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Portal:Current events/2013 January 11
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January 11, 2013
(
2013-01-11
)
(Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
:
Rebel forces take over the strategic
Taftanaz
airbase in northern
Syria
. (AP via USA Today)
Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)
:
France
commits troops to aid government forces in the
Northern Mali conflict
. (Reuters) (
The Guardian
) (
The New York Times
) (
The Washington Post
)
2012–2013 Central African Republic conflict
:
In the
Central African Republic
, the government signs a
ceasefire agreement
with rebels, ending a month of conflict and establishing a new
coalition government
. (BBC)
Arts and culture
The first
official portrait
of the
Duchess of Cambridge
, painted by
Paul Emsley
, is unveiled to a mixed reception from critics. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
18 people die after a
landslide
buries a village in the
Yunnan
province of
China
, while 40 people are feared to be buried. (BBC)
29 people die and 12 people are injured after a
bus
veers off a mountain road in
Doti
,
Nepal
. (BBC)
A
fire
sweeps through a complex containing housing for foreign workers in
Manama
,
Bahrain
, leaving 13 foreign nationals dead. (BBC)
Law and crime
The
Metropolitan Police
and
NSPCC
have confirmed
214 separate sexual offences
committed by
Jimmy Savile
over a period of fifty years. (BBC)
Three people are injured after a
hostage situation
takes place in a
Nordstrom Rack
chain in the neighborhood of
Westchester
in
Los Angeles
,
California
. (
Los Angeles Times
)
Aaron Swartz
was found dead in his
Brooklyn
,
New York
apartment, where he had hanged himself. (BBC) (Time) (WSJ) (Business Insider)
Politics and elections
The
Parliament of Sri Lanka
passes an
impeachment
motion against
Chief Justice
Shirani Bandaranayake
. (BBC)
Science and technology
Huge-LQG
, a
large quasar group
, the largest known structure in the
Universe
, is discovered by a team of
astronomers
using data from the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
. (Space.com) (FoxNews) (CNET) (New Scientist)
Television
Disney Junior
Premiere of
Sofia the First
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