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February 17, 2013 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- A series of car bombs kill at least 37 people and injure more than 130 others in mostly Shiite areas of the capital Baghdad. (BBC) (AP) (Los Angeles Times)
Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- In Nigeria six foreign workers, of which one Italian, one Greek and two Lebanese, are kidnapped in a construction site, one security guard is killed. (BBC)

Arts and culture

American country music singer Mindy McCready dies as the result of a suspected suicide at the age of 37. (E! Online) (BBC)

Business and economy

Government of Venezuela opens a granite processing plant in the state of Bolívar, with the intention of providing about 25% of the granite required nationwide. (Pub Memo)

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed and eleven are injured, two seriously, when an apartment complex is destroyed by a gas explosion in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic. (Prague Daily Monitor)

Politics and elections

Sport

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