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| **] militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban kill at least |
**] militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban kill at least 40 people and injure 50 in a bombing at a ] mosque in the ] of ]'s ]. | ||
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| **Islamic State fighters kill ] commander Brigadier General Shirko Rauf and five other ] soldiers in heavy fighting in ]'s ]. | **Islamic State fighters kill ] commander Brigadier General Shirko Rauf and five other ] soldiers in heavy fighting in ]'s ]. | ||
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| **The ] and pro-Russian separatists call off peace talks that were to be held in ]. | **The ] and pro-Russian separatists call off peace talks that were to be held in ]. | ||
| **Artillery fire kills at least twelve civilians in ]. | |||
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| **The new Greek government, represented by finance minister ], meets with ], the head of the ], and declares that Greece now rejects any further cooperation with its main international lenders known as the troika (the Eurogroup, the ], and the ]); instead, it wants to negotiate directly with other European countries. | |||
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| *The US ] report that this season's influenza hospitalizations of 65-year-old and older Americans hit a record high since the 2005-2006 season. | |||
| ;International relations | ;International relations | ||
| *] announces plans to build 430 new ] |
*] announces plans to build 430 new ] in the ]. | ||
| ;Law and crime | ;Law and crime | ||
| *A judge at the ] upholds the conviction of five men in connection with the ]. | *A judge at the ] upholds the conviction of five men in connection with the ]. | ||
| *] police arrest American ] mogul ] on suspicion for murder in relation to the January 29 hit-and-run incident in ]. | *] police arrest American ] mogul ] on suspicion for murder in relation to the January 29 hit-and-run incident in ]. | ||
| *Justice Minister Michael Masutha paroles ]n ]-era death squad commander ], nicknamed "Prime Evil", after having served 20 years for killing activists. | *] Michael Masutha paroles ]n ]-era death squad commander ], nicknamed "Prime Evil", after having served 20 years for killing activists. | ||
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| *], who became the first democratically elected ], dies at 79. | |||
| *] ] names a new ] and replaces officials in several key ] positions, removing two sons of the late monarch ] from their regional governorships in the process. | |||
| ;Science and technology | ;Science and technology | ||
| *Two balloonists, Troy Bradley of the United States and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia, |
*Two balloonists, Troy Bradley of the United States and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia, are crossing the ] in the ] ] and have surpassed the distance and duration records for straight gas balloons. They are set to land in ] on Saturday. | ||
| *The ]'s ] publishes research from chemist ] of the ] announcing the confirmational discovery of a new form of ], the ]. | *The ]'s ] publishes research from chemist ] of the ] announcing the confirmational discovery of a new form of ], the ]. | ||
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| *], who won the ], is banned from running after testing positive for ], a blood-boosting hormone. | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:13, 28 December 2024
January 30, 2015 (2015-01-30) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks- Sectarianism in Pakistan
- Sunni militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban kill at least 40 people and injure 50 in a bombing at a Shiite mosque in the Shikarpur District of Pakistan's Sindh province. (BBC)
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Islamic State fighters kill Kurdish commander Brigadier General Shirko Rauf and five other peshmerga soldiers in heavy fighting in Iraq's Kirkuk province. (AFP via The Guardian)
- 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
- The Government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists call off peace talks that were to be held in Minsk. (Reuters)
- Artillery fire kills at least twelve civilians in Donetsk. (AP)
Business and economy
- Greek government-debt crisis
- The new Greek government, represented by finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, meets with Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup, and declares that Greece now rejects any further cooperation with its main international lenders known as the troika (the Eurogroup, the IMF, and the ECB); instead, it wants to negotiate directly with other European countries. (Deutsche Welle)
Health
- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that this season's influenza hospitalizations of 65-year-old and older Americans hit a record high since the 2005-2006 season. (AP)
International relations
- Israel announces plans to build 430 new settler homes in the West Bank. (AFP via Al Arabiyah)
Law and crime
- A judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia upholds the conviction of five men in connection with the Srebrenica massacre. (BBC)
- Los Angeles police arrest American hip hop mogul Suge Knight on suspicion for murder in relation to the January 29 hit-and-run incident in Compton, California. (CNN)
- Justice Minister Michael Masutha paroles South African apartheid-era death squad commander Eugene de Kock, nicknamed "Prime Evil", after having served 20 years for killing activists. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Zhelyu Zhelev, who became the first democratically elected president of Bulgaria, dies at 79. (Euronews) (Novinite)
- King Salman of Saudi Arabia names a new cabinet and replaces officials in several key government positions, removing two sons of the late monarch Abdullah from their regional governorships in the process. (Ahram Online)
Science and technology
- Two balloonists, Troy Bradley of the United States and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia, are crossing the Pacific Ocean in the Two Eagles gas balloon and have surpassed the distance and duration records for straight gas balloons. They are set to land in Mexico on Saturday. (BBC)
- The German Chemical Society's Angewandte Chemie International Edition publishes research from chemist Donald Fleming of the University of British Columbia announcing the confirmational discovery of a new form of chemical bond, the vibrational bond. (Scientific American)
Sports
- Rita Jeptoo, who won the 2014 Boston Marathon, is banned from running after testing positive for erythropoietin, a blood-boosting hormone. (Yahoo Sports)