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  • 12 February 2019: German migrant rescue charity renames ship after drowned Syrian toddler
  • 11 February 2019: Bishop Emeritus Dinualdo Gutierrez of Marbel, Philippines dies
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  • 11 February 2019: Thai political party withdraws nomination of princess for prime minister
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  • 5 February 2019: Block of flats collapses in Aleppo, killing eleven
  • 2 February 2019: Paris court jails two police in high-profile rape case
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