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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (pictured) is imprisoned for five years after the country's Federal Court upholds his conviction for sodomy. Sam Smith wins Record of the Year and Beck wins Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. In association football, the Africa Cup of Nations concludes with Ivory Coast defeating Ghana in the final. Boyhood wins three awards, including Best Film, at the British Academy Film Awards. Paul Gauguin's When Will You Marry? sells for $300m (£197m), the highest known price ever paid for any painting. Ross Ulbricht is found guilty of seven offenses related to the creation and running of the Silk Road website. Recent deaths: Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat – Bob Simon – Jerry Tarkanian

Current events of February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2015 Copenhagen attacks Three people are shot near a Copenhagen synagogue a day after the shootings at the Free Speech Gathering with one person dying. (PA via The Independent), (The Australian) Danish police kill a man at the Noerreport train station after an exchange of gunfire. (Reuters/AFP via ABC News Australia) Current events of February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Donbass Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warns of a threat to a planned ceasefire tonight from heavy fighting today and accuses Russia of "significantly increasing" its offensive. In a live interview he ordered all Ukrainian forces to cease fire after midnight. (BBC) Internal conflict in Burma Myanmar launches air strikes against rebels in the Kokang area as dozens of soldiers have died in fighting in recent weeks. (AFP via France 24) 2015 Copenhagen attacks Danish Police seek at least two gunmen who fired automatic weapons at a free speech seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark, killing one civilian and injuring three police officers who had been guarding the seminar and the Swedish artist Lars Vilks known for controversial drawings of the prophet Mohammed. (BBC News), (The Guardian),(CBC) A second shooting, this time in front of the synagogue, leaves one dead. (AP) Arts and culture Pope Francis appoints twenty new cardinals resulting in a majority of members of the College of Cardinals being from outside Europe for the first time ever. (BBC) Disasters and accidents There is a blizzard warning in place for eastern Massachusetts in the northeastern United States. (Boston.com) Heath Twelve people die of swine flu in the Indian state of Gujarat taking the death toll to 136 since January with 130 new cases reported. (IBN live) International relations Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) The United Arab Emirates suspends its embassy operations in Yemen due to security concerns surrounding the recent Shiite Houthi rebel take over of the country. (AFP via France 24) Law and crime The Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott issues a last-minute plea for Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran facing the death penalty in Indonesia. (The Australian) Former President of Chad Hissene Habre will stand trial in Senegal for alleged war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. (BBC) A motorcycle gunman shoots and kills a journalist in the Philippines who had been critical of local officials' alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade. The murder of the journalist is the 34th since the regime of Benigno Aquino III began in 2010. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Canadian Police foil a planned Valentines Day massacre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Reuters via News24), (CBC) Sport The 2015 Cricket World Cup begins with New Zealand playing Sri Lanka at Christchurch's Hagley Oval and Australia playing England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (The Guardian) (ABC News Australia) The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces the first five members of its 2015 induction class. Louie Dampier and John Isaacs will be inducted as players, Lindsay Gaze and Tom Heinsohn as coaches, and George Raveling as a contributor. Heinsohn, already a member as a player, will become the fourth person enshrined as both a player and a coach. Other members of the induction class will be announced on April 6. (ESPN) Current events of February 13, 2015 (2015-02-13) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Internal conflict in Burma Several days of clashes with Kokang rebels in the north of the country kills forty-seven Myanmar Army soldiers with dozens wounded. (CNN) Assam conflict A grenade attack by the United Liberation Front of Assam on a family in the town of Sepon in India's Assam state kills two people. (NDTV) War in Donbass Ahead of the upcoming February 15 start of the agreed ceasefire, fighting in the past 24 hours kills eight Armed Forces of Ukraine service personnel. (Reuters) War in North-West Pakistan Pakistan announces the arrest of twelve Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in relation to their alleged involvement in last year's school massacre. (Al-Jazeera) Police and gunmen exchange gunfire in Peshawar after an explosion is reported at a nearby Shia mosque. (BBC) Boko Haram insurgency Boko Haram militants attack Chad for the first time after 30 fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked the village of Ngouboua. Chad recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition against Boko Haram. (BBC) Business and economy Fitch Ratings downgrades Ukraine's credit rating to junk bond status predicting it is likely to default on its debts. (AFP via France24) Disasters and accidents A bus crashes with a freight train in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, killing at least sixteen people and injuring 30. (Reuters) Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes in the Aberdeen district of Freetown following the death of a fisherman. (AFP via West Australian) International relations United Nations negotiators produce an early draft on an agreement to be put to a conference on climate change in Paris in December. (AP) Law and crime An Egyptian court orders the release from prison of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy in Cairo. (CP via CP24) Politics and elections The Queensland Labor Party led by Annastacia Palaszczuk will be in a position to form a minority government after the polls are declared in the Queensland state election. (ABC Australia) Voters elect Wang Rong Chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Guangdong province, in China, replacing Zhu Mingguo, who was dismissed for corruption. (SCMP) The Governor of Oregon John Kitzhaber resigns amid allegations his fiancee used taxpayer resources to aid her green-energy consulting business. Kate Brown moves up to Governor from being the Secretary of State. (AP)(AP)(The New York Times) Current events of February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Donbass The President of Russia Vladimir Putin announces the third peace agreement. (AP)(Euronews) Yemeni Civil War Fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia take control of an army base in southern Yemen. (Reuters via Daily Times) Arts and culture Reporters without Borders's annual review finds "(t)here was a drastic decline in freedom of information in 2014" because of information wars and action by non-state groups. (Reporters without Borders) (The Daily Star (Lebanon)) Business and economy The National Retail Federation worries as products languish on ships and docks at western U.S. ports as negotiations continue between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. (AP) Online travel and leisure booking website Expedia announces plans to buy rival Orbitz for $1.3 billion. (Christian Science Monitor) Law and crime Six Taiwanese prisoners commit suicide after releasing hostages captured yesterday in Kaohsiung. The prisoners were protesting their sentences and alleged poor conditions of the Taiwanese prison system. (BBC) The FBI launches a hate crime investigation into the February 11 killing of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (News Observer) Politics and elections The US Senate confirms Ashton Carter as the 25th Secretary of Defense. (USA Today) Julius Malema and members of the Economic Freedom Fighters are forcibly removed from the National Assembly of South Africa during President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address. Times Live SABC Science and technology A large meteorite falls in northern New Zealand. kelownanow.com stuff.co.nz Current events of February 11, 2015 (2015-02-11) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Iraqi clashes and attacks kill at least 31 people. (AP) Business and economy Rite Aid, one of the largest chains of pharmacies in the United States, announces that it is purchasing EnvisionRx, a pharmacy benefits manager, from TPG Capital, for $2 billion. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents The Greek Coast Guard rescues all 22 crewmen from a Cyprus-flagged vessel Good Faith that ran aground on the Greek island of Andros during a storm in the Aegean Sea. (AP) A 106-car pileup occurs on Yeongjong Bridge in Incheon, South Korea, leaving two men dead and more than 65 people injured. (BBC) Costa Concordia disaster A court in the city of Grosseto convicts the former captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, of manslaughter for his part in the ship's January 2012 sinking, and sentences him to 16 years in jail. (BBC) International relations Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) The United States, United Kingdom, and France close their Yemeni embassies and evacuate their staff due to terrorist activities and continued unrest. (USA Today) General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States next September. (AP) War in Donbass Leaders from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine meet in the Belarusian capital Minsk for peace talks. (CNN) Law and crime Police arrest a suspected shooter Craig Stephen Hicks for killing a Muslim family of three in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Police state that the shooting was motivated by a long-standing neighbor dispute over parking. (The Independent)(AP) A shooting at a wedding in Newtownbutler, Northern Ireland kills one and injuries one while another victim was injured by a knife. (BBC) Science and technology SpaceX launches a weather observation satellite, Deep Space Climate Observatory, at 6:03 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral, Florida (for the US Air Force/NASA/NOAA), but postpones making of a second attempt to land a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket on a floating platform called the autonomous spaceport drone ship, following the January 10 failure during the SpaceX CRS-5 mission. SpaceX instead, attempts a "mock" soft-landing into the Atlantic ocean (AP)(AP) Sports Little League Baseball strips Chicago's Little League championship team Jackie Robinson West of their 2014 Little League World Series US title after an investigation revealed the team had falsified boundaries to field ineligible players. The league names Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas, Nevada, the US champion due to the vacating of Jackie Robinson West's wins. (AP)(Little League.org) Current events of February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Donbass Fighting kills fifteen people and leaves 60 injured as missiles hit Ukraine's military headquarters in the city of Kramatorsk. (Radio Free Europe) The Obama Administration announces the creation of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, a new United States federal government agency that will be a fusion center between existing agencies and the private sector for real-time use against cyber attacks. (Reuters) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant The United States confirms the death of ISIL hostage Kayla Mueller. (Fox News) Arts and culture NBC Nightly News suspends American newsreader Brian Williams from broadcasting for six months for exaggerating a story about his personal experiences on a helicopter during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (AP) American comedian and satirist Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, announces his departure from the show, which is due to take place at the end of the year. (Reuters) The European Broadcasting Union announces that Australia will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in Vienna 2015; it will be the first country ever outside of the European Broadcasting Area, as well as the first associated member of the EBU, to participate (Eurovision.tv) (ESC Today) Business and economy Apple, Inc. becomes the first company in the world to close with a market capitalization over $700 billion. (AP) International relations Wang Yu-chi resigns as Taiwan's Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council responsible for maintaining relations with the People's Republic of China. (Reuters) Law and crime The Federal Court of Malaysia rejects opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's appeal against sodomy charges meaning he will start serving a five-year sentence. (Reuters) Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. states that a 50-person bribery case involves New York City inspectors, landlords, and contractors with payoffs to get safety violations dismissed and procure phony eviction orders. (AP) Politics and elections The February 7 Delhi Legislative Assembly election results in the Aam Aadmi Party leading in 63 out of 70 seats. (BBC) Current events of February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Donbass Fighting in the past 24 hours kills at least nine Ukrainian soldiers. (Reuters) An artillery shell causes a massive explosion at a chemical plant in Donetsk. (ABC News) Ukraine claims that Russia has sent 1,500 troops and convoys of military hardware into the Ukraine on the weekend. Russia denies these claims. (Times of India) Boko Haram Boko Haram launch a raid on a prison in the town of Diffa in Niger. Authorities repel the attack. (AP) Hooded gunmen attack French police in the city of Marseille, which Prime Minister Manuel Valls is due to visit. (The Telegraph) Several attacks, including a suicide bombing, kill at least 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, in a predominantly Shiite part of the capital. (AP) Members of Ireland's police force Garda Síochána raid the Dublin home of former MEP Paul Murphy TD, taking Murphy into custody along with three other activists and politicians opposing the water-tax-rate change, stirring nationwide speculation of "political policing." The police later release all four without charges. (Independent.IE) (The Irish Times) (The Irish Times) War in Somalia (2009–present) Islamists from al-Shabab kill a member of the parliament Abdullahi Qayad Barre in the capital city of Mogadishu, Somalia. (BBC) Business and economy A Canadian gold mining company, Tahoe Resources, agrees to buy Rio Alto Mining for more than CAN$1 billion, part of an ongoing consolidation in the precious metals mining industry. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents Mountaineers claim to have found in the Andes the wreckage of LAN Chile Flight 210 that disappeared in August 1961 killing 24 people on board including eight members and two coaches of the Club de Deportes Green Cross football team. (The Independent) The U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, sets all-time records for amount of snow on the ground and amount of snow over 30-day and 40-day periods in 17 days. (WCVB) (NBC News) Two buses crash head-on in Bình Thuận’s Hàm Thuận Nam District, Viet Nam, killing 10 people and injuring 9 others. (Thanh Nien News) Law and crime Samsung reveals potential for next generation smart TVs to eavesdrop. (AP) Politics and elections Bahrain suspends the newly launched Alarab News Channel. On February 1, 2015, Alarab's first day of operations, Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority had ordered the channel to cease broadcasting since it had not done enough to combat “extremism and terrorism.” Alarab had debuted with a Shia opposition politician interview. (Al Jazeera) (The Nation (Pakistan)) More February 2015 events...

Time: 05:32 UTC  |  Day: 15 February  |   << February 2015 >> S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28    More February 2015 events... About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia  Ongoing events Economic Eurozone crisis Financial crisis in Russia Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL War in Afghanistan Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths February 2015 14: Michele Ferrero 13: Nguyễn Bá Thanh 12: Faith Bandler 12: David Carr 12: Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat 12: Gary Owens 12: Steve Strange 11: Ray Hathaway 11: Anthony Low 11: Michael Raupach 11: Bob Simon 11: Jerry Tarkanian 10: Deng Liqun 10: Bill Enyart 10: Dane A. Miller 9: Ed Sabol 8: Kenji Ekuan 8: Mario Vázquez Raña 8: Andrew Rosenfeld 7: Billy Casper 7: Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron 7: Joe B. Mauldin 7: Dean Smith 7: John C. Whitehead 6: André Brink 6: Assia Djebar 6: Kayla Mueller 6: Alan Nunnelee 5: K. N. Choksy 5: Henri Coppens 5: Stay Gold 5: Anne Moody 4: Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly 4: Sajida al-Rishawi 4: Norman Yemm 3: Frank Borghi 3: Koos Van Den Akker 3: Christophe Gbenye 3: Martin Gilbert 3: Mary Healy 3: Hay List 3: Charlie Sifford 2: Dave Bergman 2: The Jacka 2: Stewart Stern 1: Aldo Ciccolini 1: Udo Lattek 1: Ann Mara 1: Molade Okoya-Thomas 1: Monty Oum  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 Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine 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 Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent: January–February 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) 7: Slovakia, Referendum Upcoming: February–March 18: Lebanon, President (19th round) 22: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (2nd round) 28: Lesotho, National Assembly 1: Estonia, Parliament 1: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives  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, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot 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 China: Ji Jianye 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 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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