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September 13, 2014
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2014-09-13
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
:
Three Maoists are killed and two are seriously injured in a fight with security forces in the
Giridih district
of
India
's
Jharkhand
state.
(PTI)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
:
The
Prime Minister of Iraq
Haider al-Abadi
says he has ordered the army to stop shelling areas held by the
Islamic State
where there are civilians present.
(AP)
Islamic State releases a video purporting to show the beheading of
British
aid worker David Haines.
(NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
At least 29 people are missing after the ferry MV
Maharlika II
sinks off the
Philippines
coast.
(CNN)
Health
2014 Taiwan food scandal
:
Yeh Wen-hsiang, the chairman of Chang Guann Co, is arrested for fraud for his role in the scandal.
(AFP via SBA)
International relations
The government of
Qatar
asks exiled leaders of
Egypt
's
Muslim Brotherhood
to leave.
(AP)
Sports
In
American football
,
Adrian Peterson
, running back for the
Minnesota Vikings
, turns himself in to authorities in the
Houston area
. The day before, he had been indicted on
child abuse
charges stemming from an incident in which he spanked his 4-year-old son with a tree branch that he used as a
switch
. The Vikings have deactivated him from Sunday's game against the
New England Patriots
.
(ESPN)
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