Wikinews:2011/February

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February 1

• Egypt protests: Army say they will not use force on demonstrators as Mubarak announces cabinet

February 2

• BBC to cut Electric Proms for financial reasons
• Massive snowstorm blasts most of United States

February 4

• Egyptian president will not seek re-election in September after protests

February 5

• Chilean policeman dies after falling from roof mid-pursuit

February 6

• Investigation launched after two military aircraft nearly collide with passenger airliner

February 9

• London and Toronto stock exchanges propose merger

February 10

• Plane crash in Cork, Ireland kills six
• City of Calgary, Canada removes fluoride from drinking water
• South Sudan minister Milla shot, killed

February 11

• Hosni Mubarak steps down as president of Egypt
• Tankers taken by pirates in Indian Ocean

February 12

• Air Canada back in the black in 2010

February 13

• Algiers protest takes place despite ban
• Pakistani court seeks Musharraf's arrest over Bhutto murder
• Canada's social insurance assets pass $140 billion in fourth quarter
• NASCAR: Kurt Busch wins 2011 Budweiser Shootout

February 14

• Indian foreign minister criticized after reading wrong speech at UN summit
• Former Egyptian president Mubarak reportedly ill, may be in coma
• Canadian rapper Bad News Brown murdered in Montreal
• Four found dead in Leicestershire, England
• NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. earns 2011 Daytona 500 pole

February 15

• UK inflation rate increases to 4%
• UK Prince William picks brother Harry to be best man at royal wedding

February 17

• Fifteen receive US Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Egyptian military appoints committee to amend constitution

February 18

• Australian town to change name to promote road safety
• 2011 BRIT Awards highlights
• Yale University builds world's first anti-laser

February 19

• Kuwait stateless protest for rights

February 20

• Music duo The Bellamy Brothers accuse Britney Spears of plagiarism
• Ten children killed in Estonian orphanage fire
• Guatemalan football executive shot dead after team meeting

February 21

• NASCAR: Trevor Bayne wins the 2011 Daytona 500
• 38 killed in attack on Afghan bank
• 2011 'Pichileminian Week' ends
• Strikeforce Challengers 14 MMA Results
• 2011 Cricket World Cup: India vs Bangladesh

February 22

• Phones without Internet access join the Facebook revolution
• Runways 'destroyed' at Libya’s Benina International Airport
• Australian Governor-General travels to Kuwait amidst terror threats
• Egyptian man names daughter 'Facebook'
• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits New Zealand's South Island; dozens dead
• Libya blocks access to Internet

February 23

• Anti-abortion activist Bernard Nathanson dies aged 84

February 24

• Eleven children injured in Scottish school shooting; two teenagers detained
• Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled amid political turmoil
• Pirates kill four American hostages
• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden

February 25

• Space Shuttle Discovery launches on final mission

February 26

• Space Shuttle Discovery arrives at International Space Station
• Candle knocked over during voodoo sex ritual causes apartment fire
• Opposition Leader predicts 'people's revolt' in Australia over carbon tax
• France calls on Libyan leader to step down

February 28

• Jeff Gordon wins the 2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500