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Portal:Current events/2017 December 13

December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13) (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Disasters and accidents
  • Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
    • A 17-pound (8 kg) CH-53E transport helicopter window lands on school grounds in Okinawa, Japan, marking the second time in less than a week that an American aircraft part has fallen on a school there. Today, a child sustains "minor injuries". The United States Marine Corps apologizes. (ABC News)
Law and crime
  • Proclamation No. 216
    • The Congress of the Philippines votes to approve President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend the declaration of martial law in Mindanao until December 31, 2018. (AFP)
  • Operation Car Wash
  • Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar
    • Two Reuters journalists are arrested in Myanmar for trying to illegally obtain official documents. The were reporting about the Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine State. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
Sports
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