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February 18, 2015
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2015-02-18
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian Civil War
The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
estimates that at least 70
Syrian Army
soldiers and more than 80 insurgents have died in recent fighting around the city of
Aleppo
.
(Reuters via Trust)
A bomb in a
Shi'ite
mosque in the
Pakistani
city of
Rawalpindi
kills at least two people and injures six.
(Reuters)
Boko Haram
The
Nigerian Army
claims to have killed 300 militants in northeastern
Nigeria
.
(BBC)
A warplane bombs a funeral ceremony in
Niger
killing 30 civilians.
(BBC)
Business and economy
Japan Post
acquires
Australian
transport company
Toll Holdings
at a cost of A$6.5 billion.
(
The Australian
)
Disasters and accidents
2014–15 Australian region cyclone season
The
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
is predicting that a
low pressure system
in the
Coral Sea
will develop into
tropical cyclone
Marcia within 24 hours and bring heavy rain to
South East Queensland
with the potential to cause
flooding
.
(
The Age
)
Tropical Cyclone Lam intensifies to Category 3 as it moves towards the
Northern Territory
's
Arnhem Land
.
(Weatherzone)
A snowstorm in the
Turkish
city of
Istanbul
leads to the closure of
Istanbul Atatürk Airport
, causes the cancellation of 300
Turkish Airlines
flights and closes the
Bosphorus Strait
to shipping.
(Al Arabiyah)
International relations
Islamic State
The
United Nations Security Council
meets to discuss the recent
beheadings
of 21
Coptic Christians
in
Libya
.
(AFP via Newvision)
Law and crime
Australian
David Hicks
wins an appeal in the
U.S. Court of Military Commission Review
against his conviction for providing material support to
terrorism
in 2007 in a
U.S. Navy
court in
Guantanamo Bay
.
(AP via Sky News Australia)
Swede
Alex Yucel pleads guilty in the
United States
to distributing
Blackshades
software
that was used to
hack
into 500,000 computers worldwide.
(CNBC)
Robert van Winkle aka
Vanilla Ice
is arrested for
burglary
and
grand theft
in
Florida
.
(NBC Miami)
Politics and elections
The
President of Indonesia
Joko Widodo
drops his nomination of Budi Gunawan as national police chief following allegations that Gunawan was involved in a bribery scandal.
(
Straits Times
)
The
Government of India
approves the construction of seven stealth
frigates
and six
nuclear submarines
for the
Indian Navy
.
(
Times of India
)
The
Hellenic Parliament
elects
Prokopis Pavlopoulos
as the new
President of Greece
.
(
Greek Reporter
)
The
Moldovan Parliament
appoints a new
government
with
Chiril Gaburici
as
Prime Minister
and a legislative support formed by the
PLDM
,
PDM
and
PCRM
.
(
RomaniaJournal
)
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