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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the indigenous Stolen Generations on behalf of the Parliament of Australia.
Namdaemun (pictured), the southern gate of the original walls surrounding Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty, is partially destroyed by fire.
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles, USA.
President José Ramos-Horta of East Timor is wounded in an attack that leaves rebel leader Alfredo Reinhado dead.
In football (soccer), Egypt wins the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, defeating Cameroon 1–0 in the final in Accra, Ghana.
A fire on the Turkish freighter UND Adriyatik is extinguished, dispelling fears of an oil spill and environmental damage.
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Current events of February 13, 2008 (2008-02-13) (Wednesday)
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the Indigenous Stolen Generation on behalf of the Parliament of Australia. (ABC)
Current events of February 12, 2008 (2008-02-12) (Tuesday)
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United States presidential election, 2008:
Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Democratic primaries. Obama now leads Sen. Hillary Clinton in the delegate count for the first time since early in the campaign. (CNN), (New York Times)
Arizona Senator John McCain wins the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Republican primaries. (New York Times)
European Space Agency's Columbus module is attached to the International Space Station. (New York Times)
The U.S. Senate votes to grant immunity to telecommunications companies for their role in NSA call database. (NY Times)
Chilean opera singer Ernesto "Tito" Beltran is sentenced to two years in jail by a Swedish court for rape during a concert tour in 1999.(BBC)
Russia and Ukraine resolve a dispute over Ukraine's natural gas debt which saw Gazprom threatening to cut off supplies. (AFP)
Members of the Writers Guild of America vote to end the WGA strike that had been in effect for just over three months. (CNN)
Current events of February 11, 2008 (2008-02-11) (Monday)
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Judge John Kessler declares a mistrial in the case of China Arnold, who grabbed international headlines in 2005 for allegedly killing her baby by microwaving her to death. (Dayton Daily News)
The United States files charges against six alleged al-Qaeda operatives including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks, seeking the death penalty for war crimes and murder. (Sky News)
Paintings by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet are stolen from the Foundation E.G. Bührle, a museum in Zürich. (AFP)
2008 East Timor coup attempt:
President of East Timor José Ramos Horta is shot and wounded in an attack at his home. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinhado, who led the attack, is killed. (ABC News Australia) (Melbourne Age)
Prime Minister of East Timor Xanana Gusmão escapes unhurt from an attack on his motorcade.
The Singapore Flyer, the largest observation wheel in the world (30 meters higher than London Eye), starts to turn. (The Straits Times)
Gregg Bergersen, a United States Defense Department Analyst, is arrested and charged with espionage after being accused of leaking American military secrets to the Chinese government. (CNN)
Current events of February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10) (Sunday)
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The wooden portion of Namdaemun Gate in Seoul, South Korea is destroyed in a suspicious fire. (BBC News)
Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008:
Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins the Maine caucus. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Patti Solis Doyle resigns as campaign manager for New York Senator Hillary Clinton. Maggie Williams replaces her. (AP via Yahoo! News)
A suicide car bomb at a market in Balad, Iraq kills 25. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates also arrives in Iraq from a Germany security conference to meet with Iraqi leaders, General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker. (CNN)
Association football: Egypt beats Cameroon 1-0 to win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana. (BBC News)
Ten people are trampled to death at a rock concert in Bandung, Indonesia. (AFP)
Over five hundred people are evacuated from the North Sea oil rig Safe Scandinavia, 282 kilometres (175 mi) northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland after a hoax bomb scare. (RTÉ News)
Current events of February 9, 2008 (2008-02-09) (Saturday)
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Writers Guild of America strike (2007–present): Hollywood writers reach tentative agreement with the major movie studios. (The Washington Post)
United States presidential election, 2008:
Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee wins the Kansas Republican Party caucus and the Louisiana primary. (The Washington Post) (Reuters)
Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins Democratic Party caucuses in Nebraska, Washington and the U.S. Virgin Islands and the primary in Louisiana. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Arizona Senator John McCain wins the Washington Republican primary. (The Oregonian)
A suicide bomber kills 20 people at an opposition rally in Pakistan. (AFP)
A fire at Camden Market in London, England forces the evacuation of residents. The London Ambulance Service reports no casualties. (BBC News)
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to change the Constitution of Turkey removing a ban on wearing religious head cover in Turkish universities. (The New York Times)
The military government of Myanmar announces a national referendum to pass a new constitution will be held in May, and that democratic multi-party elections will take place in 2010. (CNN)
Current events of February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08) (Friday)
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The Serbian minister for Kosovo claims that his government has information that the province's Albanian leadership will declare independence on February 17. (AFP via Google News)
A 5.4 Mw earthquake southeast of Mexicali, Mexico causes 400,000 people to lose power. (CNN) (USGS)
The Nebraska Supreme Court rules the electric chair unconstitutional. (AFP via Google News)
Hamas militants launch nearly 20 rockets at nearby Israeli towns. (BBC News)
A fire in a nursing home in Egg, Austria kills at least 11 people. (BBC News)
A student shoots two students and kills herself at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (CNN)
Scotland Yard detectives investigating the death of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto say that she died from the effect of a bomb blast not gunfire. (BBC News)
A woman attacks two pilots on Eagle Airways Flight 2279 from Blenheim to Christchurch, New Zealand. The aircraft lands safely at Christchurch and the suspect is arrested and charged with hijacking and three counts of assault. (New Zealand Herald)
The man accused of the Gurgaon kidney scandal is arrested in Nepal. (NDTV India)
Current events of February 7, 2008 (2008-02-07) (Thursday)
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A gunman kills five and wounds two people at city hall before being shot and killed by police in Kirkwood, Missouri. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) (Reuters)
Four people die and dozens are hurt in an explosion at a sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia. (CNN)
The United States Congress approves a $168 billion economic stimulus package and sends it to President George W. Bush for his approval. (The New York Times)
The Slovakian Parliament vote on the Lisbon Treaty ratification is indefinitely postponed. (SkToday.com)
The National Assembly of France approves the Treaty of Lisbon by 336 votes to 52. (AP via Google News)
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches successfully on its STS-122 mission. (Fox News)
British Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri will be extradited to the United States to face terror charges. (BBC News)
There are mass arrests in the United States and Italy in an anti-Mafia sweep including three suspected senior members of the Gambino crime family. (Reuters)
United States presidential election, 2008: Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney suspends his campaign. (CNN)
The Orthodox Church of Greece elects a new leader, Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens. (CNN)
NATO meets in Vilnius, Lithuania.
No agreement on Afghanistan ahead of NATO meeting. (AFP via Google News)
Robert Gates will discuss the need to boost NATO forces in Afghanistan. (Presszoom)
The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband visit Afghanistan. (AP via Google News)
Rio Tinto rejects BHP Billiton's $147 billion hostile takeover bid. (Financial Times)
WHO declares global tobacco control efforts and an approach to avoid tens of millions of premature deaths by the middle of this century. (WHO)
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February 13: Barack Obama and John McCain sweep Potomac states' primaries
February 13: George Bush meets with Mali president Amaour Touré
February 13: Danish police arrest three in cartoonist murder plot
February 13: Australian parliament apologises to the Stolen Generations
February 12: New 'Star Wars' film to be released in August
February 12: TIBE joins International Publishers Association for publishing industry in Taiwan
February 12: 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition Preview: An exposition with different cultures
February 12: Finnish internet censorship critic blacklisted
February 12: Four new breeds in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
February 12: Newspaper campaigns to elevate Vancouver Olympic character from sidekick status
February 12: France's Sarkozy to meet with Brazilian president da Silva
February 12: Broken pipes cause flood in Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York
February 12: U.S. entertainment writers' strike may end this week
February 12: Australian parliament to apologise to Stolen Generations
February 11: Israel town sues Google for slander
February 11: Victims of torture among detainees facing death penalty in Guantanamo
February 11: Columbus module added to ISS during spacewalk
February 11: Huckabee wins Kansas and Louisiana
February 11: State of emergency declared in East Timor
February 11: Paintings worth millions of euros stolen in Zürich