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TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES - None at this time Details |
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EARTHQUAKES - Fiji Details |
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H5N1 - Status - 52 Countries, 403 Cases, 254 Deaths (63%)Details |
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Afghanistan |
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11 Feb |
Suicide attackers and gunmen have targeted three government buildings in Kabul, leaving 19 people dead. Details |
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Australia |
C |
11 Feb |
New fires in Australia. Details |
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Azerbaijan |
C |
18 Mar |
Constitutional referendum on abolishing presidential term limits. Details |
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11 Feb |
Commander of Azerbaijan's air force has been shot dead outside his house in Baku. Details |
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Bahrain |
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11 Feb |
Protesters set fire to garbage and tires to block roads despite a security crackdown to disperse demonstrators protesting over the arrest of shiite activists. |
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Barbados |
C |
11 Feb |
Labour strike. Most businesses and services are currently closed due to demonstrations in the streets. |
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Democratic Rep. Of Congo |
I |
11 Feb |
Torrential rains in Mbandaka. Details |
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Ethiopia |
I |
11 Feb |
Police arrest a suspect in the death of a 25-year-old American diplomat found dead in his home in Addis Ababa. Details |
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Fiji Islands |
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11 Feb |
2 5.5 earthquakes. Details |
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France |
C |
19 Mar |
French unions calling for a national day of action on March 19. Details |
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13 Feb - 2 Mar |
Carnival de Nice - Feb 13 to March 2. |
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11 Feb - 12 Feb |
Thousands of students march in Paris to demand an increase in scholarship funds and protest government plans to cut university jobs. Details |
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11 Feb |
Interpol issues a security alert for 85 suspected al Qaeda-linked terrorists wanted by Saudi Arabia. Details |
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Gabon |
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11 Feb |
Police arrest two European journalists for posing as tourists while they tried to dig up a story on French Foreign Minister. Details |
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Germany |
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19 Feb - 20 Feb |
Carnival celebrations in western and southwestern Germany. Cities affected include Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz. |
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Grenada |
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11 Feb |
Doctor's strike. Details |
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11 Feb |
Medical suppliers suspend deliveries until state hospitals pay their debt. Details |
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Guadeloupe |
I |
11 Feb |
Labour strike continues. |
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Guatemala |
C |
11 Feb |
Gang members throw a molotov cocktail on a public bus after the driver refused to extortion demands in La Parroquia bus station. 4 injured. |
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India |
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11 Feb - 15 Feb |
Aero India 2009 air show Feb. 11-15 at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bangalore. Security measures put in place for the 5 day show. |
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11 Feb |
U.S. WARDEN MESSAGE: Exercise caution when traveling to the northern region of the eastern India state of West Bengal, including the areas of Siliguri, Darjeeling, and Dooars, to the continuing possibility of civil disturbances and demonstrations arising from the Gorkhaland independence movement. Details |
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Indonesia |
C |
11 Feb |
Rally held in East Java over unpaid compensation of victims of a mud volcano near Surabaya. |
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Iran |
C |
11 Feb |
Revolution Day. Government-sponsored gatherings, some with an anti-U.S. character, are likely. |
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Iraq |
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11 Feb |
16 people killed in two explosions at a bus terminal in Baghdad. Details |
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Israel, The West Bank And Gaza |
I |
11 Feb |
Two main Israeli parties are seeking coalition partners to form a government. Details |
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Italy |
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17 Feb - 20 Feb |
Venice Carnival. |
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Lebanon |
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14 Feb |
Anniversary of 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Demonstrations and commemoration rallies likely. Violence possible in Beirut. |
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Madagascar |
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11 Feb |
U.S. WARDEN MESSAGE: Political rallies and marches throughout the greater Antananarivo area including Avenue de l’Independence, Democracy Square Park and Mahanasina Stadium. 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM curfew remains in effect for the Antananarivo region. Details |
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11 Feb |
Opposition leader calls a general strike urging people to stay home. Details |
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Martinique |
C |
11 Feb |
Ongoing labour strikes. 20,000 people protesting in the streets. Several stores and restaurants have been looted. Gas stations currently closed. |
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Mexico |
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18 Feb |
National Confederation of Transportation Workers union are expected to protest on February 18th. |
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17 Feb |
Protest at the Luz y Fuerza del Centro electricity company and the Federal Electricity Association. Transportation delays expected. |
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11 Feb |
Gun battles between suspected drug gang members and troops leave 21 dead in Villa Ahumada, a farming town in Chihuahua state. Details |
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Montenegro |
C |
12 Feb - 13 Feb |
Public demonstration by aluminum factory workers outside the Government Building on Jovana Tomaševica Street from Feb 12-13. Details |
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Nepal |
C |
18 Feb |
Democracy Day. Protests possible. |
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Nigeria |
C |
9 Feb - 11 Feb |
3 day strike by oil workers. Details |
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Pakistan |
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11 Feb |
Bombing in Peshawar wounds six people. Details |
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Panama |
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11 Feb |
Residents of La Chorrera City block the highway lanes leading to Panama City. |
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South Africa |
C |
11 Feb |
Taxi drivers protest in Cape Town. |
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11 Feb |
Arsonists set fire to ANC offices in Eastern Cape. Details |
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Spain |
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11 Feb |
ETA remains active in Spain, and further attacks are a possibility in the period leading up to the March 1 regional elections. |
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Sudan |
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11 Feb |
180,000 men, women and children who fought in the civil war begin to demobilize in Sudan, returning to civilian life. Details |
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Thailand |
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27 Feb - 1 Mar |
UDD threatens to hold a rally at the foreign ministry in Bangkok February 27 - March 1. Traffic disruption likely in the area and exposure to violence. |
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Trinidad And Tobago |
C |
11 Feb |
Residents of Laventille are forced to leave their homes due to gang wars in the area. Details |
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Ukraine |
C |
12 Feb |
Trade unions to protest outside the building of the Kyiv city state administration. Details |
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United Kingdom |
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10 Feb - 11 Feb |
Activists from Unite Against Fascism plan a rally outside the General Teaching Council in Victoria Square in the City of Birmingham, against an expected BrO1yqv46^7h National Party demonstration. Violence possible. |
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United States |
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16 Feb |
President's Day - Feb. 16. |
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10 Feb - 11 Feb |
Multiple tornadoes touch down in central Oklahoma causing extensive damage to businesses in northwest Oklahoma City. Details |
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Venezuela |
C |
15 Feb |
Referendum aimed at removing presidential term limits. |
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12 Feb |
Day of Youth Feb 12. Students calling for demonstrations on Victoria Avenida in Caracas. |
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12 Feb - 13 Feb |
President calls for demonstrations Feb 12-13, in support of the amendment to remove presidential term limits. |
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C |
11 Feb |
President accuses opposition party and private media of starting a religious war. Details |
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Zimbabwe |
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11 Feb |
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai sworn in as prime minister. Details |
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