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November 1, 2013 (Friday)

Syrian civil war:
- Israeli aircraft carry out a strike near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia targeting Russian-made S-125 air defense missiles allegedly intended for use by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (BBC)
War in North-West Pakistan:
- A U.S. drone strike kills Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban (whom the United States had a reward for $5 million) and five others. (BBC) (Reurters)
2013 Tiananmen Square attack:
- China's top security official blames the East Turkestan Islamic Movement for a suicide attack that killed five people at the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Monday. (AP)

Flash floods and heavy rains sweep across central Texas, United States, killing 2 people. (AP via Fox News)

Fannie Mae files a lawsuit for $800 million against nine different banks, including Citigroup and Bank of America, for manipulating the Libor benchmark interest rate. (Bloomberg via SFGate)

2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting: A gunman opens fire at Los Angeles International Airport, killing a US Transportation Security Administration employee, and wounding several other people. It prompts a terminal evacuation. (NBC Los Angeles) (Fox News)
Two people, members of the far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn, are killed in a drive-by shooting, outside the offices of Golden Dawn in Neo Iraklio, Athens. (Reuters) (Kathimerini)

A person claiming to be a member of Anonymous takes down the website for Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times. (BBC)
The smartphone wars are re-ignited, as Rockstar Consortium, a company owned by companies including Apple and Microsoft, starts wide-ranging legal action against Google, Samsung, and other makers of Android phones. (Reuters) (Ars Technica)

Scientists discover three new species of marsupial Antechinus in Queensland, Australia. (News.com.Au)

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-*A person claiming to be a member of [[Anonymous (group|Anonymous]] takes down the website for  [[Singaporean]] newspaper ''[[The Straits Times]]''. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24768053 (BBC)]
+*A person claiming to be a member of [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] takes down the website for  [[Singaporean]] newspaper ''[[The Straits Times]]''. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24768053 (BBC)]
 *The [[smartphone wars]] are re-ignited, as [[Rockstar Consortium]], a company owned by companies including [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and [[Microsoft]], starts wide-ranging legal action against [[Google]], [[Samsung]], and other makers of [[Android phone]]s. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/us-google-rockstar-lawsuit-idUSBRE99U1EN20131031 (Reuters)] [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/patent-war-goes-nuclear-microsoft-apple-owned-rockstar-sues-google/ (Ars Technica)]