Portal:Current events/2013 January 15: Difference between revisions

Syrian civil war:
- 15 people are killed and dozens injured in twin blasts at Aleppo University, as government forces and rebels continue fighting in the suburbs of Damascus. (Times of India)
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- A suicide bomber kills a Sunni MP and six others in Fallujah, two days after Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi survived an assassination attempt in the same city. The parlamentarian, Ifan Saadoun al-Issawi, was an important member of the Sahwa committee in Fallujah and part of the opposition to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AP) (Al Jazeera)

Badrashin railway accident: A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) (ABC News)
A cleaning lady steals a Saltsjöbanan commuter train and crashes it into a residential building in the upscale Stockholm suburb of Saltsjöbaden. (Dagens Nyheter)

Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi is sentenced to five years imprisonment and 300 lashes in Saudi Arabia. (BBC)

Pakistani Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in relation to a bribery case within 24 hours.(The Washington Post)

Paul McGinley is chosen to lead Europe in their defence of the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland next year. (RTÉ Sport)
The Associated Press reports that the U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong has admitted to doping in his career during his interview with Oprah Winfrey, yet to be aired. (The Washington Post)

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 *[[Pakistani Supreme Court]] ordered the arrest of Prime Minister [[Raja Pervez Ashraf]] in relation to a bribery case within 24 hours.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/pakistani-high-court-again-orders-the-arrest-of-a-prime-minister/2013/01/15/91da7276-5f0d-11e2-a389-ee565c81c565_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
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+*[[Paul McGinley]] is chosen to lead Europe in their defence of the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland next year. [http://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/ryder-cup/2013/0115/362900-irelands-mcginley-named-as-ryder-cup-captain/ (RTÉ Sport)]
-*The [[Associated Press]] reports that [[Lance Armstrong]] has admitted to [[Doping in sport|doping]] in his career during his interview with [[Oprah Winfrey]], yet to be aired. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/lance-armstrong-admits-doping-in-oprah-winfrey-interview-ap-reports/2013/01/14/a635a424-5eaf-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html?hpid=z1 (Washington Post)]
+*The [[Associated Press]] reports that the U.S. cyclist [[Lance Armstrong]] has admitted to [[Doping in sport|doping]] in his career during his interview with [[Oprah Winfrey]], yet to be aired. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/lance-armstrong-admits-doping-in-oprah-winfrey-interview-ap-reports/2013/01/14/a635a424-5eaf-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html?hpid=z1 (''The Washington Post'')]
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