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Current events of
November 1, 2013
(
2013-11-01
)
(Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
:
Israeli
aircraft carry out a strike near the
Syrian
coastal city of
Latakia
targeting
Russian
-made
S-125
air defense missiles allegedly intended for use by the Lebanese militant group
Hezbollah
.
(BBC)
War in North-West Pakistan
:
A U.S. drone strike kills
Hakimullah Mehsud
, the leader of the
Pakistani Taliban
(whom the United States had a reward for
$
5 million) and five others.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
2013 Tiananmen Square attack
:
China
's top security official blames the
East Turkestan Islamic Movement
for a suicide attack that killed five people at the
Tiananmen Gate
in
Beijing
on Monday.
(AP)
Business and economy
Fannie Mae
files a lawsuit for
$
800 million against nine different banks, including
Citigroup
and
Bank of America
, for
manipulating
the
Libor
benchmark interest rate.
(Bloomberg via SFGate)
Disasters and accidents
Flash floods
and heavy rains sweep across central
Texas
,
United States
, killing 2 people.
(AP via Fox News)
Law and crime
2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting
: A gunman opens fire at
Los Angeles International Airport
, killing a US
Transportation Security Administration
employee, and wounding several other people. It prompts a terminal evacuation.
(NBC Los Angeles)
(Fox News)
Two people, members of the far-right Greek political party
Golden Dawn
, are killed in a
drive-by shooting
, outside the offices of Golden Dawn in
Neo Iraklio
,
Athens
.
(Reuters)
(
Kathimerini
)
Science and technology
Scientists discover three new species of marsupial
Antechinus
in
Queensland
,
Australia
.
(News.com.Au)
A person claiming to be a member of
Anonymous
takes down the website for
Singaporean
newspaper
The Straits Times
.
(BBC)
The
smartphone wars
are re-ignited, as
Rockstar Consortium
, a company owned by companies including
Apple
and
Microsoft
, starts wide-ranging legal action against
Google
,
Samsung
, and other makers of
Android phones
.
(Reuters)
(Ars Technica)
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