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Portal:Current events/2016 February 16
February 16, 2016
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2016-02-16
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Three
Americans
abducted last month in
Baghdad
are freed by the
Iraqi National Intelligence Service
.
(AP via
Orange County Register
)
Arts and culture
The jewels of former Philippine
First Lady
Imelda Marcos
are to be auctioned. Valued at $21 million (USD), they were seized by the
government
when her husband
Ferdinand Marcos
was
overthrown
.
(CNN)
(BBC)
After more than 200 years,
Mozart's
and
Salieri's
lost
cantata
Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia
is discovered in
Prague
.
(Reuters)
(
The Independent
)
(BBC)
International relations
Cuba–United States relations
The
United States
and
Cuba
sign an agreement restoring
commercial air traffic
between the two countries for the first time in 50 years. The
U.S. Department of Transportation
immediately opened bidding for as many as 110 U.S.-Cuba flights per day to
Havana
and nine other destinations. Travel from the U.S. is permitted in 12 authorized categories, which does not include
tourism
.
(AP)
(AFP via
The Jamaica Observer
)
Law and crime
Four
American
journalists
are charged by
Bahrain
for "unlawful obstruction of vehicles and attending unlawful gatherings." The state-run
Bahrain News Agency
said all were released "pending further investigations."
Freelance
reporter Anna Day and a
film crew
, who were covering the fifth anniversary of the
Arab Spring
uprisings
, are scheduled to fly to
Dubai
tonight.
(NBC News)
(
New York Daily News
)
Politics and elections
Philippine Senate election, 2016
Filipino Senate candidate and boxer
Manny Pacquiao
calls
LGBT
people "less than animals" when asked about his opposition to
same-sex marriage
, prompting condemnation from prominent Filipino LGBT figures such as
Aiza Seguerra
,
John Lapus
and
Vice Ganda
. Pacquiao later apologizes.
(
NPR
)
(
The New York Times
)
(Rappler)
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