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**Colonel Abdul Jabbar Akaidi, top rebel leader and chief recipient of U.S. aid quits his position blaming recent losses on rebel infighting. [ |
**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)] |
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*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'')] |
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*German magazine ''[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]]'' reports the [[ |
*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)] |
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*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)] |
*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)] |
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*The company [[Johnson & Johnson]] agrees to pay [[United States dollars|$]]2.2 billion in regards to a U.S. [[Johnson & Johnson#Marketing of Risperdal|probe]] of the drug [[risperdal]]. [ |
*The company [[Johnson & Johnson]] agrees to pay [[United States dollars|$]]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)] |
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*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)] |
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⚫ | *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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*[[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 [[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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⚫ | *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/ ( |
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Latest revision as of 05:00, 10 March 2022
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)