Wikinews:2012/February

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February 1

• California teacher arrested after photos indicated lewd acts on children

February 2

• Texas teen enters guilty plea in shooting trial
• Scientology guilty of fraud rules French appeal court
• Susan G. Komen Foundation stops funding to Planned Parenthood
• Mitt Romney wins 2012 Florida primary

February 3

• Chris Huhne resigns from UK Cabinet to face charges
• On the campaign trail, January 2012

February 4

• Susan G. Komen Foundation reneges on Planned Parenthood funding cuts
• Unarmed man killed by narcotics officer in The Bronx

February 5

• Mitt Romney wins 2012 Nevada caucuses
• UN resolution on Syria vetoed by Russia and China

February 7

• Santorum neologism gains prominence during US election cycle

February 8

• European cold spell kills hundreds
• Komen executive resigns and criticizes Planned Parenthood

February 9

• Rick Santorum sweeps three non-binding GOP presidential contests

February 10

• German judge orders life sentence for nation's 'first Islamic-motivated terror attack'
• Egypt struggles to recover tourism, investment
• Wikinews Shorts: February 10, 2012

February 11

• 'Stop being so damn respectful' say free speech supporters in London
• Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia
• US regulators approve new nuclear reactors for first time in 34 years

February 12

• Anti-ACTA activists protest across Europe
• Amartya Sen among the scholars for US National Humanities Medal
• American pop star Whitney Houston dies at 48

February 14

• Wikinews Shorts: February 14, 2012
• Santorum neologism spreads to Romney

February 15

• Opposition calls for mass protests in Bahrain
• Indian IT minister says government will not censor social media

February 17

• Armed robbers steal valuable statuettes from Olympia museum, Greece
• Inquiry blames surgical failures for Scottish patient deaths

February 18

• Italians facing Indian fishermen murder charges
• Former Congressman Virgil Goode enters race for Constitution Party presidential nomination

February 19

• France school bus crash kills one, leaves five seriously injured
• Wikinews Shorts: February 19, 2012

February 20

• US call centre business to create 600 jobs in Wales
• UK politician foresees nuclear Iran triggering new Middle Eastern cold war
• Iraq police academy suicide bomb attack kills eighteen

February 21

• Egyptian MP calls for web porn ban

February 22

• Scottish prosecutors keeping quiet about Lanarkshire surgical deaths
• UK's Wright Stuff comments about Liam Aitchison murder 'resolved', Ofcom concludes
• Tameside Council seek to ban English Defence League rally
• Golf: Tseng successfully defends her title in Thailand
• Writs issued for 2012 Queensland election

February 23

• Buddy Roemer ends Republican presidential bid to seek Reform Party nomination

February 25

• Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation

February 26

• Two United States officers killed in Afghan ministry

February 27

• Wikinews interviews former Congressman Virgil Goode, Constitution Party presidential candidate
• Orkney, Scotland crash kills two

February 28

• Australian women's water polo team takes test series against Great Britain
• U.S. Army identifies remains of last U.S. soldier unaccounted for in Iraq

February 29

• Maine Senator Olympia Snowe announces she won't seek reelection
• Three students killed in Ohio school shooting, others injured