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- Separatists hold elections in eastern Ukraine
The Russian-backed rebels around the eastern cities of Donetsk and Luhansk elected legislators and executives for their breakaway region, though the polls were widely denounced by the international community.
- Power restored in most of Bangladesh
The nation was plunged into a country-wide blackout after a power line failed.
Burkina Faso appoints military colonel as transitional leaderLt. Col. Isaac Yacouba Zida was unanimously appointed by the army to lead Burkina Faso, after the West African country's president resigned from 27 years in office amid violent protests against his continued power.
Egyptian court convicts 8 men of 'inciting debauchery' in alleged same-sex weddingEight men were convicted for 'inciting debauchery' after appearing in a video showing an alleged same-sex wedding. The verdict is the latest in a crackdown by Egyptian authorities agains homosexuals and atheists.
Bank of Japan ups stimulus to combat low inflationCiting prices that are too low, the Bank of Japan moved Friday to inject more stimulus into Japan's financial system. Excessively low inflation can be just as destructive economically as runaway price increases.
Bangladesh struggles to restore power in nationwide blackoutA transmission line bringing electricity from India to Bangladesh failed Saturday, leading to a cascade of failures and power plants shutting down across the impoverished South Asian nation. Power may not be restored until Sunday.
Islamic State executes at least 50 in Iraq's Anbar provinceOn Friday, Islamic State extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 men and women in the village of Ras al-Maa in Anbar province. Authorities also found the bodies of 48 Sunni tribesmen killed by the group in Anbar Thursday.
Canada bans travel visas from West Africa amid signs of progress on ebolaCanada joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa. The World Health Organization said this week that the rate of infection in Liberia appears to be falling.
- US Marine released from Mexico jail, a PTSD judicial first
A Mexican judge on Friday called for the release of retired Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi who says he mistakenly drove into Mexico with guns in his car. His mother said jail in Mexico was worse than two tours in Afghanistan.
In video, Boko Haram rejects truce, says girls have been married offIn a new video Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says the issue of the missing schoolgirls has been forgotten because he 'married them off.' The video discredits the Nigerian government's claim that they negotiated a ceasefire with the Islamic extremist group.
Will Roman Polanski finally face extradition and serve his sentence?Roman Polanski is being questioned by Polish officials. Because of his 1978 conviction, his movements are restricted by an Interpol warrant in effect in 188 countries, but he travels freely between Switzerland, France, and Poland.
Anti-Islamists take control of Tunisia's parliamentAn explicitly anti-Islamist party won 85 seats in Tunisia's parliament, giving it the right to name a prime minister. The moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, which had previously dominated the parliament, won 69 of the 217 seats.
Burkina Faso: Protesters storm parliament over term limit voteProtesters say 27 years in office is enough for President Blaise Compaore, who took power in a 1987 coup and has been reelected four times. A parliamentary vote on extending term limits was called off due to unrest.
Why Sweden recognized the Palestinian stateSweden joins Malta and Cyprus, as the third European nation officially recognizing a Palestinian state. The British Parliament also voted to recognize the Palestinian state earlier this month, in a symbolic vote.
- Jewish activist targeted in assassination attempt
Moshe Feiglin, an American-born advocate for greater Jewish access to a holy site known to Jews as the Temple Mount was injured Wednesday by a gunman on a motorcycle.
Malala awarded 'Children's Nobel' prize, donating $50,000 to Gaza schoolsMalala Yousafzai, who became the world's youngest Nobel laureate earlier this month, was cited for 'her courageous and dangerous fight for girls' right to education' as she received the World's Children's Prize 2014 today in Sweden.
SodaStream to close West Bank factory targeted by boycott campaignThe US company said its decision was made on commercial grounds. SodaStream will shift production to a new facility in southern Israel in 2015.
WH comments about Netanyahu in magazine leave Israeli PM angryThe comments from an unidentified White House official came from a recent article in 'The Atlantic' magazine. Netanyahu responded publicly later on Wednesday.
At least 10 dead, over 250 missing after Sri Lankan mudslideA massive wall of mud struck a tea plantation early Wednesday morning on the island nation. The Sri Lankan military is assisting with rescue operations.
Snap elections loom after Zambian President 'King Cobra' Sata diesSata was Zambia's fifth president and had lost three previous elections before taking office in 2011. He was sharp tongued and had a mixed relationship with Chinese investors in Zambian mines and other infrastructure.
