Portal:Current events/2013 November 6
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November 6, 2013 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- A bomb explodes in the center of the capital, Damascus, killing at least 8 people and injuring more than 50 others. (BBC)
- A suicide bomber kills 8 people and injures 41 others in an attack against an intelligence building in the southern city of As-Suwayda. Among those killed is a Syrian Air Force major. (Reuters)
- Several small bombs explode outside a provincial office of the Chinese Communist Party in the northern city of Taiyuan, killing at least one person and wounding eight others. (BBC) (Reuters)
- M23 rebellion:
- The M23 rebel movement is defeated by Congolese troops, bringing an end to the armed conflict. (Al Jazeera)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- A suicide bomber detonates a bomb in an oil tanker truck, killing 15 people in Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP via Ahram Online)
Law and crime
- A Mexican federal court overturns a state court ruling that allowed the drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero to be released from prison earlier this year. This court response follows a decision by the U.S. Department of State to place a $5 million bounty against him. (Fox News)
- Saudi police crackdowns on foreigners working illegally in the kingdom widen with more than 16,000 arrests. (ABC News)
- A shooting at a barbershop in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. kills 2 people and injures 7 others. (CNN)
- Pakistan's ex-president Pervez Musharraf is released on bail. (Xinhua)
Politics and elections
- Voters in Tajikistan go to the polls for a presidential election. (BBC)
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