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Current events of January 17, 2015 (2015-01-17) (Saturday)
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-Qaeda militants kidnapped Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak. (AP)
Following the January 16 Chad authorities decision to send troops to Nigeria and Cameroon to fight Boko Haram militants, the Russian ambassador to the country pledges to supply Cameroon with more modern weapons to combat the Islamist insurgents. (AFP via The Economic Times)
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)
An entourage plane accompanying the Pope and carrying government officials experiences high winds and blows off the runway minutes after the pontiff's aircraft takes off safely in the Philippines. (The Independent)
Pemberton Township, New Jersey police arrest a woman and charge her with the murder of her newborn baby girl which she set on fire. Officers extinguish the fire, but the child later dies. (AP via MSN)
2015 Florida State Mall shooting 2 people have died after a shooting Saturday in a central Florida mall. Three guns were found and the gunman who had pockets full of ammunition apparently shot himself and targeted his wife who was injured at the Melbourne Square Mall. latino fox news(Daily Mail)
Multiple gunshots were fired outside Vice President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware outside the established security perimeter. A vehicle fled and there was no information as to motive or whether any buildings were hit. (Washington Post)