current Events/2015 January 13
Portal:Current events/2015 January 13 Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Portal:Current events/2015 January 13 Portal Talk < Portal:Current events January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13) (Tuesday) edithistorywatch Armed conflicts and attacks Charlie Hebdo shooting France announces plans to deploy 10,000 troops to protect sensitive sites across the country beginning tonight.
- Charlie Hebdo shooting
- France announces plans to deploy 10,000 troops to protect sensitive sites across the country beginning tonight. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
- A passenger bus comes under heavy fire near a check point in eastern Ukraine leading to at least ten civilians killed and many others injured. (ABC News Australia)
- Rob Wainwright, the Director of Europol, tells a British parliamentary committee that up to 5000 European Union citizens have joined jihadist groups in the Middle East. (The New Daily)
- Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
- Divers recover the cockpit voice recorder from the crashed jet. The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee states that by using the now collected recorders a preliminary report on the accident will be produced within a month and a final report after a year. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- The death toll from contaminated beer in the Mozambique rises to at least 72. (AP via Business Week)
- The World Health Organization monitors an avian flu outbreak in Taiwan, as H5N8 avian flu virus infects nine farms. (Central News Agency)
- Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
- China sends an additional 232 People's Liberation Army medical workers to West Africa to combat the outbreak (in addition to the 78 that had previously been stationed). (AP)
- Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka to begin a six day Asian tour. (BBC)
- Egypt's highest court overturns and initiates a retrial on the only remaining conviction against former President Hosni Mubarak (a May 2014 sentencing of three years in prison for embezzlement). (Reuters)
- The U.S. Supreme Court rules 9–0 in favor of homeowners that the Truth in Lending Act clearly states that a simple notice by the homeowner to the bank within three years seeking to rescind their mortgage suffices over an actual court-filed lawsuit. (Reuters)
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