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  • 18 February 2019: Fire kills nine, injures dozens in Chittagong, Bangladesh slum
  • 17 February 2019: Francis D’Souza, former Deputy Chief Minister of Goa, dies aged 64
  • 16 February 2019: Study indicates as great white shark disappears, living fossil moves in
  • 13 February 2019: Hotel fire kills at least seventeen in Karol Bagh, New Delhi
  • 12 February 2019: German migrant rescue charity renames ship after drowned Syrian toddler
  • 11 February 2019: Bishop Emeritus Dinualdo Gutierrez of Marbel, Philippines dies
  • 11 February 2019: Pioneering oceanographer Walter Munk dies of pneumonia in California
  • 11 February 2019: Thai political party withdraws nomination of princess for prime minister
  • 7 February 2019: Nevada becomes first state in U.S. with majority-female legislature
  • 6 February 2019: Bus carrying children overturns in Babyninsky, Russia; at least seven die

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  • Pioneering oceanographer Walter Munk dies of pneumonia in California
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  • Francis D’Souza, former Deputy Chief Minister of Goa, dies aged 64
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  • German migrant rescue charity renames ship after drowned Syrian toddler
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  • Male Magellanic penguins pine for pairings: Wikinews interviews biologist Natasha Gownaris
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