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Protests against budget changes in the U.S. state of Wisconsin enter their third week, with thousands of people demonstrating around the State Capitol.
The King's Speech wins four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Tom Hooper (pictured), at the 83rd Academy Awards.
Beji Caid el Sebsi becomes Prime Minister of Tunisia after Mohamed Ghannouchi resigns amid ongoing protests.
Fine Gael, led by Enda Kenny, wins a plurality in the Irish general election.
Amid crackdowns on protesters, the UN Security Council refers the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court and imposes sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi.
Protests are held in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, and Yemen amid continuing turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa.

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3 March 2011 (Thursday)

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2011 Libya uprising:
- Reuters reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the President of the Arab League Amr Moussa have agreed to an offer by the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez to mediate in the uprising. (Reuters via CNBC)
- Family members of Libyan dissidents raise concerns about kidnapping by the current regime. (ABC News Australia)
- The seaport of Brega is again bombed, though with no reported casualties. (BBC)
Japanese jets scramble to react to Chinese military aircraft which flew close to the disputed Senkaku Islands.(BBC)

Business and economy

News Corporation, the third largest media company in the world, gets approval to buy out British Sky Broadcasting, the largest pay-TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom, for $12.7 billion. (Business Week)(BBC)

Disasters

New Zealand authorities state that they have given up finding survivors from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake with the final death toll expected to be approximately 240. (AP, Reuters, via MSNBC)
40 people die in northern India after two vehicles plunge into a deep gorge.(Rediff), (AP via Breitbart)

International relations

The President of Mexico Felipe Calderon travels to Washington DC to meet with the President of the United States Barack Obama, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and other leading political figures. (CNN)

Law and crime

22 new charges are brought against Bradley Manning, including aiding the enemy, a capital offense. (BBC)

Politics and elections

The Congress of New Caledonia elects a new collegial government with Harold Martin as President of New Caledonia. However, the new government collapses minutes after being formed. (RNZI)
P. J. Thomas, India's chief of anti-corruption, resigns over charges brought against him of corruption stemming from 1992. (BBC)
Ahmed Shafiq resigns as the Prime Minister of Egypt and is replaced by former transport minister Essam Sharaf. (Al-Jazeera)

Science

The UK Government releases 35 formerly classified files related to sightings of unidentified flying objects. (Reuters)

Sports

Police in the Australian state of New South Wales arrest former rugby league footballer John Elias and National Rugby League player agent Sam Ayoub in relation to a sports betting scandal allegedly involving current player Ryan Tandy of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. (Sydney Daily Telegraph), (Sydney Morning Hotel)

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2 March 2011 (Wednesday)

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2011 Libyan uprising
- The South Korean Navy ship Choi Young arrives off the coast of Tripoli to evacuate South Korean citizens from Libya. (Yonhap)
- Supporters and opponents of Muammar Gaddafi fight to control the town of Brega with the rebel held town of Ajdabiya being bombed; government troops later retreat. (BBC), (AP viaGold Coast Telegram)
- Colonel Gaddafi claims that Libya's oil fields are "safe" and "under control" and warns against foreign intervention. (Associated Press)
- A spokesman for the "interim national government council" in Benghazi calls for the international community to carry out air strikes against mercenaries fighting for Colonel Gaddafi. (New York Times)
2011 Yemeni protests
- Thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrate across Yemen, amid mounting pressure for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Iranian protests
- Iran's opposition says 200 people were arrested during protests in the capital Tehran yesterday. (BBC)
Dozens of people are killed in fighting between rebels and troops in Southern Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's Minister for Minorities and himself a Roman Catholic, is assassinated in Islamabad. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Arts and culture

Sony Music Japan apologises for members of the rock band Kishidan dressing up in Nazi style uniforms in a television broadcast following protests from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. (AP via MSNBC)
Pope Benedict XVI exonerates the Jewish people for the responsibility for the death of Jesus in his book Jesus of Nazareth Part II. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Four Chinese stamps from the Cultural Revolution are sold at auction for approximately $1.15million.(BBC)

Business and economy

The Bangladeshi central bank attempts to remove Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus from the Grameen Bank which he founded. (BBC)
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation agrees to sell Sky News in order to be in a position to buy BSkyB without a Competition Commission inquiry. (BBC)
MetLife, the largest life insurance company in the United States, claims that shares held by the American International Group (AIG) have been sold for $6.35 billion to help pay back the United States government for the bailout. (Bloomberg via San Francisco Chronicle)
Apple Inc releases the latest model of its tablet computer, the iPad 2. (CNet)
Barnes & Noble settles an intellectual property dispute over the design of its ebook reader, the Nook. (Reuters)

Disasters

Around 40 fishermen in Zambia are feared dead after their boat capsized in a storm on Lake Mweru. (AFP via Google News)
A dust storm hits Christchurch, New Zealand, hampering the recovery efforts from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Law and crime

Prosecutors in Paris, France, say that British fashion designer John Galliano will face criminal charges over alleged anti-Semitic remarks. (Newscore via New York Post), (The Telegraph)
Frankfurt shootings
- Two United States Air Force personnel are killed and two others injured after a gunman opens fire at Frankfurt Airport in Germany - a suspect is arrested in connection with the incident. (Sky News), (AP via MSNBC), (USA Today)
- President of the United States Barack Obama says that he is "saddened and outraged" and says that the United States will ensure that the perpetrators will be brought to justice. (Associated Press)
The United States military files new charges against Private Bradley Manning in relation to the leak of the WikiLeaks cables. (ABC News Australia)
Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of US politician Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, is denied parole again in California. (KABC Television)

Politics

Private and independent newspapers in Ivory Coast cease publication to protest violence and harassment by supporters of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo. Radio broadcasts by the BBC and RFI are taken off air. (Bloomberg)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel names Thomas de Maizière as new defence minister and Hans-Peter Friedrich as the new interior minister, following resignations earlier this week. (Deutsche Welle) (Xinhua)
The United Kingdom announces plans to axe 11,000 jobs in the British Armed Forces. (AFP via The Australian)
Fox News suspends contributors Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum until they decide on a 2012 US presidential election candidacy. (Politico)
Thousands of Turkish Cypriots protest against Government of Turkey inspired spending cuts in Nicosia. (Cyprus Mail)
The Wisconsin Senate votes to fine missing Democrats $100 a day for their absence during the 2011 Wisconsin protests. (Madison.com)
The President of the United States Barack Obama signs a bill preventing a shutdown of the United States government for another two weeks. (Fox Business)
The South Dakota Senate passes a bill requiring additional steps to provide informed consent before a woman can have an abortion. (Rapid City Journal)
Hawaii Democratic Party Senator Daniel Akaka announces that he will not be standing for reelection in the United States Senate election in Hawaii. (The Washington Post)
Elections in the Netherlands: Dutch provincial elections of 2011. The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) obtain the highest number of votes cast, The Labour Party (PvdA) obtain the second highest number of votes. (NOS)

Science

The Eastern Cougar is declared extinct in the United States. (AP via Salon)

Sport

Soccer player Luis Moreno, a defender for Deportivo Pereira in the Colombian League is suspended for two matches and given a $560 fine for kicking an owl causing its death. (ESPN)

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Local government officials confiscate London ice cream made from human breast milk for health reasons

1 March 2011 (Tuesday)

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2011 Iranian protests: Tear gas is fired on anti-government demonstrators during clashes in the capital Tehran. (BBC) (AFP via Google News)
2011 Jordanian protests: Relatives of jailed Islamists in Jordan demand their release in a demonstration in the capital Amman. (Sify India) (Ynet)
2011 Libyan protests
- Al-Jazeera reports that forces supporting Muammar Gaddafi have bombed targets in the Libyan city of Misurata. (Al-Jazeera)
- Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi attack the city of Nalut near the Tunisian border. (Reuters via Hindustan Times)
- The United Nations says the situation on the Libyan/Tunisian border has reached "crisis point". (BBC)
2011 Omani protests: A fourth day of protests take place, with security forces firing into the air in an attempt to disperse protesters. (Al Arabiya)

Arts and culture

Archaeologists recover six cannons from the ships of Welsh privateer Henry Morgan off the coast of Panama. (Los Angeles Times)
Christian Dior S.A. fires fashion designer John Galliano following a series of anti-semitic remarks. (AP via MSNBC), (Minneapolis St-Paul Tribune)
American actor Charlie Sheen loses custody of his two sons Bob and Max following claims by their mother Brooke Mueller that he made threats of domestic violence. (TMZ)

Business and economy

Ally Financial, the company formerly known as GMAC, announced in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the U.S. Treasury Department will be selling some of Ally's preferred securities. This is part of the unwinding of the Treasury's investment in the auto industry as a result of the 2008 financial crisis. (Bloomberg).

Disasters

2011 Canterbury earthquake
- New Zealand holds a two-minute silence in respect for the victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. (New Zealand Herald),
- The death toll from the earthquake has reached 154 with the final toll expected to be around 240. (New Zealand Herald)

International relations

The President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak calls on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs. (AP via Forbes)

Law and crime

Eleven people are sentenced to death and twenty to life sentences for their roles in the Godhra train burning in New Delhi, India. (Times of India)
Seventeen bodies are found in clandestine graves in Mexico's Guerrero state. (AP via Buffalo News)

Politics

An internet campaign calls for protests demanding that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe step down, leading to an increased security presence. (Reuters)
Sierra Leone's Supreme Court bans the country's main opposition party from meeting to choose its presidential candidate. (Reuters)
Jody Weis resigns as the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department in the US city of Chicago. (Chicago Tribune)
The protests in Yemen continue with tens of thousands of protestors in the streets in a "Day of Rage". (Reuters via ABS CBN)
The German Federal Minister for Defence Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigns over a plagiarism scandal. (The Economist)
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal rules against the Conservative Party of Canada on ad spending prior to the Canadian federal election, 2006, while the Harper government reaches 43% support and announces cuts to the budget. (Reuters Canada) (National Post) (Montreal Gazette)

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2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests:
- Libya:
  - Al Jazeera reports that many African migrant workers in Libya have been victims of violence due to suspicions that they are mercenaries for Muammar Gaddhafi's regime. (Al Jazeera)
  - France sends two planeloads of aid to opponents of the Libyan regime in Benghazi. (Reuters)
  - Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi surround the town of Zawiyah as part of a general counterattack. (Reuters), (New York Times)
  - David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom announces that he is working on a no-fly zone over Libya. (USA Today)
  - The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces that the United States will be sending assistance teams to Libya's borders with Algeria and Egypt. (AP via Yahoo News)
  - Muammar Gaddhafi tells the BBC that all of his people love him and refuses to acknowledge that there are protests in Tripoli. (BBC)
  - The United States freezes $30 billion in Libyan assets. (Washington Post)
  - The Justice and Equality Movement in Darfur, western Sudan, asks the United Nations to rescue its leader in Libya, after accusations he was supporting mercenary activities in the country. (Reuters)
- 2011 Omani protests:
  - Demonstrations calling for economic and political change continue for a third day, amid reports of looting. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Bahraini protests:
  - Bahraini protesters block access to the Parliament of Bahrain. (Times of India)
Ethiopia and Kenya may attack the al-Shabaab Islamist militant group in Somalia, following its threat to target Kenya. (Reuters)
A bomb explodes in Yangon, Burma, injuring eight people. (Straits Times)

Arts and culture

Frank Buckles, the last surviving veteran of World War I in the United States, passes away in Charles Town, West Virginia, aged 110. (AP via Fox News)
Television advertising in the United Kingdom
- 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) (Daily Telegraph)
- A year long trial also begins allowing commercial television channels to show up to 12 minutes of adverts per hour during films and dramas, bringing them into line with soap operas where this is already permitted. (Daily Telegraph)
Hollywood actress and former sex symbol Jane Russell dies at age 89 of respiratory failure in Santa Maria, California. (Fox Central Florida), (Reuters), (Hollywood Reporter)

Business and economy

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)
The United Kingdom's largest bank HSBC doubles its profits to $19bn (£11.8bn) in 2010. (The Guardian)
The United States Government grants its first deepwater drilling license since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to Noble Energy. (BBC)

Disasters

At least 16 people in Bandeira do Sul are killed after a high-voltage electric powerline crashed onto a float participating in a parade ahead of Brazil's carnival celebrations. (Straits Times)
New Zealand earthquakes:
- New Zealand police evacuate 60 properties in Christchurch suburbs after cracks from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake appear in cliffs. (SBS)
- 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)
Eleven Chinese fisherman are missing after their fishing boat sinks in the East China Sea. (BNO via WR Berkley)

International relations

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Belarus has "seriously violated" the arms embargo against the Ivory Coast, after a delivery of attack helicopters and material to the country. (BBC) (Times Live South Africa)
Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation, explains that the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has been delayed in opening due to damage to the nuclear reactor's cooling pumps. (New York Times)

Law and crime

Former military leaders in Argentina go on trial on charges that they masterminded a plan to steal the children of dissidents. (Al Jazeera)
Wing Chau, a money manager, files a lawsuit against Michael Lewis, the author of The Big Short, a popular book about the financial crisis of 2007-08. Chau alleges the book makes "false and defamtory statements" in order to use Chau as a foil for his protagonist, Steve Eisman. (Reuters)
A court in the Seychelles sentences ten Somali pirates to 20 years in prison. (Reuters)
In the United Kingdom, three senior fire officers from the Warwickshire Fire Service are to face manslaughter by gross negligence charges over the deaths of four firefighters in a warehouse blaze in 2007. (BBC)
British Airways IT expert Rajib Karim is convicted on charges related to plotting to blow up a plane. (BBC)
British security guard Danny Fitzsimons is jailed for 20 years by an Iraqi court after being convicted of murdering two colleagues. (BBC)
Venezuelan union leader Ruben Gonzalez is sentenced to seven years in jail in connection with a strike at the state iron mining company. (Canadian Press via Google News)

Politics

The President of Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete, accuses the opposition of provoking violence in the country in an attempt to remove the government. (Reuters)
Egypt's general prosecutor imposes a travel ban on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family. (Al Jazeera)
Iran confirms that it is holding two Opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi under house arrest. (Radio Zamaneh)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- President Ali Abdullah Saleh offers to form a unity government with the opposition. (Reuters)

Sport

Iran threatens to boycott the 2012 Summer Olympics ostensibly because its logo spells Zion. (The Guardian)
US tennis champion Serena Williams is hospitalised in Los Angeles, California with a pulmonary embolism. (People)

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27 February 2011 (Sunday)

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Six people are killed in a failed coup attempt on the presidential palace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
State television is taken off air in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during clashes between forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and rival groups. (Reuters) (CP)
At least 115 people are killed in a government offensive against Al-Qaeda linked militants in Somalia. (Straits Times)
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in the US city of Birmingham, Alabama is evacuated following the discovery of a suspicious package. (Fox News Alabama)

Arts and culture

Academy Awards
- The 83rd Academy Awards are held to honor the best films in 2010 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California. (Academy Awards), (AP via Fox News)
- The King's Speech wins the Academy Award for Best Picture. (Los Angeles Times)
- Colin Firth wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The King's Speech. (Los Angeles Times)
- Natalie Portman wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Black Swan. (Los Angeles Times)
- Tom Hooper wins the Academy Award for Best Director for The King's Speech. (Indy Posted)
- Christian Bale wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Fighter. (ABC News America)
- Melissa Leo wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Fighter. (AP via Yahoo! News)

Business and economy

The Government of Egypt announces that the Egyptian stock market will reopen on Tuesday. (New York Times)

Disasters

A landslide hits La Paz, Bolivia, after rains killed 44 people. (MWC) (NCN)

International relations

North Korea warns it will take military action against South Korea if it continues to distribute information regarding the unrest in the Middle East to its citizens. (Washington Post) (Yonhap) (Bloomberg)
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon claims that Belarus has broken an international arms embargo on the Ivory Coast by delivering three attack helicopters to military forces supporting the President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo. (Canadian Press via Google News)

Middle East and North Africa protests

Bahrain: Thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital Manama, as 18 opposition MPs submit their resignations. (AFP via Google News)
Lebanon: Hundreds of protesters demonstrate in the capital Beirut against the country's sectarian political system. (Reuters)
Libya:
- The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 1970, imposing sanctions on Muammar Gaddafi's regime. (Washington Post), (AP via Yahoo News)
- Anti-government forces seize the town of Zawiya, 30 miles west of the capital Tripoli. (BBC) (CBC)
Oman: Police clash with anti-government protesters in Sohar, leaving two people dead. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
Sudan: Riot police break up a demonstration against election fraud in the capital Khartoum. (Reuters)
Tunisia:
- Beji Caid el Sebsi is announced as the new Prime Minister. (The Guardian)
- Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announces his resignation in a speech on state TV. (BBC News)
- Clashes take place at a demonstration calling for the resignation of former members of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's regime in the interim government. (AFP via Google News)
Yemen: President Ali Abdullah Saleh says that protests against his rule are an attempt to split the nation. (Al Arabiya) (AFP via Google News)

Politics and elections

Irish general election, 2011:
- PBPA candidate Richard Boyd Barrett of the United Left Alliance, and son of actress Sinéad Cusack, defeats former minister and deputy Fianna Fáil leader Mary Hanafin in the Dún Laoghaire constituency. This leaves Fianna Fáil with one representative in the capital city (Brian Lenihan, Jnr) and no Fianna Fáil women at all in the 31st Dáil. (The Irish Times) (Evening Echo)
- Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny receives international congratulations from Angela Merkel, David Cameron and José Manuel Barroso, with Cameron inviting him to 10 Downing Street. (RTÉ)
Large numbers of police and security forces are deployed in Chinese cities after calls for protests inspired by events in North Africa and the Middle East. (Financial Times) (Sify India)
For a second day, Croatian war veterans gather in the thousands to protest, this time in Split. (Index)
The Wisconsin AFL-CIO warns that hundreds of unionists will risk arrest in trying to prevent police clearing the Wisconsin State Capitol in the US city of Madison. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), (CNN)
The head of the Arab League Amr Moussa announces that he will run as a candidate in the Egyptian presidential election. (AP via Houston Chronicle)

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2011 Libyan protests
- Internal and international pressure continues on leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to stand down from power. (Al Jazeera)
- Saif al-Islam Gaddafi tells Al-Arabiya television that the unrest in Libya opens up all options including civil war. (The Guardian)
- Reuters reports that Libyan Interim Government led by the former justice minister Mustafa Mohamed Abud Al Jeleil has been formed in Benghazi. (Al Jazeera)
An oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq, is bombed, resulting in its closure. (Reuters)
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)
- Several dozen of people are injured and arrested as anti-government protests degenerated into clashes with police. (Jutarnji list) (France24)

Disasters

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) (TV New Zealand)
- The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key calls for two minutes of silence on Tuesday March 1 at 12:51 pm, exactly one week after the earthquake. (TV New Zealand)
- Aftershocks force the evacuation of residents in Mount Pleasant, an outer suburb of Christchurch. (TV New Zealand)

International relations

The United Nations Security Council meets to consider action against Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya following his attempts to suppress the 2011 Libyan protests and votes unanimously to impose sanctions. (BBC) (UN Multimedia) (BBC)

Law and crime

2011 Iraqi protests
- Hundreds of Iraqi journalists, artists, and intellectuals are arrested the day following the country's "Day of Rage" protest, which resulted in at least twenty-nine deaths throughout the country.(Washington Post)
A South Korean man dies after explosives he bought to tie to his body detonated. (Straits Times)
A Brazilian judge blocks construction of the Belo Monte Dam on the Amazon Basin after it fails to meet environmental requirements. (The Guardian)
A Mexican judge authorises 40 days of detention for an alleged member of the Zetas drug cartel suspected in the killing of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. (AP via Washington Post)

Politics and elections

Irish general election, 2011:
- The votes are counted, with exit polls predicting Fine Gael and the Labour Party to do well while the ruling Fianna Fáil is expected to do poorly. (AFP via Yahoo! News) (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
- Paul Gogarty of the Green Party is the first to concede defeat via Twitter. (Business & Leadership) (The Irish Times)
- The first seat of the general election goes to Labour Party finance spokeswoman Joan Burton, who tops the poll in the Dublin West constituency. Leo Varadkar of Fine Gael and Joe Higgins of the Socialist Party take the second and third seats respectively in this four-seat constituency. (Press Association via Google News) (The Irish Times) (Irish Examiner)
- As the ruling Fianna Fáil party faces national wipeout, outgoing Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Jnr is saved by his own personality. He takes the final seat in the Dublin West constituency, the only Fianna Fáil candidate elected from 47 seats across the capital, with his brother Conor Lenihan and aunt Mary O'Rourke losing out in their bids for re-election elsewhere. (Reuters) (The Irish Times)
- Outgoing Tánaiste Mary Coughlan becomes the biggest loser of the Fianna Fáil meltdown, as her seat in the Donegal South West constituency goes to Independent Thomas Pringle. (Irish Examiner)
- John Gormley, leader of the ruling coalition's Green Party and former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, is eliminated in the Dublin South East constituency. (The Irish Times)
- Independent long-serving outgoing Senator Shane Ross tops the poll in the Dublin South constituency. (The Irish Times)
- Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny tops the poll in the Mayo constituency and claims that the results are a "massive endorsement" of his party. (RTÉ) (BBC)
The King of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa reshuffles his Cabinet in response the 2011 Bahraini protests. (CNN)
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)
Christy Clark becomes the second woman to be Premier of British Columbia after winning a Liberal Party of British Columbia ballot. (The Globe and Mail)
Iran takes two opposition leaders Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karrubi and their wives into protection supposedly for their own protection. (CNN)

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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) (CP via Google News)(Washington Post)
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)
2011 Libyan protests
- Leader Muammar Gaddafi addresses a crowd of supporters in the capital Tripoli. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya) , (USA Today)
- More defections take place with a Libyan envoy to the United Nations changing sides during a meeting at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. (Al Arabiya), (MSNBC), (AFP via Melbourne Herald-Sun)
- The President of the United States Barack Obama announces sanctions against the government of Libya as does the European Union. (Los Angeles Times)
2011 Yemeni protests, (Dow Jones via Trading Charts)
- Tens of thousands of people participate in anti-government protests in Yemen, leaving one dead and several people injured. (Bangkok Post) (Sify India)
2011 Egyptian protests: Egyptian protestors claims that the Egyptian Army beat them up in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (New York Times)
Rebels in the Ivory Coast seize another town from the control of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to step down following a disputed presidential election. Unrest occurs in the capital Yamoussoukro. (BBC)

Arts and culture

Victorian era photographs and parole details for women prisoners in the United Kingdom are published on Ancestry.com. (The Guardian)
The video game Mortal Kombat is refused classification in Australia. (Kotaku)
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), (Elle), (Vogue)

Business and economy

The population of Japan records its slowest increase since Japan first held a census. (AP via Jakarta Post)
A Seoul court orders Chung Mong-koo, the Chairman of the South Korean Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, to pay US$73.1 million in compensation to his own company. (Yonhap)

Disasters

2011 Canterbury earthquake
- The death toll from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake in New Zealand rises to 113 with at least 226 people missing. (CNN), (TV New Zealand)
- The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings, scheduled for 8 March, has been canceled due to the earthquake.(New Zealand Herald)
A heavy snowstorm hits the East Coast of the United States causing flight cancellations and school closures. (AP via Oregon Live)
At least twenty-two people die in Peru after a bus plunges into a ravine. (AP via MSNBC)

International relations

The Government of Iran advises the International Atomic Energy Agency of serious problems with its Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. (New York Times)

Law and crime

Burma jails five more dissidents on charges including associating with dissident groups abroad. (Straits Times)
Representative Ronald Singson of the Philippines is sentenced to 18 months in a Hong Kong jail for cocaine possession. (AP via Yahoo News Philippines)
The People's Republic of China gets rid of the death penalty for 13 non-violent economic crimes. (Voice of America)
A United States district court approves a $624 million payout to former investors in Countrywide Financial. (AP via Wall Street Journal)

Politics and elections

Tunisia announces that elections are planned for mid-July 2011, as thousands protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. (Al Jazeera)
Several people are charged after calling for Middle-East style protests in China. (AFP via Google News)
Communist Party of China official Jia Qinglin urges a "renewed struggle" against the Dalai Lama and controls over Tibetan Buddhism. (Straits Times) (BBC) (Indian Express)
Voters in the Republic of Ireland go to the polls for the Irish general election. (BBC)

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Space Shuttle Discovery launches on final mission

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Elections
Recent: February 6: Cape Verde, Parliament 13: Chad, Parliament 13: Switzerland, Referendum 18: Uganda, General 22: Kosovo, President (indirect) 25: Ireland, General Upcoming: March 2: Netherlands, Provincial 4: Samoa, General 6: Benin, President (1^st Round) 6: Estonia, Parliament 8: Federated States of Micronesia, Parliament 12: Niger, President (2^nd Round) 13: Benin, President (2^nd Round) 20: Central African Republic, Parliament (2^nd Round) 20: Haiti, President (2^nd Round) edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel, Air France Flight 4590 Singapore: Alan Shadrake United States: Faisal Shahzad Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Tommy Remengesau Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Buju Banton, David Headley, Rod Blagojevich, Ahmed Ghailani Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan edit sidebar

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