"February 2013"

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Events
February 1
In Cairo, demonstrators tried to set fire to the presidential palace, throwing the territory of the residence with incendiary bottles; 1 person was killed, more than 30 were wounded.
In Ankara, an explosion occurred near the US Embassy. 2 people died.
In Henan province, a truck carrying pyrotechnics exploded on the G30 Expressway linking the east coast of China and Kazakhstan. 26 people died.
Accident of the Zenit-3SL carrier rocket with the Intelsat-27 communications satellite during launch from the Sea Launch platform. The rocket fell into the ocean 4 km from the launch platform. No casualties or destruction.
February 2
The attack of Taliban militants on a checkpoint in the north-west of Pakistan in the area of Lakki Marwat - 19 people were killed, 12 militants were killed.
Alexander Tretyakov became the first in the history of Russia world champion in skeleton.
The Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church began its work in Moscow.
February 3
Parliamentary elections in Cuba.
In Boston (USA), a double-decker charter bus with schoolchildren crashed into an elevated passage over the road. As a result of a collision with a concrete structure, the second floor was almost destroyed, 33 people were injured, three of them are in serious condition, one is in critical condition. The bus driver claims the crossing was not marked on the GPS navigator.
Parliamentary elections were held in Liechtenstein.
February 4
Genetic experts from the University of Leicester have announced that DNA samples extracted from ancient bones found in the course of the city of Leicester, do belong to the English King Richard III.
US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in an interview with NBC, answering a question about Kathryn Bigelow’s film “Target Number One”, which is based on CIA testimony about a special operation against bin Laden, confirmed that torture was used during the operation to eliminate the head of al-Qaeda.
5 February
The House of Commons has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage for England and Wales.
Dell announced the decision to return the status of a private company, for this the computer manufacturer intends to buy out its securities from the market in the amount of $ 24.4 billion.
In Los Angeles, former archbishop of Los Angeles Roger Mahoney, who has repeatedly been accused of harboring sexual crimes, and his former adviser Thomas Curry, Bishop of Santa Barbara, were suspended from office.
February 6
Thief in law Rovshan Djaniev (Rovshan Lankaransky), called one of the organizers of the murder of criminal authority Aslan Usoyan, known under the nickname “Grandfather Hasan”, was killed in Turkey.
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a cluster of six Globalstar spacecraft was carried out from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
February 7
The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival opened in Berlin.
Azerbaijan and Bhutan have established diplomatic relations.
Iran and Senegal have agreed to restore diplomatic relations that were severed in 2011.
In Kiev, the combat units of the ultranationalist party “Svoboda” broke into Vey