2015 _ CURRENT EVENTS

( 138 ) __total citations__ Jan.-Dec.2014


___ 12-17-2014 ___
After a prisoner exchange President Obama announces diplomatic relations with Cuba will be started after more than 50 years
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# economic embargo ;


___ 12-16-2014 ___
Russian Rubble takes another big slide following the continued fall in price of oil
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# oil price crash


___ 12-09-2014 ___
U.S. Senate releases the CIA torture report
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# 9/11 terrorist attack ; intelligence community


___ 12-08-2014 ___
6 gitmo detainees are released to Uraguay
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___ 12-08-2014 ___ **
U.S. Navy Seals attempt hostage rescue in Yemen - al Qaeda militants killed the hostage during the raid
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___ 12-05-2014 ___
NASA launches the Orion deep space test capsule
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# manned space mission / Mars


___ 12-03-2014 ___
Israeli president B. Netanyahu dissolves coalition government over disagreement on the religious designation of Jerusalem as capital of Israel
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# Israel - Palestinian peace negotiations ; non-secular goverenment


___ 11-12-2014 ___
Rosetta mission successfully lands probe on comet P67 - the mission launched 10 years ago and used the gravity sling shot method to gain enough speed and distance to reach the comet
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# European space agency ; deep space rendezvous


___ 11-07-2014 ___
9th month of job gains over 200,000 best since 1995
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# employment - economic recovery ; Great Recession ; unemployment rate


___ 11-05-2014 ___
The Republican Party wins big in the mid-term election with the largest seat gain since the U.S. Civil War
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# U.S. Senate - leadership


___ 10-31-2014 ___
The Virgin Galatic Spaceship II breaks up in flight ; 2 days earlier a commercial rocket blows up 6 seconds into sending supplies to the ISS
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# commercial space flight ; passenger space flight


___ 10-29-2014 ___
The Fed formally announces the end to QEIII monetary stimulus program
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# the Great Recession - economic recovery ; bond buying program


___ 10-20-2014 ___
A rare meeting of the Senate of Cardinals ended in Rome ; a range of family issues were discussed including gay marriage and divorce
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# see.also... Vatican II ; the second Vatican council


___ 10-16-2014 ___
Lowest number of jobless claims in 14 years
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# economic recovery / employment


___ 10-15-2014 ___
A 2nd Dallaa, Texas healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola - again linked to treatment of Thomas Duncan
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___ 10-15-2014 ___ **
U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks continuation of a Texas state law that closed most of the abortion providers in the state
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___ 10-01-2014 ___
Thomas Duncan traveling from Liberia to Dallas, Texas to visit relatives becomes the first open and confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S. (Died 10-08-14)
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___ 09-30-2014 ___
Newly sworn in president of Afghanistan signs bilateral security agreement allowing as many as 10,000 troops to remain in country for training proposes
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# U.S. Troop pullout ; Afghanistan War


___ 09-24-2014 ___
President Obama addresses U.N. General Assembly
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___ 09-23-2014 ___
U.S. air strikes on ISIS targets in Syria
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# Islamic State terrorists ; Syria civil war


___ 09-22-2014 ___
Presidential election in Afghanistan finalized after 3 months of political wrangling over voter fraud
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# Afghanistan War - leadership ; Bilateral security agreement


___ 09-18-2014 ___
France launches air strikes against ISIS in Iraq
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# Islamic State terrorists


___ 09-18-2014 ___ **
The largest IPO in world history ; Alibaba, a Chinese Ecommerce firm
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# see.also... Amazon.com / EBay.com


___ 09-17-2014 ___
Australia perform a massive anti-terrorist raid against sympatherizers of ISIS after intercepting phone messages of an impending attack
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# Islamic State terrorist / recruitment / attack planning


___ 09-17-2014 ___ **
U.S. Congress authorizes funds to train & equip "moderate" rebels in Syria to fight against ISIS
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# Islamic State terrorists ; Syria civil war


___ 09-10-2014 ___
President Obama gives a prime-time TV address to outline his administration's strategy to "dismantle & destroy" the ISIS terrorist organization
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# Islamic State terrorists


___ 09-05-2014 ___
Cease fire in Ukraine
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# Russian backed separatist


___ 09-04-2014 ___
NATO summit in Wales, UK
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___ 09-02-2014 ___
U.S. Drone strike in Somalia targets an al Shebob leader
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# al Qaeda affiliate ; terrorist leadership


___ 08-27-2014 ___
Israel and Hamas agree to an open ended cease fire to discuss a long-term peace deal
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# Israeli Blockade Wars


___ 08-26-2014 ___
UAE launches air strikes on Libya from Egypt
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# proxy war / civil war


___ 08-25-2014 ___
Microsoft announces release of Windows (r) 9 along with annual updates of the operating system
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# computer technology


___ 08-21-2014 ___
Bank of America agrees to a $ 16.6 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over fraudulent mortgages
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# housing crisis ; banking crisis ; the Great Recession ; corporate malfeasance


___ 08-19-2014 ___
Fighting resumes in Gaza
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# Israeli Blockade Wars


___ 08-19-2014 ___ **
Texas Governor and Republican presidential hopeful R.Perry surrenders to authorities after being chargerd with felony abuse of power
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___ 08-14-2014 ___
Cease fire in Gaza has been extended for more extensive peace talks hosted by Egypt
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___ 08-08-2014 ___
President Obama authorizes immediate humanitarian aide to be airlifted into Mount Sinjar , Iraq ; In addition the President has authorized airstrikes to protect U.S. interests and civilians against to onslot of The Islamic state in Iraq
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# ISIS Islamic militants


___ 08-08-2014 ___ **
The W.H.O. (World Health Organization) declares the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be a global health emergency
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# pandemic


___ 08-08-2014 ___ ***
A court ruling now allows payment to student athletes along with limited commercial endorsements - the ruing came in addition to allowing the 5 largest football conferences to set their own rules
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# amateur


___ 08-07-2014 ___
Russia announces counter sanctions on the U.S., the E.U., and others that have enacted sanctions on Russia
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# Crimea & Eastern Ukraine


___ 08-06-2014 ___
First of its kind Africa Leaders Conference held in Washington, D.C. ends today
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# economy ; economic development ; Ebola outbreak


___ 08-05-2014 ___
Israeli troops withdraw from the Gaza Strip under a 3-day cease fire agreement
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# Israeli Blockade Wars (2008, 2012, 2014)


___ 08-05-2014 ___ **
Green-on-Blue killing in Afghanistan; A U.S. Major General becomes the General to be killed in a war zone since the Vietnam War
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# Afghanistan War - troop withdrawl


___ 07-31-2014 ___
Israel sends an additional 16,000 reserve troops to help destroy tunnels in the Gaza Strip
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# Israeli Blockade Wars ; Operation Protective Edge


___ 07-31-2014 ___ **
The U.S. Peace Corps recalls aide workers in West Africa due to the worse Ebola outbreak in history
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# see.also... 1972, 1976


___ 07-31-2014 ___ ***
A U.S. court rules in favor of two hedge funds that denies Argentina the right to pay other creditors causing the country to default
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# vulture funds


___ 07-31-2014 ___ ****
The DOW Jones Industrial Average drops 317 points
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# stock market ; geopolitical unrest


___ 07-29-2014 ___
The Israeli air force bombs the Gaza powerplant
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# Israeli Blockade Wars


___ 07-26-2014 ___
Israel forces and Hamas militants are observing a 12 hr cease fire to allow humanitarian aide in the Gaza Strip
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# Israeli blockade wars 2008, 2012, 2014 ; Israeli-Palestinian conflict ; Middle East


___ 07-22-2014 ___
A major legal hiccup for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ; conflicting rulings on the elgibility of insurance subsidies comes hours apart from two D.C.Circuit Courts
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# Obamacare ; health insurance exchange


___ 07-21-2014 ___
Texas Governor R. Perry announces plans to send 1000 national guard troops to the border to inhance security in the midst of thousands of unaccompanied minors flooding across the border
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# immigration rules ; illegal immigration


___ 07-21-2014 ___ **
President Obama signs an executive order to out- law discrimination based on sexual orientation by federal contractors and suppliers
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# LGBT


___ 07-17-2014 ___
Israel begins ground offensive in Gaza Strip
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# Israeli blockade wars 2008, 2012, 2014 ; Israeli-Palestinian conflict ; Middle East


___ 07-17-2014 ___ **
A surface-to-air missile downs a Maylasian air- liner over territory held by Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine
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# war crime ; Russia - Crimea annex


___ 07-15-2014 ___
Israel and the Palestinian Authority accepts an Egyptian brokered cease fire however Hamas con- tinues to fire rockets across the border. Israel resumed aerial bombing hours later
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# Israeli blockade wars 2008, 2012, 2014 ; Israeli-Palestinian conflict ; Middle East


___ 07-14-2014 ___
Citi Bank agreed to pay a $ 7 billion fine for mortgage fraud housing crash ; financial crisis
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___ 07-13-2014 ___
Germany wins the World Cup
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# soccer


___ 07-12-2014 ___
27 months after discounting treatment of toddler thought to be cured of AIDS has developed signs of the virus
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# medical research


___ 07-08-2014 ___
Israel launches airstrikes on the Gaza strip in retaliation for cross border rocket attacks by Hamas militants
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# Israeli blockade wars 2008, 2012, 2014 ; Israeli-Palestinian conflict ; Middle East


___ 07-08-2014 ___ **
President Obama asks for $3.7 billion in emer- gency funds to address the wave of unaccompanied minors flooding the border
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# illegal immigration ; Central America - refugee ; border security


___ 07-04-2014 ___
Chinese Preimere S.J. Ping visits South Korea in an apparent snub to their long-time allie North Korea
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# Asia economy


___ 07-03-2014 ___
A Palestinian teenager was killed in Jerusleum in revenge for the killing of three Israeli teens last week
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# Israeli-Palestinian conflict ; Middle East


___ 07-03-2014 ___ **
The June jobs report surprises economists with the best job growth since 1999 - the report showed 288,000 jobs were created which sent the DOW Jones above 17,000 in another record close
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# economic recovery ; economic growth ; The Great Recession


___ 07-01-2014 ___
Japan changes its long standing military policy to allow its soldiers to fight along side of its allies ; the shift from the pacifism policy enacted after WWII comes amid growing tensions with China over disputed territory
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