Portal:Current events/2009 February 21
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February 21, 2009 (Saturday)
- The Taliban and Pakistan agree to a permanent ceasefire in the war in North-West Frontier Province. (CNN)
- The International Security Assistance Force kills 13 people in Guzara, Herat, Afghanistan. (CNN)
- Italy's Democratic Party elects Deputy Secretary Dario Franceschini as its new Secretary. (France 24)
- Approximately 120,000 people march in Dublin, Ireland, to protest the government's handling of the country's economic and banking crises. (Irish Times)
- At least 10 people are killed and 20 injured in a collision between a train and a coach in Slovakia. (RTÉ)