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Current events of
January 2, 2015
(
2015-01-02
)
(Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Somali civil war
Somali
al-Shabaab
militants attack an army base on the outskirts of
Baidoa
, killing seven soldiers.
(Reuters via
Daily Times
)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
Boko Haram
militants attack a bus in
Waza
,
Cameroon
, killing eleven people and injuring six.
(CNN via WLKY)
1998 United States embassy bombings
Abu Anas al-Libi
, a one-time associate of
Osama bin Laden
, dies in
New York
,
United States
, while awaiting trial for allegedly plotting the bombings of the U.S. embassies in
Kenya
and
Tanzania
.
(NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
The
MS
Norman Atlantic
ferry fire death toll rises to at least eleven with as many as 19 people still unaccounted for.
(The Independent)
International relations
North Korea–United States relations
The United States enacts more sanctions on
North Korea
in response to their alleged involvement in the
hacking attack
on
Sony
. The sanctions target the
North Korean Special Operation Force
and 10 government officials.
(Reuters)
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