Portal:Current events/2013 February 24: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:57, 25 February 2013 editNickst (talk \| contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Rollbackers68,247 edits m← Previous edit		Revision as of 16:01, 25 February 2013 edit undoNickst (talk \| contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Rollbackers68,247 edits sNext edit →
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Current events header\|2013\|02\|24}}		{{Current events header\|2013\|02\|24}}
	<!-- All news items below this line -->		<!-- All news items below this line -->
	;Armed ~~conflict~~ and attacks		;Armed conflicts and attacks
	*]:		*]:
	**French freelance photographer Olivier Voisin, who was wounded near ] in January 2013, dies in ], ], after ].		**French freelance photographer Olivier Voisin, who was wounded near ] in January 2013, dies in ], ], after ].

Revision as of 16:01, 25 February 2013

Current events of February 24, 2013 (2013-02-24) (Sunday)

Syrian civil war:
- French freelance photographer Olivier Voisin, who was wounded near Idlib in January 2013, dies in Antakya, Turkey, after surgery. (France 24)
Northern Mali conflict:
- 10 Chadian soldiers and 28 Islamist insurgents are killed in heavy fighting in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains of northern Mali. (Reuters)
War in Afghanistan:
- Three people are dead following suicide bombing attacks in Afghanistan while a terrorist attack on the National Directorate of Security is foiled. (Los Angeles Times)
- President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai orders the United States to leave Wardak province amid allegations of torture associated with US special forces. (BBC)
Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- At least six people die in an attack in Ngalda, Yobe State, Nigeria. (AP via Google)

Anemia drug Omontys is recalled due to reports of fatal anaphylactic reactions in 0.02% of patients. (Medpage Today)

Eleven African nations including all the members of the African Great Lakes region sign a United Nations brokered peace deal for the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC)

A new study finds that chimpanzees will solve puzzles for the fun of it. (The Telegraph)