Portal:Current events/2011 February 25

• 2011 Iraqi protests
  • At least twenty-nine are killed in a "Day of Rage" protesting against economic problems and corruption in the country. (Al Jazeera) (CP via Google News)(Washington Post)
• 2011 Bahraini protests
  • Thousands of people stage an anti-government protest in the capital Manama, on a day of mourning declared by the government following the deaths of protesters. (Reuters)
• 2011 Libyan civil war
  • Leader Muammar Gaddafi addresses a crowd of supporters in the capital Tripoli. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya), (USA Today)
  • More defections take place with a Libyan envoy to the United Nations changing sides during a meeting at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. (Al Arabiya), (MSNBC), (AFP via Melbourne Herald-Sun)
  • The President of the United States Barack Obama announces sanctions against the government of Libya as does the European Union. (Los Angeles Times)
• 2011 Yemeni protests, (Dow Jones via Trading Charts)
  • Tens of thousands of people participate in anti-government protests in Yemen, leaving one dead and several people injured. (Bangkok Post) (Sify India)
• 2011 Egyptian protests: Egyptian protestors claims that the Egyptian Army beat them up in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (New York Times)
• Rebels in the Ivory Coast seize another town from the control of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to step down following a disputed presidential election. Unrest occurs in the capital Yamoussoukro. (BBC)

• Victorian era photographs and parole details for women prisoners in the United Kingdom are published on Ancestry.com. (The Guardian)
• The video game Mortal Kombat is refused classification in Australia. (Kotaku)
• Christian Dior suspends fashion designer John Galliano following his arrest in Paris for allegedly making an anti-Semitic rant towards a couple in a cafe as well as an assault. (Daily Telegraph), (Elle), (Vogue)

• The population of Japan records its slowest increase since Japan first held a census. (AP via Jakarta Post)
• A Seoul court orders Chung Mong-koo, the Chairman of the South Korean Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, to pay US$73.1 million in compensation to his own company. (Yonhap)

• 2011 Canterbury earthquake
  • The death toll from the 2011 Canterbury earthquake in New Zealand rises to 113 with at least 226 people missing. (CNN), (TV New Zealand)
  • The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings, scheduled for 8 March, has been canceled due to the earthquake.(New Zealand Herald)
• A heavy snowstorm hits the East Coast of the United States causing flight cancellations and school closures. (AP via Oregon Live)
• At least twenty-two people die in Peru after a bus plunges into a ravine. (AP via MSNBC)

• The Government of Iran advises the International Atomic Energy Agency of serious problems with its Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. (New York Times)

• Burma jails five more dissidents on charges including associating with dissident groups abroad. (Straits Times)
• Representative Ronald Singson of the Philippines is sentenced to 18 months in a Hong Kong jail for cocaine possession. (AP via Yahoo News Philippines)
• The People's Republic of China gets rid of the death penalty for 13 non-violent economic crimes. (Voice of America)
• A United States district court approves a $624 million payout to former investors in Countrywide Financial. (AP via Wall Street Journal)

• Tunisia announces that elections are planned for mid-July 2011, as thousands protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. (Al Jazeera)
• Several people are charged after calling for Middle-East style protests in China. (AFP via Google News)
• Communist Party of China official Jia Qinglin urges a "renewed struggle" against the Dalai Lama and controls over Tibetan Buddhism. (Straits Times) (BBC) (Indian Express)
• Voters in the Republic of Ireland go to the polls for the Irish general election. (BBC)