Portal:Current events/2008 February 27
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February 27, 2008 (Wednesday)
- Colombian FARC rebels release four former members of Congress, held hostage since 2001 and 2002, in a deal brokered by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. (BBC News)
- A roadside bomb in Afghanistan results in the death of two NATO soldiers. (AP via USA Today)
- The biggest earthquake in nearly 25 years hits England (5.2 on Richter scale). (BBC News)
- A gunman kills four at a public housing complex in Bristol, Tennessee, before committing suicide. (AP via Google News)
- Microsoft is fined a record €899 million by the EU anti-trust commission. (The New York Times)