Current events of January 1, 2014 (2014-01-01) (Wednesday) |
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- Business and economy
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- A three-story building, housing apartments and a grocery store, explodes and burns in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, injuring 13 people, some critically. (CNN)
- Indonesia's Sinabung volcano erupts, displacing more than 19,000 people. (ABC News)
- Law and crime
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Current events of January 2, 2014 (2014-01-02) (Thursday) |
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- Business and Economy
- Fisker Automotive in bankruptcy, asks the judge to reject the official creditors' committee's plan for an auction. The proposed auction would be based on an initial $24.725 million bid from the U.S. unit of Wanxiang Group, a major auto parts concern in China. (Reuters)
- Disasters and accidents
- A bus plunges off a cliff into a 400-foot ravine in Malshej Ghat, in western India, killing at least 30 people and injuring ten others. (The Independent) (MSN)
- The Italian navy rescues 233 migrants from an overcrowded boat at risk of sinking in rough waters in the Mediterranean Sea. The boat was spotted about 80 miles south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. (CNN)
- The East Coast of the United States braces itself for the first Nor'easter of the season set to bring below normal temperatures and heavy snow in places and prompting the governors of Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey to declare state emergencies. (NBC)(CNN)
- Politics
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Current events of January 3, 2014 (2014-01-03) (Friday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An 85-year old man dies during Israeli suppression of a violent riot at Kufr Qaddoum near Nablus; he is the first Palestinian casualty from conflict with Israel in 2014. (The Guardian)
- Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present):
- South Sudanese conflict (2013–present):
- The United States evacuates additional diplomatic personnel at its embassy in Juba due to the deteriorating security situation. (The Hill)
- Disasters and accidents
- A winter storm hits the Northeastern United States, bringing snow to the region, affecting travel, and killing thirteen people. (NBC News)
- A deep area of low pressure named Anne brings strong winds, high tides and coastal flooding to parts of Western England, Wales, Scotland, France and Ireland. (BBC)
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Current events of January 4, 2014 (2014-01-04) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Anbar conflict:
- Majid al-Majid, the chief of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades militant group that was accused of being responsible for a double suicide bombing in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, in November 2013, dies in custody in a military hospital in Beirut. (BBC)
- Disasters and accidents
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Current events of January 5, 2014 (2014-01-05) (Sunday) |
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- A small jet carrying three Mexican men from Toluca crashes while trying to land at the Aspen–Pitkin County Airport in the U.S. state of Colorado, killing the co-pilot, seriously injuring the pilot and slightly injuring the passenger. (CBC)
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Current events of January 6, 2014 (2014-01-06) (Monday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Disasters and accidents
- 2014 North American cold wave
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Current events of January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) (Tuesday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian opposition–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict
- Both belligerents mass execute dozens of their combatant prisoners. (BBC)
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Current events of January 8, 2014 (2014-01-08) (Wednesday) |
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- Business and economy
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- FIFA secretary-general Jérôme Valcke, second in the FIFA hierarchy to president Sepp Blatter, tells Radio France that the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will not be played in summer between June and July and will be held in the winter time. FIFA responds by saying no official decision will be made until after the 2014 World Cup. (Sky News) (BBC) (Times of India)
- Thomas Hitzlsperger, recently retired former German international, publicly announces he is gay, the most prominent association football player to do so. (BBC)
- In baseball, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank Thomas are elected to the Hall of Fame in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. They will be inducted along with managers Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa, and Joe Torre on July 27 at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. (ESPN)
- U.S. sports personality and Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman defends his visits to North Korea after he is criticized by the family of an American detainee. (CNN)
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Current events of January 9, 2014 (2014-01-09) (Thursday) |
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- Attacks and conflicts
- Syrian Civil War:
- A car bomb kills 18 people, including women and children, in Syria's central Hama province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights organization. (CNN) (Ynet News)
- Islamic extremist groups in Syria with ties to al-Qaeda try to identify, recruit and train Americans and other Westerners who have traveled there to get them to carry out attacks when they return home. (NYT)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- 14-year-old boy Aitizaz Hassan in northern Pakistan is killed stopping a suicide bomber at the main gate of his school but saves the lives of all of his schoolmates gathered for their morning assembly. The Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility for the attack. (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
- The government of Afghanistan announces the release of 72 Taliban fighters from jails, despite American objections that they pose a security threat. (ABC News)
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
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- Politics and elections
- In the US Congress, a bill is introduced to restore the fast track negotiating authority, under which the president could negotiate trade agreements that Congress could not amend, but could only vote "yes" or "no" on. The bill's sponsors mentioned talks with the EU as well as the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. (Reuters), (US Senate)
- Science and technology
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Current events of January 10, 2014 (2014-01-10) (Friday) |
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- Attacks and armed conflicts
- Business and economy
- Volkswagen's luxury brands Porsche, Audi and Bentley have each posted record sales for 2013. (BBC)
- Google allows users to communicate with each other on Google Plus even if they are not friends. (BBC)
- The number of people with their personal information stolen from Target stores is up from 40 million to 70 million. (CNN)
- International relations
- Politics and elections
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Current events of January 11, 2014 (2014-01-11) (Saturday) |
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- Business and economy
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Current events of January 12, 2014 (2014-01-12) (Sunday) |
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- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
- Syrian Civil War:
- Syrian State TV claims that a rebel mortar attack kills 19 people in the government-controlled Ghouta and Karm al shami areas of the city of Homs. (News Limited)
- Arts and culture
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Current events of January 13, 2014 (2014-01-13) (Monday) |
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- An explosion at an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City, China, kills fourteen people and injures seven. Police believe it was intentional and are investigating it as a crime. (CNN) (ABC News)
- Disasters
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- Science
- China conducts the test of a new hypersonic missile vehicle, dubbed the "WU-14", which has top speeds of Mach 8 to Mach 12. The weapon was launched on an ICBM. (Newsmax)
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Current events of January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) (Tuesday) |
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Current events of January 15, 2014 (2014-01-15) (Wednesday) |
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- Science and technology
- Australia warns of bushfires due to a 40C (104F) heatwave affecting the country. (BBC)
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Current events of January 16, 2014 (2014-01-16) (Thursday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- International relations
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- 2013-14 Thai political crisis
- Technology
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Current events of January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17) (Friday) |
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Current events of January 18, 2014 (2014-01-18) (Saturday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
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- Law and order
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Current events of January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19) (Sunday) |
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- Disasters
- Residents of the historic Norwegian village of Lærdalsøyri are evacuated due to a fire that has destroyed at least 10 homes. (BBC)
- Politics and elections
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Current events of January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20) (Monday) |
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- Business and economy
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Current events of January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21) (Tuesday) |
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- Business and economy
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- Science and technology
- The US National Academy of Sciences found that pollution from China’s manufacturing industry drifts across the Pacific Ocean and affects US cities. (ABC Online)
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Current events of January 22, 2014 (2014-01-22) (Wednesday) |
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- Arts and culture
- Business and economy
- Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of bond fund manager PIMCO, leaves the two posts without offering a reason. (Reuters)
- Law and crime
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Current events of January 23, 2014 (2014-01-23) (Thursday) |
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- Business and economy
- A prominent currency trading platform launched by and for banks, ParFX, opens its doors to hedge fund participation. (Reuters)
- Disasters and accidents
- A fire breaks out in a L'Isle Verte, Quebec elderly home, killing 5 people and 30 are still missing. (The Toronto Sun)
- Law and Crime
- Science
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Current events of January 24, 2014 (2014-01-24) (Friday) |
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Current events of January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25) (Saturday) |
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- Civil conflict in the Philippines
- Post-civil war violence in Libya:
- Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013–present):
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
- 17 people are killed in car-bomb and mortar attacks on a Shi'ite Muslim village in Iraq. (Reuters)
- Law and crime
- Sports
- Science and technology
- Yutu, China's lunar rover, suffers an unspecified "mechanical control abnormality" shortly before going dormant for the two-week-long lunar night. The solar-powered vehicle has been on the Moon since 15 December and had survived one lunar night. (Xinhua), (abc.net.au)
- Average peak concentrations of PM2.5 (fine particulate air pollution) are more than twice as great in Delhi as in Beijing during the first three weeks of the year. (New York Times)
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Current events of January 26, 2014 (2014-01-26) (Sunday) |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Taliban insurgency
- Somali Civil War:
- The U.S. military carries out a missile strike in southern Somalia, hitting a vehicle and killing Sahal Iskudhuq, a member of the Al Shabaab terrorist group, along with his driver. (Fox News)
- Arts and culture
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Current events of January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27) (Monday) |
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- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Sixty-one people are feared to have been killed following gun attacks in the states of Adamawa and Borno. (Xinhua)
- Arts and culture
- Law and crime
- The U.S. Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence reach a preliminary joint agreement, likely resolving a lawsuit with the major American Internet provider companies (Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, and LinkedIn), about the information the companies can release to customers regarding requests by the intelligence agencies for information. (NBC)
- Politics and elections
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Current events of January 28, 2014 (2014-01-28) (Tuesday) |
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- Business and economy
- Carl Icahn announces he has purchased another bloc of the stock of Apple Inc., part of a ramping up that now has him owning Apple equity in the amount of more than $4 billion. (Reuters)
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Current events of January 29, 2014 (2014-01-29) (Wednesday) |
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- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- Seven people are killed and 14 injured after a bus collides with a diesel tanker on the Mumbai - Ahmedabad highway in India. (NDTV)
- National Guard troops are deployed to reach students stranded overnight on buses after ice and snow cause widespread traffic chaos in Atlanta, Georgia.(CNN)
- The cruise ship MS Explorer of the Seas returns to port; at least 684 of the 4237 people aboard had symptoms of norovirus. (CNN), (NBC)
- International Relations
- Science and technology
- Scientists find a way to convert normal cells into stem cells, which can be used for any part of the body. Previously, the standard method of obtaining stem cells was to get them from an embryo. (The New York Times)
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Current events of January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30) (Thursday) |
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- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Business and economy
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Current events of January 31, 2014 (2014-01-31) (Friday) |
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- Disasters and accidents
- For the first time in its 54-year history the State Water Project announces a zero water allocation for the state of California providing no water to urban residents or farmers this year amid a record setting drought. (LA Times) (Mercury News)
- Law and crime
- Murder of Meredith Kercher
- Raffaele Sollecito is arrested in Italy near the Austrian border after again being found guilty of the murder of Meredith Kercher. (BBC)
- Amanda Knox tells the American media she refuses to return to Italy to be arrested after again being found guilty of the same murder. (CNN)
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- Libya
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Recently concluded
- Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty
- China: Bo Xilai
- Croatia: Ivo Sanader
- Germany: Breno Borges
- Indonesia: Abu Bakar Bashir
- Italy: Silvio Berlusconi
- Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY)
- Norway: Anders Behring Breivik
- Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot
- Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL)
- South Africa: Chris Mahlangu
- Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
- United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hall, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins
- United States: Noshir Gowadia, Buju Banton, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum
Ongoing
- Brazil: Mensalão scandal
- Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Canada: Luka Magnotta
- China: Organized crime in Chongqing
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak
- France: Church of Scientology
- Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe
- Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim
- Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal
- Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim
- Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY)
- Palau: Tommy Remengesau
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Jinggoy Estrada, Gregorio Honasan, Janet Lim-Napoles, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Imelda Marcos, Nur Misuari, Manny Pacquiao, Jovito Palparan, Juan Ponce Enrile, Bong Revilla
- Russia: Platon Lebedev
- Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein
- Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra
- Turkey: Ergenekon network, Kenan Evren
- United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, William Roache, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Dave Lee Travis
- United States: Jodi Arias
Upcoming
- France: Éric Raoult
- Germany: Bernie Ecclestone
- Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo
- Jordan: Abu Qatada
- Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
- South Africa: Oscar Pistorius
- United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Max Clifford, Rolf Harris, Nicholas Jacobs,
- United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell
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