February 2001

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Events of the day

Friday, February 2

• Cape Verde: José Maria Neves becomes Prime Minister.

Wednesday, February 7

• Israel: Ariel Sharon is prime minister.

Monday, February 12

• The U.S. space probe NEAR lands after a year in orbit around the asteroid Eros successfully on its surface.

Thursday, February 15

• As part of the Human Genome Project a preliminary working version of the entire human genome is presented.

Friday, February 16

• Baghdad / Iraq: U.S. and British warplanes bombing targets near Baghdad because Iraq had violated the ban.

Tuesday, February 20

• Yemen: First local elections.

Sunday, February 25

• Cape Verde: Pedro Pires is president.
• Parliamentary Elections in Moldova.

Monday, February 26

• Nice / France: The Treaty of Nice, which includes the EU enlargement is signed. He enters into force in 2003.

Tuesday, February 27

• Berlin / Germany: Axel Springer Verlag subject before the Berlin Regional Court against a journalist of the online magazine Computer Channel, which had sued the reprint of his text in the newspaper Die Welt. The newspaper had paid neither a fee for secondary use, still called the author. The output of the process strengthens the rights of online journalists in Germany.