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Ongoing armed conflicts
	Acholiland insurgency; Arab-Israeli conflict (al-Aqsa Intifada); Brazilian gang violence; War in Chad; Colombian armed conflict; Iraq War; Communist and Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines; Ituri Conflict in the DR Congo; Nigerian Oil Crisis; Hamas-Fatah clashes; War in Somalia; Ivorian Civil War; Kurdish conflict in Turkey; Shia insurgency in Yemen; Second Chechen War; South Thailand insurgency; Sri Lankan Civil War; Taliban insurgency; Darfur conflict; edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	February[edit] 28: Billy Thorpe; 24: Damien Nash; 23: Pascal Yoadimnadji; 23: Fons Rademakers; 22: Dennis Johnson; 20: F. Albert Cotton; 20: Carl Henning Pedersen; 17: Maurice Papon; 16: Sheridan Morley; 16: Gene Snyder; 15: Robert Adler; 15: Ray Evans; 13: Charlie Norwood; 9: Ian Richardson; 9: Hank Bauer; 8: Anna Nicole Smith; 7: Alan MacDiarmid; 6: Frankie Laine; 1: Gian Carlo Menotti; edit sidebar

Events
	Recent[edit] Ongoing[edit] Global spread of H5N1; Ipswich murders investigation; Iran's nuclear program; Lebanese anti-government protest; Litvinenko murder investigation; NSA warrantless surveillance controversy; Six-party talks; Taiwanese political crisis; Natural disasters[edit] North Indian cyclone season; Pacific typhoon season; Southern Hemisphere cyclone season; edit sidebar

Elections
Recent [edit] February 8: Ontario/Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, provincial by-elections 9: Turks & Caicos, Parliament 27J/10F: DR Congo, Governors 11: Turkmenistan, President 11: Portugal, referendum on abortion 12: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, provincial by-election 17: Lesotho, National Assembly 18: Andalusia, Spain, referendum on new autonomy statute 18: Albania, local elections 25: Senegal, President Upcoming [edit] March 4: Estonia, Parliament 4: Abkhazia, Parliament 6: Micronesia, Parliament 7: Northern Ireland, Assembly 7: Netherlands, Senate 11: Mauritania, President 18: Finland, Parliament 24: New South Wales, General Election 25: Benin, National Assembly 25: Hong Kong, Chief Executive 26: Quebec, National Assembly edit sidebar

Trials
Upcoming [edit] U.S.: Conrad Black U.S.: José Padilla U.S.: Steven L. Jordan U.S.: James Charles Kopp U.S.: Ehren Watada Ongoing [edit] Canada: Robert Pickton Peru: Alberto Fujimori (extradition) Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the CUD and journalists, on charges related to the 2005 elections. Iran: Nazanin Fatehi Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal Netherlands: Hofstad Network Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Lewis "Scooter" Libby edit sidebar

Holidays and observances
6: Waitangi Day (New Zealand) 14: Valentines Day 23: Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana) edit sidebar