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Current events of
October 28, 2012
(
2012-10-28
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
:
Opposition activists report at least 128 deaths around the country, as the UN-brokered ceasefire appears to collapse. The Syrian Army bombards three
Damascus
districts and the city of Bara near
Idlib
, killing at least 22 people.
(CNN)
(Reuters)
Al Qaeda
's leader
Ayman al-Zawahiri
pledges support for the rebels in a new video uploaded to a jihadist website.
(CNN)
Iraqi insurgency
: Car bombings in and around
Baghdad
kill 15 and injure 33 others.
(Al Jazeera)
Ten people are killed and over 100 injured after a suicide bombing and reprisal attacks close to a Catholic church in
Kaduna
,
Northern Nigeria
.
(BBC)
The
United Nations
calls for action to end
renewed hostilities
between ethnic
Buddhists
and
Muslim Rohingya
in
Myanmar
's western
Rakhine State
that have killed dozens and displaced more than 22,500.
(Al Jazeera)
Disasters
The
East Coast of the United States
prepares for
Hurricane Sandy
, which has killed at least 67 people and caused widespread damage in the
Caribbean
.
(CNN)
Exploration
The
SpaceX Dragon
capsule on a
re-supply mission
to the
International Space Station
returns to
Earth
.
(BBC)
Law and crime
Greek journalist
Kostas Vaxevanis
is arrested over the publication of a list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts.
(BBC)
Former pop star
Gary Glitter
is arrested on suspicion of sex offences by police investigating the
Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal
.
(BBC)
The
Euromillions
lottery website is hacked; its homepage is replaced by a
Quran
passage which condemns gambling.
(BBC)
Sport
Chelsea
lose their unbeaten league record against
Manchester United
as Manchester United wins 3-2 at
Stamford Bridge
. Referee
Mark Clattenburg
sends off
Branislav Ivanović
and
Fernando Torres
. In addition,
Javier Hernández
is pelted with objects after scoring the winning goal, a steward is injured and hospitalized, and Chelsea issue a formal complaint to the
Premier League
over the referee's alleged racial abuse of several players, including
Mikel John Obi
.
(BBC)
(GOAL)
(
Daily Mail
)
(
The Guardian
)
(
The Independent
)
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
In
Formula One
racing,
Sebastian Vettel
wins the
2012 Indian Grand Prix
, with
Fernando Alonso
and
Mark Webber
in second and third place.
(BBC)
In
Major League Baseball
, the
San Francisco Giants
defeat the
Detroit Tigers
in game four of the
2012 World Series
, sweeping the Tigers and winning their second World Series in three years.
Pablo Sandoval
is named
World Series MVP
.
(ESPN)
(ESPN)
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