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Portal:Current events/2016 February 6

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

;Arts and culture

;Disasters and accidents

  • 2016 Taiwan earthquake
  • A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan. Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported that 14 people were killed and 484 injured. [http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/06/asia/taiwan-earthquake/index.html (CNN)] [http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/05/dramatic-pics-emerge-of-earthquake-in-taiwan-5665164/ (Metro)] [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_TAIWAN_EARTHQUAKE_THE_LATEST_ASOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (AP)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-06/magnitude-6.4-earthquake-hits-southern-taiwan/7145756?WT.mc_id=newsmail (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)]
  • The earthquake toppled two high-rise buildings in the city of Tainan with at least 160 people rescued and many more trapped inside. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/adfd0fa83b494e45bed17161672a6bb5/64-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-southern-taiwan (AP)]
  • Five people are killed in an avalanche that buried 17 Czechs in Austria. [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/five-killed-avalanche-austria-s-skiing-region-police-n512736 (NBC News)]
  • Twin brothers are killed and six others injured in a sledding accident on an Olympic bobsledding course at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. [http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/07/world/canada-calgary-sled-teens-killed/ (CNN)]

;International relations

  • North Korea brings forward the date of a potential satellite launch to as early as tomorrow. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35511647# (BBC)]
  • Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • Tunisia completes the construction of a 200km (125 mile) barrier along its border with Libya, intended to keep out terrorists trained in Libya. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tunisia-security-idUKKCN0VF0W3 (Reuters)]

;Law and crime

  • Twitter claims to have closed down 125,000 accounts linked to ISIL. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-06/twitter-shuts-down-accounts-linked-to-terrorists/7145906 (Reuters via ABC News Australia)]
  • The Vatican commission on sexual abuse announces that Peter Saunders, a sexual abuse survivor from the U.K., is suspended from commission proceedings. "I am not leaving my position," Saunders said, adding only the person who appointed him, the Pope, can dismiss him. [http://buenosairesherald.com/article/208261/vatican-critic-excluded-from-sex-abuse-probe (Buenos Aires Herald)] [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/catholicnews/2016/02/abuse-commission-suspends-british-advocate/ (Patheos)] [http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2016/2/7/vatican-critic-and-abuse-survivor-refuses-to-step-down-from-commission.html (Al Jazeera)]

;Politics and elections

;Sports

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