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October 29, 2014
(
2014-10-29
)
(Wednesday)
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Arts and culture
New Zealand
will hold a
referendum
regarding its
national flag
in 2016.
(BBC)
Disasters and accidents
A
mudslide
in south-central
Sri Lanka
kills more than 100 people.
(Reuters)
Politics and elections
Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014
The results of the recent
Tunisian
parliamentary election are announced with the secular
Nidaa Tounes
party winning a plurality of seats.
(BBC)
Guy Scott
, the
Vice-President of Zambia
, becomes the interim
President
following the death of
Michael Sata
in London on Tuesday.
(Voice of America)
Sport
In
Major League Baseball
, the
San Francisco Giants
win the
2014 World Series
, defeating the
Kansas City Royals
by 4 games to 3 for the
Giants'
third World Series win in five seasons, followed by civil disorder in the streets. Giants
pitcher
Madison Bumgarner
is named as series MVP.
(
The Guardian
)
,
(AP)
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