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25. The 10 most important things in the world right now

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 08:22 AM

Feb 2015

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-most-important-things-in-the-world-right-now-feb-4-2015-2

1. At least 12 people were killed after a Taiwanese plane crashed through a freeway barrier and into a river shortly after take-off.

2. Jordan executed two Iraqi militants in retribution for the killing of a Jordanian pilot by Islamic State militants.

3. Greece will meet with European Union leaders Wednesday as the new radical government tries to sell its plans for debt restructuring.

4. Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found dead last month, had drafted a request that President Cristina Fernandez be arrested for conspiring to derail his investigation into the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre.

5. The United Nations said it was "extremely concerned" that the agency's relief supplies in Syria are being rebranded and distributed with the Islamic State group's logo.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-most-important-things-in-the-world-right-now-feb-4-2015-2#ixzz3QmJmJRTh

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