February 1, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Protesters plan a "million-man march" on President Hosni Mubarak's presidential palace in Cairo starting at Tahrir Square. (Voice of America)
-At least two million people gather in Tahrir Square in the biggest demonstration since the popular revolution against the Mubarak regime began. (The Hindu)
-The government closes down Egyptian National Railways as well as Internet and mobile phone services. (CNN)
-Mubarak addresses the nation to tell the people of his refusal to leave Egypt, though promises to resign at the end of his term. He tells the people of Egypt that he is "proud of his achievements over the years in serving Egypt and its people". (Reuters)
-Protesters vow to stay in Tahrir Square until Mubarak goes. (Jerusalem Post)
International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
-President of the United States Barack Obama urges Hosni Mubarak not to run for the presidency again, though stops short of telling him to resign immediately. He also called for the transition to democracy "to begin now". (BBC)
February 1, 2011, Abdullah of Jordan sacks the Jordanian government amid protests over prices in the country. (Al Jazeera)
February 1, 2011, Cyclone Yasi:
-The Australian state of Queensland evacuates off-shore islands and low-lying parts of North Queensland ahead of Cyclone Yasi which is expected to hit the state as a Category 4 tropical cyclone late on Wednesday or early Thursday. (Courier Mail)
-Cyclone Yasi is upgraded to Category 5 and is predicted to be the worst storm to hit Australia in generations. (Sydney Morning Herald)
February 1, 2011, US blizzard:
-The United States National Weather Service issues a blizzard warning for nine states in the Midwestern United States with a storm affecting a total of 30 states from Texas to Maine. (Chicago Tribune)
-The storm is expected to affect as much as a third of the U.S. population, and has already created dangerous travel conditions and forced the cancellation of thousands of flights and the closure of major interstate highways.(Reuters)
February 1, 2011, The Shinmoedake volcano on the Japanese island of Kyūshū erupts again with its biggest explosion since becoming active again. (AP via Google News)
February 1, 2011, U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower who is thought to have revealed secret U.S. government documents to the international public, is reported to be held in solitary confinement awaiting trial by the United States for seven months now, treatment which the United Nations deems a form of torture when used for such prolonged periods. (Al Jazeera)
February 2, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Egyptian protesters continue nationwide demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak for a ninth day. (Al Jazeera)
-Mohamed ElBaradei, an emerging leader of anti-regime protests, and other protesters say that Mubarak must leave Egypt by Friday at the latest to avoid further bloodshed and turmoil. (The Australian)
-The protestors increase their demands for the end of the Mubarak regime and are not impressed by Hosni Mubarak's promise to resign at the end of his current term. (Al Jazeera)
-The United Nations (Navi Pillay) believes as many as 300 people have been killed in Egypt over the last nine days. (Almasry Alyoum)
-Pro-Mubarak protestors attack CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and his crew. The attack is successfully filmed. (Huffington Post)
International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
-President of the United States Barack Obama makes his first comments on Egypt since President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step down before the next elections; Obama tells the people of Egypt "We hear your voice", and calls for an "orderly transition" of power that "must begin now". (The Jerusalem Post)
February 2, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh backtracks on his plan to rule Yemen for life and to then allow his son to inherit his rule during an emergency session of parliament ahead of tomorrow's "day of rage" against his three-decade rule. (Al Jazeera)
February 2, 2011, Cyclone Yasi:
-The Australian state of Queensland braces for Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi predicted to be one of the most powerful in the nation's history. (Reuters)
February 2, 2011, Six thousand flights are cancelled in the United States following the January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm. (AP via Centre Daily)
February 2, 2011, A fire destroys a five-star Sheraton hotel in the Heping District of Shenyang, Liaoning, China, then the tallest building in Northeastern China, after midnight fireworks celebrating the Chinese New Year set ablaze flammable thermal insulation outside the hotel walls. Firefighters were unable to put out the blaze as ladders could not reach the higher storeys of the building, but no casualties or injuries were reported. (Sky News)
February 2, 2011, Awards for the WikiLeaks website and Julian Assange:
-Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is awarded the Sydney Peace Medal. (News Limited)
-A Norwegian MP nominates WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture — sometimes even conducted by allies of Norway". (Daily Nation)
February 2, 2011, United States federal judge Carl J. Barbier rules that Deepwater Horizon oil spill compensation fund administrator Ken Feinberg should advise people that he is working for BP. (AP via Newser)
February 2, 2011, NASA's Kepler Mission announces the discovery of a planetary system of six planets circulating the star Kepler-11. (Tha Indian)
February 3, 2011, Series Premiere of Eagleheart
February 3, 2011,
February 3, 2011,
February 3, 2011,
February 3, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests: Anti-government protestors continue to protest against the Mubarak regime for a tenth day. (Al Jazeera)
-A tense standoff between supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak continues in Cairo, with at least three people killed and 1,500 injured in fighting on Wednesday. (CNN)
-Protesters detain 120 people with IDs linking them to the police or ruling party; most were attacking protesters at the time. (The Guardian)
February 3, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-Thousands of pro- and anti-government supporters demonstrate in Yemen over the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in a planned "day of rage". (Al Jazeera)
February 3, 2011, 2010–2011 Algerian protests:
Presient Abdelaziz Bouteflika vows to lift the country's state of emergency, in force since 1992, in the "very near future". (BBC)
February 3, 2011,2011 Syrian protests: Social media mobilises the people of Syria for rallies demanding freedom, human rights and the end to emergency law, scheduled for Friday and Saturday in front of the parliament in Damascus and at Syrian embassies internationally. (Al Jazeera)
February 3, 2011, The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation announces that world food prices have risen to a record high. (BBC)
February 3, 2011, Cyclone Yasi Cyclone Yasi hits North Queensland in Australia with the worst affected towns including Mission Beach, Tully, Cardwell and Innisfail. (Melbourne Age)
-So far, there have been no reports of deaths or serious injury caused by the cyclone. (Sydney Morning Herald)
-The cyclone is downgraded from a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone to a category 1 tropical cyclone. (News Limited)
February 3, 2011, The world runs out of Internet Protocol Version 4 addresses. (Reuters)
February 4, 2011, Release of Sanctum
February 4, 2011, Release of The Roommate
February 4, 2011, Fringe S3 Ep12: Concentrate and Ask Again
The Fringe team is sent to investigate when a biological attack leaves a man dead, with no bones in his body. However, when the suspect is put into a coma, the team must rely on a former test subject of Walter's who has telepathic abilities. Meanwhile, Nina Sharp further investigates the First People.
February 4, 2011,
February 4, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Anti-government protesters demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for an eleventh day - the "Day of Departure". (The Guardian)
-Organisers of the 2011 Egyptian protests call on supporters to fill every square in Cairo after two days of clashes between supporters and opponents of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. (Washington Post)
-Protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square chant "Leave! Leave! Leave!", "Allahu akbar!" and "Today is the last day". (The Guardian)
February 4, 2011, Police beat with batons and shoot tear gas at student protesters in the Sudanese state of Sennar in demonstrations inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (Reuters)
February 4, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests:
-Syrian protestors call for a "a day of anger" against the Syrian government. (France 24)
February 4, 2011, A man from Bamboroo, Queensland becomes the first casualty of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Australia. (AAP via Brisbane Times)
-Flooding in Victoria is worsened by the remnants of Cyclone Yasi and Anthony, causing major street flooding in Melbourne. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
February 4, 2011, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi ignores his recent sex scandals to claim to the media at a summit in Brussels that he is the most popular national leader in the European Union. (Times LIVE)
February 4, 2011, NASA astronaut Mark E. Kelly, the husband of Rep Gabrielle Giffords shot last month, announces that he will resume training to command the Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission STS-134 in April. (Politico)
February 5, 2011,
February 5, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Anti-Mubarak forces continue their nationwide protests for a twelfth day, remaining in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (Al Jazeera)
-The media reports that President Mubarak's son Gamal resigns as head of the National Democratic Party bureau. Secretary Safwat el-Sharif and the six-member Steering Committee of the General Secretariat also resign. (USA Today)
-Protesters form a human chain in Tahrir Square to prevent tanks from entering the area. (CNN)
February 5, 2011, 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising:
-Tunisian police shoot dead two people and injure another 17 during a protest in the city of El Kef. (BBC)
February 5, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI ordains five new bishops, including a Chinese prelate from Hong Kong despite attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval. (AP via Google News)
February 5, 2011, UK prime minister David Cameron uses an important speech at a security conference in Munich to say "state multiculturalism" has failed, adding that the UK needs a stronger national identity and promising to promote Western values. (BBC)
February 5, 2011, The largest anti-government demonstration in years occurs in Belgrade, with thousands of disenchanted Serbs travelling to the parliament building from across the country to call for early elections there. An opposition party leader at the event compares it to the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (BBC)
February 5, 2011, Thousands of Italians attend a rally to demand the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over a sex scandal. (Sky News)
February 5, 2011, The Cleveland Cavaliers set a new record for consecutive losses in a single National Basketball Association season in the United States. (ESPN)
February 6, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
- People demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for the thirteenth consecutive day, dubbed the "Day of Martyrs" in memory of those killed. (Press TV)
-Protestors express anger at the governments of France, Israel and the United States due to their support of the thirty-year Mubarak dictatorship. (Press TV)
-Human Rights Watch expresses increased concerns at the continuing targeting by the Egyptian authorities of journalists, human rights defenders, and youth activists, while another Al Jazeera reporter is arrested. (The Guardian)
February 6, 2011, 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising:
- Police in Tunisia kill at least two people during a protest in the northwestern town of El Kef demanding the resignation of a police chief - crowds retaliate by burning the police station. (BBC
February 6, 2011, Australia:
-Thousands of people in the Australian state of Victoria are forced to evacuate due to flooding. (News Limited)
-Sydney experiences record weather conditions, hottest night on record. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
February 6, 2011, Palestinian leaders express disappointment at the refusal of the Middle East Quartet — United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia — to hear their call for unilateral statehood and failure to take a strong stance on Israel's settlement construction at its February 5 meeting in Munich. (RIA Novosti)
February 6, 2011, 24-year-old Anat Kamm, a former soldier of Israel, signs a plea bargain to plead guilty in Tel Aviv District Court to a lesser charge of leaking more than 2,000 secret military documents to the Haaretz newspaper; she may be jailed for 15 years. Haaretz reported a possibly-illegal Israeli assassination operation against Palestinians in the West Bank; her lawyer says she "believed she stumbled onto evidence of war crimes". (CP via Google News)
February 6, 2011, "Marathon Man" Stefaan Engels sets a new world record by completing 365 marathon races in a year. (BBC News)
February 6, 2011, National Football League:
-In American football, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV by a score of 31-25. (USA Today)
-Aaron Rodgers, the Packers' quarterback, is named as the Most Valuable Player. (USA Today)
February 7, 2011, The Cape S1 Ep6: Goggles and Hicks
After Faraday's last adventure, which resulted in broken ribs, Max decides the Cape must take a day off. While Faraday recuperates, Fleming hires two professional killers, Goggles and Hicks, also members of the Tarot known as Chariot, to kill the Cape once and for all. Meanwhile, Dana confronts Marty after his promotion to Police Chief about telling her the truth about Vince's case.
February 7, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-The protests continue in Egypt for a fourteenth day
February 7, 2011, AOL purchases online publisher The Huffington Post in a $315 million deal. (Huffington Post)
February 7, 2011, Constitutional Democratic Rally, the former ruling party of Tunisia is officially dissolved. (Tabnak)
February 7, 2011, The government of Haiti issues a new passport to former President of Haiti Jean-Bertrand Aristide allowing him to end his exile in South Africa. (Sun-Sentinel)
February 7, 2011, The Fox Broadcasting Company coverage of Super Bowl XLV on Sunday breaks the record for most viewed television program in the United States. (Fanhouse)
February 7, 2011, The Cleveland Cavaliers set a new record for consecutive losses in the National Basketball Association with their 25th straight defeat, a 99–96 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. (NBA Fanhouse)
February 8, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests The protests continue in Egypt for a fifteenth day, hours after a detained Google executive is released with the crowds the biggest yet. (Al Jazeera)
February 8, 2011, The United States House of Representatives fails to pass extensions of key provisions of the USA Patriot Act by the necessary two-thirds majority. (Bloomberg)
February 9, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Nationwide protests against President Hosni Mubarak and his regime continue for a sixteenth day. (Al Jazeera)
-Human rights groups say the military is secretly detaining and torturing hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents and has been doing so since the protests started. (The Guardian)
-Labour unions involving thousands of workers go on a nationwide strike, boosting the pro-democracy demonstrations occurring across the country. (Al Jazeera)
February 9, 2011, The Guardian publishes WikiLeaks cables claiming that Saudi Arabia had exaggerated its crude oil reserves by nearly 40% and will have trouble keeping a cap on oil prices. (The Guardian)
February 9, 2011, Project Merlin
-Project Merlin, an agreement on aspects of banking activity in the United Kingdom, is agreed between the coalition government and the country's four major high street banks. (BBC)
February 9, 2011, Military talks end without agreement as North Korea refuses to apologise for the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong. (Yonhap)
February 9, 2011, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claims the possibility of terrorism being carried out against the country "has evolved significantly" and, she claims, is "at its most heightened state" since the 9/11 attacks". (BBC)
February 9, 2011, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi brands "disgusting" a request by prosecutors in Milan to have him put on trial immediately in relation to sexual relations with underage prostitutes which allegedly occurred at one of his house parties. (BBC)
February 9, 2011, Spanish Basque nationalists announce a new political party named Sortu (meaning "born" in the Basque language), categorically rejecting all violence, including that of ETA. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur)
February 9, 2011, The Chamber of Councillors of Tunisia passes legislation allowing the President to rule by decree. (BBC)
February 10, 2011,
February 10, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Protests against the Mubarak regime go on nationwide for a seventeenth consecutive day. (The Guardian)
-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refuses to resign in an address to the nation. (Al Jazeera)
February 10, 2011,North Korea that it will not conduct further talks with South Korea, citing a perceived lack of seriousness on South Korea's part. (MSNBC)
February 10, 2011, Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, the longest-tenured coach in any of North America's four major leagues, announces his resignation effective immediately. Sloan, inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, had been with the Jazz since 1988. (ESPN)
February 10, 2011, Ray Allen scores his 2,561st 3-point shot, passing Reggie Miller for the all-time NBA record for 3-point field goals made.
February 11, 2011, Release of The Eagle
February 11, 2011, Release of Gnomeo & Juliet
February 11, 2011, Release of Just go with It
February 11, 2011, Release of Cedar Rapids
February 11, 2011, Release of Justin Beiber: Never Say Never
February 11, 2011, Egyptian Revolution of 2011 / Downfall of Hosni Mubarak:
-Protests continue following last night's non-resignation speech of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. (Al Jazeera)
-Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators march on state television and presidential palaces as "Farewell Friday", the eighteenth day of protests against the Mubarak regime, gets underway. (Al Jazeera)
-Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei warns "Egypt will explode" in response to Mubarak's non-resignation speech last night. (CNN)
-Military leaders pledge to end the 30-year state of emergency law when the protests end. (Al Jazeera)
-Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, speaking in Copenhagen, becomes thefirst European Union leader to tell Mubarak to resign, saying Mubarak is "history" and that he "made a huge blunder yesterday" by giving his non-resignation speech. (CP via Google News)
-Vice President Omar Suleiman announces on state television the resignation of Hosni Mubarak as President of Egypt after 30 years in power. (BBC)
-Hosni Mubarak resigns as President of Egypt and hands power to Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. (Washington Post)
-The Mubaraks flee Cairo and head for the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (Xinhua)
February 11, 2011,
February 11, 2011, A road in Copenhagen, Denmark has been proposed a new name after former US president Ronald Reagan. (Jyllandsposten)
February 11, 2011, Iran marks the 32nd anniversary of its Revolution. (IRINN)
February 12, 2011, 2010–2011 Algerian protests:
-Thousands of people, inspired by the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, take to the streets of Algiers to protest against their own regime and to call for the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. (Al Jazeera)
-Algerian police and security forces attempt to prevent the people from participating in the illegal march for democracy and change in Algiers. (Xinhua)
-The Algerian government shuts down the internet as tear gas and plastic bullets are deployed and journalists, especially those seen with cameras, targeted by state-sponsored thugs. (The Daily Telegraph)
-The opposition says approximately 5,000 people took part in today's attempt to bring down the Bouteflika regime. (Xinhua)
February 12, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: Thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Sana'a calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country since 1978. (Al Jazeera)
-Yemeni police use clubs to beat those protesting against the Saleh regime, leaving Yemen's ally, the United States, in a "delicate position". (Taipei Times)
February 12, 2011, The extent of looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian protests is worse than previously announced. (New York Times)
February 13, 2011, Arcade Fire wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for The Suburbs (New York Times)
February 13, 2011, The King's Speech wins seven awards at the 64th British Academy Film Awards including best film and Best Actor for Colin Firth. (BBC)
February 13, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-People in Yemen march on the presidential palace in Sana'a in an attempt to bring down Ali Abdullah Saleh. (The Asian Age)
-Police block the protesters who shout slogans such as "The Yemeni people want the fall of the regime" and "A Yemeni revolution after the Egyptian revolution", as Saleh postpones a visit to his United States allies "due to the current circumstances in the region". (Reuters)
February 13, 2011, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks hails the website's role in the revolts, crediting material published via the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar as "significantly influential" in the fall of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime in Tunisia. He promises a "broad spectrum" of fresh cables about Australia involving a "number of large companies and international politics". (AFP via Google News)
February 13, 2011, Women against Berlusconi:
-Tens of thousands of women hold nationwide protests in 200 cities against Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, whom they say has damaged the standing of women with his string of sex scandals. (BBC)
February 13, 2011, Egypt's Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass says several pieces have been stolen from the Egyptian Museum during the revolution. (Straits Times)
February 14, 2011, 2011 Iranian protests:
-Anti-regime protests are due to occur in Iran. (Al Jazeera)
-Reports said that hundreds of protesters are in Azadi Square. (Bloomberg)
February 14, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests:
-Anti-regime protests occur in Bahrain. (Al Jazeera)
February 14, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-Street battles take place between protesters and police in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (BBC)
February 14, 2011, 2010–2011 Algerian protests:
-Youths clash with security forces in the northern Algerian town of Akbou. (BBC)
February 14, 2011, The Central Bank of Egypt closes banks as a result of the 2011 Egyptian protests. (Voice of America)
February 14, 2011, A court in the city of Lago Agrio, on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadorean people, orders United States oil company Chevron to pay more than $8 billion in environmental damages for dumping wastewater in the Amazon River twenty years ago. (Reuters)
February 14, 2011, Eurozone finance ministers agree to set up a permanent bail-out fund of €500 billion - the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). This replaces the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). (BBC)
February 14, 2011, The Federal Government of Australia is helping the United States investigate Australians involved with the WikiLeaks website according to Julian Assange, who requests that Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney-General Robert McClelland reveal every detail of assistance to foreign governments. (ABC News and Current Affairs)
February 14, 2011, Supporters of 23-year-old Bradley Manning, including a member of the legal advocacy team, criticise the White House for its "thuggish behaviour" and "torture" in trying to break the soldier by pressuring him to implicate Julian Assange in the alleged theft of 250,000 documents the U.S. government wished to keep secret. (ABC News and Current Affairs)
February 14, 2011, The President of the United States Barack Obama puts forward a budget for 2012 proposing heavy spending cuts but still predicting substantial budget deficits. (CNN)
February 14, 2011, The United States House of Representatives votes to extend the Patriot Act for another nine months. (Fox News)
February 14, 2011, Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than double in size after bad storms reduced their numbers a year ago. (Reuters)
February 14, 2011, In soccer, Brazilian media reports that Brazil national football team star Ronaldo is to retire at the age of 34. (AFP via Yahoo Sports)
February 14, 2011, In golf, Tiger Woods is fined after being caught spitting on the course during the Dubai Desert Classic. (Al Jazeera)
February 15, 2011,
February 15, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-Clashes take place for a fifth day in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, amid demonstrations calling for political reform. (Al Jazeera)
February 15, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests:
-Thousands of people demonstrate in Bahrain after a protester was shot dead at a funeral for another protester. (Reuters)
February 15, 2011, 2011 Iranian protests:
-Iranian politicians call for the execution of opposition leaders. (The New York Times)
February 15, 2011, The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlines a new policy on Internet freedom. (The New York Times)
February 15, 2011, The Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi is indicted on charges of paying for sex with an underaged girl and abuse of power in the so-called Rubygate scandal. (BBC)
February 15, 2011, An analysis of the FBI's scientific work in the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks on the United States finds that the Bureau overstated the strength of the links to a supply held by Bruce Ivins. (The New York Times)
February 15, 2011, A proposal by a consortium of private contractors to attack WikiLeaks and to discredit journalists in favour of the website - including Glenn Greenwald - is uncovered after thousands of e-mails are leaked onto the internet, some of which call for people who donate to be tracked and intimidated. (The Independent)
February 15, 2011, The 2012 Summer Olympics timetable is released. (BBC Sport)
February 15, 2011, Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, a Scottish Deerhound, wins Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. (ESPN)
February 16, 2011,
February 16, 2011, The Egyptian Ministry for Health estimates that at least 365 people were killed and 5,500 injured in the 2011 Egyptian protests. (RIA Novosti)
February 16, 2011, Yemeni police shoot and kill two protestors in the southern city of Aden. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
February 16, 2011, U.S. pop singer Bruno Mars pleads guilty to cocaine possession in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Las Vegas Sun)
February 16, 2011, Borders Group, the second largest bookstore chain in the United States, files for bankruptcy with plans to sell at least 200 stores. (Bloomberg)
February 16, 2011, In an FBI Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force Operation Power Outage, 74 members of Armenian Power criminal syndicate have been arrested on charges of racketeering offenses, bank fraud schemes, kidnappings, and drug trafficking. (CNN)
February 16, 2011, Protesters in Bahrain continue to occupy a square in the capital, Manama. (Al Jazeera)
February 16, 2011, IBM's Watson artificial intelligence program wins on the U.S. quiz show Jeopardy!, defeating Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, the series' most successful contestants. (PC Mag) Watson used Wikipedia, among other sources, as its knowledge base (The Vancouver Sun)
February 17, 2011,
February 17, 2011, Wisconsin:
-Schools in the American state of Wisconsin close as teachers attend rallies against proposals to limit collective bargaining for state employees. (Wisconsin State Journal)
-Democrat State Senators leave the capital Madison to avoid participating in the debate. (Wisconsin State Journal)
-Protesters plan a "million-man march" on President Hosni Mubarak's presidential palace in Cairo starting at Tahrir Square. (Voice of America)
-At least two million people gather in Tahrir Square in the biggest demonstration since the popular revolution against the Mubarak regime began. (The Hindu)
-The government closes down Egyptian National Railways as well as Internet and mobile phone services. (CNN)
-Mubarak addresses the nation to tell the people of his refusal to leave Egypt, though promises to resign at the end of his term. He tells the people of Egypt that he is "proud of his achievements over the years in serving Egypt and its people". (Reuters)
-Protesters vow to stay in Tahrir Square until Mubarak goes. (Jerusalem Post)
International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
-President of the United States Barack Obama urges Hosni Mubarak not to run for the presidency again, though stops short of telling him to resign immediately. He also called for the transition to democracy "to begin now". (BBC)
February 1, 2011, Abdullah of Jordan sacks the Jordanian government amid protests over prices in the country. (Al Jazeera)
February 1, 2011, Cyclone Yasi:
-The Australian state of Queensland evacuates off-shore islands and low-lying parts of North Queensland ahead of Cyclone Yasi which is expected to hit the state as a Category 4 tropical cyclone late on Wednesday or early Thursday. (Courier Mail)
-Cyclone Yasi is upgraded to Category 5 and is predicted to be the worst storm to hit Australia in generations. (Sydney Morning Herald)
February 1, 2011, US blizzard:
-The United States National Weather Service issues a blizzard warning for nine states in the Midwestern United States with a storm affecting a total of 30 states from Texas to Maine. (Chicago Tribune)
-The storm is expected to affect as much as a third of the U.S. population, and has already created dangerous travel conditions and forced the cancellation of thousands of flights and the closure of major interstate highways.(Reuters)
February 1, 2011, The Shinmoedake volcano on the Japanese island of Kyūshū erupts again with its biggest explosion since becoming active again. (AP via Google News)
February 1, 2011, U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower who is thought to have revealed secret U.S. government documents to the international public, is reported to be held in solitary confinement awaiting trial by the United States for seven months now, treatment which the United Nations deems a form of torture when used for such prolonged periods. (Al Jazeera)
February 2, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Egyptian protesters continue nationwide demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak for a ninth day. (Al Jazeera)
-Mohamed ElBaradei, an emerging leader of anti-regime protests, and other protesters say that Mubarak must leave Egypt by Friday at the latest to avoid further bloodshed and turmoil. (The Australian)
-The protestors increase their demands for the end of the Mubarak regime and are not impressed by Hosni Mubarak's promise to resign at the end of his current term. (Al Jazeera)
-The United Nations (Navi Pillay) believes as many as 300 people have been killed in Egypt over the last nine days. (Almasry Alyoum)
-Pro-Mubarak protestors attack CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and his crew. The attack is successfully filmed. (Huffington Post)
International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
-President of the United States Barack Obama makes his first comments on Egypt since President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step down before the next elections; Obama tells the people of Egypt "We hear your voice", and calls for an "orderly transition" of power that "must begin now". (The Jerusalem Post)
February 2, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh backtracks on his plan to rule Yemen for life and to then allow his son to inherit his rule during an emergency session of parliament ahead of tomorrow's "day of rage" against his three-decade rule. (Al Jazeera)
February 2, 2011, Cyclone Yasi:
-The Australian state of Queensland braces for Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi predicted to be one of the most powerful in the nation's history. (Reuters)
February 2, 2011, Six thousand flights are cancelled in the United States following the January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm. (AP via Centre Daily)
February 2, 2011, A fire destroys a five-star Sheraton hotel in the Heping District of Shenyang, Liaoning, China, then the tallest building in Northeastern China, after midnight fireworks celebrating the Chinese New Year set ablaze flammable thermal insulation outside the hotel walls. Firefighters were unable to put out the blaze as ladders could not reach the higher storeys of the building, but no casualties or injuries were reported. (Sky News)
February 2, 2011, Awards for the WikiLeaks website and Julian Assange:
-Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is awarded the Sydney Peace Medal. (News Limited)
-A Norwegian MP nominates WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture — sometimes even conducted by allies of Norway". (Daily Nation)
February 2, 2011, United States federal judge Carl J. Barbier rules that Deepwater Horizon oil spill compensation fund administrator Ken Feinberg should advise people that he is working for BP. (AP via Newser)
February 2, 2011, NASA's Kepler Mission announces the discovery of a planetary system of six planets circulating the star Kepler-11. (Tha Indian)
February 3, 2011, Series Premiere of Eagleheart
February 3, 2011,
February 3, 2011,
February 3, 2011,
February 3, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests: Anti-government protestors continue to protest against the Mubarak regime for a tenth day. (Al Jazeera)
-A tense standoff between supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak continues in Cairo, with at least three people killed and 1,500 injured in fighting on Wednesday. (CNN)
-Protesters detain 120 people with IDs linking them to the police or ruling party; most were attacking protesters at the time. (The Guardian)
February 3, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-Thousands of pro- and anti-government supporters demonstrate in Yemen over the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in a planned "day of rage". (Al Jazeera)
February 3, 2011, 2010–2011 Algerian protests:
Presient Abdelaziz Bouteflika vows to lift the country's state of emergency, in force since 1992, in the "very near future". (BBC)
February 3, 2011,2011 Syrian protests: Social media mobilises the people of Syria for rallies demanding freedom, human rights and the end to emergency law, scheduled for Friday and Saturday in front of the parliament in Damascus and at Syrian embassies internationally. (Al Jazeera)
February 3, 2011, The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation announces that world food prices have risen to a record high. (BBC)
February 3, 2011, Cyclone Yasi Cyclone Yasi hits North Queensland in Australia with the worst affected towns including Mission Beach, Tully, Cardwell and Innisfail. (Melbourne Age)
-So far, there have been no reports of deaths or serious injury caused by the cyclone. (Sydney Morning Herald)
-The cyclone is downgraded from a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone to a category 1 tropical cyclone. (News Limited)
February 3, 2011, The world runs out of Internet Protocol Version 4 addresses. (Reuters)
February 4, 2011, Release of Sanctum
February 4, 2011, Release of The Roommate
February 4, 2011, Fringe S3 Ep12: Concentrate and Ask Again
The Fringe team is sent to investigate when a biological attack leaves a man dead, with no bones in his body. However, when the suspect is put into a coma, the team must rely on a former test subject of Walter's who has telepathic abilities. Meanwhile, Nina Sharp further investigates the First People.
February 4, 2011,
February 4, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Anti-government protesters demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for an eleventh day - the "Day of Departure". (The Guardian)
-Organisers of the 2011 Egyptian protests call on supporters to fill every square in Cairo after two days of clashes between supporters and opponents of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. (Washington Post)
-Protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square chant "Leave! Leave! Leave!", "Allahu akbar!" and "Today is the last day". (The Guardian)
February 4, 2011, Police beat with batons and shoot tear gas at student protesters in the Sudanese state of Sennar in demonstrations inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (Reuters)
February 4, 2011, 2011 Syrian protests:
-Syrian protestors call for a "a day of anger" against the Syrian government. (France 24)
February 4, 2011, A man from Bamboroo, Queensland becomes the first casualty of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Australia. (AAP via Brisbane Times)
-Flooding in Victoria is worsened by the remnants of Cyclone Yasi and Anthony, causing major street flooding in Melbourne. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
February 4, 2011, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi ignores his recent sex scandals to claim to the media at a summit in Brussels that he is the most popular national leader in the European Union. (Times LIVE)
February 4, 2011, NASA astronaut Mark E. Kelly, the husband of Rep Gabrielle Giffords shot last month, announces that he will resume training to command the Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission STS-134 in April. (Politico)
February 5, 2011,
February 5, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Anti-Mubarak forces continue their nationwide protests for a twelfth day, remaining in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (Al Jazeera)
-The media reports that President Mubarak's son Gamal resigns as head of the National Democratic Party bureau. Secretary Safwat el-Sharif and the six-member Steering Committee of the General Secretariat also resign. (USA Today)
-Protesters form a human chain in Tahrir Square to prevent tanks from entering the area. (CNN)
February 5, 2011, 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising:
-Tunisian police shoot dead two people and injure another 17 during a protest in the city of El Kef. (BBC)
February 5, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI ordains five new bishops, including a Chinese prelate from Hong Kong despite attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval. (AP via Google News)
February 5, 2011, UK prime minister David Cameron uses an important speech at a security conference in Munich to say "state multiculturalism" has failed, adding that the UK needs a stronger national identity and promising to promote Western values. (BBC)
February 5, 2011, The largest anti-government demonstration in years occurs in Belgrade, with thousands of disenchanted Serbs travelling to the parliament building from across the country to call for early elections there. An opposition party leader at the event compares it to the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (BBC)
February 5, 2011, Thousands of Italians attend a rally to demand the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over a sex scandal. (Sky News)
February 5, 2011, The Cleveland Cavaliers set a new record for consecutive losses in a single National Basketball Association season in the United States. (ESPN)
February 6, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
- People demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for the thirteenth consecutive day, dubbed the "Day of Martyrs" in memory of those killed. (Press TV)
-Protestors express anger at the governments of France, Israel and the United States due to their support of the thirty-year Mubarak dictatorship. (Press TV)
-Human Rights Watch expresses increased concerns at the continuing targeting by the Egyptian authorities of journalists, human rights defenders, and youth activists, while another Al Jazeera reporter is arrested. (The Guardian)
February 6, 2011, 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising:
- Police in Tunisia kill at least two people during a protest in the northwestern town of El Kef demanding the resignation of a police chief - crowds retaliate by burning the police station. (BBC
February 6, 2011, Australia:
-Thousands of people in the Australian state of Victoria are forced to evacuate due to flooding. (News Limited)
-Sydney experiences record weather conditions, hottest night on record. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
February 6, 2011, Palestinian leaders express disappointment at the refusal of the Middle East Quartet — United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia — to hear their call for unilateral statehood and failure to take a strong stance on Israel's settlement construction at its February 5 meeting in Munich. (RIA Novosti)
February 6, 2011, 24-year-old Anat Kamm, a former soldier of Israel, signs a plea bargain to plead guilty in Tel Aviv District Court to a lesser charge of leaking more than 2,000 secret military documents to the Haaretz newspaper; she may be jailed for 15 years. Haaretz reported a possibly-illegal Israeli assassination operation against Palestinians in the West Bank; her lawyer says she "believed she stumbled onto evidence of war crimes". (CP via Google News)
February 6, 2011, "Marathon Man" Stefaan Engels sets a new world record by completing 365 marathon races in a year. (BBC News)
February 6, 2011, National Football League:
-In American football, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV by a score of 31-25. (USA Today)
-Aaron Rodgers, the Packers' quarterback, is named as the Most Valuable Player. (USA Today)
February 7, 2011, The Cape S1 Ep6: Goggles and Hicks
After Faraday's last adventure, which resulted in broken ribs, Max decides the Cape must take a day off. While Faraday recuperates, Fleming hires two professional killers, Goggles and Hicks, also members of the Tarot known as Chariot, to kill the Cape once and for all. Meanwhile, Dana confronts Marty after his promotion to Police Chief about telling her the truth about Vince's case.
February 7, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-The protests continue in Egypt for a fourteenth day
February 7, 2011, AOL purchases online publisher The Huffington Post in a $315 million deal. (Huffington Post)
February 7, 2011, Constitutional Democratic Rally, the former ruling party of Tunisia is officially dissolved. (Tabnak)
February 7, 2011, The government of Haiti issues a new passport to former President of Haiti Jean-Bertrand Aristide allowing him to end his exile in South Africa. (Sun-Sentinel)
February 7, 2011, The Fox Broadcasting Company coverage of Super Bowl XLV on Sunday breaks the record for most viewed television program in the United States. (Fanhouse)
February 7, 2011, The Cleveland Cavaliers set a new record for consecutive losses in the National Basketball Association with their 25th straight defeat, a 99–96 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. (NBA Fanhouse)
February 8, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests The protests continue in Egypt for a fifteenth day, hours after a detained Google executive is released with the crowds the biggest yet. (Al Jazeera)
February 8, 2011, The United States House of Representatives fails to pass extensions of key provisions of the USA Patriot Act by the necessary two-thirds majority. (Bloomberg)
February 9, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Nationwide protests against President Hosni Mubarak and his regime continue for a sixteenth day. (Al Jazeera)
-Human rights groups say the military is secretly detaining and torturing hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents and has been doing so since the protests started. (The Guardian)
-Labour unions involving thousands of workers go on a nationwide strike, boosting the pro-democracy demonstrations occurring across the country. (Al Jazeera)
February 9, 2011, The Guardian publishes WikiLeaks cables claiming that Saudi Arabia had exaggerated its crude oil reserves by nearly 40% and will have trouble keeping a cap on oil prices. (The Guardian)
February 9, 2011, Project Merlin
-Project Merlin, an agreement on aspects of banking activity in the United Kingdom, is agreed between the coalition government and the country's four major high street banks. (BBC)
February 9, 2011, Military talks end without agreement as North Korea refuses to apologise for the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong. (Yonhap)
February 9, 2011, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claims the possibility of terrorism being carried out against the country "has evolved significantly" and, she claims, is "at its most heightened state" since the 9/11 attacks". (BBC)
February 9, 2011, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi brands "disgusting" a request by prosecutors in Milan to have him put on trial immediately in relation to sexual relations with underage prostitutes which allegedly occurred at one of his house parties. (BBC)
February 9, 2011, Spanish Basque nationalists announce a new political party named Sortu (meaning "born" in the Basque language), categorically rejecting all violence, including that of ETA. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur)
February 9, 2011, The Chamber of Councillors of Tunisia passes legislation allowing the President to rule by decree. (BBC)
February 10, 2011,
February 10, 2011, 2011 Egyptian protests:
-Protests against the Mubarak regime go on nationwide for a seventeenth consecutive day. (The Guardian)
-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refuses to resign in an address to the nation. (Al Jazeera)
February 10, 2011,North Korea that it will not conduct further talks with South Korea, citing a perceived lack of seriousness on South Korea's part. (MSNBC)
February 10, 2011, Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, the longest-tenured coach in any of North America's four major leagues, announces his resignation effective immediately. Sloan, inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, had been with the Jazz since 1988. (ESPN)
February 10, 2011, Ray Allen scores his 2,561st 3-point shot, passing Reggie Miller for the all-time NBA record for 3-point field goals made.
February 11, 2011, Release of The Eagle
February 11, 2011, Release of Gnomeo & Juliet
February 11, 2011, Release of Just go with It
February 11, 2011, Release of Cedar Rapids
February 11, 2011, Release of Justin Beiber: Never Say Never
February 11, 2011, Egyptian Revolution of 2011 / Downfall of Hosni Mubarak:
-Protests continue following last night's non-resignation speech of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. (Al Jazeera)
-Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators march on state television and presidential palaces as "Farewell Friday", the eighteenth day of protests against the Mubarak regime, gets underway. (Al Jazeera)
-Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei warns "Egypt will explode" in response to Mubarak's non-resignation speech last night. (CNN)
-Military leaders pledge to end the 30-year state of emergency law when the protests end. (Al Jazeera)
-Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, speaking in Copenhagen, becomes thefirst European Union leader to tell Mubarak to resign, saying Mubarak is "history" and that he "made a huge blunder yesterday" by giving his non-resignation speech. (CP via Google News)
-Vice President Omar Suleiman announces on state television the resignation of Hosni Mubarak as President of Egypt after 30 years in power. (BBC)
-Hosni Mubarak resigns as President of Egypt and hands power to Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. (Washington Post)
-The Mubaraks flee Cairo and head for the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (Xinhua)
February 11, 2011,
February 11, 2011, A road in Copenhagen, Denmark has been proposed a new name after former US president Ronald Reagan. (Jyllandsposten)
February 11, 2011, Iran marks the 32nd anniversary of its Revolution. (IRINN)
February 12, 2011, 2010–2011 Algerian protests:
-Thousands of people, inspired by the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, take to the streets of Algiers to protest against their own regime and to call for the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. (Al Jazeera)
-Algerian police and security forces attempt to prevent the people from participating in the illegal march for democracy and change in Algiers. (Xinhua)
-The Algerian government shuts down the internet as tear gas and plastic bullets are deployed and journalists, especially those seen with cameras, targeted by state-sponsored thugs. (The Daily Telegraph)
-The opposition says approximately 5,000 people took part in today's attempt to bring down the Bouteflika regime. (Xinhua)
February 12, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: Thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Sana'a calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country since 1978. (Al Jazeera)
-Yemeni police use clubs to beat those protesting against the Saleh regime, leaving Yemen's ally, the United States, in a "delicate position". (Taipei Times)
February 12, 2011, The extent of looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian protests is worse than previously announced. (New York Times)
February 13, 2011, Arcade Fire wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for The Suburbs (New York Times)
February 13, 2011, The King's Speech wins seven awards at the 64th British Academy Film Awards including best film and Best Actor for Colin Firth. (BBC)
February 13, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-People in Yemen march on the presidential palace in Sana'a in an attempt to bring down Ali Abdullah Saleh. (The Asian Age)
-Police block the protesters who shout slogans such as "The Yemeni people want the fall of the regime" and "A Yemeni revolution after the Egyptian revolution", as Saleh postpones a visit to his United States allies "due to the current circumstances in the region". (Reuters)
February 13, 2011, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks hails the website's role in the revolts, crediting material published via the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar as "significantly influential" in the fall of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime in Tunisia. He promises a "broad spectrum" of fresh cables about Australia involving a "number of large companies and international politics". (AFP via Google News)
February 13, 2011, Women against Berlusconi:
-Tens of thousands of women hold nationwide protests in 200 cities against Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, whom they say has damaged the standing of women with his string of sex scandals. (BBC)
February 13, 2011, Egypt's Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass says several pieces have been stolen from the Egyptian Museum during the revolution. (Straits Times)
February 14, 2011, 2011 Iranian protests:
-Anti-regime protests are due to occur in Iran. (Al Jazeera)
-Reports said that hundreds of protesters are in Azadi Square. (Bloomberg)
February 14, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests:
-Anti-regime protests occur in Bahrain. (Al Jazeera)
February 14, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-Street battles take place between protesters and police in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (BBC)
February 14, 2011, 2010–2011 Algerian protests:
-Youths clash with security forces in the northern Algerian town of Akbou. (BBC)
February 14, 2011, The Central Bank of Egypt closes banks as a result of the 2011 Egyptian protests. (Voice of America)
February 14, 2011, A court in the city of Lago Agrio, on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadorean people, orders United States oil company Chevron to pay more than $8 billion in environmental damages for dumping wastewater in the Amazon River twenty years ago. (Reuters)
February 14, 2011, Eurozone finance ministers agree to set up a permanent bail-out fund of €500 billion - the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). This replaces the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). (BBC)
February 14, 2011, The Federal Government of Australia is helping the United States investigate Australians involved with the WikiLeaks website according to Julian Assange, who requests that Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney-General Robert McClelland reveal every detail of assistance to foreign governments. (ABC News and Current Affairs)
February 14, 2011, Supporters of 23-year-old Bradley Manning, including a member of the legal advocacy team, criticise the White House for its "thuggish behaviour" and "torture" in trying to break the soldier by pressuring him to implicate Julian Assange in the alleged theft of 250,000 documents the U.S. government wished to keep secret. (ABC News and Current Affairs)
February 14, 2011, The President of the United States Barack Obama puts forward a budget for 2012 proposing heavy spending cuts but still predicting substantial budget deficits. (CNN)
February 14, 2011, The United States House of Representatives votes to extend the Patriot Act for another nine months. (Fox News)
February 14, 2011, Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than double in size after bad storms reduced their numbers a year ago. (Reuters)
February 14, 2011, In soccer, Brazilian media reports that Brazil national football team star Ronaldo is to retire at the age of 34. (AFP via Yahoo Sports)
February 14, 2011, In golf, Tiger Woods is fined after being caught spitting on the course during the Dubai Desert Classic. (Al Jazeera)
February 15, 2011,
February 15, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-Clashes take place for a fifth day in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, amid demonstrations calling for political reform. (Al Jazeera)
February 15, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests:
-Thousands of people demonstrate in Bahrain after a protester was shot dead at a funeral for another protester. (Reuters)
February 15, 2011, 2011 Iranian protests:
-Iranian politicians call for the execution of opposition leaders. (The New York Times)
February 15, 2011, The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlines a new policy on Internet freedom. (The New York Times)
February 15, 2011, The Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi is indicted on charges of paying for sex with an underaged girl and abuse of power in the so-called Rubygate scandal. (BBC)
February 15, 2011, An analysis of the FBI's scientific work in the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks on the United States finds that the Bureau overstated the strength of the links to a supply held by Bruce Ivins. (The New York Times)
February 15, 2011, A proposal by a consortium of private contractors to attack WikiLeaks and to discredit journalists in favour of the website - including Glenn Greenwald - is uncovered after thousands of e-mails are leaked onto the internet, some of which call for people who donate to be tracked and intimidated. (The Independent)
February 15, 2011, The 2012 Summer Olympics timetable is released. (BBC Sport)
February 15, 2011, Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, a Scottish Deerhound, wins Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. (ESPN)
February 16, 2011,
February 16, 2011, The Egyptian Ministry for Health estimates that at least 365 people were killed and 5,500 injured in the 2011 Egyptian protests. (RIA Novosti)
February 16, 2011, Yemeni police shoot and kill two protestors in the southern city of Aden. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
February 16, 2011, U.S. pop singer Bruno Mars pleads guilty to cocaine possession in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Las Vegas Sun)
February 16, 2011, Borders Group, the second largest bookstore chain in the United States, files for bankruptcy with plans to sell at least 200 stores. (Bloomberg)
February 16, 2011, In an FBI Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force Operation Power Outage, 74 members of Armenian Power criminal syndicate have been arrested on charges of racketeering offenses, bank fraud schemes, kidnappings, and drug trafficking. (CNN)
February 16, 2011, Protesters in Bahrain continue to occupy a square in the capital, Manama. (Al Jazeera)
February 16, 2011, IBM's Watson artificial intelligence program wins on the U.S. quiz show Jeopardy!, defeating Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, the series' most successful contestants. (PC Mag) Watson used Wikipedia, among other sources, as its knowledge base (The Vancouver Sun)
February 17, 2011,
February 17, 2011, Wisconsin:
-Schools in the American state of Wisconsin close as teachers attend rallies against proposals to limit collective bargaining for state employees. (Wisconsin State Journal)
-Democrat State Senators leave the capital Madison to avoid participating in the debate. (Wisconsin State Journal)
February 17, 2011,
February 17, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests:
-Bahrain police launch an attack on protesters in the Pearl Roundabout in the capital Manama, using tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd. (Global voices)
February 17, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests:
-14 anti-government protesters are killed as Libyan protesters seeking to oust president Muammar al-Gaddafi defied a crackdown and took to the streets in four cities on what they called a "day of rage". (The Jerusalem Post)
February 17, 2011, 2010–2011 Algerian protests:
-84 year-old Abdelhamid Mehri, former leader of Algeria's governing party, writes a letter to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika asking that he change his government in response to the unrest across the Arab world . (BBC)
February 17, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-Several people are injured in clashes between pro and anti-government protesters in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (AFP via Google News)
February 17, 2011, The inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is released finding that the accident was entirely preventable. (Oil Spill Commission)
February 17, 2011, Kosovo marks the third anniversary of its declaration of independence from Serbia. (BBC)
February 17, 2011, The Governor of Alaska Sean Parnell says that he will not implement the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act after a Florida judge ruled it was unconstitutional. (Star Tribune)
February 18, 2011, Release of Big Momma House: Like Father Like Son
February 18, 2011, Release of Unknown
February 18, 2011, Release of Number 4
February 18, 2011, The U.S. state of Wisconsin has demonstrations in the tens of thousands against a bill forcing public service workers to pay increased pension costs, increased healthcare coverage as well as striping them of almost all union rights. Senators yesterday fled the state to Illinois. (CNN)
February 18, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests:
-Anti-regime protests continue overnight after yesterday's "Day of Rage". Funerals of those killed due today. Human Rights Watch lists 24 killed and many wounded. (BBC)
-Libya shuts off access to the Internet. (TechCrunch)
February 18, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests:
-Troops and tanks patrol Manama as the Bahraini military sets up checkpoints; a ban on public gatherings is announced.(Al Jazeera)
-King of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa visits and praises the military for its nighttime crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Manama, lauding their "bravery and readiness to assume their national duties". (Press TV)
February 18, 2011, 2011 Djibouti protests:
-Police shoot tear gas at thousands of people demonstrating against the Ismail Omar Guelleh regime in Djibouti. (Al Jazeera)
February 18, 2011, 2011 Jordanian protests:
-At least 8 people are injured during an attack on a pro-democracy protest rally in Amman. (Press TV)
February 18, 2011, 2011 Iraqi protests:
-Anti-regime protests occur in Baghdad, with demonstrators calling for a larger demonstration next Friday as part of an "Iraqi revolution". (CNN)
February 18, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-Anti-regime protesters gather for the largest of eight days of demonstrations. (Bloomberg)
February 18, 2011, Tens of thousands of people march peacefully through Tirana urging the Albanian government to resign due to corruption in the Sali Berisha regime. 4 people were killed in a similar demonstration nearly a month ago. (CP via Google News)
February 18, 2011, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi proposes a reform of the Italian judiciary system restricting telephone taps, one of the methods used by prosecutors in the Ruby Rubacuori scandal. (Xinhua)
February 19, 2011, Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker rejects union concessions on the state budget as protests continue in the state capital. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
February 19, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests:
-Human Rights Watch claims that Libyan security forces have killed 84 people over the past three days. (Human Rights Watch)
February 19, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests:
-Demonstrators chase away riot police in Manama. (Deutsche Welle)
February 19, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
-At least five people are killed in demonstrations in several cities across Yemen. (BBC)
February 19, 2011, 2010-2011 Algerian protests: Police break up a pro-democracy protest in the capital Algiers. (Al Jazeera)
February 19, 2011, At least two people are killed in the Ivory Coast after Ivorian forces open fire on protesters urging the resignation of President Laurent Gbagbo. (BBC)
February 20, 2011,
February 20, 2011, The Western Conference defeats the Eastern Conference in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game 148-143 played in Los Angeles. (AP via The Salt Lake Tribune)
February 20, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests: More than 200 people are killed and 900 other are injured as military troops attack protestors in Libya.(BBC)
February 20, 2011, Authorities in the People's Republic of China crack down on political activists as calls spread online for a "Jasmine Revolution" on Sunday. (AP via The Washington Post)
February 20, 2011,
February 20, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests:
Anti-regime demonstrators continue their overnight occupation of Pearl Roundabout junction in Manama, chanting "Get out Hamad" in reference to the country's ruler, having reclaimed the junction after earlier being forced out by authorities. (Al Jazeera)
February 20, 2011, 2011 Moroccan protests:
A coalition of Moroccan youth groups called “The February 20 Movement” calls for peaceful protests in cities throughout the country. (Al Arabiya)
February 20, 2011,2011 Yemeni protests:
Nationwide anti-regime protests continue for the 11th consecutive day as one leader is arrested in Aden and thousands of people stage sit-ins in Ibb and Ta'izz calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Al Jazeera)
February 20, 2011, 2011 Iranian protests:
Iranians are invited to attend a protest rally in Tehran and other cities in commememoration of the two people killed while attempting to demonstrate for better freedoms last week. (Al Jazeera)
February 20, 2011, The Guardian reports that Raymond Davis, charged with murder in Pakistan after shooting dead two men in Lahore, worked for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). (The Guardian)
February 20, 2011, Thousands of protesters continue to demonstrate in the U.S. state of Wisconsin over reform of unions and taxes. (Al Jazeera)
February 20, 2011, Rookie NASCAR driver Trevor Bayne wins the Daytona 500. (AP via MSNBC)
February 21, 2011,
February 21, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests: The Libyan Air Force launches airstrikes on crowds of protesters. Two civilian helicopters carrying French nationals and two Libyan Mirage jets land in Malta. The Libyan pilots claim that they received orders to bomb protesters, and request political asylum. (Ynetnews)
February 21, 2011,
February 21, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests:
MPs join protests in the capital Sana'a as President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to step down. (AFP via Google News)
February 21, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests
The cancellation of the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix is announced. (BBC)
February 22, 2011, V S1 Ep7: Birth Pangs
Erica Evans goes to Bangkok to meet with Eli Cohn's lieutenants from across the globe. They are not convinced into following her as the leader, even though Eli Cohn gave her that position before he died. Erica Evans heads to Hong Kong to confront the doctor who cared for her and Eli Cohn's wife during their pregnancies. Erica and Hobbes confront the doctor, who turns out to be a Visitor, but she commits suicide rather than answer their questions. In her safe, they discover evidence of 29 survivors of their genetic experiments (each in one of the cities visited by motherships), including Tyler Evans. Meanwhile, Anna discovers that Tyler's phosphorus levels are abnormally low. While asking Joshua to boost Tyler's phosphorus levels, he dispatches Raphael, who amongst the 29 subjects, has the best clinical data, to the New York mothership and asks Lisa to entertain him. Lisa, Anna's daughter & Diana begin to bond, uniting against Anna. Diana warns Lisa not to trust anyone on board the mothership, and not to reveal her emotions. However, she cannot continue her courtship of Raphael, due to her feelings for Tyler. Anna begins to doubt Lisa's loyalty, and asks Joshua to test her. She also reveals to Joshua that she has saved one last queen egg, so that she can replace Lisa if she should fail. However, Joshua warns that they need to accelerate the new hatchlings growth, if they were to succeed. Anna then asks Joshua to experiment on Ryan's hybrid child. As a result of the experimentation, the child grows immune to the pain that they initially put in her, so that she would need Anna's bliss. Erica and the Fifth Column realize that the last batch of live-aboards will be transported to the motherships soon, and Anna will have all she needs for her breeding program. As a result, they plot to stop the last batch from arriving on board the mothership.
February 22, 2011, 2011 Canterbury earthquake: An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude strikes the district of Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand, disrupting communications to the area and closing Christchurch Airport. (New Zealand Herald)
February 22, 2011, 2011 Libyan uprising: The leader of Libya Muammar al-Gaddafi appears on state television to disprove claims that he has fled. (AFP via News Limited)
February 22, 2011,
February 22, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: Clashes take place between pro and anti-government demonstrators across the country. (AFP via Google News)
February 22, 2011, 2010-2011 Algerian protests: The Algerian government adopts a draft law lifting the state of emergency in the country, in place since 1992.(BBC)
February 22, 2011,2011 Iranian protests: Iranian security forces arrest the son of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi. (Reuters via SBS News Australia)
February 23, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests
-Italy's foreign minister says as many as 1,000 people have been killed in Libya during the unrest. (Reuters)
-Anti-government protestors and defectors take control of more cities.(Al Jazeera)
February 23, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: Eight members of the ruling General People's Congress party resign after the deaths of protestors. (RFI)
February 23, 2011, Oil prices reach a two-year high due to uncertainty in the Middle East most notably in Libya. (AP via News Limited)
February 23, 2011, Stock markets in the United States and Europe fall due to uncertainty in the Middle East and rising oil prices. (Bloomberg)
February 23, 2011, 2011 Canterbury earthquake: 300 persons are estimated to be still missing in Christchurch, New Zealand, following yesterday's earthquake with the official death toll reaching 75. (NZ Herald)
February 23, 2011, Online calls for "Jasmine Revolution" and protest continue in China, as several people are detained. (The New York Times)
February 24, 2011,
February 24, 2011, The United States Space Shuttle Discovery takes off for its final mission. (AP via Fox News)
February 24, 2011,
February 24, 2011,
February 24, 2011, 2011 Algerian protests: Algeria officially lifts its 19-year-old state of emergency.(CNN)
February 24, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: The President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh orders security forces to protect protestors. (AP via Observer Today)
February 24, 2011, 2011 Yemeni protests: The President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh orders security forces to protect protestors. (AP via Observer Today)
February 24, 2011, Rolling Stone Magazine alleges that United States Army Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell ordered a campaign of "psychological operations" to persuade influential people to continue support for the War in Afghanistan. (Rolling Stone)
February 24, 2011, CBS and Warner Bros. Television shut down Two and a Half Men for the remainder of the current season due to concerns about Charlie Sheen's health and behaviour. (Access Hollywood)
February 24, 2011, 2011 Canterbury earthquake The death toll from the earthquake reaches 98 with police fearing for another 226. (New Zealand Herald)
February 24, 2011, A Saudi Arabian student is arrested in Texas for allegedly planning a terrorist attack against the Dallas home of former President of the United States George W. Bush as a target as well as New York City and dams in California and Colorado. (AP via KIII-TV)
February 25, 2011, Release of Drive Angry
February 25, 2011, Release of Hall Pass
February 25, 2011, Release of Shelter
February 25, 2011, Fringe S3 Ep15: Subject 13
February 25, 2011,
February 25, 2011,
February 25, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests Leader Muammar Gaddafi addresses a crowd of supporters in the capital Tripoli. (Al Jazeera)
February 25, 2011, 2011 Iraqi protests At least twenty-nine are killed in a "Day of Rage" protesting against economic problems and corruption in the country. (Al Jazeera)
February 25, 2011, 2011 Bahraini protests
Thousands of people stage an anti-government protest in the capital Manama, on a day of mourning declared by the government following the deaths of protesters. (Reuters)
February 25, 2011, Christian Dior suspends fashion designer John Galliano following his arrest in Paris for allegedly making an anti-Semetic rant towards a couple in a cafe as well as an assault. (Daily Telegraph)
February 25, 2011, 2011 Canterbury earthquake The death toll from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake in New Zealand rises to 113 with at least 226 people missing. (CNN)
February 26, 2011, 2011 Libyan protests Internal and international pressure continues on leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to stand down from power.(Al Jazeera)
February 26, 2011, Nearly 70,000 people attend a rally in the U.S. city of Madison, Wisconsin over plans by the Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker to remove collective bargaining rights from most state employees. (Wisconsin State Journal)
February 26, 2011, 2011 Canterbury earthquake The death toll from the earthquake in New Zealand rises to 144 and there is great concern about 200 more people missing. (Reuters)
February 26, 2011,
February 26, 2011, 2011 Croatian protests: Tens of thousands of protesters meet in the Croatian capital Zagreb's Ban Jelačić Square to express their support for indicted Croatian War of Independence veterans and ask Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's government to resign. (Jutarnji list)
February 26, 2011, The King of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa reshuffles his Cabinet in response the 2011 Bahraini protests. (CNN)
February 27, 2011, The 83rd Academy Awards are held to honor the best films in 2010 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California. (Academy Awards)
-The King's Speech wins the Academy Award for Best Picture. (Los Angeles Times)
February 28, 2011, Protests in Bahrain, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen.
February 28, 2011, The ban on product placement in television programmes is lifted, allowing advertisers to pay for their goods to be seen on British TV. The first product to be displayed in this regard is a Nescafe coffee machine, which appeared on This Morning. (BBC)
February 28, 2011, Hollywood actress and former sex symbol Jane Russell dies at age 89 of respiratory failure in Santa Maria, California. (Fox Central Florida)
February 28, 2011, Crude oil prices rise to their highest levels in two years as stock market indexes fall in Europe and the United States due to continued uncertainty in the Middle East. (Bloomberg)
February 28, 2011, The United Kingdom's largest bank HSBC doubles its profits to $19bn (£11.8bn) in 2010. (The Guardian)
February 28, 2011, The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key estimates that the total cost of the 2011 and 2010 earthquakes is up to NZ$20 billion. (News Talk ZB)
February 28, 2011, Iran threatens to boycott the 2012 Summer Olympics ostensibly because its logo spells Zion. (The Guardian)
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