC) (The Moscow Times) (Sify)

February 1, 2010 Wikinews articles

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Ongoing events
Economic Automotive industry crisis Financial crisis Worldwide recession Medical West African meningitis outbreak HIV/AIDS in Africa Political Canadian anti-prorogation protests Honduran constitutional crisis Nigerien constitutional crisis U.S. health care reform debate Scientific Expedition 22 Humanitarian 2010 Haiti earthquake edit sidebar

Recent deaths
February 5: Brendan Burke 5: Ian Carmichael 5: Harry Schwarz 4: Tomás Mac Giolla 3: Frank Fasi 3: Frances Reid 3: Princess Regina of Austria 2: Futa Helu 2: Ng Teng Fong 2: Cochin Haneefa 1: Atsushi Kuroi 1: Justin Mentell 1: Jack Brisco January 31: Pauly Fuemana 30: Aaron Ruben 29: Ram Niwas Mirdha 28: Eduardo Catalano 28: Alistair Hulett 27: J. D. Salinger 27: Zelda Rubinstein 27: Howard Zinn 26: Dag Frøland edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Africa / Middle East Fourth Chadian Civil War Iraq War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Maghreb insurgency Niger Delta conflict Sa'dah insurgency South Yemen insurgency Somali Civil War Turkey–PKK conflict Asia War in Afghanistan Balochistan conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in the Philippines Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Naxalite-Maoist insurgency War in North-West Pakistan South Thailand insurgency Americas Colombian Civil War Mexican Drug War Internal conflict in Peru edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: January 22: Netherlands Antilles, General 25: Saint Kitts and Nevis, General 26: Sri Lanka, President Recent: February 3: Greece, President Upcoming: February 7: Costa Rica, General 7: Ukraine, President (2^nd Round) 15: Anguilla, General 21: São Tomé and Príncipe, Parliament 22: Catalonia, Independence referendums edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Italy: Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito Peru: Alberto Fujimori Republic of China: Chen Shui-bian Sweden: The Pirate Bay United Arab Emirates: Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan United States: William J. Jefferson, Bernard Madoff Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra United States: Jena Six, Joseph Bruno, David Headley Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Sheila Dixon, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Ehren Watada edit sidebar

Holidays and observances
February 2010 Current 6: Waitangi Day (New Zealand ) Upcoming 7: Independence Day (Grenada) 8: Prešeren Day (Slovenia) edit sidebar

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