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2013 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
Business and economics Poppy farmers in Afghanistan report record yields for their opium crops. (The Guardian) Starbucks is ordered to pay Kraft Foods $2.76 billion in damages over a dispute about packaged coffee. (BBC) Disasters and accidents Typhoon Haiyan: The official death toll in the Philippines is actually reported that 2,500 people were killed. (Newsinfo) The total international aid ...
Law and crime The controversial spiritual guru Asaram Bapu is arrested on a rape charge filed by a teenage girl in northwest India. (AP via News24) Politics and elections Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela is discharged from hospital in the capital Pretoria. (BBC) September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02) (Monday) edit history watch Armed conflicts and attacks Mexican Drug War Mexican forces ...
Business and economy The European Parliament rejects a European Union budget for the first time in its history. (Financial Times) Disasters and accidents A twin-engine Embraer 821 plane crashes in the Brazilian state of Pará, killing all nine passengers and the pilot. (SAPA via News24) International relations North Korea confirms that it has shredded the 60-year-old Korean Armistice Agreement ...
Disasters and accidents Flash floods leave 16 people dead and 3 others missing in Saudi Arabia, with authorities urging citizens to avoid low-lying wadis. At least two others were killed in neighboring Oman in some of the heaviest rainfall in more than 25 years. (Al Arabiya) Heavy rain and a whirlwind sweeps over eights districts and towns in Lào Cai Province, northern Vietnam, destroying 52 ...
Business and economy Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, said in an interview with the Financial Times of London that the European Union is planning regulatory moves later in the year that will facilitate consolidation of the telecommunications market across national borders. (Financial Times) Politics and elections Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is ...
A World War II shell explodes in the Finnish town of Kemi in Lapland, killing one person and causing the evacuation of hundreds of residents. (Reuters via Yahoo News UK) Law and crime
December 2013 events by country (25 C) This page was last edited on 19 September 2022, at 06:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...