Current events

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NOTE: Please log new events in the present tense. Provide links to new stories after each entry. Stories without links will be removed. New stories must be in English, no other languages!!! PLEASE DO NOT LINK TO SUBSCRIPTION-ONLY SITES SUCH AS AOL, WSJ (except in the unlikely event that a story is covered substantially better there than anywhere else).

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NOTE: For each item, please update the most relevant linked article if appropriate.

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Only stories of international interest should be added here. Consider whether each story would be better placed on a national Current Events page before adding it here.

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DO NOT LIST THE ORDINARY DEATHS OF PROMINENT PERSONS HERE. That's what Recent deaths is for.

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Only list items with news sources.

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