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November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18 ) (Tuesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
War in Afghanistan :
A
suicide bombing attack in
Kabul kills at least two people.
(Reuters) ,
(AP)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict :
Four rabbis (three American and one British) are killed, and eight other people wounded in a
terrorist attack on a
Jerusalem
synagogue by two men armed with meat cleavers and guns. The two attackers were killed by police who arrived at the scene. One of the policemen died from his wounds.
(BBC)
Benjamin Netanyahu vows for a heavy response and blames recent incitement by
Palestinian leaders as
Fatah officially condemns the attack while
Hamas and
Islamic Jihad praise it and call for more similar attacks.
(The Guardian)
Arts and culture
UNESCO declares the
Rizal Monument in
Manila ,
Machu Picchu of
Peru ,
Camino de Santiago of Spain, and the
Dampier Archipelago of Australia as
World Heritage Sites in Danger .
(GMA News)
Disasters and accidents
South Korea launches a new National Safety Agency with more than 10,000 staff to replace the
Korea Coast Guard , blamed by
President
Park Geun-hye for a poor response to the
sinking of MV Sewol .
(Reuters)
November 2014 North American cold wave
Lake-effect snow pummels areas around the Great Lake states, including
New York ,
Pennsylvania ,
Michigan ,
Wisconsin and
Ohio , stranding hundreds of vehicles and causing
Erie County, New York , to declare a state of emergency.
(The Weather Channel)
Law and crime
Human Rights Watch claims that police in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo 's capital
Kinshasa
had killed at least 51 people in
extrajudicial killings in a crackdown on kuluna gangs last November.
(AP)
Politics and elections
Kenneth Mapp , an independent, is elected
Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the
gubernatorial runoff election over Democrat
Donna Christensen .
(Virgin Islands News Online)
Japan's Prime Minister
Shinzō Abe calls a snap
election for mid-December, two years ahead of schedule.
(BBC)
Romanian presidential election :
Teodor Meleșcanu becomes the second
Foreign minister of Romania in just eight days to resign because of organizational problems which have left thousands of Romanians abroad unable to vote in the elections.
(Independent Balkan News Agency)
Hong Kong protests :
Hong Kong authorities start dismantling a protest site in
Admiralty following a court order.
(Voice of America)
Andrew Little is
elected to lead the
New Zealand Labour Party following the resignation of
David Cunliffe in September.
(Bloomberg News )
The
United States Senate narrowly defeats legislation on the
Keystone XL Pipeline , intended to allow oil from the
oil sands of Canada to flow to the
Gulf Coast of
Texas .
(New York Times )
Sports
Jamaica win the
2014 Caribbean Cup defeating
Trinidad and Tobago in the final following a penalty shootout.
(CONCACAF)
Releases
LittleBigPlanet 3 releases on the
PlayStation 3 and
PlayStation 4 in North America.