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AlphaGo becomes the first computer program to defeat a professional human Go player.
A cold wave across East Asia results in more than 100 deaths, primarily in Taiwan.
Amid an outbreak of the Zika virus, several countries in the Americas warn women to postpone pregnancy due
to a suspected link to microcephaly in newborn babies.
A winter storm (satellite image pictured) causes more than 50 deaths and paralyzes travel across the Eastern United
States.
Ongoing events: European migrant crisis
Recent deaths: Jacques Rivette Paul Kantner Marvin Minsky

January30,2016 (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
201516 Australian region cyclone season
Western Australia's Pilbara region braces for the impact of Cyclone Stan
which is expected to make landfall as a Category Three storm. (ABC
News Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-30/pilbaratowns-brace-for-tropical-cyclone-stan/7126548)
A helicopter fighting forest fires in South Korea's North Jeolla Province crashes
near the Geumsansa Temple in Gimje. The 61-year-old pilot dies in the crash.
(Yonhap News) (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2016/01/30
/0200000000AEN20160130001751320.html)
European migrant crisis
Almost 40 people are killed and 75 are rescued after a boat carrying
migrants sinks between Turkey and Greece. (Reuters)
(http://in.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-turkey-sinkingidINKCN0V809I)

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Sports
2016 Australian Open
In tennis, defending champion Serena Williams of the United States plays
Angelique Kerber of Germany in the Women's Singles. Kerber defeats
Williams 8-4 3-6 6-4 to win her first Grand Slam title. (ABC News
Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-30/serena-williamsseeking-to-join-steffi-graf-with-australian-ope/7126702), (The Guardian)
(http://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jan/30/serena-williamsv-angelique-kerber-australian-open-final-live)

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Health
Zika virus outbreak in the Americas
Flint water crisis

Law and crime


2015 FIFA corruption case
Reuters reports that a million dollars in FIFA funding is missing from the
accounts of the National Football Federation of Guatemala. (Reuters)
(http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCAKCN0V8048)

International relations
Global surveillance disclosures (2013present), Edward Snowden
NSA documents show the US and UK spied on Israeli military drones
and fighter jets. (CNN) (http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/29/politics
/us-uk-israel-drones/) (The Verge) (http://www.theverge.com/2016/1
/29/10872860/gchq-nsa-drone-spy-snowden)

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Political
War in Afghanistan
Boko Haram insurgency
Burundian unrest
Iraqi Civil War
Military intervention against ISIL
American-led
Iranian
IsraeliPalestinian conflict
Moldova protests
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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ArmenianAzeri border conflict


Nepal blockade
PKK rebellion

January29,2016 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War


Saudi Arabian-led intervention

Terrorism in Saudi Arabia


At least 3 people are killed and 7 wounded in an attack on a Shia mosque
in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. (The News Hub) (https://www.thenewshub.com/international/isil-suicide-bombers-target-shia-mosquein-saudi-arabia)
Iraqi Civil War (2014present)
A pipeline used to generate around half the electricity in Iraqi Kurdistan
is blown up, knocking out power across the region. (Reuters)
(http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-electricity-kurdistan-blastidUSKCN0V72CM?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews)
Business and economy
Mexico launches a wholesale telecoms network tender today. (Reuters via Yahoo!
Finance) (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mexico-launch-wholesale-telecomsnetwork-011833410.html)
The Bank of Japan adopts a negative interest rate policy to support the economy.
(Bloomberg) (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-28/asianshares-set-for-gains-as-horror-month-ends-with-boj-update)
U.S. corporation Xerox announces it will split into two companies, separating its
business process outsourcing line from its legacy business, document technology.
(Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-xerox-icahn-idUSKCN0V71B2)
Disasters and accidents
201516 Australian region cyclone season
Tropical Cyclone Stan gathers strength as it heads towards the Pilbara and
Kimberley regions of Western Australia. (ABC News Australia)
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-29/wa-cyclone-stan-residentsurged-to-brace-for-strong-winds/7122850)
201516 UK and Ireland windstorm season
Storm Gertrude impacts the British Isles with 90mph winds knocking out
power lines and causing travel disruption. (The Telegraph)
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/12128848/Storm-Gertrudehits-Britain-as-90mph-winds-fell-trees-and-knock-out-power-lines.html)
An avalanche near McBride in the Canadian province of British Columbia kills five
people. (CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/avalanchemcbride-1.3426742)
International relations
JapanNorth Korea relations
Japan places its military on alert over a possible North Korean ballisticmissile launch after detecting "increased activity" at a North Korean
missile site. Japan's Minister of Defense, Gen Nakatani, has ordered
Kong-class destroyers stationed in the Sea of Japan, equipped with Aegis
combat systems to target any North Korean projectiles heading for Japan.
(Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missile-japanidUSKCN0V70IB)
Law and crime
Human rights in China
Human rights activists claim that three pro-democracy advocates have
been sentenced up to five years imprisonment on charges of attempting
to overthrow the Communist Party government in Guangzhou. (AP via
Star Tribune) (http://www.startribune.com/china-sentences-3-rightsactivists-to-prison-amid-crackdown/366949461/)
Hillary Clinton email controversy
The Government of the United States rules that 22 emails on Hillary
Clinton's home server contained closely guarded information rated as
"Top Secret". (AP) (http://bigstory.ap.org/article
/e19abf78b6fe43e7b7719f059901630d/apnewsbreak-govt-findstop-secret-info-clinton-emails)

Second Libyan Civil War


Sinai insurgency
South China Sea disputes
Syrian Civil War
American-led intervention
Russian military intervention
War in Donbass
Russian military intervention in
Ukraine
Sports
2015-16 UEFA Champions League
201516 La Liga season
201516 NFL playoffs
201516 NBA season
201516 NHL season
201516 Premier League season
2016 Australian Open
More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths
January
30: Cayetano Paderanga, Jr.
29: Jacques Rivette
28: Buddy Cianci
28: Paul Kantner
28: Bob Tizard
27: Carlos Loyzaga
26: Black
26: Gil Kahele
26: Abe Vigoda
25: Thornton Dial
25: Kalpana
24: Jimmy Bain
24: Yvonne Chouteau
24: John Jay Hooker
24: Marvin Minsky
24: Henry Worsley
23: Jack Bannister
23: Barry Brickell
23: Archie Gouldie
23: Jennifer Guinness
23: ui Jelinek
23: Bobby Wanzer
22: Homayoun Behzadi
22: Cecil Parkinson
21: Mustafa Vehbi Ko
21: Derrick Todd Lee
21: Bill Johnson
21: Mrinalini Sarabhai
20: Bud Beardmore
20: Edmonde Charles-Roux
20: Chang Yung-fa
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Science
Scientists from the University of California conclude that study of the geology of
the Earth and Moon indicate that both consist of a mixture of rocks from the
original Earth and a hypothesized planetary-mass object called Theia after a
collision. (The Telegraph) (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space
/12129549/Earth-is-actually-two-planets-scientists-conclude.html)

January28,2016 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Yemeni Civil War (2015present)
At least seven people are killed in a suicide bomb attack near the
presidential palace in Aden, Yemen. The Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant claims it was behind the attack. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/world-middle-east-35432428)
Disasters and accidents
European migrant crisis
A boat carrying Iraqi Kurd migrants sinks off the Greek island of Samos
in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's Anatolian coast, killing at least 24 people,
including several children, with 11 others missing. (The New York Times)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/europe/refugeesmigrants-kurds-greece.html?_r=0) (NBC News)
(http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/migrantboat-sinks-samos-greece-least-24-dead-including-9-n505726)
Health
Zika virus outbreak in the Americas (2015present)
The World Health Organization forms an emergency committee to tackle
the spread of the Zika virus in the Americas. (The Washington Post)
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016
/01/28/zika-virus-who-announces-formation-of-emergency-committeelevel-of-alarm-extremely-high/)
International relations
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
The President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou visits Taiping Island, Taiwan's
largest island in the South China Sea, despite the United States warning it
could provoke diplomatic tensions with the People's Republic of China
and other nations in the area. (AP via US News and World Report)
(http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-01-27/taiwanpresident-visits-island-in-disputed-south-china-sea)
European migrant crisis
Swedish Interior Minister Anders Ygeman tells financial newspaper
Dagens Industri that Sweden is disallowing about 45 percent of asylum
applications which means around 60,000-80,000 asylum-seekers could be
deported in coming years. (AP via CBS News) (http://www.cbsnews.com
/news/sweden-to-deport-up-to-80000-asylum-seekers/)
Russo-Georgian War
Georgia welcomes the ICC's investigation into alleged war crimes
committed during the 2008 South Ossetia war, which will be the first
inquiry by the ICC into possible abuses by Moscow and/or Georgia.
(Radio Free Europe) (http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-welcomesicc-probe-2008-russia-war/27516927.html)
Law and crime
The trial of former President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo for crimes
against humanity begins at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. (BBC)
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35424653#)
Six people, including the gunman, are dead in a murder-suicide in Chesapeake,
Virginia, U.S. (Yahoo! News) (http://news.yahoo.com/six-dead-virginia-murdersuicide-police-standoff-165951358.html)

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19: Robert M. Carter
19: Yasutaro Koide
19: Samuel Odulana Odungade I
19: Ettore Scola
19: Sheila Sim
18: Johnny Bach
18: Glenn Frey
18: Pablo Manavello
18: Michel Tournier
17: Blowfly
17: Geethapriya
17: Mic Gillette
17: Dale Griffin
17: Gulch
16: Ted Marchibroda
15: James Birren
15: Noreen Corcoran
15: Anil Ganguly
15: Dan Haggerty
14: Ren Anglil
14: Alan Rickman
14: Shaolin
14: Leonid Zhabotinsky
13: Luis Arroyo
13: Brian Bedford
13: Giorgio Gomelsky
13: J. F. R. Jacob
13: Lawrence Phillips
13: Jim Simpson
12: Robert Black
12: Andrew Smith
12: Carolyn D. Wright
11: Alexander Hickman
11: Monte Irvin
11: Brian Johnson
10: Abbas Bahri
10: David Bowie
10: Jeanne Cordova
10: Michael Galeota
10: Ralph Hauenstein
9: Maria Teresa de Filippis
9: Hamada Emam
9: John Harvard
9: Ed Stewart
8: Ida Gaskin
8: German Moreno
8: Paddy Reid
7: Andr Courrges
7: Kitty Kallen
7: Judith Kaye
7: Ashraf Pahlavi
7: Jit Samaroo
7: Mufti Mohammed Sayeed
6: Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros
6: Pat Harrington, Jr.
6: Florence King
6: Christy O'Connor Jnr
6: Nivaria Tejera
6: Labhshankar Thakar
5: Mamdouh Abdel-Alim
5: Pierre Boulez
5: Jean-Paul L'Allier

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Politics and elections

5: Elizabeth Swados
4: Stephen W. Bosworth
4: Andres Rodriguez

United States presidential election, 2016


Residents of Brussels, Belgium, respond with outrage after U.S.
presidential candidate Donald Trump refers to the city as a "hellhole".
(Newsweek via MSN) (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world
/brussels-hits-back-at-trump-for-hellhole-comments
/ar-BBoO5n8?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp) (New York Times)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/world/europe/trump-findsnew-city-to-insult-brussels.html)
Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
The seventh Republican Party presidential debate, the second hosted by
Fox News, and the final debate before voting begins with the Iowa
caucuses on February 1, is held in Des Moines, Iowa. The seven
candidates featuring in the primetime debate were Jeb Bush, Ben Carson,
Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio.
Donald Trump, the current front-runner in the polls, was also invited to
the primetime debate but opted to boycott the debate and instead hosted
a town hall with charitable proceeds going to veterans groups. (Fox
News) (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/cruz-rubiotensions-flare-at-trump-less-gop-debate.html)

4: Robert Stigwood
3: Paul Bley
3: C. B. Forgotston
3: Raymond W. Lessard
3: Peter Naur
3: Igor Sergun
2: Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan
2: Michel Delpech
2: Leonard Evans
2: Nimr al-Nimr
2: Gisela Mota Ocampo
2: Frances Cress Welsing
1: Dale Bumpers
1: Brian Johns
1: Mike Oxley
1: Vilmos Zsigmond

December

January27,2016 (Wednesday)

31: Natalie Cole


31: Steve Gohouri (body found on this date)
31: Wayne Rogers

Armed conflicts and attacks


Boko Haram insurgency
Suicide bombers blow themselves up in the northeast Nigerian town of
Chibok, killing at least 13 and injuring at least 30 others. (AFP via Yahoo)
(http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-suicide-blasts-kill-10-chibok145159362.html) (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeriaviolence-idUSKCN0V522Q)
Cameroon closes most of its northern markets on the Nigerian border.
(The News) (http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/01/suicide-bombingcameroon-shuts-border-markets-with-nigeria/) (Voice of America)
(http://www.voanews.com/content/cameroon-closes-border-marketsafter-boko-haram-attack/3164544.html)

Ongoing conflicts
Africa
Algeria, Tunisia and Niger
Maghreb insurgency
Central African Republic
Civil war

Business and economy


Shareholders of Royal Dutch Shell approve that company's acquisition of BG
Group, a deal expected to close on February 15. (Reuters)
(http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bg-group-m-a-shell-idUSKCN0V51I3)
Disasters and accidents
January 2016 United States blizzard
The death toll from the blizzard that hit the Eastern United States rises to
50. (AP) (http://bigstory.ap.org/article
/01c7b2ef487c4cc9b9da57b602fc23a4/least-49-people-die-resultsnowstorm-hit-east)

Democratic Republic of the Congo


Kivu conflict
ADF insurgency
Katanga insurgency
Ituri conflict
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
Libya
Civil war
Mali
Northern Mali conflict

Health
Zika virus outbreak
Several Zika virus cases have been reported in Denmark, Italy, Spain, the
United Kingdom and Switzerland. (RT) (https://www.rt.com
/news/330262-zika-virus-strikes-europe/)
International relations
ChinaUnited States relations
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
agree, on principle, that a strong United Nations Security Council
resolution is needed regarding North Korea's nuclear test earlier this
month. (Reuters) (http://in.reuters.com/article/china-usa-kerryidINKCN0V50AZ) (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/politics
/china-kerry-north-korea/)

Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger


Boko Haram insurgency
Somalia
Civil war
South Sudan
South Sudanese Civil War
Sudan
War in Darfur
South Kordofan conflict
Americas

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Law and crime


Human rights in Iran
Amnesty International reports that at least 160 young Iranians are
currently awaiting execution and 73 others have been put to death
between 2005 and 2015, which including sentencing girls as young as 9
and boys as young as 15 to death. (The Huffington Post)
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iran-young-offenders-deathpenalty_us_56a7fa6de4b08db608dc5b0d?)

Colombian conflict
Internal conflict in Peru
Mexican War on Drugs
Asia
Afghanistan War
China
Xinjiang conflict

Politics and elections


Hilda Heine is elected President of the Marshall Islands by Parliament, becoming
the country's first female president, as well as the first woman to serve as president
of any Micronesian country. She succeeds outgoing President Casten Nemra, who
lost a vote of no confidence on January 26. (Radio New Zealand International)
(http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/295053/hilda-heineelected-marshalls-president)
November 2015 Paris attacks
Christiane Taubira, differing with President Franois Hollande concerning
pending terrorist/citizenship legislation, resigns as the Minister of Justice
in France. (France 24) (http://www.france24.com/en/breaking
/20160127-french-justice-minister-christiane-taubira-resigns
/?ns_campaign=al_en&ns_mchannel=email_marketing&
ns_source=AL_20160127_0919&
ns_linkname=20160127_breaking_news&ns_fee=0&
f24_member_id=1080960490882) (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com
/2016/01/27/europe/france-justice-minister-christiane-taubiraresignation/)
Vietnam reelects conservative Nguyn Ph Trng as General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Vietnam. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyn Xun Phc, a
member of the Politburo, is expected to replace Nguyn Tn Dng as prime
minister. Dng is not eligible for another term. (AP via ABC News)
(http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vietnam-communist-partychief-poised-elected-36540656) (Channel NewsAsia)
(http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/vietnam-re-elects
/2462862.html)

India
NaxaliteMaoist insurgency
Insurgency in Northeast India
India and Pakistan
Kashmir conflict
Pakistan
War in North-West Pakistan
Balochistan conflict
Philippines
CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion
Moro conflict
Moro conflict in Sabah
Southeast Asia
Internal conflict in Burma
Papua conflict
South Thailand insurgency
Europe
Georgia
AbkhazGeorgian conflict
GeorgianOssetian conflict

Science and technology


Artificial intelligence
A computer program called AlphaGo, powered by DeepMind, beats the
European Go champion Fan Hui, 5-0. This is the first time artificial
intelligence has defeated a professional player in this ancient Chinese
abstract strategy board game. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com
/news/technology-35420579) (MIT Technology Review)
(http://www.technologyreview.com/news/546066/googles-ai-mastersthe-game-of-go-a-decade-earlier-than-expected/)

ChechenRussian conflict
North Caucasus insurgency
War in Ingushetia
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Ukraine
War in Donbass
Russian military
intervention in Ukraine

Sports
Association of Tennis Professionals, Women's Tennis Association
In tennis, the sport's governing bodies launch an independent inquiry into
the anti-corruption unit following a report published by the BBC and
BuzzFeed about allegations of failing to pursue allegations of match
fixing. (ABC Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-27/tennismatch-fixing-scandal-review-anti-corruption/7116886)

Middle East
ArabIsraeli conflict
GazaIsrael conflict
IsraeliLebanese conflict
IsraeliPalestinian conflict
Egypt

January26,2016 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian Civil War
A suicide bomb attack on a Syrian Army (SAA) checkpoint in the city of
Homs kills at least 22 people, including around a dozen soldiers. The
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
(AFP via Daily Mail) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article3416937/Bombs-kill-22-army-checkpoint-Syrias-Homs-state-TV.html)

Sinai insurgency
Iran
IranPJAK conflict
Iraqi civil war
American-led intervention in Iraq
Iranian intervention in Iraq
Syrian Civil War

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(Reuters Canada) (http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews


/idCAKCN0V40RB)
Second Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin
The Syrian Army, backed by Hezbollah militiamen and Russian
airstrikes, retakes full control of the strategic town of Al-Shaykh
Maskin in Syria's southern Daraa Governorate, according to the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
(http://news.yahoo.com/syria-regime-forces-capturekey-southern-rebel-town-070813735.html)
War in Afghanistan (2015present)
A U.S. drone strike kills at least 6 ISIL militants in Afghanistan's
Nangarhar Province, according to the Afghan defense ministry. (The New
Indian Express) (http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/Six-ISMilitants-Killed-in-Afghanistan-US-Drone-Attack/2016/01
/26/article3246076.ece)
An Afghan police officer, allegedly tied to Taliban, poisons and kills ten
of his colleagues in Urozgan province. (AL Jazeera)
(http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/attack-kills-10-afghan-police160126083547130.html)

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American-led intervention in Syria


Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon
Turkey
TurkeyPKK conflict
TurkeyISIL conflict
Yemeni crisis
Houthi rebellion
Al-Qaeda insurgency
South Yemen insurgency

Elections and Referendums


Recent
December
30: Central African Republic,

Business and economy

President, National Assembly (1st


round)

French taxidrivers, air traffic controllers and school teachers go on strike over
working conditions and competition from non-traditional services such as Uber.
(AP via ABC News America) (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory
/french-schools-taxis-strike-36518454)

30: Kiribati, House of Assembly (1st


round)
January
7: Kiribati, House of Assembly (2nd
round)

Disasters and accidents


January 2016 United States blizzard
The death toll from the blizzard rises to 38. (AP via ABC News America)
(http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/30-killed-snowstorm-relateddeaths-36496201)
Malaysian authorities find 13 bodies washed up on Johor beach believed to be
Indonesian migrants. (Reuters via Channel News Asia)
(http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysian-police-discover
/2458782.html?cid=twtcna)

16: Taiwan, President, Legislative


Yuan
22: Vanuatu, Parliament
24: Portugal, President
Upcoming
February
14: Central African Republic,
President (2nd round)
18: Uganda, President, Parliament
21: Bolivia, Constitutional

Health
Zika virus outbreak in the Americas (2015present)
Virologists find the Zika virus in Australian tourists returning from South
America. (ABC News Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au
/news/2016-01-26/zika-virus-detected-in-australians-returningfrom-south-america/7115568)

referendum
21: Comoros, President
21: Niger, President (1st round),
National Assembly
26: Iran, Islamic Consultative
Assembly, Assembly of Experts
28: Benin, President
28: Switzerland, Referendums

International relations
MoldovaRomania relations
Romania offers neighboring Moldova a $65 million (60 million euros)
loan to help stave off economic collapse and keep the former Soviet
Republic on a pro-European course, provided the Moldovan government
implements major reforms. Government funds were needed to cover
more than $1 billion that "disappeared" from three Moldovan banks in
November 2014. In the frigid capital Chiinu, 15,000 people from both
the pro-European and pro-Russian sides of the political divide, protested
on Sunday against the current government and demanded new elections.
Prime Minister Pavel Filip, who took office last week, is the country's
sixth PM in a year. (AP) (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories
/E/EU_ROMANIA_MOLDOVA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&
TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/article
/us-romania-moldova-politics-idUSKCN0V41JK) (The New York Times)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/world/europe/oppositionsgroups-in-moldova-unite-to-protest-new-government.html?_r=0)
Law and crime
The Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak is cleared of corruption by the
Attorney-General of Malaysia Apandi Ali after returning US$607 million worth of
donations to his personal account from the Saudi Royal Family. (Channel News

Trials
Recently concluded
Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson,
Robert Hughes
Brazil: Mensalo scandal
Canada: Luka Magnotta
China: Ji Jianye, Li Chuncheng, Jiang Jiemin,
Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai, Zhou
Yongkang, Gu Junshan
Croatia: Ivo Sanader
Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste,
Mohamed Morsi
Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness,

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Asia) (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/pm-najib-clearedafter/2458506.html)
Authorities in the People's Republic of China say that Wang Baoan is under
suspicion for "serious violation of discipline" (a phrase usually associated with
corruption charges) as the head of that country's powerful National Bureau of
Statistics. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35410963)
Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. federal authorities arrest militia leader Ammon Bundy and several of
his followers following an exchange of gunfire at a traffic stop on U.S.
Route 395 in Harney County, Oregon. One person, LaVoy Finicum, a
rancher from Arizona and spokesman for the militia, was killed in the
shootout. (CNN) (http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/26/us/oregonwildlife-refuge-siege-arrests/index.html), (Oregon Live)
(http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/01
/bundys_in_custody_one_militant.html)
Homelessness in Seattle
Two people are killed and three others are hospitalized, two with
life-threatening injuries, following a shooting in the "The Jungle"
homeless encampment in the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington. Police are
searching for two suspects. (NBC News) (http://www.nbcnews.com
/news/us-news/two-killed-three-wounded-shooting-seattle-s-junglehomeless-camp-n504931) (seattlepi.com) (http://www.seattlepi.com
/local/crime/article/As-homeless-crisis-continues-2-dead-at-notorious6786591.php)
Terrorism in the United States
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
man who is alleged to have been planning a machine gun mass shooting
at a local Masonic Temple. (The Washington Post)
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01
/27/milwaukee-man-arrested-after-allegedly-plotting-mass-shootingwe-will-eliminate-everyone/) (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
(http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/fbi-thwarts-mass-shootingat-milwaukee-masonic-temple-b99659005z1-366609371.html) (FBI)
(http://www.justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/federal-bureau-investigationarrests-milwaukee-man-who-planned-mass-shooting-man)

Christian Wulff
Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh
Jordan: Abu Qatada
Philippines: Joseph Scott Pemberton
Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu
Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Eston Kohver,
Vladimir Kvachkov
South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius
Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin ahinkaya
United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and
Michael Adebowale, Kweku Adoboli, Tony
McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris
Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek
Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul
Mosley, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew
Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Liam
Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins,
William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas
Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall,
Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf
Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning,
Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot
United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael
Grimm, Jesse Jackson Jr., Bob McDonnell,
Vilma Bautista, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn
Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman,
Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger,
Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Jodi Arias,
Anas al-Libi, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan
Holmes, Sheldon Silver
International
ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan
ICC: Germain Katanga
ICTY: Momilo Perii, Mladen
Marka, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko

Politics and elections


Marshall Islands President Casten Nemra is defeated in a vote of no confidence.
Nemra had just been elected President in early January 2016. A successor is
expected to be selected soon. (Radio New Zealand International)
(http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/294896/marshall-islandspresident-toppled)

January25,2016 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Boko Haram insurgency
Suicide bombers kill at least 32 people and injure 66 others in northern
Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria. (Reuters Africa)
(http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0V40GU)
Yemeni Civil War (2015present)
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills a senior Yemeni judge and seven
members of his family in Sana'a. The judge had previously presided over
treason cases against ousted President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. (AFP
via Yahoo! News) (http://news.yahoo.com/coalition-strike-kills-yemenjudge-7-family-members103715375.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons&soc_trk=tw) (RT)
(https://www.rt.com/news/330038-yemen-airstrike-judge-killed/)

Tolimir
Ongoing
China: Yao Mugen, Guo Youming, Zhu Zuoli
Germany: Beate Zschpe
Iran: Babak Zanjani, Jason Rezaian
Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito
Palparan
Romania: Darius Vlcov, Dan ova, Elena
Udrea, Radu Mazre, Gheorghe Nichita,
Marian Vanghelie, Ctlin Voicu, Relu
Fenechiu, Gheorghe tefan, Gabriel Sandu,
Dorin Coco, Dumitru Nicolae
Russia: Alexei Navalny
South Korea: MV Sewol crew members
United States: Dean Skelos
International
ICTY: Radovan Karadi, Ratko
Mladi
PCA: China

Arts and culture


Officials from the New York State parks system have proposed to temporarily
"shut off" the American portion of Niagara Falls (also known as American Falls)
within three years. The shut off will allow the replacement of two 115-year-old
pedestrian stone bridges that are unsafe for the public. (Sky News)

Upcoming
China: Wu Changshun, Ling Jihua
Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

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Disasters and accidents
January 2016 East Asia cold wave
At least eighty-five people are killed in Taiwan and tens of thousands
stranded in airports as an unprecedented cold snap hits several Asian
countries including China and South Korea. (Focus Taiwan)
(http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201601240020.aspx), (CNN)
(http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/25/asia/asia-cold-weather-traveldisruption/index.html?eref=edition)
January 2016 United States blizzard
The death toll from the blizzard in the Eastern United States rises to at
least 30. (AP) (http://bigstory.ap.org/article
/64277b8b6aa043468754d38679cf9827/least-18-killed-snowstormrelated-deaths)
British explorer Henry Worsley dies at the age of 55 while attempting to be the
first person to cross Antarctica unaided. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk35398552)
A MiG-31 fighter jet crashes in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region in Siberia, Russia.
The pilots were able to eject safely, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.
(RT) (https://www.rt.com/news/330065-mig31-crash-siberia-pilots/)

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Spain: Lionel Messi


United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris
Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan
Quick, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier,
Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Justin Bieber, Chris
Brown, Rick Perry
International
ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

Health
Zika virus outbreak in Brazil (2015 - present)
The World Health Organisation warns that the Zika virus could spread to
most countries in the Americas. (BBC) (http://www.bbc.com
/news/health35399403?ocid=global_bbccom_email_25012016_top+news+stories)
International relations
European migrant crisis
Greece faces suspension or expulsion from the European Union's
Schengen Area if it can not prevent waves of migrants from crossing over
the country into Macedonia. (The Telegraph) (http://www.telegraph.co.uk
/news/worldnews/europe/eu/12119799/Greece-threatenedwith-expulsion-from-Schengen-free-movement-zone.html)
Law and Crime
The United States Supreme Court ruled in Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016) that its
prohibition of mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of murder (under
Miller v. Alabama (2012)), had to be applied retroactively, potentially affecting 1300
to 2300 cases nationally.(New York Times) (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01
/26/us/politics/justices-expand-parole-rights-for-juveniles-sentenced-to-lifefor-murder.html)
In Texas, a grand jury has cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing while it
has indicted two anti-abortionists who were involved in making videos of the
organization. (New York Times) (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us
/2-abortion-foes-behind-planned-parenthood-videos-are-indicted.html?_r=0)
Politics and elections
Bob Brown, former Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens, is arrested
during a protest in the Tasmanian village of Lapoinya over proposed clear-fell
logging of a nearby forest. (The Australian) (http://www.theaustralian.com.au
/national-affairs/bob-brown-arrested-in-tasmania-during-logging-protest/newsstory/8749ebc5e99db335cf30ae6575d44a7a?utm_source=feedburner&
utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed
%3A%20TheAustralianTheNationNews%20(The%20Australian%20%7C
%20The%20Nation))

January24,2016 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks


Syrian Civil War
The Syrian Army takes control of the strategic Turkmen town of Rabia in
Syria's Latakia Governorate. The town had been under rebel control since
2012. (AFP via Global Post) (http://www.globalpost.com/article
/6724025/2016/01/24/syria-army-seizes-key-rebel-held-town-latakiastate-tv)
Disasters and accidents
Heavy snowfall in western and central Japan leaves at least two people dead and
over a hundred injured. Snowfall was also recorded for the first time in 155 years
on Amami shima, a subtropical island in Japan's southern Kagoshima
Prefecture. (The Japan Times) (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/24
/national/heavy-snow-hits-western-central-japan/#.VqTlTFK2pFQ)
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes southwestern Alaska, leaving 10,000 in the
Anchorage area without power and forcing the evacuation of several homes on the
Kenai Peninsula. The National Weather Service reported that there was no
tsunami following the earthquake. (USGS) (http://earthquake.usgs.gov
/earthquakes/eventpage/us10004gqp#general_summary) (ABC)
(http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-agency-magnitude-64-earthquakehit-southern-alaska-36482900) (The Los Angeles Times) (http://www.latimes.com
/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-earthquake-hits-southern-alaska-20160124story.html)
Politics and elections
Portuguese presidential election, 2016
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is elected President of the Portuguese Republic.
(ABC News) (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/centercandidate-favored-portugals-president-36482935)
Sports
In sumo, Kotoshgiku Kazuhiro wins his first makuuchi (top division)
championship to end a decade-long drought of a Japanese-born championship
winner. (Kyodo via Nikkei Asia Review) (http://asia.nikkei.com/Japan-Update
/Kotoshogiku-becomes-Japan-s-1st-champion-in-decade-at-New-Year-basho)
(Reuters via Daily Mail) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article3414196/Sumo-Kotoshogiku-ends-Japans-long-wait-home-grown-champion.html)
201516 NFL playoffs
The Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots 20-18 to win the
AFC Championship and qualify for Super Bowl 50. (Washington Post)
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2016/01/23/2016nfl-playoffs-previews-analysis-betting-tips-and-more-for-afc-nfcchampionships/)
The Carolina Panthers beat the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 to win the NFC
Championship and qualify for Super Bowl 50. (The Guardian)
(http://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jan/24/nfl-gameslive-score-arizona-cardinals-carolina-panthers-nfc-championship)

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