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A state of emergency is delcared in The Philippines after a coup against President Gloria Arroyo is foiled.
A bomb attack in Samarra, Iraq badly damages the Al Askari Mosque (pictured), a holy site in Shi'a Islam. Violent reactions, suspected to be reprisals, result in over 100 deaths.
Two are arrested after bank robbers in England make off with at least £50 million in the Securitas depot robbery, one of the largest ever in Europe.
Both houses of the South Dakota state legislature vote to ban all abortions in the U.S. state, except to save the life of the mother.

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Figure skating: Shizuka Arakawa wins the first gold medal in Turin for Japan.
Curling: The Swedish women's team win the gold medal match against Switzerland by a score of 7-6.

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-*<!--Feb 23--> '''[[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]''': [[Shizuka Arakawa]] wins the [[2006 Winter Olympics medal count|first gold medal]] in Turin for [[Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Japan]].  [[Sasha Cohen]] of the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics|U.S.]] and [[Irina Slutskaya]] of [[Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Russia]] take silver and bronze.
+*<!--Feb 23--> '''[[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]''': [[Shizuka Arakawa]] wins the [[2006 Winter Olympics medal count|first gold medal]] in Turin for [[Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Japan]].
 *<!--Feb 23--> '''[[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Curling]]''': The [[Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Swedish]] women's team win the [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Gold medal game - Thursday, February 23, 1730|gold medal match]] against [[Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]] by a score of 7-6.
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