## [2010-02-23](/feed/2010/02/23/index.md)

##### Denmark
### [Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen carries out a major cabinet reshuffling, bringing in female ministers in charge of Defence and Foreign Affairs, the first in Denmark's history. ](/feed/2010/02/23/danish-prime-minister-lars-lokke-rasmussen-carries-out-a-major-cabinet-reshuffling-bringing-in-female-ministers-in-char.md)
##### Newry
### [A 250lb car bomb explodes outside a courthouse in Newry, Northern Ireland, the first such bomb to explode in the area since 2000. ](/feed/2010/02/23/a-250lb-car-bomb-explodes-outside-a-courthouse-in-newry-northern-ireland-the-first-such-bomb-to-explode-in-the-area-si.md)
##### Landslide
### [At least five people are killed and dozens buried in a landslide near Bandung in West Java, Indonesia. ](/feed/2010/02/23/at-least-five-people-are-killed-and-dozens-buried-in-a-landslide-near-bandung-in-west-java-indonesia.md)
##### Iran
### [Iranian authorities arrest the leader of the Jundallah, Abdolmalek Rigi, a Sunni militant organisation based in southeastern Iran. ](/feed/2010/02/23/iranian-authorities-arrest-the-leader-of-the-jundallah-abdolmalek-rigi-a-sunni-militant-organisation-based-in-southeas.md)
##### Mauritania
### [Mauritania recalls its ambassador from Mali after the latter released four members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. ](/feed/2010/02/23/mauritania-recalls-its-ambassador-from-mali-after-the-latter-released-four-members-of-al-qaeda-in-the-islamic-maghreb.md)
##### China
### [China increases controls on the internet, requiring anyone who wishes to set up a website to produce identification and meet regulators. ](/feed/2010/02/23/china-increases-controls-on-the-internet-requiring-anyone-who-wishes-to-set-up-a-website-to-produce-identification-and.md)
##### United Nations
### [A United Nations report says mobile phones are used by around 4.6 billion in total or two-thirds of the world population, including more than half of people in the developing world. ](/feed/2010/02/23/a-united-nations-report-says-mobile-phones-are-used-by-around-46-billion-in-total-or-two-thirds-of-the-world-population.md)
##### Assassination of Hamas official in Dubai
### [One of the first five passport holders used a vacant Dublin home address belonging to the brother of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds. ](/feed/2010/02/23/one-of-the-first-five-passport-holders-used-a-vacant-dublin-home-address-belonging-to-the-brother-of-former-taoiseach-al.md)
### [Two more fake Irish passports are identified by the United Arab Emirates as being involved in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas official in Dubai, bringing the current total to seven. ](/feed/2010/02/23/two-more-fake-irish-passports-are-identified-by-the-united-arab-emirates-as-being-involved-in-the-assassination-of-mahmo.md)
##### Green Party
### [Former Irish Green Party leader Trevor Sargent resigns as Minister of State for Food and Horticulture after admitting "an error of judgment" involving his contacts with the Garda Síochána. ](/feed/2010/02/23/former-irish-green-party-leader-trevor-sargent-resigns-as-minister-of-state-for-food-and-horticulture-after-admitting-a.md)
##### Sudan
### [Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the main Darfur rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement, sign a ceasefire deal. ](/feed/2010/02/23/sudanese-president-omar-al-bashir-and-the-main-darfur-rebel-group-the-justice-and-equality-movement-sign-a-ceasefire-d.md)
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