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Current events of
May 25, 2013
(
2013-05-25
)
(Saturday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb
commander
Mokhtar Belmokhtar
claims responsibility for two
suicide bombing
attacks that killed 30 people in
Niger
on May 23.
(
New York Times
)
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
:
A female
suicide bomber
injures at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in
Makhachkala
in the southern
Russian
republic of
Dagestan
.
(AP via News24)
Syrian civil war
:
Dozens of people are killed in
Al-Qusayr
,
Homs
, Syria, as the
Syrian Army
and
Hezbollah
bombard the rebel-held town with heavy artillery.
(CNN)
A bomb explodes near a bus north of
Baghdad
, Iraq, killing six Iranians, one Iraqi, and wounding fourteen people.
(ABC)
Suspected
Maoist rebels
kill at least 27 people in
an attack
on a convoy of
Indian National Congress
politicians in
Chhattisgarh
, India.
(NDTV)
The Times of India
Business and economies
Thousands of people across 36 countries rally in protest of
genetically modified
seed producer
Monsanto
.
(
The Guardian
)
(
USA Today
)
Disasters and accidents
A
gas cylinder
explodes
on a school bus in the
Pakistani
city of
Gujrat
, killing at least 17 children.
(BBC)
48 people are rescued from a boat which was taking on water after it collided with a rock off the coast of
Pembrokeshire
,
Wales
.
(BBC)
Two people are killed when the US city of
San Antonio
,
Texas
, experiences heavy flooding.
(
Chicago Times
)
Two
freight trains
collide in southeast
Missouri
, United States, causing a highway
overpass
to collapse.
(CNN)
International relations
The
African Union
celebrates its 50th anniversary.
(News 24)
Law and crime
British counter-terrorism police
arrest a man who was a childhood friend of the terrorist
Michael Adebolajo
after he gives an interview to the
BBC
in which he claims that the
MI5
had contacted him in the past.
(CNN)
A French anti-terror
soldier
is stabbed in the neck in a suspected copycat of the 2013
Woolwich attack
.
(Sky News)
,
(Daily Mail)
A
Spring Ford High School
(
Royersford, PA
) senior, Julianne Siller, 17, is allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend, 16-year-old Tristan Stahley after a fight during a breakup.
(NBC)
Politics and elections
Fifty people are arrested ahead of a major rally against France's new law allowing
same-sex marriage
.
(AFP via Google)
Russia arrests 30
gay-rights supporters
in
Moscow
after they attempt to hold a rally in spite of a law forbidding gay-rights demonstrations.
(Voice of America)
Religion
Thousands of people attend the beatification of
Pino Puglisi
, a
Roman Catholic priest
murdered by the
Sicilian Mafia
for speaking out against crime.
(BBC)
,
(Herald Sun)
Science and technology
An
Apple I
computer sells for
US$
671,000 at auction.
(
PC Magazine
)
Sport
In
football
,
Bayern Munich
defeats
Borussia Dortmund
2-1 in the
2012-13 UEFA Champions League
Final
.
(
The Guardian
)
Japanese climber
Yuichiro Miura
becomes the oldest person ever the summit
Mount Everest
at the age of 80.
(
Philippine Star
)
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