September 28, 2013

= World =

Politics and elections

 * Voters in Guinea go to the polls for a legislative election. (BBC)

Armed conflict and attacks

 * Sudanese protests (2011–present):
 * Sudanese security forces fire live ammunition on a march that followed the funeral of a demonstrator killed the day before. (The Washington Post)

Armed conflict and attacks

 * Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
 * Gunmen from the Islamist group Boko Haram kill 27 villagers in two attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast. (Reuters)

Armed conflict and attacks

 * Syrian civil war:
 * Syrian rebels claim taking control of a military post on the edge of the city of Deraa on Syria's southern border with Jordan after four days of heavy fighting with the Syrian Armed Forces. (Reuters)

Law and crime

 * U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Tim Giardina is suspended from his duties as #2 of the U.S. Strategic Command due to an investigation into gambling-related issues. (NBC)

Disasters and accidents

 * A 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes the Pakistani province of Balochistan, four days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake killed at least 515 people in the same region. (AP via Fox News)

Politics and elections

 * All the ministers from Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party resign from the Government of Italy. (Reuters)

Law and crime

 * Nikolaos Michaloliakos, the leader of the Greek far-right party Golden Dawn, is arrested on charges of forming a criminal organization. (BBC)

Middle East
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