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Date: 26 February 2014
By JULIA MOSKIN
Le 25 février 2014 était un mardi sous le signe astral du ♓. C'était le 55ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Barack Obama.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 12 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mercredi 25 février 2026, il y a 91 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le jeudi 25 février 2027, dans 273 jours. Vous avez vécu 4 474 jours, soit environ 107 399 heures, ou environ 6 443 962 minutes, ou environ 386 637 720 secondes.
Date: 26 February 2014
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Researchers at Stanford University report that an extremely rare, polio-like disease has afflicted more than a dozen California children in the past year, producing paralysis in one or both arms or legs; public health officials have not yet identified any common causes connecting the cases.
Date: 25 February 2014
By GERRY MULLANY
The slashing of the former editor of the Ming Pao newspaper comes just a month after he was dismissed from a job in which he oversaw reporting that was critical of the mainland Chinese government.
Date: 26 February 2014
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet publishes information linking former Swedish military officer Bertil Wedin, who has connections with South African security services, to 1986 murder of Prime Min Olof Palme; evidence was submitted to police by novelist Stieg Larsson before his death in 2004; Wedin denies his involvement in killing.
Date: 26 February 2014
By RICK GLADSTONE
Lawyers for Matthew and Grace Huang, Americans held in Qatar on charges that they murdered their adopted African daughter, have formally asked the country's attorney general to open investigation into medical evidence used by the prosecution; lawyers claim evidence was fabricated.
Date: 26 February 2014
By ANDREW ROTH
Russian municipal court jails several Russian opposition leaders, including activist and blogger Aleksei A Navalny, for resisting arrest during rally near the Kremlin that ended with more than 400 demonstrators detained by police; protest, one of Moscow's largest in several months, evokes apprehensive comparison to Ukraine uprising.