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Current topics
- A series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, kills at least 101 and injures hundreds.
- Brazilian officials declare a state of emergency as flooding in the Southern state of Santa Catarina causes at least 99 deaths and forces the evacuation of over 78,000 people.
- The PAIGC wins a majority of seats in the National People's Assembly after legislative elections in Guinea-Bissau.
- The eruption of Nevado del Huila (pictured), a volcano in southern Colombia, causes at least 10 deaths and the evacuation of 12,000 people.
- Ibrahim Nasir, the first President of the Second Republic of the Maldives, dies of an unknown cause in Singapore.
- The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to reinforce MONUC, the largest peacekeeping force in the world, stationed in Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.