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*<!--Dec 30--> Authorities confirm the discovery of debris and bodies from '''[[Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501]]''' ''(aircraft pictured)'', which crashed en route to Singapore with {{nowrap|162 people}} on board. |
*<!--Dec 30--> Authorities confirm the discovery of debris and bodies from '''[[Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501]]''' ''(aircraft pictured)'', which crashed en route to Singapore with {{nowrap|162 people}} on board. |
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*<!--Dec 28--> Italian ferry '''{{MS|Norman Atlantic||2}}''' catches fire in the [[Adriatic Sea]] with {{nowrap|466 passengers}} and crew on board, killing at least {{nowrap|11 people}}<!--not including 2 seamen killed in a subsequent accident-->. |
*<!--Dec 28--> Italian ferry '''{{MS|Norman Atlantic||2}}''' catches fire in the [[Adriatic Sea]] with {{nowrap|466 passengers}} and crew on board, killing at least {{nowrap|11 people}}<!--not including 2 seamen killed in a subsequent accident-->. |
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*<!--Dec 24--> At least {{nowrap|85 people}} |
*<!--Dec 24--> At least {{nowrap|85 people}} are killed following a '''[[December 2014 Assam violence|militant attack]]''' on tribal people and subsequent retaliations in [[Assam]], India. |
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*<!--Dec 21--> [[Beji Caid Essebsi]] wins the '''[[Tunisian presidential election, 2014|Tunisian presidential election]]'''. |
*<!--Dec 21--> [[Beji Caid Essebsi]] wins the '''[[Tunisian presidential election, 2014|Tunisian presidential election]]'''. |
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*<!--Dec 18--> [[Indian Space Research Organisation|India]]'s '''[[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III]]''' successfully completes its first flight, carrying the crew vehicle demonstrator '''[[Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment|CARE]]'''. |
*<!--Dec 18--> [[Indian Space Research Organisation|India]]'s '''[[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III]]''' successfully completes its first flight, carrying the crew vehicle demonstrator '''[[Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment|CARE]]'''. |
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Revision as of 20:28, 31 December 2014
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- Authorities confirm the discovery of debris and bodies from Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (aircraft pictured), which crashed en route to Singapore with 162 people on board.
- Italian ferry Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Adriatic Sea with 466 passengers and crew on board, killing at least 11 people.
- At least 85 people are killed following a militant attack on tribal people and subsequent retaliations in Assam, India.
- Beji Caid Essebsi wins the Tunisian presidential election.
- India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III successfully completes its first flight, carrying the crew vehicle demonstrator CARE.
- U.S. aid worker Alan Gross and three members of the Cuban Five are released by Cuba and the United States, respectively, as both nations move to resume diplomatic relations.
Ongoing:
Southeast Asian floods –
Ebola outbreak –
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths:
Luise Rainer – Leo Tindemans – Edward Greenspan
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