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November 4, 2013 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syria civil war:
- Colonel Abdul Jabbar Akaidi, top rebel leader and chief recipient of U.S. aid, quits his position blaming recent losses on rebel infighting. (Washington Post)
A truck carrying four people hits a land mine on a road leading to Menaka in Mali, killing all of the occupants. (AP via Miami Herald)

Arts and culture

German magazine Focus reports the 2012 discovery of Nazi plundered art worth €1 billion in Munich, including lost works by Picasso and Matisse. (Deutsche Welle)

Law and crime

A man fatally stabs three people on a bus en route between Årdal and Tyin in Norway. (NBC News)
The company Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $2.2 billion in regards to a U.S. probe of the drug risperdal. (Reuters)
A gunman opens fire inside the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, shooting out security cameras. Hours later, the gunman commits suicide near the mall. (CNN)
In Florida, United States, Eric Rivera Jr. is convicted of second-degree murder in the 2007 killing of NFL Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor during a burglary. (Fox News)

Politics and elections

Egyptian deposed president Mohamed Morsi's trial regarding charges of violence is postponed to 8 January 2014. (AllAfrica)

Science

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works undertakes to build a successor to the SR-71 Blackbird capable of mach 6 speed flight by 2030. (Fox News)

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 *[[Syria civil war]]:
-**Colonel Abdul Jabbar Akaidi, top rebel leader and chief recipient of U.S. aid quits his position blaming recent losses on rebel infighting. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/rebels-lose-ground-to-assad-forces-in-syria-war-free-syrian-army-official-akaidi-resigns/2013/11/03/e3ecbf44-44bb-11e3-95a9-3f15b5618ba8_story.html (Washington Post)]
+**Colonel Abdul Jabbar Akaidi, top rebel leader and chief recipient of U.S. aid, quits his position blaming recent losses on rebel infighting. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/rebels-lose-ground-to-assad-forces-in-syria-war-free-syrian-army-official-akaidi-resigns/2013/11/03/e3ecbf44-44bb-11e3-95a9-3f15b5618ba8_story.html (Washington Post)]
-*A truck carrying four people hits a land mine on a road leading to [[Menaka]], [[Mali]], killing all of the occupants. [http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/04/3731771/officials-4-people-killed-in-mine.html (AP via ''Miami Herald'')]
+*A truck carrying four people hits a land mine on a road leading to Menaka in [[Mali]], killing all of the occupants. [http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/04/3731771/officials-4-people-killed-in-mine.html (AP via ''Miami Herald'')]
 ;Arts and culture
-*German magazine ''[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]]'' reports the [[2011 Nazi loot discovery|2011 discovery]] of [[Nazi plunder|Nazi plundered art]] worth €1 billion in [[Munich]], including lost works by [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] and [[Matisse]]. [http://www.dw.de/german-authorities-reportedly-discover-1500-paintings-seized-by-nazis/a-17201713 (Deutsche Welle)]
+*German magazine ''[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]]'' reports the [[2012 Nazi loot discovery|2012 discovery]] of [[Nazi plunder|Nazi plundered art]] worth €1 billion in [[Munich]], including lost works by [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] and [[Matisse]]. [http://www.dw.de/german-authorities-reportedly-discover-1500-paintings-seized-by-nazis/a-17201713 (Deutsche Welle)]
 ;Law and crime
 *A man fatally stabs three people on a bus en route between [[Årdal]] and [[Tyin]] in [[Norway]]. [http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/04/21308934-three-killed-in-norway-bus-attack (NBC News)]
-*The company [[Johnson & Johnson]] agrees to pay [[United States dollars|$]]2.2 billion in regards to a U.S. [[Johnson & Johnson#Marketing of Risperdal|probe]] of the drug [[risperdal]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-jnj-settlement-idUSBRE9A30MM20131104 (Reuters)]
+*The company [[Johnson & Johnson]] agrees to pay [[United States dollars|$]]2.2 billion in regards to a U.S. [[Johnson & Johnson#Marketing of Risperdal|probe]] of the drug [[risperdal]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-jnj-settlement-idUSBRE9A30MM20131104 (Reuters)]
-*A gunman [[Westfield Garden State Plaza#2013 shooting|opens fire]] inside the [[Westfield Garden State Plaza]] in [[Paramus]], [[New Jersey]] shooting out security cameras. [http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/ (CNN)]
+*A gunman [[Westfield Garden State Plaza#2013 shooting|opens fire]] inside the [[Westfield Garden State Plaza]] in [[Paramus]], [[New Jersey]], shooting out security cameras. Hours later, the gunman commits suicide near the mall. [http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/new-jersey-mall-shooting/ (CNN)]
+*In [[Florida]], [[United States]], Eric Rivera Jr. is convicted of second-degree murder in the 2007 killing of [[NFL]] [[Washington Redskins]] player [[Sean Taylor]] during a burglary. [http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/11/04/fla-man-convicted-second-degree-murder-in-killing-redskins-star-taylor-during/ (Fox News)]
-;Politics and election
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-*[[Egypt|Egyptian]] [[Deposition_(politics)|deposed]] president [[Mohamed Mursi]]'s trial regarding charges of violence is postponed to [[January 8]], [[2014]]. [http://allafrica.com/stories/201311041636.html (AllAfrica)]
+*[[Egypt]]ian [[Deposition (politics)|deposed]] president [[Mohamed Morsi]]'s trial regarding charges of violence is postponed to 8 January 2014. [http://allafrica.com/stories/201311041636.html (AllAfrica)]
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-*[[Lockheed Martin]]'s Skunkworks undertakes to build a successor to the [[SR-71 Blackbird]] capable of mach 6 speed flight by 2030. [http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/11/04/lockheed-martin-skunkworks-to-build-successor-to-sr-71-blackbird/?intcmp=obnetwork (FOX News)]
+*[[Lockheed Martin]]'s [[Skunk Works]] undertakes to build a [[Lockheed Martin SR-72|successor]] to the [[SR-71 Blackbird]] capable of mach 6 speed flight by 2030. [http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/11/04/lockheed-martin-skunkworks-to-build-successor-to-sr-71-blackbird/?intcmp=obnetwork (Fox News)]
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-;Sports
-*In [[Florida]], [[United States]], Eric Rivera Jr. is convicted of second-degree murder in the 2007 killing of [[NFL]] [[Washington Redskins]] player [[Sean Taylor]] during a burglary. [http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/11/04/fla-man-convicted-second-degree-murder-in-killing-redskins-star-taylor-during/ (FOX News)]
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