Portal:Current events/2014 April 14
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April 14, 2014 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War:
- Syria's political opposition urges US action in response to the Syrian government's barrel bombing campaign in the city of Aleppo. (Reuters)
- Syrian government troops recapture the towns of Al-Sarkha and Ma'loula near the Syria-Lebanon border. (The Daily Star)
- Two Abu Sayyaf militants are killed and several captured in a raid in the Philippines city of Zamboanga. (AP via ABC News)
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
- Twin bomb blasts hit a crowded bus station at the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing at least 71 and injuring more than 120 others. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- 2014 pro-Russian protests in Ukraine
- Pro-Russian gunmen storm another police station, in the town of Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
- The Washington Post and The Guardian newspapers win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their stories on the National Security Agency based on leaks from Edward Snowden. (AP via Salt Lake Tribune)
Business and economy
- American financial services company TIAA–CREF agrees to buy Nuveen Investments for $6.25 billion. (Wall Street Journal)
Law and crime
- Radical British Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri goes on trial in the American state of New York for 11 alleged terrorism offenses. (BBC News)
- A United States court overturns the conviction of Andrew Auernheimer (known as weev), who was sentenced to 41-months in prison in 2010 for hacking the AT&T website, stealing millions of iPad user e-mails. (PC World)
Politics and elections
- Voters in the Republic of Macedonia head to the polls for a runoff presidential election. (Voice of America)
- Vietnam frees Nguyen Tien Trung and Vi Duc Hoi. (BBC News)