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Current events of
January 27, 2013
(
2013-01-27
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
:
At least twenty members of the
Afghan National Police
have been killed in bomb attacks over the past day with eight police officers killed in the latest attack in
Kandahar
.
(Reuters)
Syrian civil war
:
Reports claim that elite
Syrian
military forces shell the town of
Darayya
just southwest of
Damascus
.
(AAP via
The Australian
)
Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)
:
French forces prepare an attack on
Timbuktu
to defeat Islamists, as more African troops are sent into Mali.
(BBC)
2012–2013 Egyptian protests
:
Seven more people are killed and 630 injured during the funerals for 33 people killed the day before in
Port Said
.
(Ahram Online)
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
In a televised statement,
President of Egypt
Mohamed Morsi
declares a 30-day
state of emergency
and a
curfew
from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am in the cities of
Port Said
,
Suez
and
Ismaïlia
.
(Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
Kiss nightclub fire
: A
fire
at a
nightclub
in the southern
Brazilian
city of
Santa Maria
kills at least 235 people and injures at least 169 people.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
(CNN)
(AP)
At least 7 workers die in the factory
fire
in the capital of
Bangladesh
,
Dhaka
.
(
The Wall Street Journal
)
A
landslide
in the
Indonesian
island of
Sumatra
kills at least 4 people with 18 missing.
(AFP via
Malaysia Star
)
Heavy rain caused by former
Tropical Cyclone Oswald
continues to cause
significant flooding
in the
Australian
state of
Queensland
with the capital
Brisbane
amongst those affected.
(ABC News Australia)
A bus crashes and falls into a ravine near the eastern
Portuguese
town of
Sertã
, killing 11 people and injuring 32.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
(UPI)
A
retaining wall
of a
soccer field
collapses during a match in the Ugur Sports Facility in
Şırnak Province
,
Turkey
, killing 7 people and injuring 3 others.
(UPI)
(Sanliurfa)
(World Bulletin)
Politics and elections
Tens of thousands of people rally in
Paris
in support of the legalisation of
gay marriage
and adoption in
France
.
(AP via
Washington Post
)
Voters in
Bulgaria
go to the polls to vote on a
referendum
on building a
new nuclear power plant
at
Belene
.
(BBC)
Science and technology
Using
H-IIA
rocket
,
Japan
launches
two
spy
satellites
to collect sharp imagery for the
government
's defence and intelligence agency.
(Space.com)
(
China Daily
)
Sport
In
tennis
,
Novak Djokovic
wins the
men's singles
at the
2013 Australian Open
after his four-set victory over
Andy Murray
in the final. The
Serbian
player becomes the first male player in the
Open Era
to win
three consecutive
Australian Open
singles titles.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
In
chess
,
Magnus Carlsen
, the
world number one
from
Norway
, wins the 2013
Tata Steel Chess Tournament
ahead of
Levon Aronian
and
Viswanathan Anand
.
(Tata Steel Chess)
(ChessNews)
(ChessBase)
In
team handball
,
Spain
wins
2013 World Men's Handball Championship
defeating
Denmark
with a 35–19 score in the final.
(IHF)
In
boxing
, 17-year-old
Indonesian
boxer Tubagus Sakti dies of a
brain haemorrhage
after losing a fight to Ical Tobida in
Jakarta
.
(Boxing Scene)
(Delfi Sport)
(
Bangkok Post
)
In
auto racing
,
Charlie Kimball
,
Juan Pablo Montoya
,
Scott Pruett
and
Memo Rojas
from
Chip Ganassi Racing
team win
2013
24 Hours of Daytona
.
(Autosport)
(Motorsport)
2012–13 FA Cup
fourth round:
European champions
Chelsea
twice come from behind to secure a replay against
third-tier
club
Brentford
in the first meeting between the teams since 1950.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
Third-tier club
Oldham Athletic
eliminate
Liverpool
.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
Second-tier
club
Leeds United
eliminate
Premier League
club
Tottenham Hotspur
.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
The draw for the fifth round pairs
Oldham Athletic
with
Everton
and
Leeds United
with
Manchester City
, while
non-league
club
Luton Town
are paired with
Millwall
and
Milton Keynes Dons
are paired with
Barnsley
.
(
Mirror
)
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