## [2012-02-19](/feed/2012/02/19/index.md)

##### Queensland Premier
### [The Premier of the Australian state of Queensland visits the Governor Penelope Wensley to have writs issued for a state election on March 24. ](/feed/2012/02/19/the-premier-of-the-australian-state-of-queensland-visits-the-governor-penelope-wensley-to-have-writs-issued-for-a-state.md)
##### French president
### [President of France Nicolas Sarkozy has the first big rally of his re-election campaign in Marseille. ](/feed/2012/02/19/president-of-france-nicolas-sarkozy-has-the-first-big-rally-of-his-re-election-campaign-in-marseille.md)
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### [Hundreds of cars circle in the Russian capital Moscow in a demonstration demanding free elections. ](/feed/2012/02/19/hundreds-of-cars-circle-in-the-russian-capital-moscow-in-a-demonstration-demanding-free-elections.md)
##### Hosni Mubarak
### [Egyptian election officials fail to confirm the date of the first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power in last year's revolution. ](/feed/2012/02/19/egyptian-election-officials-fail-to-confirm-the-date-of-the-first-presidential-election-since-hosni-mubarak-was-ousted-f.md)
##### Mexican
### [A fight amongst inmates leads to a prison riot in the Mexican city of Apodaca, Nuevo León, with 44 people dead. ](/feed/2012/02/19/a-fight-amongst-inmates-leads-to-a-prison-riot-in-the-mexican-city-of-apodaca-nuevo-leon-with-44-people-dead.md)
##### Burmese
### [Burmese dissident monk U Gambira, released last month from prison, is to face trial on charges breaking into and squatting in monasteries. ](/feed/2012/02/19/burmese-dissident-monk-u-gambira-released-last-month-from-prison-is-to-face-trial-on-charges-breaking-into-and-squatti.md)
##### Xi Jinping
### [Taoiseach Enda Kenny is invited to China, which would be his first visit there. ](/feed/2012/02/19/taoiseach-enda-kenny-is-invited-to-china-which-would-be-his-first-visit-there.md)
### [New pacts promoting trade, investment and education between China and Ireland are signed in Dublin. ](/feed/2012/02/19/new-pacts-promoting-trade-investment-and-education-between-china-and-ireland-are-signed-in-dublin.md)
### [Xi Jinping travels from the scenic city of Shannon to the capital Dublin as his visit continues. ](/feed/2012/02/19/xi-jinping-travels-from-the-scenic-city-of-shannon-to-the-capital-dublin-as-his-visit-continues.md)
##### Iran
### [Iranian warships dock at the Syrian port of Tartous, according to Iranian state media. ](/feed/2012/02/19/iranian-warships-dock-at-the-syrian-port-of-tartous-according-to-iranian-state-media.md)
##### North Korea
### [North Korea threatens "merciless" attacks against South Korea over its planned live-fire drills near the disputed Northern Limit Line. ](/feed/2012/02/19/north-korea-threatens-merciless-attacks-against-south-korea-over-its-planned-live-fire-drills-near-the-disputed-northe.md)
##### Châlons-en-Champagne
### [One person is killed and more than 20 injured after a coach bringing a group of British schoolchildren home from a skiing trip in Italy crashes near Châlons-en-Champagne in northern France. ](/feed/2012/02/19/one-person-is-killed-and-more-than-20-injured-after-a-coach-bringing-a-group-of-british-schoolchildren-home-from-a-skiin.md)
##### Stevens Pass Ski Area
### [At least three people have died and eight are believed missing in the Stevens Pass Ski Area in the US state of Washington. ](/feed/2012/02/19/at-least-three-people-have-died-and-eight-are-believed-missing-in-the-stevens-pass-ski-area-in-the-us-state-of-washingto.md)
##### Sighetu Marmației
### [At least 17 people are seriously injured after two gas explosions at a nightclub in the city of Sighetu Marmației, Romania. ](/feed/2012/02/19/at-least-17-people-are-seriously-injured-after-two-gas-explosions-at-a-nightclub-in-the-city-of-sighetu-marmatiei-roman.md)
##### Kingfisher Airlines
### [India's Kingfisher Airlines cancels 16 flights from Mumbai and stops operations in Kolkata over the next four days. ](/feed/2012/02/19/india-s-kingfisher-airlines-cancels-16-flights-from-mumbai-and-stops-operations-in-kolkata-over-the-next-four-days.md)
##### Iran
### [Iran ceases oil exports to France and the United Kingdom, in a retaliatory move against European Union sanctions. ](/feed/2012/02/19/iran-ceases-oil-exports-to-france-and-the-united-kingdom-in-a-retaliatory-move-against-european-union-sanctions.md)
##### News International
### [News International confirms plans to publish the first edition of the "Sun on Sunday" next weekend. ](/feed/2012/02/19/news-international-confirms-plans-to-publish-the-first-edition-of-the-sun-on-sunday-next-weekend.md)
##### Rio de Janeiro
### [A record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during the Rio de Janeiro carnival. ](/feed/2012/02/19/a-record-22-million-people-attend-the-bola-preta-street-party-during-the-rio-de-janeiro-carnival.md)
##### Whitney Houston
### [Whitney Houston is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey, USA. ](/feed/2012/02/19/whitney-houston-is-buried-at-fairview-cemetery-in-westfield-new-jersey-usa.md)
##### ESPN
### [ESPN admits two other instances in which it referred to the American basketball player Jeremy Lin by the racial slur "chink". It comes after yesterday's controversial "Chink in the Armor" headline which ESPN defended as only having appeared to mobile browsers for 35 minutes. ](/feed/2012/02/19/espn-admits-two-other-instances-in-which-it-referred-to-the-american-basketball-player-jeremy-lin-by-the-racial-slur-ch.md)
##### Australian
### [Australians commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin by Japan during World War II. ](/feed/2012/02/19/australians-commemorate-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-bombing-of-darwin-by-japan-during-world-war-ii.md)
##### Tibet
### [China detains a Tibetan writer in Sichuan amid recent anti-government protests in the region. ](/feed/2012/02/19/china-detains-a-tibetan-writer-in-sichuan-amid-recent-anti-government-protests-in-the-region.md)
##### Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
### [Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's "Caesar Must Die" wins the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. ](/feed/2012/02/19/paolo-and-vittorio-taviani-s-caesar-must-die-wins-the-golden-bear-at-the-62nd-berlin-international-film-festival.md)
##### Chad
### [Rebels from Chad rob 40 people – including a local government official – in attacks in the Central African Republic. ](/feed/2012/02/19/rebels-from-chad-rob-40-people-ndash-including-a-local-government-official-ndash-in-attacks-in-the-central-african-r.md)
##### Suicide bomber
### [A suicide bomber kills at least 19 officers and cadets and injures 26 outside an Iraqi police academy in northeastern Baghdad. ](/feed/2012/02/19/a-suicide-bomber-kills-at-least-19-officers-and-cadets-and-injures-26-outside-an-iraqi-police-academy-in-northeastern-ba.md)
##### Suleja
### [Five people are injured in a bomb explosion near a church in Suleja, Nigeria. ](/feed/2012/02/19/five-people-are-injured-in-a-bomb-explosion-near-a-church-in-suleja-nigeria.md)
##### 2012 Senegalese protests
### [Protesters set up barricades in three blocks of central Dakar. ](/feed/2012/02/19/protesters-set-up-barricades-in-three-blocks-of-central-dakar.md)
##### Syrian uprising
### [Anti-government rebels kill two legal officials and an aide in Idlib Governorate. ](/feed/2012/02/19/anti-government-rebels-kill-two-legal-officials-and-an-aide-in-idlib-governorate.md)
### [Security is increased in the capital Damascus in an attempt to prevent further protests in the capital. ](/feed/2012/02/19/security-is-increased-in-the-capital-damascus-in-an-attempt-to-prevent-further-protests-in-the-capital.md)
### [Egypt recalls its ambassador to the country. ](/feed/2012/02/19/egypt-recalls-its-ambassador-to-the-country.md)
### [One of Syria's leading businessmen says sanctions against the country are crippling the economy and that the government is "disintegrating". ](/feed/2012/02/19/one-of-syria-s-leading-businessmen-says-sanctions-against-the-country-are-crippling-the-economy-and-that-the-government.md)
##### Prison brawl
### [At least 44 people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León. The brawl is believed to have been started after the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, two rival Mexican drug cartels, clashed inside the prison. ](/feed/2012/02/19/at-least-44-people-are-killed-in-a-prison-brawl-in-apodaca-nuevo-leon-the-brawl-is-believed-to-have-been-started-after.md)
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