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Current events of
January 4, 2015
(
2015-01-04
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
War in North-West Pakistan
:
A U.S. drone strike kills eight
Uzbek
people claimed to be linked with
al-Qaeda
in
Pakistan
.
(Channel 9 News)
The
Pakistan Air Force
strikes
Pakistani Taliban
positions in
Khyber Agency
,
Pakistan
, killing 31 militants.
(Channel 9 News)
A bomb detonates at a volleyball match in
Orakzai Agency
,
Pakistan
, killing four people and injuring eight.
(AFP via
The Daily Star
)
Northern Mali conflict
:
A vehicle carrying
United Nations
peacekeepers hits a roadside bomb in northern
Mali
, injuring six soldiers.
(Reuters)
Shia insurgency in Yemen
:
A bombing at a local
Houthi
movement headquarters in
Dhamar Governorate
,
Yemen
, kills five people and wounds 25.
(AP via
The Daily Star
)
Somali Civil War
:
A suicide car bomber detonates near a military convoy in
Mogadishu
,
Somalia
, killing four people.
(BBC)
Disasters and accidents
A six-story building collapse in
Nairobi
,
Kenya
, kills one person and leaves several others injured.
(
New Zealand Herald
)
Religion
Pope Francis
announces
the appointment
of 20 new
Cardinals
, many of them coming from outside of
Europe
.
(Reuters)
Sport
In
darts
,
Gary Anderson
of
Scotland
defeats
Phil Taylor
of
England
7-6 to win his first
PDC World Darts Championship
.
(Reuters via ABC News Australia)
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