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November 20, 2014
(
2014-11-20
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
ADF insurgency
The
Ugandan
rebel group kills up to 80 people near
Beni
in
North Kivu
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
.
(Reuters)
Arts and culture
15th Latin Grammy Awards
:
Enrique Iglesias
,
Gente de Zona
, and
Descemer Bueno
win three
Latin Grammy Awards
including
Song of the Year
for "
Bailando
".
(ABC News)
Paco de Lucía
posthumously wins the
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year
for
Canción de Andaluza
.
(ABC News)
Jorge Drexler
and
Ana Tijoux
win the
Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
for "Universos Paralelos".
(ABC News)
International relations
North Korea
threatens to conduct another nuclear test in response to a
United Nations Human Rights Council
resolution passed on Tuesday recommending the
Security Council
authorise a probe into human rights abuses.
(BBC)
Law and crime
The
New South Wales
Independent Commission against Corruption
charges former ministers
Eddie Obeid
and
Ian Macdonald
for offenses of misconduct in public office in relation to mining licences.
(AAP via Sky News Australia)
A knife attack in a
sanatorium
dormitory in the
Northern China
resort of
Beidahe
kills seven people, including six nurses.
(Reuters via
The Globe and Mail
)
Sinking of MV
Sewol
A
South Korean
court sentences Kim Han-sik, the chief executive of
Chonghaejin Marine
, operator of the
MV
Sewol
, to ten years in jail for negligence and embezzlement.
(Reuters)
The
President of the United States
Barack Obama
announces
executive orders
to defer the
deportations
of a certain group of
illegal immigrants
: parents whose children are already U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who have lived in the
United States
for five years or more.
(
Washington Post
)
Politics and elections
The
President of Sri Lanka
Mahinda Rajapaksa
calls an early election.
(
Washington Post
)
Thousands of protestors gather in
Mexico City
for a national rally in memory of the
43 missing students
. Demonstrators have also called for a nationwide strike.
(BBC News)
Nicola Sturgeon
becomes
Scottish First Minister
, after
Alex Salmond
's resignation.
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