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Portal:Current events/February 2016

February 2016 was the second month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Monday, ended on a Monday after 29 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from February 2016.

February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01) (Monday)
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  • Chinese authorities arrest 21 people involved in the Ezubao online finance scheme accused of allegedly defrauding 900,000 people of 50bn yuan ($7.6bn; £5.3bn) in a Ponzi scheme. (BBC)
  • Two men are sentenced to death for the murder of Tibetan religious leader Akong Rinpoche, his nephew and his driver in 2013. (Reuters)
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February 2, 2016 (2016-02-02) (Tuesday)
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February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03) (Wednesday)
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February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04) (Thursday)
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February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05) (Friday)
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February 6, 2016 (2016-02-06) (Saturday)
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February 7, 2016 (2016-02-07) (Sunday)
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February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08) (Monday)
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February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09) (Tuesday)
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February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10) (Wednesday)
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February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11) (Thursday)
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February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12) (Friday)
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  • 2016 Taiwan earthquake
    • The death toll from the earthquake rises to 94 with 550 people injured, and at least 30 more missing and believed buried in the apartment complex rubble in Tainan. (CNN)
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February 13, 2016 (2016-02-13) (Saturday)
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February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14) (Sunday)
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February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15) (Monday)
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February 16, 2016 (2016-02-16) (Tuesday)
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February 17, 2016 (2016-02-17) (Wednesday)
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February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) (Thursday)
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  • At least 71 people are killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Ghana. (Sky News) (BBC)
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February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19) (Friday)
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February 20, 2016 (2016-02-20) (Saturday)
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February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21) (Sunday)
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February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22) (Monday)
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February 23, 2016 (2016-02-23) (Tuesday)
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February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24) (Wednesday)
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February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) (Thursday)

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February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26) (Friday)
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  • Dow Chemical agrees to pay $835 million to settle a decade-long, price-fixing, class-action dispute. Dow states that the uncertainty about the U.S. Supreme Court makeup following Justice Antonin Scalia's death means there is an "increased likelihood for unfavorable outcomes for business involved in class action suits." The urethane chemicals case, from 2005, was against a number of companies; Dow had been the only defendant not to settle. (Reuters) (Reuters via Winnipeg Sun)
  • A federal appeals court rules in favor of Samsung on several issues arising out of that company's long-running patent dispute with Apple, overturning a $120 million jury verdict in Apple's favor in 2014. (Reuters)
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February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) (Saturday)
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February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28) (Sunday)
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February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) (Monday)
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  • China says it expects to lay off 1.8 million state workers in the coal and steel sectors, or about 15 percent of the industries' workforce, as part of efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity. (Reuters)
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