September 25, 2013

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Armed conflict and attacks

 * A three-day national mourning period begins in Kenya for the victims of a four-day siege that began on September 21 when heavily armed Al-Shabaab militants stormed the Westgate shopping mall in the capital, Nairobi, killing 61 civilians and 6 soldiers. (BBC)

Law and crime

 * A shooting at a workplace in East Garden City, New York, kills one person and wounds another. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

 * The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Balochistan, Pakistan, on September 24 rises to at least 328. (BBC)

Middle East
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