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Health Portugal reports at least 180 cases of Legionella and five fatalities in an outbreak. (Diário de Notícias) Politics and elections The Catalan people vote in a referendum on whether and how they should exercise self-determination. The Spanish government in Madrid does not recognise the authority of the vote. (BBC) Month November 2014 Previous day November 8 Next day November 10
Business and economy European private equity firm BC Partners agrees to buy American pet supplies retail chain PetSmart for $ 8.7 billion. (New York Times) Disasters and accidents Eleven Egyptian fishermen drown after their boat sinks in the Gulf of Suez. (AP) The death toll from a landslide in central Java in Indonesia rises to 24 with scores still missing. (Reuters via NBC News) The death ...
2014 BCS National Championship Game: The number-one-ranked Florida State Seminoles beats the number-two-ranked Auburn Tigers at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, by a score of 34–31. [10] The 2014 North American polar vortex hits the Northern United States, breaking coldest temperature records throughout the entire country. [11]
Health World AIDS Day: Researchers claim that the pandemic has reached a tipping point where the number of people receiving treatment in a year was greater than the number of new cases. (U.S. Presidential Proclamation), (Reuters) International relations Russia abandons its plans for the South Stream pipeline to Bulgaria due to European Union objections instead looking at a pipeline to Turkey ...
International relations Philippines v. China China condemns the Philippines over the latter's "pressure" over the South China Sea despite the disadvantage of the Armed Forces of the Philippines against China's People's Liberation Army. (The Sunday Times), (Bloomberg) Law and crime The Obama administration orders the transfer of six prisoners from Guantanamo Bay detention camp to Uruguay, the ...
Disasters 2014 Pacific typhoon season The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun reaches 94 in the Philippines and 18 in southern China. (AP via Fox News) International Relations For the first time in RIMPAC's history a nation (China) sent a surveillance vessel while also participating in the naval exercises. (Reuters) Politics and elections Indonesian presidential election, 2014 Election results ...
Law and crime Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting. Two shootings occur at Jewish facilities on the Kansas side of the Kansas City area. The first occurs at a Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, and the second takes place at a retirement center in Leawood. Three people are killed. A gunman is arrested. (CNN) Natural disasters A massive forest fire in Valparaíso, Chile destroys ...
Arts and culture American comedian Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report is announced to replace David Letterman to host the Late Show on CBS in 2015. (CBS) Politics and elections 2014 Crimean crisis: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe suspends Russia's right to vote and take part in election observations as a consequence to its annexation of Crimea. (Voice of Russia ...