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Current events of
January 16, 2014
(
2014-01-16
)
(Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Gaza–Israel conflict
:
Five people are injured on the
Gaza Strip
in an
Israel Air Force
raid following
Palestinian militants firing a rocket
towards
Ashkelon
.
(BBC)
(
The Times of Israel
)
Syrian Civil War
:
A suicide bomber kills 4 people and injures 26 in the
Lebanese
town of
Hermel
, a
Hezbollah
stronghold near the
Syrian
border.
(Reuters)
Post-
Iraq War
TMZ
reveals photos of
United States Marines
burning bodies of
Iraqis
prompting an investigation from the
Department of Defense
.
(CNN)
Arts and culture
Gravity
and
American Hustle
lead the nominations for the
86th Academy Awards
.
(
Los Angeles Times
)
The Last of Us
leads the nominations for the
17th DICE Awards
.
(
Variety
)
(
Polygon
)
Disasters and accidents
At least 13 people are dead and 40,000 are displaced in
Indonesia
's
North Sulawesi
province after severe floods.
(AFP via Yahoo! News)
2014 Australian heat wave:
Melbourne
reaches 43.9 degrees Celsius (110 degrees Fahrenheit) with
Australian Open
matches postponed.
(Reuters)
Emergency services authorities warn of high
bushfire
dangers in southeastern
Australia
.
(New Zealand Stuff)
International relations
The Guardian
reports that the
National Security Agency
collects data from hundreds of millions of
text messages
each day.
(
The Guardian
)
Law and crime
New
Dictatorship laws in Ukraine
(BBC)
A
German court
in
Munich
rules that
Formula One
boss
Bernie Ecclestone
should face bribery charges.
(BBC)
A
child trafficking
ring is smashed in the
Philippines
through the efforts of
British
,
American
, and
Australian
authorities.
(
USA Today
)
Two people are arrested in
Delhi
after a
Danish
woman was
gang-raped
.
(Voice of America)
According to a search warrant unsealed by a court in
Bristol, Connecticut
, former
New England Patriots
tight end
Aaron Hernandez
, awaiting trial for a 2013 murder, is under investigation by
Boston
police as a suspect in a 2012 double homicide.
(AP via ESPN)
Politics and elections
2013-14 Thai political crisis
Yingluck Shinawatra
is being implicated in a controversial
rice
subsidy scheme.
(BBC)
Technology
A British photographer designs and builds a
drone
as a low cost alternative for shooting
nature documentaries
.
(Reuters)
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