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January 7, 2014 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian opposition–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict
- Both belligerents execute dozens of their prisoners of war. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed in a US Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk crash on England's Norfolk coast. (The Independent) (BBC News) (The Daily Telegraph)

Law and crime

Infanta Cristina, the youngest daughter of the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, is charged by a magistrate with tax evasion and money laundering. (Euronews)

Five members of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, who in 1971 stole documents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and gave them to journalists, come forth. The leak exposed COINTELPRO, a program of surveillance and blackmail against American leftists including Martin Luther King Jr. (New York Times) (The Guardian) (New York Magazine)

Sports

United States gold winning Olympic athlete Lindsey Vonn announces she is pulling out of her run for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi due to a re-injured right knee. (Washington Post) (ESPN)

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 ;Armed conflicts and attacks
 *[[Syrian opposition–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict]]
-**Rival combatants execute tens of prisoners in their captivity in Syria. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25643153 (BBC)]
+**Both belligerents execute dozens of their prisoners of war. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25643153 (BBC News)]
 ;Disasters and accidents
+*Four people are killed in a [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60 Pave Hawk]] crash on England's [[Norfolk]] coast. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/norfolk-helicopter-crash-four-crew-killed-as-us-air-force-craft-crashes-into-cley-marshland-9045188.html (''The Independent'')] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978 (BBC News)] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/10557518/Helicopter-crash-four-killed-on-US-military-training-mission-in-north-Norfolk.html (''The Daily Telegraph'')]
-*Four people are killed when a [[HH-60G Pave Hawk]] helicopter, based at [[RAF Lakenheath]] in Suffolk, UK, crashes at a nature reserve in [[Cley next the Sea]], north Norfolk. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978 (BBC)]
 ;Law and crime
 *[[Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca|Infanta Cristina]], the youngest daughter of the [[Monarchy of Spain|King of Spain]], [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]], is charged by a magistrate with [[tax evasion]] and [[money laundering]]. [http://www.euronews.com/2014/01/07/spanish-princess-charged-with-money-laundering-and-tax-evasion/ (Euronews)]
-*Five members of the [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]], who in 1971 stole documents from the US [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and gave them to journalists, come forth. The leak exposed [[COINTELPRO]], a program of surveillance and blackmail against American leftists including [[ Martin Luther King, Jr.]] ([http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/us/burglars-who-took-on-fbi-abandon-shadows.html?hp&pagewanted=all ''New York Times''], [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/07/fbi-1971-burglary-hold-government-accountable ''The Guardian''], [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/01/activists-confess-to-1971-fbi-office-burglary.html ''New York Magazine''])
+*Five members of the [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]], who in 1971 stole documents from the US [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and gave them to journalists, come forth. The leak exposed [[COINTELPRO]], a program of surveillance and blackmail against American leftists including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/us/burglars-who-took-on-fbi-abandon-shadows.html?hp&pagewanted=all (''New York Times'')] [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/07/fbi-1971-burglary-hold-government-accountable (''The Guardian'')] [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/01/activists-confess-to-1971-fbi-office-burglary.html (''New York Magazine'')]
 ;Sports
-*United States gold winning Olympic athlete [[Lindsey Vonn]] announces she is pulling out of her run for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]] due to a re-injured right knee. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/sochi-2014-without-lindsey-vonn-us-olympic-team-in-search-of-stars/2014/01/07/7af85dd0-77b6-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html (Washington Post)][http://espn.go.com/olympics/skiing/story/_/id/10256400/lindsey-vonn-not-compete-2014-sochi-olympics-due-knee-injury (ESPN)]
+*United States gold winning Olympic athlete [[Lindsey Vonn]] announces she is pulling out of her run for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]] due to a re-injured right knee. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/sochi-2014-without-lindsey-vonn-us-olympic-team-in-search-of-stars/2014/01/07/7af85dd0-77b6-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html (''Washington Post'')] [http://espn.go.com/olympics/skiing/story/_/id/10256400/lindsey-vonn-not-compete-2014-sochi-olympics-due-knee-injury (ESPN)]
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-;Disasters and accidents
-*A Sikorsky [[HH-60 Pave Hawk]] helicopter belonging to the US Air Force [[2014 Norfolk helicopter crash|crashes into a marsh]] on England's [[Norfolk]] coast during a training mission, killing its four crew. ([http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/norfolk-helicopter-crash-four-crew-killed-as-us-air-force-craft-crashes-into-cley-marshland-9045188.html ''Independent''], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978 BBC News], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/10557518/Helicopter-crash-four-killed-on-US-military-training-mission-in-north-Norfolk.html ''Telegraph''])