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October 18, 2014
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2014-10-18
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Suspected
Ugandan
rebels kill more than 20 people near the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
town of
Beni
in their second attack in 48 hours.
(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Cyclone Hudhud
The death toll from the
Nepalese
avalanche
caused by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud reaches 40.
(Xinhua)
Days of heavy rainfall in
Nicaragua
lead to at least 22 deaths including 9 people killed in the capital
Managua
by a wall collapse.
(BBC)
Environment
A male of
critically endangered
northern white rhinoceros
died in reservation
Ol Pejeta
in
Kenya
. It was one of only two known males of the northern
subspecies
of
white rhinoceros
capable of natural
mating
. The
Dvůr Králové Zoo
said that he was one of seven northern white rhinos left.
(ABC)
,
(Sydney Morning Herald)
Law and crime
A
McKeesport
,
Pennsylvania
fire leaves family with a loss of six lives.
(WPXI)
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