Portal:Current events/2013 December 29

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 16 people and wounds 40 others. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25541019 (BBC)], [http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/29/world/europe/russia-train-station-explosion/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 (CNN)], [https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/29/us-russia-blast-idUSBRE9BS02S20131229 (Reuters)]
• Syrian Civil War
• The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says barrels packed with explosives dropped from Syrian Air Force aircraft have killed 517 people in the northern province of Aleppo since 15 December. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25541726 (BBC)]
• Israeli–Lebanese conflict
• Two rockets are launched at Israel from Lebanon. Israel fires 20 artillery shells into Lebanon in retaliation. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/29/us-lebanon-israel-rockets-idUSBRE9BS01C20131229 (Reuters)], [http://news.sky.com/story/1188049/israel-fires-shells-in-response-to-rockets (Sky News)], [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2f79f54-706c-11e3-9ba1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2os3n14su (Financial Times)]
• Islamist protests in Egypt (July 2013–present)
• A bomb targeting an Egyptian military intelligence building north of Cairo in the village of Anshas wounds four soldiers. [http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/29/22095100-egypt-unrest-bomb-hits-army-intelligence-building-wounds-four-soldiers (NBC News)], [http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/29/egypt-explosion-idINDEE9BS02D20131229 (Reuters)]
• Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
• 18 people are killed in attacks across Iraq, including a military general in a bombing in the northern city of Mosul. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/29/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE9BS0BG20131229 (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents

• The passenger ferry MS King Seaways, en route from Newcastle, England, to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, catches fire in the North Sea; a man is arrested on suspicion of arson. [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/29/men-arrested-fire-north-sea-ferry (Guardian)]
• The Chaparrastique volcano in El Salvador erupts, forcing 5,000 people to leave their homes. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25545555 (BBC)]

;International relations

• Saudi Arabia pledges US$3 billion to Lebanon to help strengthen their military. [http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Saudi-to-give-Lebanon-3B-to-strengthen-army-5099649.php (Houston Chronicle)]

;Sport

• Seven-time Formula One drivers' champion Michael Schumacher is reported to be in critical condition after brain surgery in Grenoble for a head injury suffered while skiing in the French Alps. [http://espn.go.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/10208748/michael-schumacher-critical-condition-skiing-accident (AP via ESPN)]

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