Portal:Current events/2014 January 14

January 14, 2014 (Tuesday)

Armed attacks and conflicts

Mexican Drug War
- Communitary forces take several towns in Mexican state of Michoacán trying to expel the Knights Templar Cartel forces, and prompting the intervention of Mexican Army against them. (CNN)
Syrian Civil War
- Forty-six Palestinians and Syrian residents in the Yarmouk Camp have died of starvation and lack of medical care, since October, from a Syrian army enforced blockade. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

Russia expels American journalist David Satter from the country in the first such case since 1982. (The Guardian)
Two students are shot and seriously injured at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell, New Mexico, U.S. A 12-year-old male suspect has been apprehended. (Reuters) (CNN)

Politics and elections

Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2014
- Voters in Egypt go to the polls for the first day of voting on a new constitution.
Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, is buried on his ranch in southern Israel following a state funeral at the Knesset attended by foreign dignitaries and Israelis. (BBC News) (The Times of Israel)

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