Portal:Current events/2014 February 8

February 8, 2014 (Saturday)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

A rockslide strikes and derails a passing train near Annot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, causing two deaths. (BBC News)
A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills fifteen Egyptian pilgrims with 130 also injured. (Reuters)
A massive fire engulfs a warehouse holding 5,600 tons of rubber tires in Savannah, Georgia, United States. (AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
A truck and a bus collide in the Argentine province of Mendoza, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 10 others. (EFE via Fox News)
Large snowstorms kill six people and injure over 600 in Japan. (Australia Network)
Large areas of England and Wales are under flood warnings as another storm arrives. The Somerset Levels are the worst affected area. (news.com.au)
Rail links to South West England are cut off by the storms. (BBC News)

Law and crime

Princess Cristina de Borbón of Spain addresses allegations of money laundering and tax evasion at Palma de Mallorca courthouse. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

The British Minister of State for Immigration Mark Harper resigns after it is discovered that a cleaner that he employed was not legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom. (Daily Mail)
Hamdeen Sabahi announces his candidacy for the upcoming Egyptian presidential elections. (Los Angeles Times)

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