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At least 40 people are killed when TransAsia Airways Flight 235 (aircraft pictured) crashes shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan. In American football, the New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl. The Australian Open tennis tournament concludes with Serena Williams winning the women's singles and Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles. Sergio Mattarella is elected President of Italy. In association football, the AFC Asian Cup concludes with host nation Australia defeating South Korea in the final. Attacks by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, kill 32 people. Recent deaths: Charlie Sifford – Richard von Weizsäcker – Carl Djerassi

Current events of February 7, 2015 (2015-02-07) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks North Korea test fires a new "ultra-precision" intelligent missile which is to be deployed across its navy. (AFP via France 24) War in Donbass The leaders of France, Germany and Russia agree to work on a peace plan to be put to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Sunday. (BBC) Iraqi insurgency (2011–present) Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 37 people hours before the city's curfew was due to end. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility. (AP via Los Angeles Times), (AP via KSL) Islamist insurgency in Nigeria Nigeria postpones its general election for six weeks to allow its armed forces to control parts of the country currently controlled by Boko Haram. (Irish Times) Business and economy The management of Twentieth Century Fox considers granting permission to a group of investors, including some hedge funds, seeking to amend the company's charter and turn their type of voting shares of stock into non-voting shares, a conversion that might raise that type of shares' market price and that also would further concentrate control in the hands of Rupert Murdoch and his family. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents TransAsia cancels dozens of flights to retrain its pilots following the crash of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 earlier in the week. (AFP via Daily Mail) Politics Queensland Liberal National Party voters elect Lawrence Springborg as their leader with John-Paul Langbroek as deputy leader. (ABC News Australia) Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015 Voters in the Indian capital Delhi go to the polls for Legislative Assembly elections. (First Post) Current events of February 6, 2015 (2015-02-06) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL claims that the American female hostage Kayla Jean Mueller has been killed by Jordanian airstrikes at the outskirts of Raqqa, Syria. The White House says that they have no proof of her death. (AP) (AP via Twitter) (CNN), (BBC) Boko Haram Boko Haram attacks two towns in Niger but is repulsed by the Niger Army with assistance from the Chad Air Force. (AP via St Louis Post Dispatch), (Nigerian Guardian) Business and economy German engineering firm Siemens announces plans to axe 7,800 jobs, 3000 of which are in Germany. (AFP via France24) Disasters and accidents Ecuador declares a state of emergency in the Galápagos Islands after a ship carrying hazardous materials ran aground January 28. (Daily Mail) Law and crime Mexican police find at least 61 bodies in an abandoned crematorium in Acapulco. (BBC) The Supreme Court of Canada strikes down a ban on assisted suicide meaning doctors can now assist mentally competent patients with severe and incurable conditions to die. (The Independent) Politics and elections The Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott faces a possible leadership vote when the Parliament of Australia resumes sitting after backbencher Luke Simpkins announces that he will move a motion calling for a leadership spill. (Reuters) Xanana Gusmão resigns as the Prime Minister of East Timor ahead of an expected government restructure next week. (AP) Houthi insurgency in Yemen Houthi rebels take control in Yemen and dissolve the parliament. (Al-Arabiyah) Current events of February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War The United Arab Emirates suspends air strikes against the Islamic State after a video of a Jordanian air force pilot being burned alive is published online. The suspension is due to concerns over a lack of coalition search and rescue capabilities in Syria to recover downed pilots. (NBC News) State news agency SANA claims that insurgent group Jaysh al-Islam has conducted a rocket attack on Damascus with at least eight people injured. (Reuters Trust) Arts and culture A Paul Gauguin painting “Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?),” is reportedly sold to a Qatari buyer for close to $300 million. (New York Times) Business and economy American pharmaceutical Pfizer announces plans to acquire Hospira at a cost of $17 billion. (Street Insider) American electronics retailer RadioShack files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Reuters via CNBC) Disasters and accidents A China shopping mall fire started by a nine-year-old boy kills at least 17 people. (BBC) Law and crime Eddie Ray Routh goes on trial for the alleged murder of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield in the Texas town of Stephenville. (CBC) British 70s glam rock star Gary Glitter is convicted of historic child sexual abuse charges and faces the prospect of life imprisonment. (The Telegraph) Politics and elections Tunisia gets a unity government led by Habib Essid and consisting of ministers from the big-tent secular party Nidaa Tounes, the two liberal parties UPL and Afek Tounes, and the moderate Islamist Ennahda as well as independents; 166 of the 217 legislators in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People approves of it. (Deutsche Welle) (Al Jazeera) Current events of February 4, 2015 (2015-02-04) (Wednesday) Armed conflict and attacks Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Jordan executes convicted Iraqi terrorists Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli in response to the execution by ISIL of Jordanian Air Force lieutenant Muath Al-Kasasbeh. (USA Today) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Gunmen storm Libya's al-Mabrook oil field. (Reuters) War in Donbass At least three people are killed and many are injured after a shell hits a hospital in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. (BBC) Boko Haram Boko Haram militants reportedly raid the Cameroonian town of Fotokol in Cameroon's Far North Region with scores of people killed. (Voice of America), (CNN) The Chad Army claims to have killed 200 militants and lost nine soldiers in fighting in northern Nigeria. (BBC) Anthem Inc. discloses that criminal hackers have broken into its servers and potentially stolen over 80 million records that contain personally identifiable information from its servers. According to Anthem, the data breach extends into multiple brands Anthem uses to market its healthcare plans, including, Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Amerigroup, Caremore, Unicare, Healthlink, and DeCare. Anthem says the medical information and financial data was not compromised. (NBC News),(AP) Business and the economy Mao Xiaofeng abruptly resigns as the President of Minsheng Banking Corporation and is investigated for corruption. He reportedly had links with disgraced Chinese official Ling Jihua. (SCMP) Disasters and accidents TransAsia Airways Flight 235 A TransAsia Airways ATR 72 turboprop aircraft with fifty-eight people on board crashes into the Keelung River near the Taiwanese capital Taipei. At least 31 people were killed with several injured or missing. (Bloomberg), (Fox News), (BBC) Two homes are destroyed and several others damaged after 100 km/h winds spark a scrub fire near the Christchurch suburb of Hornby in New Zealand. (Stuff) Law and crime Ross Ulbricht, aka "Dread Pirate Roberts" the owner of the Silk Road Deep Web illicit products website, is convicted of seven charges including trafficking and money laundering in the United States. (Wired) Politics and elections 2015 Mamasapano clash The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines says that it will not join growing calls for the impeachment and resignation of Philippines President Benigno Aquino III caused by a botched police operation. (Rappler) Fiji will adopt a replacement for its flag which it says is a symbol of colonialism. (BBC) Current events of February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks In the town of Chuddogram in eastern Bangladesh, anti-government protesters firebomb a bus full of sleeping passengers, leaving seven people dead. (AFP via ABC News) Egyptian Army soldiers fire warning shots at the Gaza Strip after an explosion occurs on the Gaza side of the border near a convoy. (Reuters) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant posts pictures of Jordanian Air Force pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh being burnt alive which Jordan believes are a month old. (BBC) Arts and culture American author Harper Lee announced plans to publish her second book, a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, that was completed in the 1950s but misplaced. July 14, 2015 will be the release date for Go Set a Watchman. (The Telegraph) (ABC News) Disasters and accidents 2014–15 Australian bushfire season The Department of Fire and Emergency Services orders the evacuation of residents of the Western Australia town of Northcliffe as a bushfire approaches. (Perth Now) An explosion at the Galleria 220 shopping center in the Perth suburb of Morley kills at least one person and injures nine others. (News Limited) 2014–15 North American winter Ten people die in Cook County, Illinois while shoveling snow. (Chicago Tribune) A collision between a commuter train and a passenger vehicle kills six in Valhalla, New York. (AP via MSN), (CBS Local) International relations The Iranian parliament passes a new bill that requires the Rouhani administration to cancel the Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program in case of new US sanctions, as a response to a similar action by the Congress. (Icana) Law and crime Standard & Poor's reaches settlements totaling $1.5 billion with the U.S. Justice Department and several U.S. states for inflating ratings on subprime mortgage bonds in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. (Bloomberg) The investigator into the death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman states that Nisman had drafted a request that President Cristina Fernandez be arrested for allegedly attempting to derail his investigation of the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 people. (Reuters) Politics and elections John Baird resigns as the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs. (Daily Mail) Current events of February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Moro insurgency in the Philippines Foreign investors withdraw "billions of pesos" from the Philippines after a deadly battle threatened to derail the March 2014 peace deal. (The Straits Times), (Agence France Presse via Yahoo! News) War in Donbass Artillery shelling of Donetsk leaves at least one civilian dead while five Ukrainian Army soldiers are killed in heavy fighting. (Reuters via LBC) A shootout between Lesotho Defence Force soldiers and two former bodyguards of Prime Minister Tom Thabane leaves at least one bystander killed and three others wounded. (Reuters) Islamist insurgency in Nigeria A female suicide bomber attacks minutes after the President of Nigeria leaves an election rally in the city of Gombe resulting in at least one death and eighteen people injured. (BBC) Arts and culture The four remaining original copies of the Magna Carta go on public display at the British Library in London to commemorate the 800th anniversary signing of the document in June 1215. (AFP via AsiaOne) Business and economy File sharing site Pirate Bay returns online after having been shut down by Swedish authorities in December 2014. (Sydney Morning Herald) Disasters and accidents 2014–15 North American winter A winter storm causes the cancellation of school in the midwestern United States and the cancellation of 1,000 flights. (Daily Mail) International relations Gaza–Israel conflict Canadian academic William Schabas resigns as the head of a United Nations committee investigating alleged Israeli war crimes in an offensive in the Gaza Strip during 2014 due to Israel alleging bias due to consultancy work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organisation. (Reuters) Law and crime Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn goes on trial in France on pimping charges. (BBC) Police in Tupelo, Mississippi, US arrest Thomas Jesse Lee for killing his wife and four other members of his family in LaGrange, Georgia. (Fox News) Science and technology Iran successfully puts the Fajr satellite in orbit using a Safir-B1 rocket. (Spaceflight Now) Current events of February 1, 2015 (2015-02-01) (Sunday) Law and crime Egypt deports Australian journalist Peter Greste after being jailed with two al-Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed 400 days before. (BBC) Four-hundred African migrants charge past Moroccan border forces by throwing rocks, trying to storm border fences separating Spain's North African enclave Melilla, but Spanish guards repel them. (AP via Fox News) Politics and elections Pro-democracy protesters peacefully return to the streets of Hong Kong for the first time since the end of Occupy Central protests in December. (AFP France 24) (Reuters) Sports 2015 Australian Open In tennis, Novak Djokovic of Serbia beats Andy Murray of the United Kingdom in the Australian Open Men's Singles Final. Djokovic is the first man to win five Australian Open championships in the open era. (ABC News), (The Guardian) Super Bowl XLIX In American football, the New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks 28–24 in the Super Bowl at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (BBC), (NFL) Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wins his third MVP award at a Super Bowl and becomes the third quarterback to win four Super Bowls after Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw. (Sports International) 2015 World Men's Handball Championship In handball, France beats Qatar in the final to win a record fifth world championship. (Gulf Times) Poland wins the bronze medal having beaten Spain by 29–28. (marca.com) More January 2015 events...

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Lockhart 17: Greg Plitt 16: Yao Beina 16: Stuart Loory 16: Ray Lumpp 15: Ervin Drake 15: Kim Fowley 15: Ethel Lang 15: Ray Nagel 15: Chikao Ōtsuka 15: Bob Wilson  Ongoing conflicts Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Eritrea and Ethiopia Second Afar insurgency Ethiopia Ogaden insurgency OLF insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Conflict in the Niger Delta Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Sudanese nomadic conflicts Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War Taliban insurgency China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemen Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent: January 4: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber (2nd round) 7: Lebanon, President (17th round) 8: Sri Lanka, President 11: Croatia, President (2nd round) 20: Zambia, President 25: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (1st round) 25: Greece, Parliament 28: Lebanon, President (18th round) 29–31: Italy, President (1st–4th rounds) Ongoing 7: Slovakia, Referendum Upcoming: February 14: Nigeria, President and National Assembly 18: Lebanon, President (19th round) 22: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (2nd round) 28: Lesotho, National Assembly  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing Egypt: Mohamed Morsi Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Jodi Arias International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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