Ongoing events
• Iraqi legislative election
• Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage)
• Tsunami relief
Upcoming events
• March 11: Red Nose Day 2005 in the UK.
Deaths in February
• 26 – Jef Raskin
• 25 – Hugh Nibley
• 25 – Peter Benenson
• 21 – Guillermo Cabrera Infante
• 21 – Dr. Gene Scott
• 20 – Jimmy Young
• 20 – Hunter S. Thompson
• 20 – Sandra Dee
• 14 – Rafiq Hariri
• 13 – Sister Lúcia, Child of Fatima
• 10 – Arthur Miller
• 5 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma
• 4 – Ossie Davis
• 3 – Ernst Mayr
• 3 – Zurab Zhvania
• 2 – Max Schmeling
Ongoing armed conflicts
• Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada)
• Conflict in Chechnya
• Second Congo War
• Conflict in Iraq (Occupation of Iraq)
• Darfur conflict in Sudan
• Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire
Upcoming holidays
March 1: St. David's Day
March 3: Hinamatsuri
March 7: St. Eubulus Day
March 17: St. Patrick's Day
March 20: Palm Sunday
March 20: Earth Day
March 20: Vernal equinox
March 21: Norouz
March 21: World Poetry Day
March 22: World Water Day
March 25: Purim
March 25: Good Friday
March 26: Holy Saturday
March 27: Easter Sunday
March 28: Easter Monday
April 1: April Fool's Day
April 5: Qing Ming Jie
April 23: Passover
May 1: May Day
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
Upcoming elections
Feb 10–Apr 21: Saudi local
Feb 27: Kyrgyzstan parliamentary
March 31: Zimbabwe parliamentary
May 17: British Columbia general
June 17: Iran presidential
2005: UK general
2005: New Zealand general
2005: Norwegian parliamentary
Election results in Feb.
6: Thai national
8: Danish parliament
20: Portuguese parliamentary
Ongoing trials
Chile: Augusto Pinochet
ICTY: Slobodan Milošević
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
— Saddam Hussein, among others
India: Best Bakery case
India: Jayendra Saraswathi
Netherlands: Volkert van der Graaf
Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri
United States: Robert Blake
United States: Zacarias Moussaoui
United States: Charles Graner
United States: Michael Jackson
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