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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. (France24)
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:
- Two guards and an Afghan police officer are killed in coordinated suicide bombing attacks in Jalalabad and Logar Province in eastern Afghanistan, while a third such attack on the National Directorate of Security in Kabul 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)
M23 rebellion:
- 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)

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

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