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January 26 - A whale explodes in Tainan City, Taiwan, while being transported through the town to a university for a necropsy

January 28 - The findings of the Hutton Inquiry are published in London. The British Government is found not to have falsified information in the "sexed up dossier." The report criticizes the BBC's role in the death of David Kelly, a weapons expert on Iraq.

February 1 - A hajj stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 251 pilgrims.

February 1 - The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXVIII.

February 2 - An 11-story apartment building collapses in Konya, Turkey, killing more than 90 residents.

# February 3 - The CIA admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

February 3 - Jóannes Eidesgaard becomes Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.

# February 6 - A suicide bomber kills 41 people on a metro car in Moscow.

February 7 - Several leaders of Abnaa el-Balad are arrested in Israel.

February 10 - At least 50 people are killed in a car bomb attack on a police recruitment centre south of Baghdad.