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Current events of
December 29, 2013
(
2013-12-29
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A suicide bomb attack
at the
Volgograd-1 railway station
in the southern
Russian
city of
Volgograd
kills at least 16 people and wounds 40 others.
(BBC)
,
(CNN)
,
(Reuters)
Syrian Civil War
The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
says barrels packed with explosives dropped from
Syrian Air Force
aircraft have killed 517 people in the northern
province of Aleppo
since 15 December.
(BBC)
Israeli–Lebanese conflict
Two rockets are launched at
Israel
from
Lebanon
. Israel fires 20 artillery shells into Lebanon in retaliation.
(Reuters)
,
(Sky News)
,
(Financial Times)
Islamist protests in Egypt (July 2013–present)
A bomb targeting an
Egyptian
military intelligence building north of
Cairo
in the village of
Anshas
wounds four soldiers.
(NBC News)
,
(Reuters)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
18 people are killed in attacks across
Iraq
, including a military general in a bombing in the northern city of
Mosul
.
(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
The
passenger ferry
MS King Seaways
, en route from
Newcastle
, England, to
Amsterdam
in the
Netherlands
, catches fire in the
North Sea
; a man is arrested on suspicion of
arson
.
(
Guardian
)
The
Chaparrastique
volcano in
El Salvador
erupts, forcing 5,000 people to leave their homes.
(BBC)
International relations
Saudi Arabia
pledges US$3 billion to
Lebanon
to help strengthen their
military
.
(
Houston Chronicle
)
Sport
Seven-time
Formula One
drivers' champion
Michael Schumacher
is reported to be in critical condition after brain surgery in
Grenoble
for a head injury suffered while skiing in the French Alps.
(AP via ESPN)
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