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Current events of
February 24, 2013
(
2013-02-24
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
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)
Arts and culture
The
85th Academy Awards
are held at the
Dolby Theatre
in the
Los Angeles
district of
Hollywood
.
(CNN)
Argo
wins the
Academy Award for Best Picture
.
(BBC)
Ang Lee
wins the
Academy Award for Best Director
for
Life of Pi
.
(AP)
Daniel Day-Lewis
wins his third
Academy Award for Best Actor
for
Lincoln
.
(Reuters)
Jennifer Lawrence
wins the
Academy Award for Best Actress
for
Silver Linings Playbook
.
(AFP via
The Australian
)
Health and environment
Anemia
drug
Omontys
is recalled due to reports of fatal
anaphylactic reactions
in 0.02% of patients.
(Medpage Today)
Politics and elections
Voters in
Italy
go to the polls for the first day of a
general election
.
(Business Insider)
Nicos Anastasiades
of the conservative
Democratic Rally
party wins the
Cypriot
presidential election
.
(Bloomberg)
Raúl Castro
is elected by the
National Assembly of People's Power
to a second term as the
President
of
Cuba
with
Miguel Díaz-Canel
announced as the First Vice-President of the
Council of State
.
(Reuters)
Science and technology
A new study finds that
chimpanzees
will solve
puzzles
for the
fun
of it.
(
The Telegraph
)
Sport
In
stock car racing
,
Jimmie Johnson
wins the
2013
Daytona 500
.
Pole
winner
Danica Patrick
finishes eighth, marking the highest ever finish by a woman.
(
USA Today
)
In
association football
,
Swansea City
beat
Bradford City
5–0 to win the
2013
Football League Cup
Final
.
(BBC)
Derby della Madonnina
:
Inter Milan
and
AC Milan
battle to a 1–1 draw in their
2012–13 Serie A
local derby
.
AC Milan
's striker
Mario Balotelli
was the target of
racial abuse
from fans of his ex-club
Inter Milan
.
(Goal.com)
(BBC)
Slovenian
alpine ski racer
Tina Maze
secures the ladies overall title in the
2013
Alpine Skiing World Cup
with nine races still remaining.
(AP via
The New York Times
)
(Eurosport)
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