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1. MH 370 LOST • 8 MARCH: INTERNATIONAL
PASSENGER FLIGHT MH 370 DISAPPEARED OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA
• 227 PASSENGERS FROM 15 NATIONS, 12 MALAYSIAN CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD
• SEVERAL CONSPIRACY THEORIES DEVELOPED AFTER MULTINATIONAL SEARCH EFFORTS FAILED
2. BOKO HARAM ABDUCTS SCHOOLGIRLS
• APRIL 15: 276 SCHOOL GIRLS ABDUCTED BY BOKO HARAM, AN ISLAMIC JIHADIST ORG. FROM NIGERIA
• NEGOTIATIONS TRIED BY NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT FAILED
• GIRLS STILL MISSING
3. ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT
• 8 JULY: ISRAEL LAUNCHED MILITARY OPERATION ON GAZA STRIP
• ACCORDING TO UN REPORTS:2100 GAZANS KILLED, 11000
WOUNDED66 ISRAELIS KILLED, 800 WOUNDED75% PALESTINIAN KILLED WERE
CIVILIANS
• RESULT: BOTH CLAIM VICTORY CEASEFIRE BROKERED BY EGYPT
4. PESHAWAR KILLING• 16 DECEMBER: TEHRIK-I-TALIBAN
PAKISTAN (TTP) CONDUCTED A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN PESHAWAR.
• 145 PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING 132 SCHOOLCHILDREN,
• A RESCUE OPERATION WAS LAUNCHED BY THE PAKISTAN ARMY WHO KILLED ALL SEVEN TERRORISTS.
5. AIRASIA PLANE CRASH
•28 DECEMBER: AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ8501 CRASHED OVER INDIAN OCEAN
•162 PEOPLE ON BOARD
•46 BODIES FOUND TILL DATE