## [2010-02-17](/feed/2010/02/17/index.md)

##### Rwanda
### [Rwanda, the East African country that is embracing a transition to a Green economy, will be the global host of World Environment Day on 5 June 2010. ](/feed/2010/02/17/rwanda-the-east-african-country-that-is-embracing-a-transition-to-a-green-economy-will-be-the-global-host-of-world-env.md)
##### Archbishop
### [Five southern Africans, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have their genomes analysed by scientists and published in "Nature", with Tutu excited to discover he is "related to the San people, the first people to inhabit Southern Africa". ](/feed/2010/02/17/five-southern-africans-including-archbishop-desmond-tutu-have-their-genomes-analysed-by-scientists-and-published-in-n.md)
##### Walgreens
### [Walgreen Co. announces that it is buying Duane Reade Holdings Inc., operator of a chain of 257 drugstores in the New York City area, for about $1.08 billion including assumption of debt. ](/feed/2010/02/17/walgreen-co-announces-that-it-is-buying-duane-reade-holdings-inc-operator-of-a-chain-of-257-drugstores-in-the-new-yor.md)
##### Reader's Digest
### [The UK branch of publishing company "Reader's Digest" files for administration. ](/feed/2010/02/17/the-uk-branch-of-publishing-company-reader-s-digest-files-for-administration.md)
##### Supreme Court of Ukraine
### [The Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine suspends the decision of the Electoral Commission to declare Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the Ukrainian presidential election until the court has decided on the complaints brought by the other candidate, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. ](/feed/2010/02/17/the-supreme-administrative-court-of-ukraine-suspends-the-decision-of-the-electoral-commission-to-declare-viktor-yanukovy.md)
##### United Kingdom
### [Services from the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands remain disrupted as investigations continue into the Halle train collision in Belgium.](/feed/2010/02/17/services-from-the-uk-france-germany-and-the-netherlands-remain-disrupted-as-investigations-continue-into-the-halle-tra.md)
##### Kenya
### [Police in Kenya free five suspects held in connection with organising a gay wedding in a Mtwapa hotel. ](/feed/2010/02/17/police-in-kenya-free-five-suspects-held-in-connection-with-organising-a-gay-wedding-in-a-mtwapa-hotel.md)
##### Hamas
### [It emerges that fake Irish passports used by suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai had valid numbers with mismatched identities, with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs embarking on an urgent mission to track the three genuine passport holders with these numbers. ](/feed/2010/02/17/it-emerges-that-fake-irish-passports-used-by-suspects-in-the-assassination-of-a-senior-hamas-military-commander-in-dubai.md)
##### Bus crash
### [At least 22 people are killed in a bus crash in Northern India. ](/feed/2010/02/17/at-least-22-people-are-killed-in-a-bus-crash-in-northern-india.md)
##### Guam
### [Guam Governor Felix Perez Camacho issues an executive order changing the name of "Guam" to "Guahan" in government documents and signage and calls for unification with the Northern Mariana Islands. ](/feed/2010/02/17/guam-governor-felix-perez-camacho-issues-an-executive-order-changing-the-name-of-guam-to-guahan-in-government-docume.md)
##### Luge
### [The body of fallen luger Nodar Kumaritashvili returns to his hometown of Bakuriani, Georgia, for burial. ](/feed/2010/02/17/the-body-of-fallen-luger-nodar-kumaritashvili-returns-to-his-hometown-of-bakuriani-georgia-for-burial.md)
##### Mexico City
### [500,000 residents of Mexico City have been vaccinated against the A-H1N1 flu. ](/feed/2010/02/17/500000-residents-of-mexico-city-have-been-vaccinated-against-the-a-h1n1-flu.md)
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