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February 18, 2014 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2013–14 Thai political crisis:
- Protesters and police clash after a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra with one policeman shot dead and dozens wounded. (BBC News) (Sydney Morning Herald)
Euromaidan:
- Violent clashes between police forces and opposition demonstrators reignite in Kyiv, Ukraine. The death toll rises to 14, six of them policemen who were shot dead during the confrontation. (CNN) (BBC News) (Reuters)

Arts and culture

A US$1 million vase made by Chinese dissident Ai Wei Wei is destroyed in Miami by a local vandal protesting the lack of exhibits promoting local art. (The New York Times)

Law and crime

The Supreme Court of the Philippines declares the libel provisions in the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 as legal. (Inquirer) (GMA News)
Former Australian parliamentarian Craig Thomson is found guilty of theft and fraud during his time as national secretary of the Health Services Union. (Sydney Morning Herald) (The Australian)
French police arrest a man in relation to a killing of a British family in the French Alps. (BBC News)
Former United States congressman Melvin Jay Reynolds is arrested in Zimbabwe for possession of pornography. (Fox News)

Politics and elections

Justice Kenneth Hayne of the High Court of Australia voids the Senate election in the state of Western Australia due to the loss of ballot papers in a very close election. (Yahoo! News)

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 ;Armed conflicts and attacks
 *[[2013–14 Thai political crisis]]:
-**Protesters and police clash after a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister [[Yingluck Shinawatra]] with one policeman shot dead and dozens wounded. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26224510 (BBC)], [http://www.smh.com.au/world/lethal-battle-to-clear-out-bangkok-protest-sites-begins-20140218-hvcw6.html (''Sydney Morning Herald'')]
+**Protesters and police clash after a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister [[Yingluck Shinawatra]] with one policeman shot dead and dozens wounded. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26224510 (BBC News)] [http://www.smh.com.au/world/lethal-battle-to-clear-out-bangkok-protest-sites-begins-20140218-hvcw6.html (''Sydney Morning Herald'')]
 *[[Euromaidan]]:
-**Violent clashes between police forces and opposition demonstrators reignite in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. The death toll rises to 14, six of them policemen who were shot dead during the confrontation. [http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/18/world/europe/ukraine-protests/ (CNN)]  [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26236860 (BBC)] [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/18/uk-ukraine-crisis-police-idUKBREA1H20E20140218 (Reuters)]
+**Violent clashes between police forces and opposition demonstrators reignite in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]. The death toll rises to 14, six of them policemen who were shot dead during the confrontation. [http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/18/world/europe/ukraine-protests/ (CNN)]  [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26236860 (BBC News)] [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/18/uk-ukraine-crisis-police-idUKBREA1H20E20140218 (Reuters)]
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-*The [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] declares the [[libel]] provisions in the [[Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012]] as legal. [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/578801/online-libel-legal-sc-rules (''Inquirer'')], [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/348945/scitech/technology/internet-libel-in-cybercrime-law-constitutional-sc (GMA News)]
+*The [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] declares the [[libel]] provisions in the [[Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012]] as legal. [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/578801/online-libel-legal-sc-rules (''Inquirer'')] [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/348945/scitech/technology/internet-libel-in-cybercrime-law-constitutional-sc (GMA News)]
-*Former [[Australian people|Australian]] [[Australian House of Representatives|parliamentarian]] [[Craig Thomson (politician)|Craig Thomson]] is found guilty of [[Health Services Union expenses affair|theft and fraud]] during his time as national secretary of the [[Health Services Union]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/craig-thomson-found-guilty-of-fraud-theft-charges-20140218-32xay.html (''Sydney Morning Herald'')], [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/craig-thomson-found-guilty-of-defrauding-hsu/story-e6frg6nf-1226830337709 (''The Australian'')]
+*Former [[Australian people|Australian]] [[Australian House of Representatives|parliamentarian]] [[Craig Thomson (politician)|Craig Thomson]] is found guilty of [[Health Services Union expenses affair|theft and fraud]] during his time as national secretary of the [[Health Services Union]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/craig-thomson-found-guilty-of-fraud-theft-charges-20140218-32xay.html (''Sydney Morning Herald'')] [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/craig-thomson-found-guilty-of-defrauding-hsu/story-e6frg6nf-1226830337709 (''The Australian'')]
-*[[Law enforcement in France|French police]] arrest a man in relation to a killing of a British family in the [[French Alps]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26240055 (BBC)]
+*[[Law enforcement in France|French police]] arrest a man in relation to a killing of a British family in the [[French Alps]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26240055 (BBC News)]
 *Former United States congressman [[Melvin Jay Reynolds]] is arrested in [[Zimbabwe]] for possession of [[pornography]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/18/former-us-congressman-arrested-in-zimbabwe/ (Fox News)]
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 *Justice [[Kenneth Hayne]] of the [[High Court of Australia]] voids the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] election in the state of [[Western Australia]] due to the loss of ballot papers in a very close election. [http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/21534031/high-court-voids-wa-senate-election/ (Yahoo! News)]
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-*[[Ballroom dancers]] and [[aerobics]] classes have popped up in the midst of an anti-China protest in [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]], in an apparent ploy by the [[Politics of Vietnam|government]] to break up the event. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26240489 (BBC)]
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