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July 21, 2014
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2014-07-21
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Armed conflict and attacks
Operation Protective Edge
The
United Nations Security Council
calls for an immediate ceasefire on the
Gaza Strip
after an emergency meeting.
(BBC News)
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Fighting restarts near
Donetsk
as international investigators arrive to examine the crash of
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
.
(Reuters)
The
Prime Minister of Malaysia
Najib Razak
states that pro-Russian separatists agree to hand over the
black box flight recorders
to a Malaysian investigation team.
(
Washington Post
)
The
United Nations Security Council
unanimously supports an
Australian
proposed resolution for an international investigation and an end to hostilities near the site.
(AP via Fox News)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
Ten people are killed in an
Iraqi Air Force
air strike on the rebel-held town of
Hawija
.
(Reuters)
Business and economy
Russian
company
Severstal
sells two steel works in the US to
AK Steel
and
Steel Dynamics
for
US$
2.3 billion.
(AP)
Disasters and accidents
2014 Pacific typhoon season
The death toll from
Typhoon Rammasun
rises to 26 in southern
China
and 11 in northern
Vietnam
.
(CTV News)
A bus crashes into a ravine in
Pakistan
's
Kashmir
region killing 16 people with 37 others injured.
(AFP via Global Post)
Law and crime
Boston Marathon bombings
Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of accused marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
is found guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for trying to hide evidence during the ongoing case.
(MSN)
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