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September 14, 2014
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2014-09-14
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
:
Australia
sends combat aircraft and special forces to the
Middle East
to help in the fight against
Islamic State
.
(
The Australian
)
War in Donbass
Heavy fighting resumes between Ukraine forces and rebels near
Donetsk International Airport
with at least six people dead. The terminal is burning.
(Deutsche Welle)
,
(
New York Times
)
Disasters and accidents
At least 70 people are still missing after the ferry MV
Maharlika II
sinks off the
Philippines
island of
Leyte
.
(AFP via Channel News Asia)
2014 India–Pakistan floods
:
India suspends rescue operations due to heavy rain in
Jammu and Kashmir
state where over 100,000 still await rescue.
(Zee News)
The death toll from a collapse of
T. B. Joshua
's The Synagogue Church of All Nations on Friday in the Ikotun area of the
Nigerian
largest city
Lagos
reaches 40.
(The Express Tribune)
2014 Pacific hurricane season
Hurricane Odile
reaches Category 4 strength as it nears
Mexico
's
Baja California
coast.
(AFP via Telesur)
2014 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Kalmaegi
hits the northeast
Philippines
with warnings of potential floods and landslides.
(AP via
Daily Mail
)
A boat carrying 250 people from
Africa
to
Europe
sinks off the coast off
Tajoura
in
Libya
with most people feared drowned.
(Reuters via
New York Times
)
Law and crime
North Korea
holds a trial for
American
tourist Matthew Miller who was detained in April and sentences him to six years of hard labor.
(AP)
(CNN)
The
Carolina Panthers
deactivate defensive end
Greg Hardy
after his conviction on two counts of female assault and communicating threats.
(USA Today)
Politics and elections
Swedish general election, 2014
:
Voters in
Sweden
go to the polls for a general election with a leftist coalition led by the
Swedish Social Democratic Party
set to form government. Incumbent
Prime Minister
Fredrik Reinfeldt
announces that he will step aside as PM and as leader of the
Moderate Party
.
(BBC)
,
(AP)
Sport
The closing ceremony of the inaugural
Invictus Games
takes place in
London
, with a music concert at Olympic Park featuring artists and groups such as
Bryan Adams
,
Ellie Goulding
,
James Blunt
and the
Kaiser Chiefs
.
(BBC)
(
London Evening Standard
)
(The Daily Telegraph)
In
basketball
, the
United States
defeats
Serbia
129-92 to win the
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
.
(
New York Times
)
In
golf
:
American
Billy Horschel
wins the
The Tour Championship
played in
Atlanta
.
(Reuters)
South Korean
teenager
Kim Hyo-joo
wins the year's final
LPGA
major
, the
Evian Championship
, in
France
.
(AP via ESPN)
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