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October 21, 2013
(
2013-10-21
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A female suicide bomber
detonates an explosive vest on a bus
in the
Russian
city of
Volgograd
, killing at least 6 and injuring at least 28 others, 8 of them critically.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
War in North-West Pakistan
:
An explosion on the
Jaffar Express
, travelling between the
Pakistani
cities of
Rawalpindi
and
Quetta
, kills 7 people and injures at least another 10.
(The Express)
Disasters and accidents
2013 New South Wales bushfires
:
Authorities warn that three fires burning out of control in
Australia
's
Blue Mountains
region near the towns of
Lithgow
,
Springwood
and
Mount Victoria
could merge and form a "megafire".
(ABC)
Heavy smog
envelopes the Chinese city of
Harbin
leading to the closure of schools and highways.
(Xinhua)
International relations
Laurent Fabius
, the
Foreign Minister of France
, summons the
United States
ambassador over allegations of US spying on millions of French phone calls reported in
Le Monde
.
(France 24)
,
(BBC)
Politics
New Jersey
becomes the 14th
U.S. state
to
allow
same-sex marriages
.
(NBC New York)
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