Portal:Current events/2013 November 2

November 2, 2013 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Two French journalists working for RFI are kidnapped and killed in the town of Kidal in northern Mali. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-eight people are killed and 200 others are injured after a crowed crush in a narrow street leading out of the town Uke in Nigeria. (The Nigerian Voice)
Two planes carrying skydivers collide in mid-air in northern Wisconsin with no deaths or serious injuries reported. (National Post)

Law and crime

Paul Anthony Ciancia is charged with murder of a federal officer and commission of violence in an international airport in relation to the 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting. (CNN)

Politics and elections

2013 Tunisian protests:
- Tunisian government and opposition leaders are deadlocked during talks over the determination of a new PM tasked with steering the country out of a months-long political crisis. (Gulf News)
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, due to leave office this month, names Interior Minister Irakli Garibashvili as his successor. (Reuters)