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January 27, 2014 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Law and crime
- The U.S. Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence reach a preliminary joint agreement, likely resolving a lawsuit with the major American Internet provider companies (Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, and LinkedIn), about the information the companies can release to customers regarding requests by the intelligence agencies for information. (NBC)
- A New York federal district court seeks the extradition of Los Zetas drug cartel leader Miguel Treviño Morales, arrested in July 2013. (El Siglo de Torreón)
Politics and elections
- The governing body of the Egyptian military approves Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who led the coup d'état that overthrew President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, to run for the presidency in the upcoming election. (BBC News)
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