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World news in one minute: find out what happened around the world on 22 February

Associated Press Monday, 23 February 2015, 07:26 Last update: about 12 years ago

PRISON DISTURBANCE-TEXAS

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — An official says as many as 2,800 inmates will be moved to other facilities one day after several hundred prisoners seized control of part of a federal prison in South Texas. 

WINTER WEATHER

The latest in an unending parade of winter storms moves over the U.S. East Coast, dropping a wintry mix as far south as northern Georgia and potentially causing more headaches for the snow-weary northeastern New England states. 

CUBA-CANADIAN BUSINESSMAN

HAVANA — A Canadian automobile executive imprisoned in Cuba on corruption charges for more than three years is released after Cuba's government ended a case that it called a demonstration of the fight against bribery and critics said was a warning against doing business here.

WASHINGTON-POLICE SHOOTING

PASCO, Washington (AP) — A group, protesting the deadly police shooting of a Mexican immigrant, temporarily took over a bridge crossing the Columbia River.

HAITI-CARNIVAL ACCIDENT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Thousands of people stream into Haiti's main public park to honor the 17 victims who died in an accident involving a Carnival float.

SPACE STATION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Spacewalking astronauts routs more than 300 feet (90 meters) of cable outside the International Space Station, tricky and tiring advance work for the arrival of new American-made crew capsules. 

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