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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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January 2016
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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Ongoing events
Health
Zika virus outbreak in the Americas
Flint water crisis
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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January29,2016 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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
20: Kingmambo
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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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5: Elizabeth Swados
4: Stephen W. Bosworth
4: Andres Rodriguez
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)
Ongoing conflicts
Africa
Algeria, Tunisia and Niger
Maghreb insurgency
Central African Republic
Civil war
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/)
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Colombian conflict
Internal conflict in Peru
Mexican War on Drugs
Asia
Afghanistan War
China
Xinjiang conflict
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
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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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)
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
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
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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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))
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