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February 21, 2007 (Wednesday)
- Police in Zimbabwe ban rallies in parts of Harare that are seen as strongholds of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change. (Washington Post)
- Romano Prodi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, after a defeat by two votes in the Senate. (Ansa Notizie) (BBC)
- Premier of Quebec, Canada, Jean Charest, calls a general election for March 26. (Canadian Press via Canoe)
- Iran ignores a United Nations Security Council deadline for it to suspend its nuclear program. (ABC Australia)
- Iraq War:
- British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces that 1,500 British troops will leave Iraq within weeks with another 1,500 by the end of the year. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
- Denmark will withdraw its 460 troops from Iraq by August. (BBC)
- A suicide car bomb strikes a police checkpoint near a market in Najaf. (AP via Columbian)
- At least five people die as an apartment building collapses in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP via CNN)
- Juniata College defeats Susquehanna University in men's basketball to win first playoff game in the history of the program which is over 100 years old
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