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Current events of January 17, 2015 (2015-01-17) (Saturday)

Violence surrounding various protests against Charlie Hebdo leaves five protesters dead as well as some churches set ablaze in Niger. (BBC), (Telegraph)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Thousands of people rally in Chad in support of the authorities decision to send troops to Nigeria and Cameroon to fight Boko Haram militants. (Economic Times)
2013–15 Ukrainian crisis:
- Clashes between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russia rebels over Donetsk International Airport intensifies. (Al Jazeera)
Terrorism in Yemen
- Gunmen abduct the chief of staff to Yemen's president in the center of the capital, Sanaa. It is uncertain if Shiite Houthi rebels or al-Qaida militants kidnapped Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak. (AP)

2015 Papal visit to Sri Lanka and the Philippines
- Pope Francis celebrates mass at Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)-hit city of Tacloban with an audience of half-a-million people. (BBC)
- The Pope cuts his Tacloban trip short as an approaching typhoon threatened the city in the Philippines. This cyclone may also affect Francis's scheduled closing Mass on Sunday in the capital, Manila.(CNN) (AP via U-T San Diego)

The rescue and recovery efforts at the wreckage of the January 15 capsized tugboat on China's Yangtze River near the city of Jingjiang finds that twenty-one people are dead while three are rescued. (Straits Times)
A Newcastle shark attack injures a boy and kills some dolphins in Newcastle Australia. (USA Today)

A murder and suicide in a Melbourne, Florida mall leaves one person dead and another wounded followed by the suicide of the gunman. (FOX News)