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;Armed conflict and attacks

  • 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests: A suicide car bomber explodes at Jalalabad Airport in Afghanistan, killing nine. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/27/afghanistan-suicide-bomber-military-base (The Guardian)]
  • An alleged plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin after this year's Russian presidential election is foiled by Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/world/europe/plot-to-kill-vladimir-putin-uncovered.html (New York Times)][https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17176615 (BBC)] [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107026/Vladimir-Putin-assassination-plot-Chechen-rebel-Adam-Osmayev-captured.html (Daily Mail)] [http://rt.com/news/putin-assassination-attempt-thwarted-271/comments/ (Russia Today)] [http://www.1tv.ru/news/crime/200014 (1TV.ru)]
  • 2011-2012 Syrian uprising:
  • 125 civilians are killed nationwide by the Syrian army, included 64 people reportedly summarily executed after being caught trying to flee the city of Homs. [http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html (CNN)]
  • The Syrian military launches a new offensive against towns in the Idlib Governorate. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17176943 (BBC)]

;Arts and culture

  • Jailed U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning, U.S. political scientist Gene Sharp and news network Al Jazeera are among those known to have been nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. [http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/27/alleged-wikileaks-informant-bradley-manning-among-231-nobel-peace-prize-nominees/ (AFP via The National Post)]

;Business and economy

  • The German Bundestag votes overwhelmingly in support for a Greek bailout. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/markets/german-parliament-to-vote-on-new-greek-bailout-amid-tensions-over-way-forward/2012/02/27/gIQAqrQFdR_story.html (AP via Washington Post)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-28/bundestag-votes-for-greek-bailout/3856162?section=business (ABC News)]
  • Internet portal company Yahoo warns social network company Facebook that it believes Facebook has infringed on several Yahoo patents, between 10 and 20. [http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/yahoo-warns-facebook-of-a-potential-patent-fight/ (Dealbook)]

;Disasters

  • A section of a nine-story apartment building in the city of Astrakhan, Russia, collapses in a natural gas explosion, injuring at least 12 people with 11 people missing [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/russia-apartment-building-collapse_n_1304111.html (Huffington Post)]
  • East Africa's high-speed internet access is severely damaged by a ship dropping its anchor onto the fibre-optic cables of the TEAMS and EASSy cable systems off the coast of Mombasa, Kenya. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17179544 (BBC)]
  • A farming alert is issued in Wales as an outbreak of Schmallenberg virus affects livestock in at least 74 farms in England. [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/02/26/farming-alert-across-wales-as-deadly-schmallenberg-sheep-virus-confirmed-in-74-english-farms-91466-30410632/ (Wales Online)]
  • The Costa Allegra cruise ship is left adrift in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles following an engine room fire. [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/costa-cruise-ship-adrift-off-seychelles-after-fire/story-e6frf7jx-1226283454123 (AFP via Herald Sun)]
  • The Transportation Safety Board of Canada begins its investigation into the Burlington train derailment. [http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/27/via-train-crash-investigators-find-black-box-search-for-answers-into-derailment-begins/ (National Post)]
  • A report by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation claims that the Japanese government considered the evacuation of Tokyo during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/world/asia/japan-considered-tokyo-evacuation-during-the-nuclear-crisis-report-says.html?_r=1 (New York Times)]

;International relations

  • Argentina turns away two cruise ships from the port of Ushuaia – P&O Cruises Adonia and Princess Cruises' Star Princess – because the ships had earlier visited the Falkland Islands. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229002809/http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/27/10519322-argentina-turns-away-two-cruise-ships-in-falkland-islands-dispute (MSNBC)]

;Law and crime

  • WikiLeaks begins disclosing 5 million e-mails from the private intelligence company Stratfor. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-27/wikileaks-begins-publishing-confidential-intelligence-emails/3854838 (ABC)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/26/us/wikileaks-stratfor/ (CNN)]
  • News International phone hacking scandal: Singer Charlotte Church and her parents agree damages and costs of £600,000 (US$950,000) with Rupert Murdoch's News Group, publishers of the defunct News of the World. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17178550 (BBC)]
  • Three students are killed and two injured in a shooting at Chardon High School in the US state of Ohio. [http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-fatality-ohio-shooting-20120227,0,1080775.story (Los Angeles Times)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17182562 (BBC)]

;Politics and elections

;Sport

  • In motor sport, the 2012 Daytona 500 is postponed to be run at 7pm Monday due to heavy rain in Daytona. [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/story/2012-02-27/Fox-could-score-big-with-prime-time-Daytona-500/53271682/1 (USA Today)]

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