Portal:Current events/2014 January 25
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;Armed conflicts and attacks
- Civil conflict in the Philippines
- The Philippines and the Bangsamoro agree to a peace deal that would help end the 45-year conflict. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/25/philippines-muslim-rebels-complete-peace-deal-to-end-decades-long-rebellion/ (Fox News)]
- Post-civil war violence in Libya:
- Five Egyptian embassy staff are kidnapped in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/five-egyptian-embassy-staff-kidnapped-libya-tripoli-cairo (The Guardian)]
- Post-coup unrest in Egypt:
- Sixty-four people are killed in anti-government marches. [http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/92710/Egypt/Politics-/Death-toll-from-uprising-anniversary-climbs-to-,-m.aspx (Al-Ahram)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/25/us-egypt-protests-idUSBREA0O08Q20140125 (Reuters)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25888916 (BBC News)]
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
- Seventeen people are killed in car-bomb and mortar attacks on a Shi'ite Muslim village in Iraq. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/25/us-iraq-violence-idUSBREA0O04W20140125 (Reuters)]
;Law and crime
- A vial containing drops of late Pope John Paul II's blood is stolen from the Church of San Pietro della Ienca in Abruzzo, Italy. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/pope-john-paul-ii-blood-stolen-church-italy (The Guardian)]
- A shooting at the Columbia Mall in the U.S. state of Maryland results in three people being killed. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25898567 (BBC News)]
;Sports
- 2014 Australian Open:
- China's Li Na defeats Slovakia's Dominika Cibulková 7-63, 6-0 to win the women's final. [http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/third-time-lucky-for-li-na-20140125-31fv5.html (Sydney Morning Herald)]
- The United SportsCar Championship debuts as the International Motor Sports Association's new premier series in the United States with the 52nd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. [http://msn.foxsports.com/speed/sports-cars/action-express-racing-wins-52nd-rolex-24-at-daytona/ (Fox Sports)]
;Science and technology
- Yutu, China's lunar rover, suffers an unspecified "mechanical control abnormality" shortly before going dormant for the two-week-long lunar night. The solar-powered vehicle has been on the Moon since 15 December and had survived one lunar night. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/25/c_133073239.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-25/an-china27s-moon-rover2c-jade-rabbit2c-has-27abnormality27/5218986 (abc.net.au)]
- Average peak concentrations of PM2.5 (fine particulate air pollution) are more than twice as great in Delhi as in Beijing during the first three weeks of the year. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/world/asia/beijings-air-would-be-step-up-for-smoggy-delhi.html (The New York Times)]
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