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February 20, 2015
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2015-02-20
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Al Qubbah bombings
Multiple car bombs kill at least 45 and wound 30 in the eastern
Libyan
town of
Al Qubbah
.
(BBC)
(AP)
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
At least 20 people are killed, including senior officials, in an attack on the Central Hotel in
Mogadishu
.
(BBC)
Business and economy
The
government of Greece
and the authorities of the
Eurozone
reach a tentative agreement about the extension of the
bailout
terms.
(Yahoo! Finance)
The
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
and the
Pacific Maritime Association
negotiate a tentative contract and will open docks at
western U.S.
ports beginning on February 21.
(AP)
Disasters and accidents
2014–15 Australian region cyclone season
Cyclone Marcia
makes landfall near
Shoalwater Bay
in
central Queensland
as a Category 5
tropical cyclone
with wind gusts of up to 285 kilometres per hour.
(ABC News Australia)
Cyclone Lam
makes landfall in
Arnhem Land
between
Millingimbi
and
Elcho Island
. The communities of
Ramingining
and Galiwinku have also been badly damaged.
(ABC News Australia)
Two trains collide
in the
Swiss
town of
Rafz
resulting in as many as 49 people injured and
Swiss Federal Railways
cancelling some services.
(Reuters)
High tides cause the
River Thames
to flood in parts of southwest
London
.
(
Evening Standard
)
A fire rips through
The Marina Torch
apartment complex in
Dubai
, one of the tallest
residential apartment
buildings in the world.
(BBC)
At least 23 people die this week in the
United States
due to cold weather, with 18 dead in the state of
Tennessee
.
(CNN)
Health
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
Liberia
lifts
curfews
and reopens borders from Sunday as the epidemic starts to end.
(
Daily Star
)
Law and crime
Australian
rugby star
Karmichael Hunt
is arrested on charges of supplying
cocaine
following a
Queensland
Crime and Corruption Commission
operation.
(NZ Newswire via Yahoo! 7)
Thailand
passes a law banning foreigners from hiring
Thai women
as commercial
surrogate
mothers.
(BBC)
Zambia
's top prosecutor Mutembo Nchito refuses to prosecute himself for alleged abuse of office.
(AFP via France 24)
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Politics and elections
Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
The
Houthis
come to a preliminary agreement to form a new government in
Yemen
.
(CNN)
Sports
In motor sport,
NASCAR
indefinitely suspends former
Cup Series
champion
Kurt Busch
following a conviction for
domestic violence
against his girlfriend.
(CNN)
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