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*<!--17 Feb--> At least sixteen people are killed in '''[[2015 Haiti Carnival stampede|a stampede]]''' at a [[Mardi Gras]] parade in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti. |
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*<!--16 Feb--> Egypt strikes [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] targets in [[Libya]] after a video is released showing the '''[[2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya|beheading]]''' of twenty-one Egyptian [[Copts|Copts]]. |
*<!--16 Feb--> Egypt strikes [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] targets in [[Libya]] after a video is released showing the '''[[2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya|beheading]]''' of twenty-one Egyptian [[Copts|Copts]]. |
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*<!--15 Feb--> ''[[Taxi (2015 film)|Taxi]]'', by Iranian director [[Jafar Panahi]] ''(pictured)'', wins the [[Golden Bear]] at the '''[[65th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]'''. |
*<!--15 Feb--> ''[[Taxi (2015 film)|Taxi]]'', by Iranian director [[Jafar Panahi]] ''(pictured)'', wins the [[Golden Bear]] at the '''[[65th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]'''. |
Revision as of 06:32, 20 February 2015
- At least sixteen people are killed in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- Egypt strikes ISIS targets in Libya after a video is released showing the beheading of twenty-one Egyptian Copts.
- Taxi, by Iranian director Jafar Panahi (pictured), wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- The attempted rape and subsequent murder of a student on a bus spark protests across Turkey.
- Two people are killed in shootings at a free-speech seminar and at a synagogue service in Copenhagen.
Ongoing:
Boko Haram – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – War in Ukraine
Recent deaths:
Philip Levine – Louis Jourdan
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