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{{*mp|February 26}} '''[[Milan Milutinović]]''', a former [[President of Serbia|President]] of [[Serbia]], is acquitted by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] ''(building pictured)'' on charges of [[war crime]]s. |
{{*mp|February 26}} '''[[Milan Milutinović]]''', a former [[President of Serbia|President]] of [[Serbia]], is acquitted by the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] ''(Tribunal building pictured)'' on charges of [[war crime]]s. |
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{{*mp|February 26}} [[United States|U.S.]] [[Pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceutical company]] [[Pfizer]] settles a multi-billion dollar damages case with 200 alleged victims of '''[[Kano Trovafloxacin trial litigation|a drugs trial]]''' in [[Kano]], [[Nigeria]]. |
{{*mp|February 26}} [[United States|U.S.]] [[Pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceutical company]] [[Pfizer]] settles a multi-billion dollar damages case with 200 alleged victims of '''[[Kano Trovafloxacin trial litigation|a drugs trial]]''' in [[Kano]], [[Nigeria]]. |
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{{*mp|February 26}} An '''[[2009 Bolivian dengue fever epidemic|outbreak]]''' of [[dengue fever]] kills at least 18 people and infects 31,000 more in [[Bolivia]]. |
{{*mp|February 26}} An '''[[2009 Bolivian dengue fever epidemic|outbreak]]''' of [[dengue fever]] kills at least 18 people and infects 31,000 more in [[Bolivia]]. |
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- Milan Milutinović, a former President of Serbia, is acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Tribunal building pictured) on charges of war crimes.
- U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer settles a multi-billion dollar damages case with 200 alleged victims of a drugs trial in Kano, Nigeria.
- An outbreak of dengue fever kills at least 18 people and infects 31,000 more in Bolivia.
- Mutinies by a paramilitary force in Bangladesh kill at least 75 people.
- Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes near Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, killing at least nine people and injuring at least 86 others.
- The Special Court for Sierra Leone convicts three commanders of the Revolutionary United Front on charges of war crimes, including enlistment of child soldiers and forced marriage.