Template:In the news
- A polar vortex brings record low temperatures to North America.
- The al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captures the city of Fallujah.
- Latvia becomes the 18th EU member state to adopt the euro.
- More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- On its maiden flight, a Russian Soyuz-2-1v rocket launches Aist 1 and two radar calibration satellites.
- Two suicide bombings kill more than 30 people in Volgograd, Russia (Volgograd-1 railway station pictured).
Recent deaths: Eusébio – Phil Everly
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