December 5, 2012

Top News Stories –

Royal pregnancy: Hoax call fools Duchess of Cambridge hospital –
The hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge says it “deeply regrets” giving information about her to hoax callers from a radio station. Australian DJs posing as the Queen and Prince Charles got details from a nurse at King Edward VII hospital in central London. The hospital said confidentiality was taken seriously and telephone protocols are under review. 2Day FM said it was surprised to be put through but “sincerely apologises”. [BBC]
Duchess of Cambridge

Frankie Dettori banned for six months after failing drugs test –
Jockey Frankie Dettori has been given a six-month ban from racing after failing a drugs test in France. The 41-year-old, who has more than 3,000 career wins, tested positive for a banned substance on 16 September 2012. The suspension imposed by French racing authority France Galop will run until 19 May 2013, and will apply worldwide for the three-time champion jockey. [BBC]
Frankie Dettori

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Guangzhou’2012/CHINA from zweizwei |timelapse&hyperlapse| on Vimeo.

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war:
- Hungary closes its embassy in Damascus and pulls out all personnel. (Reuters)
2011–2012 conflict in Lebanon:
- The death toll from two days of clashes in the city of Tripoli reaches six, with dozens reported injured. (Al Jazeera)
2012 terrorist attacks in Kenya:
- A remote-controlled bomb explodes in a predominantly Somali neighborhood in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, injuring nine people. (Reuters)
2012 Egyptian protests:
- Violent clashes occur in Cairo between supporters and opponents of the President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi. (ABC News)

Arts and culture

American jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck dies in Connecticut at the age of 91. (BBC)
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, best known for designing the main buildings of the capital Brasília, dies at the age of 104 in a Rio de Janeirohospital. (ABC News)

Business and economy

American bank Citigroup announces plans to cut 11,000 jobs worldwide. (AP)
The European Commission fines Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI, Panasonic, Toshiba and Technicolor a total of €1.47 bn for fixing prices of TV cathode-ray tubes. (The Economic Times)

Disasters and accidents

Rescue crews head to areas of the Philippines severely affected by Typhoon Bopha. At least 283 are now believed to have died as a result of the storm, with 339 injured, hundreds more missing and over 87,000 evacuated. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (The Weather Channel) (New York Times)
At least 8 people are killed and 12 others injured after a 5.6 earthquake strikes Iran‘s South Khorasan Province. (BBC) (Reuters)
Vehicle carrier Baltic Ace sinks in the North Sea after collision with a container ship with at least four people dead and seven missing. (Reuters)(AP via The Australian)

Law and crime

American businessman John McAfee is arrested in Guatemala following an alleged illegal entry after leaving Belize where he is wanted for questioning over the death of fellow American Gregory Faull. (Reuters)
Mexico‘s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation rules that a ban on same-sex marriage in Oaxaca state is illegal. (The Washington Post)

Media

London‘s King Edward VII’s Hospital says it is reviewing telephone protocol after two disc jockeys from a Sydney-based radio station, 2Day FMmade a prank call to the hospital in which they posed as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, and spoke with a member of nursing staff about the health of the Duchess of Cambridge. (BBC)

Politics and elections

The peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) resume in Havana, Cuba.(Chicago Tribune)

Sport

The New Orleans Hornets plan to change their nickname to the Pelicans (after the state bird of Louisiana) for the 2013–14 NBA season. (ESPN)
The draw for the elite qualification round of the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship is held by UEFA. Title holders Spain faceCroatia, Poland and last season‘s runners-up Greece. (UEFA)
Lionel Messi is carried off on a stretcher with an apparent knee injury as FC Barcelona are held to 0–0 by Benfica at Camp Nou in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. (Fox Sports)

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June 23, 2015

Top News Stories –

Tom Holland is announced as the new Marvel Spider-Man –
Tom Holland, who was in Wolf Hall and the stage musical Billy Elliot, has grabbed the lead in the franchise reboot. Marvel and Sony confirmed the news in a statement on their website. The 19-year-old takes over from Andrew Garfield for the new film which is due out July 2017. In a statement posted on their website, Marvel said: “Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios are proud to announce that after a full worldwide casting search, Tom Holland will play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the next Spider-Man film.” The statement also said: “The studios and producers were impressed by Holland’s performances in The Impossible, Wolf Hall, and the upcoming In the Heart of the Sea, and by a series of complex screen tests.” [BBC Newsbeat] He celebrated with some acrobatic videos on his Instagram account
Tom Holland

Titanic composer James Horner dies in plane crash –
The composer James Horner, who won Oscars for the theme song and score for the film Titanic, has died in a plane crash in California. He was 61. His credits included numerous other high-profile films, among them Avatar, Braveheart and Aliens. He was alone in his two-seater plane when the accident happened. [BBC]

Formula 1: US-Qatari investors ‘to bid for sport’ –
The Miami Dolphins American football team owner Stephen Ross is reportedly working with investors from Qatar to buy a stake in Formula 1 racing. RSE Ventures and Qatar Sports Investments plan a bid for CVC Capital Partners’ 35.5% stake in the holding company that owns F1. The Financial Times and Reuters said the deal could be worth up to $8bn, and help build F1’s presence in the US. [BBC]

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War, Military intervention against ISIL
- The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) capture the military base Brigade 93 and enter the town of Ayn Issa, the first defense line of ISILnorth of its de facto capital al-Raqqah.
- ISIL claims it has started the destruction of the ancient complex of Palmyra. (euronews)

Arts and culture

South Korean author Shin Kyung-sook admits to plagiarising a short story from Japanese author Yukio Mishima. (AP)
Australian author Sofie Laguna wins the Miles Franklin Award for her novel The Eye of the Sheep. (ABC News Australia)

Business and economy

The deputy speaker of the Greek parliament, Alexis Mitropoulos, warns that the body may reject concessions the government had made to the country’s creditors. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Pakistani heat wave
- The death toll from the 2015 Pakistan heatwave rises to 450. (AFP via Yahoo News)

Health

South Sudan declares a cholera outbreak after 18 people die and 171 are infected. (Al-Jazeera), (REUTERS)

International relations

Hungary unilaterally suspends European Union asylum seeker rules that require it to take back people who first enter Hungary, then travel to other nations. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Charleston church shooting
- Amazon.com announces that it is removing Confederate Flag merchandise from sale following the shootings. (Time)

Sport

The suspension appeal hearings for Tom Brady‘s 4-game suspension over Deflategate begin today. (New York Times)

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August 25, 2015

Top News Stories –

Italian woman, 46, arrested for locking ‘toy boy’ in basement over sex demands –
An Italian woman has been arrested after allegedly locking up her “toy boy” boyfriend for refusing to have sex with her, in a story that has evoked comparisons with the classic film The Graduate. The woman, 46, who was divorced, met the 25-year-old during a holiday romance in Campania in southern Italy. Initially they got on well but the young man reportedly became increasingly vexed by the amount of sex that the older woman was demanding. He declined her advances on several occasions but she then took revenge by locking him up, against his will, in the basement of her house at Arzano, near Naples. The young man managed to raise the alarm, calling for help from passers-by. [Daily Telegraph]

George Clooney photobombs Cindy Crawford as she takes romantic selfie with husband –
Does anyone enjoy looking at “romantic selfies” of couples kissing on Instagram? It’s worse than a public display of affection (PDA), as it is done purely to show off how in love you are with the person you’re smooching. Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber were taking a tender selfie together, when George Clooney decided to ruin it by pulling a strange face in the background. [Daily Telegraph]
Cindy Crawford Instagram with Rande Gerber and George Clooney

International bridge champions accuse teammates of cheating –
Two Israeli men, Lotan Fisher and Ron Schwartz, have been accused by their team mates of cheating in three matches including the Spingold tournament – one of the most famous of all.
A triumphant team of bridge players has been ripped apart by accusations that would, in the words of the whistleblower, “even make a Hollywood movie surreal.” Two Israeli men, Lotan Fisher and Ron Schwartz, have been accused by their team mates of cheating. Quite how they cheated is unclear, but Norwegian bridge professional Boye Brogeland, one of the world’s highest-rated bridge players, said the other four members of the team were handing back three titles they had won together. [Daily Telegraph]

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Dismaland [See August 23, 2015]

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Boko Haram
- A teenage girl suicide bomber kills five people and injures fourteen in the Damaturu area in northeast Nigeria. (AP via Fox News)
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
- Fourteen people are arrested in Spain and Morocco for allegedly trying to recruit people to ISIL. (Times of Israel)
North Korea and South Korea agree to stop airing propaganda at the border and stand down preparations for war. (NPR)

Business and economics

The People’s Bank of China cuts interest rates and lowers minimum requirements for bank reserves for the second time in two months. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Goni makes landfall in southwestern Japan with at least 26 people injured but no people killed. The death toll in the Philippines rises to 21 while South Korea is on alert. (AP), (Yonhap)
A gas explosion in the Afghanistan city of Herat kills eleven people and injures 18. (AP via Ahram Online)

International relations

A record number of migrants crossing the Balkans results in a record number of people in Hungary despite the government building a wall on the border with Serbia. (AP via The Columbian)

Law and crime

A Federal Security Service court in Russia sentences Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison for plotting terrorist acts in Crimea, amid allegations of torture and US claims that he is being held hostage in Russia after having been abducted from Ukraine by Russian-backed separatists. (BBC)
4 people are killed and 3 others are severely injured in a shooting at a camp in Roye, Somme, France. (L’Express)
Protests by the Patidar community in Ahmedabad turn violent, sparking violence across the state of Gujarat, India.(DNA)

Politics and elections

The Parliament of Singapore is dissolved with a general election to be held on September 11. (AFP/Reuters via ABC Australia)

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August 29, 2015

August 30, 2015

Top News Stories –

Oliver Sacks, neurologist – obituary –
Oliver Sacks, the neurologist who has died aged 82, wrote perceptive accounts of intriguing neurological disorders in books such as Awakenings (1973) and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985); away from his work he was variously a biker, weightlifter and wild swimmer. Sacks’s writing fascinated and inspired writers and film directors and showed how patients who are isolated by disease can still retain their dignity and humanity. In his best-known book, Awakenings, Sacks told the extraordinary story of a group of patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx where he worked as a consultant neurologist. W H Auden declared Awakenings to be a masterpiece of medical literature. It inspired a play by Harold Pinter and an Oscar-nominated film starring Robin Williams as the dedicated doctor and Robert De Niro as a patient temporarily freed from years of catatonia. [Daily Telegraph] See Top Twitter Trends
Oliver Sachs in 2009

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Los Angeles Hyperlapse/Timelapse Compilation from Vadim Tereshchenko on Vimeo.

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- An air strike from a Saudi-led coalition kills 36 civilians working in a bottling plant in the northern Hajjah Governorate. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that ISIL has blown up the ancient Temple of Bel in Palmyra. (Fox News)

Disasters and accidents

A fire at an Aramco housing complex in the Saudi Arabian city of Khobar kills at least two people and injures 105. (BBC)
2015 Atlantic hurricane season
- Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit declares disaster status for nine local areas where access by road is impossible after flooding and mudslides from Tropical Storm Erika which killed at least 20 people and left more than 50 missing. Skerrit also appealed for international aid. (Fox News)
2015 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Ignacio, which has weakened to a Category 3 (115 mph) storm, is expected to side-step Hawaii this week though will still generate high surf, rain and powerful winds. The Big Island and Maui remain on a tropical storm watch. Ignacio may re-strengthen to a hurricane when he clears Oahu on Wednesday. (Inquisitr) (Reuters)
European migrant crisis
- Hungary makes a fifth arrest in relation to the death of seventy-one migrants in a truck in Austria. (CNN)
65 girls and young women traveling to an annual dance festival are killed after an open truck smashes into the back of a van near Mbabane, Swaziland. (RT) (The Telegraph)

Politics and elections

2015 Lebanese protests
- Protestors in Beirut continue their protests against the government due to a lack of effective garbage collection in the city during one of the hottest summers on record. (NPR)
2015 Iglesia ni Cristo protests
- Practitioners of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Christian sect in the Philippines rally in the capital Manila against the Department of Justice for its ongoing investigation of INC leaders. (Channel News Asia) (Philippine Star)
Bersih 4 rally
- There is a second day of rallies in Malaysia calling on Prime Minister Najib Razak to resign over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. (BBC)
Japanese anti-militarism protests
- Students and activists protest in Tokyo against a proposal to amend Japan‘s pacifist constitution. (U.S. News and World Report)
Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015
- Voters in Egypt will go to the polls for parliamentary elections starting in October 2015. (Reuters via Mix Fargo)

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September 3, 2015

Top News Stories –

Mel Gibson will not be charged for allegedly pushing female photographer –
Mel Gibson will not face charges for allegedly shoving a female photographer in Sydney. Kristi Miller, the photographer, told police Gibson pushed and verbally abused her, and that she feared he “was going to punch me”. New South Wales police announced on Thursday that they would not charge Gibson over the alleged incident, which Ms Miller said took place outside a cinema on 23 August. “At this stage, based on the evidence gathered, no formal action will be taken,” police said in a statement. [Daily Telegraph]
Mel Gibson

Teen who wants to throw party hacks parents’ phone and changes ‘no’ to ‘hell yes’ using autocorrect –
It is perhaps a given that children these days know more about technology than their parents. And this was perfectly demonstrated by a young man apparently who got his parents to agree to a party they never wanted in the first place. The teenager, known only as Brendan, knew he wouldn’t get the answer he wanted if he asked in the traditional sense. So, he hacked his parents’ phone and changed the autocorrect settings from “no” to “HELL YES”. He asked his parents in a group conversation, which was then posted on imgur: “Hey guys can I throw a party tmrw night. [sic]” His mother tried to say no. However, her phone said “HELL YES”. It is unclear if Brendan threw his party, or got grounded, but his parents will probably keep a closer eye on thier phones from now on. [Daily Telegraph]
imgur – Added a shortcut to parents phone everytime they type “No”

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Surf in High Heels

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Disasters and accidents

European migrant crisis/Syrian Civil War
- Death of Aylan Kurdi
  - Bodies of Syrian refugees are found on a beach in Turkey, including a 3-year-old boy, pictures of whose body spread virally and prompt grave international concern.(Al Jazeera)
An overloaded wooden boat with Sumatra-bound migrants sinks off the coast of Malaysia killing at least 15 people, 13 of which are women. Nearby fisherman rescue 19 people with more than 40 missing. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency states that the boat was taking migrant workers home to Tanjung Balai in Indonesia’s Sumatra province for the Hari Raya Haji celebration. (Reuters) (The NY Daily News) (Malaysian Star)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370:
- French prosecutors state that they believe “with certainty” that a piece of debris that had washed ashore on Reunion Island came from the missing plane. (BBC)

International relations

2015 China’s V-Day Parade
- A military parade is held in Beijing featuring 12,000 members of the People’s Liberation Army, 500 vehicles and 200 People’s Liberation Army Air Force air craft. Women of the Chinese military are allowed to participate in the parade for the first time. (RT)

Law and crime

The President of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, resigns after being charged in a corruption scandal; Vice President Alejandro Maldonado is sworn in as interim head of state. (The New York Times) (BBC News)
2015 Bangkok bombing
- Another suspect in the bombing is arrested in Narathiwat Province in southern Thailand and flown to Bangkok. (Bangkok Post)
Miller v. Davis
- Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk, is jailed for contempt of court for continuing to refuse, on grounds of religious freedom, to issue marriage licenses tosame-sex couples per U.S. District Judge David Bunning’s August 12, 2015, order. The deputy clerks are ordered to issue these licenses. (Reuters), (New York Times)

Sports

National Football League
- In arbitration, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman overturns the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell‘s four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. The judge rules that Brady had been given no notice that ball deflation would result in a suspension. The NFL announces that they will appeal the ruling.(AP) (ESPN)

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September 5, 2015

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Russia set to set up new police unit to deal with rowdy weddings –
Police in southern Russia have set up a new unit dedicated to keeping the peace at the region’s notoriously drunken wedding parties. A squad of 40 officers will be assigned to stop “uncontrolled expressions of joy” during marriages, during which well-wishers often have a habit of firing guns in celebration. The unit will operate in the North Caucusus region of Adygea, near the Black Sea coast, where one wedding reveller was fined 50,000 roubles last month (£500) for firing his pistol outside a registry office in the capital, Maykop. “The creation of the ‘wedding police’ should put an end to uncontrolled expressions of joy by people in wedding motorcades,” said Aleksandr Rechitsky, Adygea’s Interior Minister. [Daily Telegraph]

Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour makes chart history –
In the Lonely Hour has been in the UK top 10 for 67 weeks in a row – that’s the longest unbroken run of any debut album. It’s not left the top 10 since it was released in May 2014, when it debuted at number one with opening week sales of 101,000. The chart record was previously held by Emeli Sande, with her debut album Our Version Of Events. [BBC Newsbeat] See List of the Day
Sam Smith

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List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart [List from Wikipedia]

Title	Artist	Released	Peak	Weeks
Queen’s Greatest Hits	Queen	1981	1	895
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits	ABBA	1992	1	721
Legend	Bob Marley & The Wailers	1984	1	684
Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	1977	1	611
Bat Out of Hell	Meat Loaf	1978	9	517
The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	1973	2	457
The Sound of Music	Original Soundtrack	1965	1	374
Queen’s Greatest Hits II	Queen	1991	1	367
The Immaculate Collection	Madonna	1990	1	338
Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits	Simon & Garfunkel	1972	2	329
Bridge over Troubled Water	Simon & Garfunkel	1970	1	328
South Pacific	Original Soundtrack	1958	1	315
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds	Jeff Wayne	1978	5	313
Nevermind	Nirvana	1991	7	301
Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988	1	292
Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield	1973	1	286
Thriller	Michael Jackson	1982	1	283
Face Value	Phil Collins	1981	1	275
Brothers in Arms	Dire Straits	1985	1	268
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	1967	1	261
Appetite for Destruction	Guns n’ Roses	1987	5	261
Making Movies	Dire Straits	1980	4	252
Hot Fuss	The Killers	2004	1	247
Automatic for the People	R.E.M.	1992	1	245
My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	1997	7	244
Guns n’ Roses’ Greatest Hits	Guns n’ Roses	2004	1	241
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	1995	1	237
Queen’s Greatest Hits III	Queen	1999	2	234
Definitely Maybe	Oasis	1994	1	231
Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	2006	1	228
Off the Wall	Michael Jackson	1979	3	224
Number Ones	Michael Jackson	2003	3	223
Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	1995	1	220
Sigh No More	Mumford & Sons	2009	2	214
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	2002	6	213
Out of Time	R.E.M.	1991	1	212
Never Forget	Take That	2005	2	209
The Beatles 1962 – 1966	The Beatles	1973	3	206
Under a Blood Red Sky	U2	1983	2	204
The King and I	Original Soundtrack	1956	1	203
The Bends	Radiohead	1995	4	203
Love Over Gold	Dire Straits	1982	1	200

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Afghanistan War
- Gunmen killed 13 minority Hazara men, but spared the life of one woman among the traveling party, in usually tranquil Balkh Province. No group immediately claimed responsibility. (AFP via Times of Oman)
Syrian Civil War
- A battle in Mare’, Syria, in northern Aleppo Governorate near the Turkish border, killed at least 20 Syrian rebels and 27 ISIS fighters. (AFP via Lebanon Daily Star) (Reuters)

International Relations

European migrant crisis
- Following Austria’s and Germany’s decision to waive their asylum system rules, approximately 6,500 migrants – mostly from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan – arrive in Vienna. They traveled from Hungary by bus, train or on foot. The migrants were given the opportunity to register in Austria or move on to Germany. (The Star – Malaysia) (USA Today) (Washington Post) (Budapest Business Journal)
- The first group, 450 of an expected 10,000 migrants, arrive in Munich, Germany, after traveling through Hungary and Austria. (BBC)

Law and crime

Cross-Strait relations
- Former vice president Annette Lu of Taiwan files charges of treason against former vice president Lien Chan, accusing him of breaching national security when he attended the 2015 China Victory Day Parade. (Taipei Times)

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September 15, 2015

Top News Stories –

Michael Jordan earned more from trainers in 2014 than during entire basketball career –
It is no secret that Michael Jordan and Nike make a lot of money from Air Jordan trainers. But an infographic by PBS has revealed just how lucrative the line of sports shoes, which have obtained cult-like status among sneaker fans, is. In 2014 alone Jordan, 52, made $100 million from sales of trainers, more money than the $94 million he made in the entire of his stellar 15-year career as an NBA basktball player. His eye-watering income made him the highest-paid retired athlete in the world last year. [Daily Telegraph]
Michael Jordan

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe delivers wrong speech in parliament –
Zimbabwe’s 91-year-old president Robert Mugabe read the wrong speech at the opening of a new session of parliament on Tuesday, repeating an address he gave to the legislature last month. The veteran leader read the 25-minute-long speech through to the end, apparently unaware that he was delivering the same text he presented during his state of the nation address last month. “There has been a mix-up of speeches resulting in a situation where… the president delivered the wrong speech,” said George Charamba, the presidential spokesman. “The mix-up happened in his secretarial office,” Mr Charamba was quoted as saying in the state-owned Herald newspaper’s online edition. “The error is sincerely regretted and corrective measures are being considered.” [Daily Telegraph] In February 2015 Mugabe allegedly suspended 27 bodyguards after they failed to stop him falling down steps.
President Robert Mugabe

Vladimir Putin ‘reaches out’ to Sir Elton John after singer asks to discuss gay rights –
Sir Elton John was engaged in a bizarre war of words with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday night after the singer publicly thanked the Russian leader for “reaching out” to him to discuss gay rights – but the Kremlin then denied the conversation ever took place. The veteran rock star said Mr Putin, who recently appeared to equate homosexuality with paedophilia and urged gay people to “leave kids alone”, had called him and suggested they might meet. “Thank you to President Vladimir Putin for reaching out and speaking via telephone with me today. I look to forward to meeting with you face to face to discuss LGBT equality in Russia,” he wrote on his Instagram account. However, in a bizarre twist last night, Mr Putin’s spokesman rejected the Rocket Man’s claim. “Putin did not have a conversation with Elton John, and most importantly, we did not receive any kind of proposal for a meeting from him,” said Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin’s spokesman. At the weekend, Sir Elton condemned the Russian strongman’s “ridiculous” stance on gay rights, which has seen a law passed banning homosexual “propaganda” among children in June 2013.[Daily Telegraph]
Vladimir Putin

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to build and launch rockets from Florida’s ‘Space Coast’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced plans to build and launch rockets from Flordia’s “Space Coast”. At a news conference on Tuesday, Mr Bezos announced that his Blue Origin space company will build rockets and launch them into orbit from Cape Canaveral. He plans to send up satellites first, then people – including space tourists and even himself. He predicts the first launch will occur by the end of the decade; he declined to be more specific, saying more details would be forthcoming next year. The as-yet-named rocket will launch and land vertically, the same method the company is testing for suborbital flights from remote West Texas. The first-stage boosters will be reusable to save money. The crew capsules will fly themselves and not require pilots. [Daily Telegraph]
Jeff Bezos

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The Jungle Book Official US Teaser Trailer

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2	#TengoTalentoPara	#MarriageAdviceIn3Words	#MarriageAdviceIn3Words
3	#الهلال_لخويا	Jungle Book	#charitytuesday
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5	#EMABiggestFansJustinBieber	#HispanicHeritageMonth	#WakeUpPreOrder
6	#RompesuelasVivo	#DF15	Mary Poppins
7	#ALDUBForTALKNTEXT	Carlos Hyde	New Day
8	#FelizMartes	Trent Dilfer	Jack Wilshere
9	#MarriageAdviceIn3Words	Luke Shaw	#49ers
10	#WakeUpPreOrder	#MakeAMovieConfused	Nikki

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Boko Haram insurgency, 2015 West African offensive
- The Nigerian Army rescues dozens of women and children in Borno State. (AP via ABC News)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Houthi militants backed by Yemeni troops reportedly seize control of al-Rabu’ah, a town in Saudi Arabia‘s southwestern Asir region near the Yemeni border, forcing Saudi forces to pull out of the area. (Press TV)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Southeast Asian haze
- The Indonesian province of Riau declares a state of emergency due to high levels of smoke haze from forest fires in Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra that have led thousands of people to flee the capital Pekanbaru. (AFP via Straits Times)
- The 24 hour Pollutant Standards Index in Singapore remains in the unhealthy range due to smoke haze. (Channel News Asia)
Two students die and three others are injured after a school bus is struck by another vehicle and swerves off an Interstate 610 overpass in Houston, Texas. (Houston Chronicle), (Reuters)
The death toll from yesterday’s flash floods in the American towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, rises to 12 with one person still missing. (AP via ABC News), (NBC News)
A floatplane crashes during takeoff near Iliamna in southwest Alaska, killing three people and injuring the other seven on board. (AP via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Seven mountain climbers die in an avalanche in the French Alps near the town of Pelvoux. (Accuweather)

Health

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration orders R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to stop further U.S. sale and distribution of four cigarette products because they may be more dangerous than similar older cigarettes. (Reuters)

International relations

European migrant crisis
- Hungary declares a state of emergency in two of its southeastern counties as tougher laws come into effect aimed at preventing asylum-seekers and other migrants from entering the country. (BBC), (AP via U.S. News & World Report)

Politics and elections

Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015
- Malcolm Turnbull is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Australia following his election to the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia. (ABC News Australia)
The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia appoints a special prosecutor into a wiretapping scandal. (AP via ABC News)

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September 16, 2015

Top News Stories –

Blackjack-addicted Buddhist monk accused of stealing $150,000 –
A Buddhist monk with an expensive blackjack addiction has appeared in court in New York, charged with stealing around $150,000 (£97,000) in donations to fund his habit. Khang Nguyen Le, 45, was paid $1,000 a month for his role as the most senior monk at the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Southwest Louisiana, based in the town of Lafayette. But over the past four years he had found himself with a growing gambling addiction and, according to court documents, stole from the organisation to feed his habit. He is accused of spending up to $10,000 every two or three days at the blackjack tables, and hiding in the corners of the casino so no one would spot him. [Daily Telegraph]

Naomi Campbell tries to #freethenipple, fails –
The supermodel joined the controversial campaign, then felt the wrath of Instagram’s strict nudity policy. The fashion icon posted a topless picture to her Twitter and Instagram accounts on Wednesday, both accompanied by the #freethenipple hashtag. However, despite the fact she looks amazing and really not very offensive, Instagram wasn’t having it. Within a few hours, the site had removed the image for violating its strict terms of use. In other words, there was a little too much nipple.The black and white portrait, taken from Garage magazine, is a sneak peek of her upcoming two volume TASCHEN book, and was shot by renowned photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. [Dazed Digital] The picture remained on Cambell’s Twitter feed below:
Naomi Cambell Free the Nipple Tweet

Dislike button: Why Facebook wants to know what makes you sad –
It has finally happened. “Today is a special day” declared Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a live “in-person townhall” event. Almost casually, he dropped a bombshell that has ignited technology commentators overnight: Facebook is getting a new button. Yes, alongside “like” will be something else. It almost certainly will not be a “dislike” button. The widespread news is that Facebook will twin “like” with “dislike”, long one of the most popular suggestions from Facebook users. However, if you actually listen to what Zuckerberg said, he rules this out: “we didn’t wanna just build a dislike button…[where] people were voting up or down people’s posts…what they really want is an ability to express empathy”. [Daily Telegraph]
Mark Zuckerberg

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Escaping Anderson Springs during Valley Fire

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	Worldwide	USA	UK
1	#IStandWithAhmed	#IStandWithAhmed	#IStandWithAhmed
2	カッコの中	#GOPDebate	#PMQs
3	#MasterChefBR	#TheNewBrokenScene	Luke Shaw
4	#TheNewBrokenScene	#MalikPositivity	#TheNewBrokenScene
5	#SerMexicanoEsOtroPedo	#BadMovieMashups	National Anthem
6	#ALDUB2ndMonthsary	Viva Mexico	#AskACurator
7	#iOS9	Steve Rannazzisi	#HorribleWaysToStartAStory
8	#BadMovieMashups	iOS 9	#BadMovieMashups
9	ツイッター国勢調査	Chile	#AskBritney
10	#UnPlacerDeLaVidaEs	SABMiller	William Hague

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Turkey–PKK conflict
- PKK attacks kill five Turkish police officers in the southeastern Mardin and Hakkâri provinces. The Turkish Army claims to have killed nine militants. (Daily Sabah), (Reuters via Daily Star)
2015 Burkinabé coup d’état
- Soldiers detain the interim president and prime minister of Burkina Faso as well as a number of cabinet ministers sparking fear of a coup d’etat. A joint statement by the United Nations, the African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States states that the presidential guard should immediately release the leaders of the interim government. (Al-Jazeera), (Reuters)

Business and economy

Hewlett-Packard, which has struggled for years in a declining PC market, will cut up to 33,300 jobs over the next three years, mostly in its enterprise business. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

One person is dead and fourteen missing after floods hit Huaping County in China‘s Yunnan province. (Xinhua)
Tropical cyclone effects in Europe
- The remnants of former Tropical Storm Henri combines with another storm in western Europe to cause heavy rains and possible floods in the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal. (AccuWeather)
The death toll rises to 16 from this week’s “once-in-a-century” flash flood along the Utah – Arizona border in the United States as four more bodies were found in Utah’s Zion National Park with another three people still missing. (Christian Science Monitor)
An earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale occurs in the Pacific Ocean near Chile sparking a tsunami warning. At least five people die. (AP via ABC News America), (USGS), (CNN)

Health

A cholera outbreak kills at least 16 people in three camps for displaced people fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria. (France 24)

International relations

European migrant crisis
- Dozens of migrants reach the border of Serbia and Croatia which has become the new route for migrants denied entry to Hungary. (BBC)
- Hungarian riot police and migrants clash at the now-closed border crossing near Horgos. (BBC)

Law and crime

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denies Kim Davis‘ request to have same-sex marriage licenses delayed, but does not toss out her appeal entirely. (AP via MSN)

Sports

The International Olympic Committee announces the bidding cities for the 2024 Summer Olympics: Budapest, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Paris, and Rome. (CNN)

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September 20, 2015

Top News Stories –

Bridge cheating scandal grows as top German players admit ‘ethical violations’ –
Three weeks after a fellow bridge professional threatened to name and shame those he believed were cheating, German bridge partners Josef Piekarek & Alex Smirnov have publicly confessed to “ethical violations”. In apparent attempt to jump before they were pushed, the pair even suggested their own punishments for their behaviour, saying in a statement: “We are aware of the “whispers” circulating about our ethical conduct, and we are sorry to say there is some truth to them. We have voluntarily agreed never again to play competitive bridge together and to take two years off from playing competitive bridge.” The German Bridge Federation and the World Bridge Federation have yet to respond to the admission by Smirnov & Piekarek, [Daily Telegraph]

Apple’s iOS App Store suffers first major attack –
The company [Apple] disclosed the effort after several cyber security firms reported finding a malicious program dubbed XcodeGhost that was embedded in hundreds of legitimate apps. It is the first reported case of large numbers of malicious software programs making their way past Apple’s stringent app review process. Prior to this attack, a total of just five malicious apps had ever been found in the App Store, according to cyber security firm Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW.N). The hackers embedded the malicious code in these apps by convincing developers of legitimate software to use a tainted, counterfeit version of Apple’s software for creating iOS and Mac apps, which is known as Xcode, Apple said. [Reuters]

Greek elections: Alexis Tsipras emerges as clear winner in shock result –
Greece’s radical former prime minister Alexis Tsipras returned to office on Sunday night after his far-left Syriza party won a clear victory in Greece’s general election. Despite a tepid campaign that saw Mr Tsipras’s personal popularity fall sharply, preliminary results showed the 41-year-old’s far-left Syriza party had won sufficient seats to form a coalition government in the coming days. After a tight race, Syriza ran out comfortable winners, with initial projections showing them falling only five or six seats short of the 151 seats needed to govern. [Daily Telegraph] Tsipras announced he was resigning has called an early election on August 20, 2015
Alexis Tsipras winning tweet
Alexis Tsipras

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Agostina Gálvez captures three Olympic gymnast hopefuls in action from NOWNESS on Vimeo.

List of the Day –

Primetime Emmy Award winners [Reuters]

BEST DRAMA SERIES – “Game of Thrones”

BEST COMEDY SERIES – “Veep”

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES – Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES – Viola Davis, “How To Get Away With Murder”

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES – Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES – Uzo Aduba, “Orange is the New Black”

ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES – Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES – Tony Hale, “Veep”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES – Allison Janney, “Mom”

VARIETY TALK SERIES – “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”

VARIETY SKETCH SERIES – “Inside Amy Schumer”

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM – “The Voice”

LIMITED SERIES – “Olive Kitteridge”

ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE – Richard Jenkins, “Olive Kitteridge”

ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE – Frances McDormand, “Olive Kitteridge”

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1	Jackie Collins	#Emmys	Jackie Collins
2	#AlgoQueMeVendriaReBien	#3YearsSinceLWWY	#6hCOTA
3	Ole Miss	Ole Miss	#MOTD
4	Metallica	#WATTBA	#WALvURU
5	#ALDUBLoveteamOnKMJS	#WWENOC	#NZLvARG
6	#3YearsSinceLWWY	Richard Dawkins	#XFactor
7	#DespedidaGigante	#iHeartJackandJack	Martial
8	Tevez	Bills	#SingaporeGP
9	#TerörBahaneMitingŞahane	#ATLvsNYG	#AskZoella
10	#TeröreKarşıTekSes	#WeCanOnlyGetAlongIf	Match of the Day

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- At least 14 people are killed as rebels shell a neighborhood in western Aleppo. (AP via ABC News)
Yemeni Civil War
- Houthi rebels release six foreign hostages; three Americans, two Saudis, and a Briton. (BBC)

Arts and culture

67th Primetime Emmy Awards
- The Emmy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California with Game of Thrones winning the Emmy for best drama series. (ABC News Australia)

Business and economy

Volkswagen halts sales of its 4-cylinder diesel vehicles in the United States following a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency citation that their cars violated U.S. emissions standards. (Auto Guide), (USA Today)

Disasters and accidents

European migrant crisis
- Some 26 migrants are feared missing after a dinghy carrying them sinks off the coast of the Greek island of Lesbos. The Greek Coast Guard rescued 20 people who were spotted in the water by Frontex, EU’s border agency. (RTE), (AP via WSB-TV2)
- At least 13 migrants died when a ferry and their inflatable dinghy collided off the northwestern Turkish port of Canakkale. Twenty people were rescued while another 13 are still missing. (BBC), (i24 News)

International relations

European migrant crisis
- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says that the United States will accept 85,000 refugees from the world in 2016, up from this year’s 70,000 refugees, and will increase to 100,000 refugees in 2017. (Washington Post)
- Austrian officials report 11,000 migrants crossed into the country from Hungary on Saturday, and another 7,000 are expected today. Seven trains are scheduled to transport 3,500 of these travelers to Germany. (CBS News)

Law and crime

Apple‘s iOS App Store suffers its first major cyber attack. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Greek legislative election, September 2015
- Voters in Greece go to the polls for the third time this year with Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left) again winning a plurality in the Hellenic Parliament. (The Guardian), (The Globe and Mail via Worldwide Herald)
- Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, whose resignation last month as prime minister mandated this snap election, says a coalition government will again be formed with the right-wing populist Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. (Sputnik Media), (The Telegraph)
Constitution of Nepal
- A new constitution comes into effect in Nepal establishing it as a modern secular state. (Reuters via Daily Mail)

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October 9, 2016

October 2, 2016

Top News Stories –

Americans finally break through to end Ryder Cup frustration –
This was not eight years in the making. It was two decades. Two decades worth of frustration was pent up inside the American team room when it arrived to Hazeltine National this week for the 41st Ryder Cup. And two decades worth of relief was released with the force of popping champagne corks when the Americans put the finishing touches on a 17-11 rout of the Europeans Sunday, capturing the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008 and only the third time since 1999. After eight losses in the last 10 Ryder Cups, including the last three, the Americans decided enough was enough. [New York Post] [See list of the day]

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OFFICIAL “PANTSUIT POWER” FLASH MOB FOR HILLARY from Celia & Mia for HRC on Vimeo.

List of the Day –

Ryder Cup matches
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Host country	Venue	GBI/Europe captain	United States captain
1927	United States	9½–2½	Great Britain	United States	Worcester Country Club, Massachusetts	Ted Ray	Walter Hagen
1929	Great Britain	7–5	United States	England	Moortown Golf Club, Yorkshire	George Duncan	Walter Hagen
1931	United States	9–3	Great Britain	United States	Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio	Charles Whitcombe	Walter Hagen
1933	Great Britain	6½–5½	United States	England	Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, Lancashire	John Henry Taylor	Walter Hagen
1935	United States	9–3	Great Britain	United States	Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey	Charles Whitcombe	Walter Hagen
1937	United States	8–4	Great Britain	England	Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, Lancashire	Charles Whitcombe	Walter Hagen
1947	United States	11–1	Great Britain	United States	Portland Golf Club, Portland, Oregon	Henry Cotton	Ben Hogan
1949	United States	7–5	Great Britain	England	Ganton Golf Club, Scarborough, Yorkshire	Charles Whitcombe	Ben Hogan
1951	United States	9½–2½	Great Britain	United States	Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2, North Carolina	Arthur Lacey	Sam Snead
1953	United States	6½–5½	Great Britain	England	Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey	Henry Cotton	Lloyd Mangrum
1955	United States	8–4	Great Britain	United States	Thunderbird Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California	Dai Rees	Chick Harbert
1957	Great Britain	7½–4½	United States	England	Lindrick Golf Club, West Riding of Yorkshire	Dai Rees	Jack Burke, Jr.
1959	United States	8½–3½	Great Britain	United States	Eldorado Golf Club, Indian Wells, California	Dai Rees	Sam Snead
1961	United States	14½–9½	Great Britain	England	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire	Dai Rees	Jerry Barber
1963	United States	23–9	Great Britain	United States	East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia	John Fallon	Arnold Palmer
1965	United States	19½–12½	Great Britain	England	Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Lancashire	Harry Weetman	Byron Nelson
1967	United States	23½–8½	Great Britain	United States	Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas	Dai Rees	Ben Hogan
1969	United States ^[A]	16–16	Great Britain	England	Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Lancashire	Eric Brown	Sam Snead
1971	United States	18½–13½	Great Britain	United States	Old Warson Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri	Eric Brown	Jay Hebert
1973	United States	19–13	Great Britain & Ireland	Scotland	Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian	Bernard Hunt	Jack Burke, Jr.
1975	United States	21–11	Great Britain & Ireland	United States	Laurel Valley Golf Club, Ligonier, Pennsylvania	Bernard Hunt	Arnold Palmer
1977	United States	12½–7½	Great Britain & Ireland	England	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire	Brian Huggett	Dow Finsterwald
1979	United States	17–11	Europe	United States	The Greenbrier, The Greenbrier Course, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia	John Jacobs	Billy Casper
1981	United States	18½–9½	Europe	England	Walton Heath Golf Club, Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey	John Jacobs	Dave Marr
1983	United States	14½–13½	Europe	United States	PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida	Tony Jacklin	Jack Nicklaus
1985	Europe	16½–11½	United States	England	The Belfry, Brabazon Course, Wishaw, Warwickshire	Tony Jacklin	Lee Trevino
1987	Europe	15–13	United States	United States	Muirfield Village, Dublin, Ohio	Tony Jacklin	Jack Nicklaus
1989	Europe^[A]	14–14	United States	England	The Belfry, Brabazon Course, Wishaw, Warwickshire	Tony Jacklin	Raymond Floyd
1991	United States	14½–13½	Europe	United States	Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina	Bernard Gallacher	Dave Stockton
1993	United States	15–13	Europe	England	The Belfry, Brabazon Course, Wishaw, Warwickshire	Bernard Gallacher	Tom Watson
1995	Europe	14½–13½	United States	United States	Oak Hill Country Club, East Course, Rochester, New York	Bernard Gallacher	Lanny Wadkins
1997	Europe	14½–13½	United States	Spain	Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Andalusia	Seve Ballesteros	Tom Kite
1999	United States	14½–13½	Europe	United States	The Country Club, Composite Course, Brookline, Massachusetts	Mark James	Ben Crenshaw
2002	Europe	15½–12½	United States	England	The Belfry, Brabazon Course, Wishaw, Warwickshire	Sam Torrance	Curtis Strange
2004	Europe	18½–9½	United States	United States	Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	Bernhard Langer	Hal Sutton
2006	Europe	18½–9½	United States	Republic of Ireland	K Club, Palmer Course, Straffan, County Kildare	Ian Woosnam	Tom Lehman
2008	United States	16½–11½	Europe	United States	Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky	Nick Faldo	Paul Azinger
2010	Europe	14½–13½	United States	Wales	Celtic Manor Resort, Twenty Ten Course, Newport	Colin Montgomerie	Corey Pavin
2012	Europe	14½–13½	United States	United States	Medinah Country Club, Course 3, Medinah, Illinois	José María Olazábal	Davis Love III
2014	Europe	16½–11½	United States	Scotland	Gleneagles, PGA Centenary Course, Perth & Kinross	Paul McGinley	Tom Watson
2016	United States	17–11	Europe	United States	Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota	Darren Clarke	Davis Love III

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- An ISIL sniper in Sirte, Libya, shoots dead Dutch photographer and war correspondent Jeroen Oerlemans. (The Independent)

Disasters and accidents

2016 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Matthew, at Category 4 strength with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h), temporarily stalls as it heads towards Jamaica and Haiti. Weather forecasters expect tropical storm conditions today with landfall tomorrow. Further, they expect rainfall of 20 inches, with up to 40 inches in some parts of southern Haiti. (BBC), (NBC News), (The National Hurricane Center)
- Weather forecasters issue hurricane warnings for eastern Cuba, from Las Tunas to Guantánamo provinces. (The Los Angeles Times), (The National Hurricane Center)
2016 Ethiopian protests
- Police allegedly attack Oromo protestors at a religious festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia causing a stampede which kills dozens of people. (BBC)
A Ravn Alaska Cessna 208B crashes near Togiak, Alaska killing three people. (The Alaska Dispatch News)

International relations

Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
- Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announces March 2017 as the deadline for triggering Article 50 and says that her government will introduce a “Great Repeal Bill” that will repeal theEuropean Communities Act 1972 once the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. (BBC)

Law and crime

Authorities arrest a Japanese man for killing as many as 48 elderly patients at the Oguchi Hospital in Yokohama. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

Hungarian migrant quota referendum, 2016
- Voters in Hungary go to the polls for a referendum on whether to accept mandatory European Union quotas on relocating migrants. While an overwhelming majority of voters reject the EU’s migrant quotas, turnout was too low to make the poll valid. (BBC), (Reuters)
Brazil municipal elections, 2016
- Brazilian voters cast ballots in the nationwide election of mayors and city councils in 5,568 municipalities. Pollsters predict that the Workers’ Party will fair poorly. This is the country’s first election since theimpeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff. (Reuters), (Bloomberg)
Colombian peace agreement referendum, 2016
- Referendum voters in Colombia narrowly fail to ratify a peace deal between the Government of Colombia and FARC. (Reuters), (Deutsche Welle), (BBC)
Marino Riccardi and Fabio Berardi take office as the Captains Regent of San Marino. (San Marino RTV)

Sports

2016 Ryder Cup
- In golf, the United States wins the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008. (The New York Post)
2016 NRL Grand Final
- In Australian rugby league, the Cronulla Sharks defeat the Melbourne Storm 14–12 to win their first premiership after 50 years in the competition. (ABC News Australia)
Major League Baseball
- Vin Scully, broadcaster for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers since 1950, calls his final game. (Major League Baseball)
- The Atlanta Braves play their final game at Turner Field. They now move to the new SunTrust Park for the 2017 season. (AP via ESPN)

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November 8, 2016

Top News Stories –

Toblerone triangle change upsets fans –
A decision to space out the distinctive triangular chocolate chunks in two Toblerone bars sold in the UK has upset fans who say that they do mind the gap. The product’s makers, US-based Mondelez International, said it had changed the design to reduce the weight of what were 400g and 170g bars. Some consumers have described the move as “the wrong decision” and said the bigger spaces looked “stupid”. Mondelez said the move was down to a rise in the cost of ingredients. In a statement on the Toblerone Facebook page, the company said it had to make a decision between changing the look of the bars or raising the price. [BBC]
The old shaped Toblerone

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The Flying Frenchies Surf and BASE Jump From a Zipline

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How many peaks in a bar of Toblerone?
According to Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany the sizes and number of peaks for Toblerones are as follows:

Size	Tiny	Mini	35 g	50 g	75 g	100 g	200 g	400 g	750 g	4.5 kg
Peaks	3	3	8	11	11	12	15	15	17	12

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- Six Al Qaeda insurgents are killed by the Arab coalition in Yemen. (Reuters)
Gunmen kill at least 30 people in an attack on a gold mine in a remote area of Zamfara State, northwestern Nigeria. (Reuters)

Business and economy

India abolishes larger banknotes in a bold and unexpected move to curb circulation of counterfeit notes and to fight black money. (BBC)(NDTV)

Politics and elections

United States elections, 2016
- Voters in the United States go to the polls for a range of federal, state and local elections, including the highly publicized presidential election between major party nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. (ABC)
- Results from several of New Hampshire‘s small midnight voting towns are released, showing marginal victories for Clinton in Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location, while Trump won significantly more votes in Millsfield. (News.com.au) (IB Times)
- The Republican Party is forecast to retain control of the United States House of Representatives. (ABC News)
- Donald Trump is forecast to win the United States presidential election as a result of victories of battleground states. (The Telegraph)
- The New York Times forecasts that it is highly likely that the Republican Party will retain control of the United States Senate. (The New York Times)
2016 South Korean political scandal
- South Korean prosecutors raid the offices of Samsung Electronics as part of a ongoing probe into President Park Geun-hye‘s controversial association with Choi Soon-sil. Yonhap News Agency reports prosecutors are investigating whether Samsung improperly provided financial assistance to Choi’s daughter, Chung Yoo-ra. (BBC) (Reuters)
European migrant crisis
- The National Assembly rejects Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán‘s bill to block the settlement of refugees in Hungary. The far-right Jobbik party abstained from the vote, arguing the immigration ban should apply to all foreigners, and not just refugees. (BBC)

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December 18, 2016

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Zsa Zsa Gabor: Hollywood legend dies at 99 –
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died at he age of 99 after suffering a heart attack, her husband has confirmed. On the point of tears, Frederic von Anhalt told the AFP news agency his wife had passed away at home, surrounded by her friends and family. “Everybody was there. She didn’t die alone,” he said. Born in Hungary, she emigrated to the United States during World War Two and made her Hollywood debut in 1952. She was married nine times. She appeared in more than 70 films, but was more famous for her celebrity lifestyle. She first married at the age of 20 and for the last (and longest) time when she was nearly 70 to the man who outlived her. By her own reckoning she was only married eight-and-a-half times – she said she didn’t really count a Spanish duke in 1982. [BBC]
Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1959

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INDIAN PACIFIC FIFTEEN from Tom Jennings on Vimeo.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Director	Note
1952	Lovely to Look At^[68]	LeRoy
	We’re Not Married!^[69]	Goulding
	Moulin Rouge^[69]	Huston
1953	The Story of Three Loves^[70]	Minelli
	Lili^[69]	Walters
	L’ennemi public no. 1 (The Most Wanted Man)	Verneuil
1954	Sangre y luces (Love in a Hot Climate)^[71]	Rouquier/Suey
1954	3 Ring Circus^[69]	Pevney
1956	Death of a Scoundrel^[69]	Martin
1957	The Girl in the Kremlin^[72]	Birdwell
1958	The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk	Wilconx
	Country Music Holiday^[72]	Ganzer
	Touch of Evil^[69]	Welles
	Queen of Outer Space^[69]	Bernds
1959	For the First Time	Mate
1960	Pepe^[1]	Sidney
1962	The Road to Hong Kong^[73]	Panama	Cameo
1962	Boys’ Night Out^[69]	Gordon
1966	Picture Mommy Dead^[69]	Gordon
1966	Drop Dead Darling^[74]	Hughes
1967	Jack of Diamonds^[75]	Taylor
1972	Up the Front	Kiliett
1976	Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood^[76]	Winner
1978	Every Girl Should Have One	Hyatt
1984	Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie^[77]	Gold
1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors^[78]	Russell	Cameo
1992	The Naked Truth^[72]	Mastorakis
1993	Happily Ever After^[79]	Blossom	Voice only
1993	The Beverly Hillbillies^[80]	Spheeris	Cameo

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Syrian Civil War, Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)
- Rebels attack and burn several buses en route to evacuate ill and injured people from the besieged Syrian villages of Al-Fu’ah and Kafriya. (The Guardian)
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- December 2016 Aden suicide bombings
  - An explosion outside a military camp in southern Yemen kills at least 49 people and injures many more. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest. (AP) (BBC)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A rock throwing 19-year old Palestinian is killed by IDF troops amid clashes in the West Bank village of Beit Rima. (Daily Sabah) (Haaretz)
2016 Al-Karak attack
- Unknown militants stage a number of attacks across the city of Al-Karak in Jordan, killing five people and injuring at least 10 others. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico is named as Miss World 2016. (The Telegraph)

Disasters and accidents

At least 49 people die in Irkutsk, Russia after consuming hawthorn-scented bath essence as if it were alcohol. The product has been found to contain methanol. (The New York Times) (BBC News)
2016 Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash
- An Indonesian military Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes in Papua province killing all 13 people on board. (AP via Star Tribune)

International relations

Gambian presidential election, 2016
- Leaders from the West African bloc ECOWAS and from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation plead with Gambian long-time President Yahya Jammeh who lost in the recently held elections to step aside or face consequences. (Al-Jazeera) (Quartz)

Politics and elections

Ivorian parliamentary election, 2016
- Côte d’Ivoire votes. (The Voice of America)

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