A Recap On The World Events Occuring On Sunday, The 27th Of January, 2013

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Afghanistan (2001–present):
  • At least twenty members of the Afghan National Police have been killed in bomb attacks over the past day with eight police officers killed in the latest attack in Kandahar. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war:
  • Reports claim that elite Syrian military forces shell the town of Darayya just southwest of Damascus. (AAP via The Australian)
• Northern Mali conflict (2012–present):
  • French forces prepare an attack on Timbuktu to defeat Islamists, as more African troops are sent into Mali. (BBC)
• 2012–2013 Egyptian protests:
  • Seven more people are killed and 630 injured during the funerals for 33 people killed the day before in Port Said. (Ahram Online) (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
  • In a televised statement, President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi declares a 30-day state of emergency and a 9pm–6am curfew in the cities of Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Kiss nightclub fire: A fire at a nightclub in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria kills at least 233 people and injures at least 131 people. (BBC) (Reuters) (CNN) (AP)
• At least 7 workers die in the factory fire in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. (The Wall Street Journal)
• A landslide in the Indonesian island of Sumatra kills at least 4 people with 18 missing. (AFP via Malaysia Star)
• Heavy rain caused by former Tropical Cyclone Oswald continues to cause significant flooding in the Australian state of Queensland with the capital Brisbane amongst those affected. (ABC News Australia)
• A bus crashes and falls into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Sertã, killing 11 people and injuring 32. (BBC) (Reuters) (UPI)
• A retaining wall of a soccer field collapses during a match in the Ugur Sports Facility in Şırnak Province, Turkey, killing 7 people and injuring 3 others. (UPI) (Sanliurfa) (World Bulletin)

Politics and elections

• Tens of thousands of people rally in Paris in support of the legalisation of gay marriage and adoption in France. (AP via Washington Post)
• Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls to vote on a referendum on building a new nuclear power plant at Belene. (BBC)

Sport

• In tennis, Novak Djokovic wins the men's singles at the 2013 Australian Open after his four-set victory over Andy Murray in the final. The Serbian player becomes the first male player in the Open Era to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles. (BBC) (Reuters)
• In chess, Magnus Carlsen, the world number one from Norway, wins the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament ahead of Levon Aronian and Viswanathan Anand. (Tata Steel Chess) (ChessNews) (ChessBase)
• In team handball, Spain wins 2013 World Men's Handball Championship defeating Denmark with a 35–19 score in the final. (IHF)
• In boxing, 17-year-old Indonesian boxer Tubagus Sakti dies of a brain haemorrhage after losing a fight to Ical Tobida in Jakarta. (Boxing Scene) (Delfi Sport) (Bangkok Post)
• 2012–13 FA Cup fourth round:
  • European champions Chelsea twice come from behind to secure a replay against third-tier club Brentford in the first meeting between the teams since 1950. (BBC) (The Guardian)
  • Third-tier club Oldham Athletic eliminate Liverpool. (BBC) (The Guardian)
  • Second-tier club Leeds United eliminate Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. (BBC) (The Guardian)
  • The draw for the fifth round pairs Oldham Athletic with Everton and Leeds United with Manchester City, while non-league club Luton Town are paired with Millwall and Milton Keynes Dons are paired with Barnsley. (Mirror)