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September 25, 2014 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- Several Syrian rebel groups sign an agreement to unite in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and President Bashar al-Assad's forces. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Alaska, causing minor damage and affecting the state's largest city, Anchorage. (Alaska Dispatch News)

International relations

Barack Obama, the President of the United States, signs a memorandum expanding the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to 490,000 square miles, making it the biggest marine preserve in the world. (AP via ABC News)

Politics

Eric Holder announces his resignation as Attorney General of the United States, effective from when the Senate confirms a successor. (NPR).
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announces a wide-ranging reform program entitled Strategy 2020 to prepare Ukraine for applying for European Union membership in 2020. (BBC)

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