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October 20, 2014
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2014-10-20
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2014 investigation of suspected foreign underwater activity in the Stockholm archipelago
:
The investigation continues as the Russian Oil-tanker
NS Concord
maintains its criss-crossing outside Stockholm.
(TT via
The Local
)
2014 Libyan conflict
Pro-government forces launch an attack on
Islamist
militants resulting in 75 deaths in five days.
(AFP via
Business Standard
)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Turkey
will allow Turkish
Kurds
to join in the fight against ISIL in
Kobane
.
(BBC)
At least 43
Shi'ites
are dead in
Baghdad
and the holy city of
Karbala
in a wave of suicide and car bombings.
(AP)
War in Donbass
A huge explosion occurs in a rubber factory in the rebel held city of
Donetsk
with the
Russian
media claiming it was caused by a missile. The
Government of Ukraine
denies the charges.
(
The Independent
)
Disasters and accidents
2014 Atlantic hurricane season
The remnants of
Hurricane Gonzalo
are due to make landfall in the
United Kingdom
causing heavy rains and gale force winds.
(
The Independent
)
A collision between two buses on the
Dhaka
-
Rajshahi
highway leaves at least 30 people dead in northwestern
Bangladesh
.
(AAP via
The Australian
)
The Chief Executive Officer of
Total S.A.
, Christophe de Margerie, dies in a plane crash in
Moscow
together with three members of the flight crew.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Joko Widodo
is
sworn in
as
President of Indonesia
.
(BBC)
Two members of
Prime Minister of Japan
Shinzo Abe
's cabinet, Trade Minister
Yūko Obuchi
and Justice Minister
Midori Matsushima
, resign over a scandal involving alleged misuse of political funds.
(AFP via NZ Stuff)
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