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February 23, 2017
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2017-02-23
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
War in North-West Pakistan
At least six people are killed in a bomb blast in the
Pakistani
city of
Lahore
.
(BBC)
Battle of Mosul (2016–17)
Iraqi Police
forces enter the
Mosul International Airport
and capture the runway from
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
.
(AP)
Arts and culture
American
-born
panda
Bao Bao
arrives in
China
.
(
The Washington Post
)
Business and economy
Dakota Access Pipeline protests
The protestors in the area of the
Dakota Access Pipeline
are evicted, clearing the way for the
oil pipeline
through
Canada
and the
United States
to be built.
(
The New York Times
)
Disasters and accidents
2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season
The
Met Office
issues travel warnings for parts of
Wales
,
Scotland
and
England
as
Storm Doris
, described as a “weather bomb”, brings gales, heavy rain and snow to the
United Kingdom
. At least one person is killed.
(
The Guardian
)
(
The Independent
)
Law and crime
A
Philippine
court orders the arrest of
Duterte
critic and
Liberal
senator
Leila de Lima
. She later voluntarily turned herself in the next day
(Al Jazeera)
(
PDI
)
Politics and elections
United Kingdom by-elections
Labour
's
Gareth Snell
holds off
UKIP
's
leader
Paul Nuttall
to win the
Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election,
while
Conservative Party
candidate
Trudy Harrison
wins the
Copeland by-election
, the first gain for a governing party since 1982.
(BBC)
French presidential election, 2017
Yannick Jadot
drops out in an effort to boost
Benoît Hamon
.
(Deutsche Welle)
Sports
The
Alaska Aces
ice hockey
team announce that the
2016–17 ECHL season
will be the team's last after 28 seasons of play, following a downturn in the Alaskan economy and sagging ticket sales.
(
The Hamilton Spectator
)
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