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In the News Prokopis Pavlopoulos is elected President of Greece. Limpet teeth are found to have the highest tensile

strength among biomaterials, outperforming spider silk.

At least sixteen people are killed in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Egypt strikes ISIS targets in Libya after a video is released showing the beheading of twenty-one Egyptian Copts.

Taxi, by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Two people are killed in shootings at a free-speech seminar and at a synagogue service in Copenhagen.

Ongoing: Boko Haram – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – War in Ukraine

Deaths Michele Ferrero, Italian businessman (b. 1925) Louis Jourdan, French actor (b. 1921)

Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (b. 1920)

Wim Ruska, Dutch wrestler and martial artist (b. 1940)

Lesley Gore, American singer (b. 1946)

Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress

Claude Criquielion, Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1958)

Film 19th Satellite Awards 40th César Awards 30th Independent Spirit Awards 65th Berlin International Film Festival Hot Tub Time Machine 2 McFarland, USA The Duff Home Video- Animal, Birdman,

Dying of the Light, Dumb and Dumber To Music

Smoke + Mirrors- Imagine Dragons Charts Top Song- Uptown Funk!- Mark Ronson Featuring

Bruno Mars Top Album- If You're Reading This It's Too Late-

Drake Top Artist- Drake Country- Take Your Time- Sam Hunt Rock- Take Me To Church- Hozier R&B/Hip-Hop- FourFiveSeconds- Rihanna & Kanye

West & Paul McCartney Dance- Prayer In C- Lillywood & Robin Schulz Latin- Mi Verdad- Mana Featuring Shakira

Radio 2MCR/Campbelltown, New South Wales' weekly

program Saturday Night Live will celebrate its 100th

podcast with a special edition with a world record attempt for a record number of animal noises within a two hour radio broadcast.

TV NBC celebrated Saturday Night Live's 40th

anniversary with a live four and a half-hour event that included a red carpet pre-show followed by a live three and half hour show featuring more than 109 guest stars, a first ever mash-up of classic sketches, a SNL Weekend Update gathering of former anchors Jane Curtin, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and for the first time since leaving the series in 1985, Eddie Murphy made his brief return. This special became NBC's most-watched prime-time entertainment telecast since the ER season finale in 2004.

ESPN confirms its coverage of the Duke-North Carolina men's basketball game two days later will not include commentator Dick Vitale for the first time in the network's 35-year history. Jay Bilas will take his role alongside Dan Shulman, while Vitale works a game between the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats and Tennessee Volunteers

Vanilla Ice is arrested in Lantana, Florida for burglary and theft tied to items that were stolen from a home that was located next door to a home he was renovating during a episode of his DIY Network program The Vanilla Ice Project.

Just two days after appearing on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, Norm MacDonald reveals through a series of tweets that Eddie Murphy backed out of the Celebrity Jeopardy sketch because he felt uncomfortable impersonating Bill Cosby (whom Murphy had done during his stint with SNL), resulting in Kenan Thompson replacing Murphy at the last moment. Cosby would later tweet his thanks to Murphy for not doing the impersonation.

For the first time since the death of her mother Joan in 2014, Melissa Rivers returns to the front of the camera as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight, where she will do special interviews for the

series while continuing as producer on E!'s Fashion Police.

Programs Debuting Our Little Family Repeat After Me The Odd Couple Richie Rich Miniseries The Book of Negroes Bagboy Milestone Episodes American Greed- 100th

Programs Ending The Mentalist Two and a Half Men Ronan Farrow Daily The Reid Report International The second part of telemovie The House of Hancock

goes to air with last minute edits and a disclaimer, following legal action from the series' subject Gina Rinehart, on the grounds of defamation.

Russian based news channel RT (Russia Today) launches on the Foxtel platform.

The BBC unveils a series of new arts programmes which will air in primetime slots. They include a new BBC Two series titled Artsnight and a one off debate, Artists Question Time, presented by Kirsty Wark, which will air on BBC Four.

Channel 4 News are censured by Ofcom for misleading viewers in a report about possible police corruption from March 2014, after it's revealed that

interviewees who were presented as members of the public were in fact pre-selected and had ties with the broadcaster.

Video Games Sega Networks, a subsidiary of Sega, acquired

Demiurge Studios.

tri-Ace, the developer of Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile, was acquired by Nepro Japan.

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round The Sims 4- Mac Total War: Attila Pokémon Shuffle Kirby and the Rainbow Curse The Order: 1886

Aviation The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unveils its

proposed regulations for the commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) weighing 55 pounds (25 kg) or less in the United States, requiring commercial UAV operators to register each UAV, pass a written proficiency test, and pay a fee, but not to demonstrate proficiency in flying a UAV; they would require UAVs to fly at no more than 100 miles per hour (161 km/hr), remain below an altitude of 500 feet (152 meters), and avoid flying over anyone uninvolved in operating them, thus precluding the use of UAVs in door-to-door delivery of merchandise

to customers. After a review period that will last into 2017, the FAA expects the rules to go into force and that more than 7,000 businesses will receive UAV permits in the United States between 2017 and 2020.

President Barack Obama issues an executive order requiring United States Government agencies to disclose publicly where they operate UAVs and how they safeguard personal information gathered during UAV flights, as well as to publish an annual report on their UAV operations. The order also directs the United States Department of Commerce to work with private companies and UAV manufacturers to develop a voluntary code of conduct for the gathering and protection of personal information collected during commercial UAV flights.

Egyptian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons strike Islamic State camps, training areas, and weapon depots in Libya after the Libyan wing of the Islamic State posts a video showing its personnel beheading about a dozen Coptic Christians on a beach in Libya; the dead are believed to be among 21 Coptic Christians – most of them believed to be Egyptians – killed in this way. The Government of Egypt announces the strikes, the first time it has publicly admitted taking military action in Libya during the second Libyan Civil War.

The Libyan Air Force strikes Islamic State targets in Derna, Libya.

A military aircraft targeting Boko Haram forces mistakenly bombs a funeral gathering in Abadam Faransa, Niger, killing 37 people and injuring 20 others. Locals blame the Nigerian Air Force for the

attack, but Nigeria denies having any aircraft conducting bombing raids in the area.

Science New research by King's College London suggests the

risk of psychosis is three times higher for users of potent "skunk-like" cannabis than for non-users.

Mars One selects its final 100 astronaut candidates. A regulator of gene activity known as HARE5

(human-accelerated regulatory enhancer) is found to make human brains bigger.

Drug-resistant malaria has been detected at the Myanmar-India border and now poses an "enormous threat" to global health, scientists have said.

Sports 2015 AFC Cup 34th AFC Champions League 2015 Fed Cup 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton

Championships 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating

Championships 51st CAF Champions League 2015 CAF Confederation Cup 2015 FIL World Luge Championships 2015 Cricket World Cup 64th NBA All-Star Game 16th African U-17 Championship 2015 Welsh Open 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series

InternationalOceania

The ABC program Four Corners airs allegations that live animals—including rabbits, piglets and possums—have been used as lures, or "live bait", while training dogs in the greyhound racing industry.

Indonesia The President of Indonesia Joko Widodo drops his

nomination of Budi Gunawan as national police chief following allegations that Gunawan was involved in a bribery scandal.

Tonga The explosion of the Hunga Tonga submerged

volcano near Tonga creates a new island.Asia

Burma The Myanmar Army kills around a dozen Kokang

rebels and capture another eight. China Chinese prosecutors say that former top Communist

Party official Su Rong is under investigation for alleged corruption.

Chinese authorities also announce the indictment of former Guangdong official Zhu Mingguo, former Jinan CPC party chief Wang Min, and former Taiyuan party chief Chen Chuanping, all on charges of corruption.

Georgia Davit Sakvarelidze, a member of the Parliament of

Georgia from the opposition United National Movement party, is appointed as Deputy General Prosecutor of Ukraine.

India The number reported deaths of swine flu in India

reached 585, with Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra being the worst-affected with reported death tolls at 165, 144, 76 and 58 respectively.

A house under construction collapsed in the Indian city of Mughalsarai in the state of Uttar Pradesh killing twelve people and injuring two.

Aero India 2015 began in Bangalore. Malaysia The proposed Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (KIDEX

Skyway) project is officially cancelled by the Selangor State Government.

Philippines Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has formally

cancelled the license of Sulpicio Lines, now operating as Philippine SpanAsia Carrier, for carrying passengers in the sea after due to the sinking of MV Princess of the Stars in 2008.

Masbate Governor Rizalina Lanete surrendered to the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group authorities after the Sandiganbayan had issued a warrant of arrest against her in connection with her participation in the PDAF scam.

February 25 – 1986 EDSA Revolution Taiwan

Andrew Hsia appointed as Minister of Mainland Affairs Council replacing Wang Yu-chi.

Europe Denmark Danish police kill a man at the Nørrebro station after

an exchange of gunfire. The police believe he was the man responsible for the two previous attacks.

Ireland The Irish Times announced the reintroduction of a

paywall for its website, beginning on February 23rd. Moldova The Moldovan Parliament appoints a new

government with Chiril Gaburici as Prime Minister and a legislative support formed by the PLDM, PDM and PCRM.

Ukraine During the ceasefire, fighting kills at least five

Ukrainian Army soldiers with 22 injured. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo

Klimkin claims that pro-Russian forces have fired on Ukrainian forces over 100 times in the past day. Separatists accuse Ukrainian troops of having violated the ceasefire.

The office of the President of Ukraine calls on the European Union and NATO to condemn the Russian backed rebels after the rebels conquered most of the town of Debaltseve and encircled 10,000 Ukrainian troops in the area. Rebel government officials claimed the town was not part of the recently established ceasefire.

UK

Consumer price inflation fell to 0.3% in January, according to latest official figures, its lowest level since records began.

Abid Naseer, a man who plotted a terrorist attack on a shopping centre in Manchester in 2009, which would have reportedly only come second to the September 11 attacks in its impact, stands on trial in the U.S.

Five Britons are amongst the 100 Mars One applicants shortlisted for a one-way trip to Mars to become the first humans to set foot on the planet.

The Metropolitan Police says it will examine video footage appearing to show fans of Chelsea football club preventing a black man from boarding a train on the Paris Metro.

Africa Egypt Qatar withdraws its ambassador from Egypt following

disagreement over Egyptian Air Force strikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the execution of 21 Coptic Christian hostages by Islamic State

Liberia Liberia lifts curfews and reopens borders from

Sunday as the Ebola epidemic begins to end. Libya Multiple car bombs kill at least 45 and wound 30 in

al-Qubbah. Niger A warplane bombs a funeral ceremony in Niger killing

30 civilians. Nigeria

A suicide bomber kills seven and wounds 30 in the city of Damaturu.

Nigeria regains the key town of Monguno from Boko Haram.

South America Venezuela Venezuelan police arrest the Opposition Mayor of

Caracas Antonio Ledezma without a warrant on the anniversary of the arrest of another opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. The President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro accused him of organizing a coup d'état with the support of the United States but the US has denied this.

North America Haiti Carnival festivities are cancelled after at least twenty

people are killed in a float accident in Port-au-Prince. US A Moscow-based security software company, the

Kaspersky Lab, discovers the NSA's ability to hide spying software in hard drives made by several top manufacturers in the computers of users from 30 different countries.

A federal district court judge in Brownsville, Texas temporarily halts President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration, allowing Texas and 25 other states to file a lawsuit opposing the orders.

Dog Breed of the WeekAffenpinscher

also known as the African terrier, is a terrier-like toy breed of dog.

Nicknames- Affen, Affie, Monkey Dog

Country of origin Germany Weight 6.5–13.2 lb (2.9–6.0 kg) Height 9–12 in (23–30 cm) Coat Wire Color Black, grey, silver, red, black and

tan, or belge (mixed black, white, brown and red hairs), all with or without black mask

Litter size 2–3 puppies Life span 11–14 years The breed is German in origin and dates back to the

seventeenth century. The name is derived from the German Affe (ape, monkey). The breed predates and is ancestral to the Griffon Bruxellois (Brussels Griffon) and Miniature Schnauzer.

Dogs of the Affenpinscher type have been known since about 1600, but these were somewhat larger, about 12 to 13 inches, and came in colors of gray, fawn, black and tan, gray and tan, and also red. White feet and chest were also common. The breed was created to be a ratter, working to remove rodents from kitchens, granaries, and stables.

Banana Joe V Tani Kazari (AKA Joe), a five-year-old Affenpinscher, was named Best in Show at the 2013 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City.This win is notable since it is the first time this breed has won Best in Show at Westminster.