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February 10 - The French National Assembly votes to pass a law banning religious items and clothing from schools.

February 12 - San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in an act of civil disobedience.

February 13 - Athens gets hit by a major blizzard which blankets the entire city for days, causing widespread havoc.

February 13 - Scientists in South Korea announce the cloning of 30 human embryos.

February 14 - Riots break out between New South Wales Police and Aboriginal residents of Redfern, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.

February 14 - The roof of the Transvaal water park in Moscow collapses, killing 25 and injuring more than 100.

ebruary 17-20 - A nor'easter blizzard devastates Atlantic Canada, dumping more than 95 centimeters on some areas.

February 18 - A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser, and sulfur derails and explodes in Iran, killing 320 people.

February 20 - Conservatives win a majority in the Iranian parliament election.

February 24 - A 6.5 Richter scale earthquake in Northern Morocco hits in the Rif mountains near the city of Al Hoceima, killing 400. Ait Kamara is destroyed; 517 are killed.