Portal:Current events/2013 January 29
January 29, 2013 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War (2009–present):
- A suicide attack against the Somali government offices kills at least two people and injures dozens in Mogadishu. (BBC) (Reuters)
- Northern Mali conflict (2012–present):
- The UK announces it will deploy 330 military personnel to Mali and other West African countries in support of French forces operating in the area. (BBC)
- French troops take Timbuktu while Tuareg forces of MNLA claim they control the city of Kidal in the north of Mali. (CNN) (France 24)
- Syrian civil war:
- At least 65 corpses are discovered in the Queiq River near Aleppo. All of them appear to have been executed with gunshots. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Vittorio Grilli, Italy's Economy Minister, contends before a committee of parliament that the central bank's handling of the supervision of Monte dei Paschi has been "attentive and appropriate". (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A Bombardier CRJ200 airliner operated by SCAT Air crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing all 15 passengers and 5 crew people on board. (Reuters) (BBC)
Law and crime
- A Ukrainian court sentences a former police chief Olexiy Pukach to life imprisonment for murdering journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000. (BBC) (Reuters) (AFP via Yahoo!)
Politics and elections
- The United States Senate confirms John Kerry to become United States Secretary of State by a vote of 94–3. Kerry succeeds outgoing Secretary Hillary Clinton on February 1. (Washington Post)
- UK government plans to redraw constituency boundaries before the next general election are defeated in the House of Commons by 334 to 292. (BBC)
Science and technology
- Google expands its Google Maps map data coverage of North Korea for what has been blank on most of that country satellite images on its search engine. (BBC)
Sport
- The 15-page article published by French football magazine France Football and titled The Qatargate reveals evidence pointing towards Qatar buying the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (RT) (AFP via Google) (Football.co.uk)
- A.C. Milan says it has reached an agreement with Manchester City F.C. to sign Italian striker Mario Balotelli. (ESPN) (Goal.com) (The Guardian)
- The Miami New Times reports that Biogenesis, a Miami anti-aging clinic that closed in December 2012, sold a wide array of performance-enhancing drugs to several prominent Major League Baseball players, among them Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera, Nelson Cruz, and Gio Gonzalez. (Miami New Times) (ESPN)
- According to a report in Sports Illustrated, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis used the supplement deer-antler spray (containing a dilute solution of IGF-1 which has been banned by the NFL) to aid his recovery from a torn triceps. Lewis has denied using the substance. The report also alleges that members of the Alabama Crimson Tide used the substance before the 2012 BCS National Championship Game against the LSU Tigers. (Sports Illustrated)