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February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 317 days remain until the end of the year (318 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 1370 – ...
The February 17th Martyrs Brigade was a militia to secure law and order in Libya.. The name refers the 'Day of Rage' protests on February 17, 2011 against dictator Muammar Gaddafi that were met by harsh military suppression and triggered the Libyan civil war.
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February 16 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 18. All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 2 (March 1 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For February 17th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 4.
Over 70 people died of methanol poisoning in the Russian city of Irkutsk in December 2016. Caused by the consumption of adulterated surrogate alcohol, it was the deadliest such incident in Russia's post-Soviet history.
Disasters and accidents Winter storms of 2013–14 in the United Kingdom: Floods in the United Kingdom continue to worsen as the Met Office issues severe rain weather warnings for southwest England. (BBC News) Nepalese police find the wreckage of a missing Nepal Airlines plane in the mountainous West with all 18 passengers and crew dead. (AFP via Yahoo! News) International relations The ...
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A car bomb explodes in southern Thailand near the Marina Hotel in Sungai Kolok, a popular tourist town close to the Malaysian border.Five people are killed and more than 40 injured.