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May 20, 2014
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2014-05-20
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
:
Ukrainian billionaire
Rinat Akhmetov
asks workers to stage a peace rally in the
Donetsk
region in protest against the self-proclaimed
Donetsk People's Republic
.
(Interfax)
(
The Moscow Times
)
Two explosions occur near a crowded market in the Nigerian city of
Jos
killing at least 118 people.
(BBC News)
(AFP via Yahoo! News Singapore)
Shia insurgency in Yemen
At least 16 people are killed in clashes between
Shi'ite
Muslim tribesmen and
Yemeni government
forces and allied
Sunni
tribesmen.
(Reuters)
Business and economy
American car maker
General Motors
recalls another 2.4 million vehicles.
(CNN)
Credit Suisse
pleads guilty to helping American citizens evade taxes and agrees to a
US$
2.6 billion fine.
(
Washington Post
)
A truck going from
Florida
to
Maine
carrying about 1.5 to 2 million bees crashes.
(
Bangor Daily News
)
Disasters and accidents
At least 17 people are killed and 27 injured after a bus plunges into a gorge in India's
Jammu and Kashmir
state.
(
Times of India
)
Russian media
reports that a passenger train has
collided with a derailed freight
train near
Moscow
killing at least six people.
(BBC News)
The
United States Coast Guard
resumes its search for four British sailors lost in the mid-Atlantic.
(BBC News)
International relations
The
President of Russia
Vladimir Putin
arrives in the
People's Republic of China
for a state visit.
(BBC News)
Law and crime
American actor
Michael Jace
is arrested in relation to the shooting death of his wife in
Los Angeles
.
(AFP via
Melbourne Age
)
Three female children, ages 2 months to 3 years, are stabbed to death at a home in
Torrance
,
California
, U.S. The children's mother is arrested and charged with murder.
(CNN)
Politics and elections
2013–14 Thai political crisis
:
The
Royal Thai Army
declares
martial law
after six months of political unrest.
(
The Guardian
)
Narendra Modi
is officially re-elected as the leader of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
and the
National Democratic Alliance
ahead of being sworn in as the
Prime Minister of India
.
(
Indian Express
)
Malawian general election
:
Voters in
Malawi
go to the polls for a general election.
(BBC News)
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