October 3, 2013

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Armed conflict and attacks

 * Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
 * Air Force fighter jets bomb camps belonging to suspected Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria in response to a massacre of students at an agricultural college. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

 * A passenger plane carrying 27 people crashes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, with 13 deaths reported. (BBC)

International relations

 * Russia evacuates Libya of all Russian diplomats and their families one day after an attack on their embassy left one dead. (AP via ABC)

International relations

 * The Gambia is to withdraw from the Commonwealth, 48 years after joining the 54-member grouping, which includes the United Kingdom and most of its former colonies. (Daily Telegraph)

Business and economy

 * Twitter Inc. publicly files IPO related disclosure documents. (Reuters)

Law and crime

 * A woman is fatally shot by police after striking a barrier at a White House security checkpoint followed by a car chase. (BBC) (The Washington Post)
 * Adobe reveals that 2.9 million customers' data was stolen in a security breach which included credit card information. (BBC)

Law and crime

 * Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for illegally taking money out of the Chaibasa treasury. (New York Daily News)

Armed conflict and attacks

 * The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attacks a compound belonging to former Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan commander Nabi Hanfi leaving 15 dead near the border of North Waziristan. (Sky News)

Disasters and accidents

 * 2013 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck. A fire engulfs a boat carrying African migrants off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, killing at least 114 people, 200 remain missing. (The New York Times) (AP)

Law and crime

 * The antitrust chief of the European Union, Joaquin Almunia, discusses coming charges against Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopolist. (Reuters)

Middle East
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