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October 6, 2014
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2014-10-06
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Armed conflicts and attacks
ISIL
prepares to establish itself in
Libya
and reports emerge that they are already in the city of
Derna
.
(Al Arabiya)
Kashmir conflict
India
and
Pakistan
trade fire across the borders resulting in five civilian deaths in India and four in Pakistan.
(AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Business and economics
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
agrees to sell its most prestigious hotel, Manhattan’s
Waldorf Astoria
, for $1.95 billion to
Chinese
insurance company Anbang Insurance Group.
(MarketWatch)
American IT company
Hewlett-Packard
announces plans to split in two and shed 5,000 jobs.
(Sci-Tech Today)
Health
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
A
Spanish
nurse becomes the first person to be infected with the
Ebola virus
outside
West Africa
.
(
New York Times
)
Enterovirus 68
First death to be blamed on Enterovirus 68. Claims the life of a 4 year old named Eli Waller.
(CBC)
Disasters and accidents
2014 Pacific typhoon season
At least four people are dead as
Typhoon Phanfone
makes landfall in central
Japan
.
(AFP via ABC News Australia)
Politics and elections
The
European Parliament
rejects
Hungary
's EU commissioner-designate
Tibor Navracsics
as unsuitable for the
education and culture commissioner post
; he may still be given a different post in the commission, causing a reshuffle.
(BBC)
Science
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
British neuroscientist
John O'Keefe
and Norwegian scientists
May-Britt Moser
and
Edvard Moser
share the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
(Huffington Post)
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