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April 14, 2014
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2014-04-14
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian Civil War
:
Syria's political opposition urges
US
action in response to the Syrian government's
barrel bombing
campaign in the city of
Aleppo
.
(Reuters)
Syrian government troops
recapture the towns of
Al-Sarkha
and
Ma'loula
near the
Syria
-
Lebanon
border.
(
The Daily Star
)
Two
Abu Sayyaf
militants are killed and several captured in a raid in the
Philippines
city of
Zamboanga
.
(AP via ABC News)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
Twin bomb blasts
hit a crowded bus station
at the outskirts of the
Nigerian
capital
Abuja
, killing at least 71 and injuring more than 120 others.
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
2014 pro-Russian protests in Ukraine
Pro-Russian gunmen storm another police station, in the town of
Horlivka
,
Donetsk Oblast
.
(BBC News)
Arts and culture
The
Washington Post
and
The Guardian
newspapers win the
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
for their stories on the
National Security Agency
based on leaks from
Edward Snowden
.
(AP via
Salt Lake Tribune
)
Business and economy
American
financial services company
TIAA–CREF
agrees to buy
Nuveen Investments
for
$
6.25 billion.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
Law and crime
Radical British Muslim cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri
goes on trial in the American state of
New York
for 11 alleged terrorism offenses.
(BBC News)
A
United States court
overturns the conviction of Andrew Auernheimer (known as
weev
), who was sentenced to 41-months in prison in 2010 for hacking the
AT&T
website, stealing millions of
iPad
user e-mails.
(PC World)
Politics and elections
Voters in the
Republic of Macedonia
head to the polls for a
runoff presidential election
.
(Voice of America)
Vietnam
frees
Nguyen Tien Trung
and
Vi Duc Hoi
.
(BBC News)
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