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Portal:Current events/2014 November 14
November 14, 2014 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
- Iraqi forces expel ISIS from the refinery town of Baiji in northern Iraq. (Al Arabiya)
Arts and culture
- Russia plans an "alternative Wikipedia". (BBC)
International relations
- Swedish submarine incidents:
- Sweden releases a sonar image it says is proof that a foreign submarine entered its waters in October. The grainy image shows underwater tracks allegedly left by the vessel. (BBC)
Politics
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing to dissolve the Lower House of the Diet on Tuesday and call a snap election on December 14th in order to seek a public mandate on whether to delay a scheduled increase in the consumption tax. (NHK World)
- Nicola Sturgeon becomes Leader of the Scottish National Party. (NY Times)
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