Kathleen Wynne Kathleen Wynne is elected as the leader of the ruling Ontario Liberal Party and will become the first female Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario and the first openly gay premier in Canadian history.
Lee Li Lian Lee Li Lian of the Workers' Party wins Punggol East by-election in Singapore and becomes the next MP for Punggol East. This was the second Singaporean by-election after less than a year.
Miloš Zeman Miloš Zeman wins Czech presidential election and becomes the next President of the Czech Republic running ahead of Karel Schwarzenberg.
Hacktivist Hacktivist group Anonymous claims credit for the hacking of the website of the United States Sentencing Commission in response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz.
Egypt An Egyptian court gives death sentences to 21 people convicted of involvement in a mass attack by fans of the Al-Masry Club against fans of the Al-Mahly Sports Club at Port Said Stadium on February 1, 2012.
Colombia 20 musicians from the band, Kombo Kolombia, who play Colombian vallenato music, are missing after playing a gig in Hidalgo, Mexico.
Flooding Up to 1600 homes in the Moreton Bay region near the state capital Brisbane are also threatened with flooding.
Residents in the Australian town of Gladstone are being evacuated due to flooding of the Boyne River caused by heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Oswald.
Suicide bombing A suicide bombing at a market in the Afghan city of Kunduz kills at least ten people and wounds up to twenty others.
France French-led troops in Mali take control of Gao International Airport in the northern town and Islamist stronghold of Gao.
2012–2013 Egyptian protests At least 30 people die in violence that erupted in Port Said, Egypt, following the death sentences of 21 people for their roles in the Port Said Stadium disaster.
The Egyptian Army is dispatched to the town of Suez following the death of at least nine people in clashes between anti-government protesters and supporters of President Mohamed Morsi.
Tehrik-e-Taliban At least 24 militants are killed in clashes between the Tehrik-e-Taliban and Ansarul Islam in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan.