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Recent Deaths
February 20: Arthur Huckstable 19: Richard Bright 16: Ernie & Bert 15: SOME YOUNG GUY 14: Lynden David Hall 13: Andreas Katsulas 11: Peter Benchley 10: J Dilla 10: Juan Soriano 9: Sir Freddie Laker 9: Alan J. Shalleck 8: tommy slackjaw 5: Franklin Cover 4: Betty Friedan 3: Al Lewis 3: Romano Mussolini

Events

Upcoming - February 26: Winter Olympics closing ceremony Ongoing • Abramoff scandal • Ariel Sharon illness • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Horn of Africa food crisis • Iran's nuclear program • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian Baldgate scandal • Muhammad cartoons controversy • North Indian cyclone season • NSA Spying Controversy • Pacific typhoon season • Southern Hemisphere cyclone season • Southern Leyte mudslide • Torino Winter Olympics Recent • Grammy Awards / Golden Globes • Stormontgate • Super Bowl XL

Ongoing armed conflicts
• Acholiland insurgency • Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada) • Darfur conflict in Sudan • Iraq War • Ivorian Civil War • Nepal Civil War • Second Chechen War • Second Congo War • South Thailand insurgency

Elections

Upcoming - February 23: Uganda, President and Parliament Results - January 29: Finland, President 2nd round 25: Palestinian Nat'l Auth., Legislature 23: Canada, Parliament 22: Portugal, President 20: Iraq, Legislative 15: Chile, President runoff Results - February 15: Tokelau, referendum on future status 12: Cape Verde, President 8: Nepal, municipality election 7: Haiti, General 5: Costa Rica, Pres. and Legislative

Trials

Upcoming Israel: Mordechai Vanunu Libya: Benghazi Six U.S.: Conrad Black U.S.: Lewis "Scooter" Libby Ongoing Chile: Alberto Fujimori (extradition process) Chile: Augusto Pinochet Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal — Saddam Hussein, among others Netherlands: ICTY — Slobodan Milošević Russia: Nur-Pashi Kulayev UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh U.S.: Brian Nichols U.S.: Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling U.S.: Tom DeLay U.S.: Zacarias Moussaoui

Upcoming holidays and observances

February 20: Family Day (Alberta, Canada) 20: Presidents' Day (United States) 21: International Mother Language Day 21: Language Movement Day (Bangladesh) 23: Defenders of the Motherland Day (Russia) 23: Fat Thursday (Poland) 23: Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana) 28: Shrove Tuesday (Western Christianity) 28: Mardi Gras 28: Pancake Day (Great Britain) March 1: Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity) 26: Laetare Sunday (Western Christianity)

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