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January 13, 2015 (Tuesday)

Charlie Hebdo shooting
- France announces plans to deploy 10,000 troops to protect sensitive sites across the country beginning tonight. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)

The World Health Organization monitors an avian flu outbreak in Taiwan, as H5N8 avian flu virus infects nine farms. (Central News Agency)
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
- China sends an additional 232 People's Liberation Army medical workers to West Africa to combat the outbreak (in addition to the 78 that had previously been stationed). (AP)

The death toll from poisoned beer in the Mozambique rises to at least 72. (AP via Business Week)
Egypt's highest court overturns the only remaining conviction against former President Hosni Mubarak (a May 2014 sentencing of three years in prison for embezzlement). (Reuters)
The U.S. Supreme Court rules 9–0 in favor of homeowners in a much-watched dispute over the interpretation of the law on Truth in Lending. (Reuters)

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 *The death toll from poisoned beer in the [[Mozambique]] rises to at least 72. [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2015-01-13/ap-top-international-news-at-4-30-a-dot-m-dot-est (AP via Business Week)]
 *[[Egypt]]'s highest court overturns the only remaining conviction against former [[President of Egypt|President]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] (a May 2014 sentencing of three years in prison for embezzlement). [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/13/us-egypt-mubarak-idUSKBN0KM0O620150113 (Reuters)]
-*The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in favor of homeowners in a much-watched dispute over the interpretation of the law on [[Truth in Lending Act| Truth in Lending]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/13/us-usa-court-mortgages-idUSKBN0KM1N620150113 (Reuters)]
+*The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules [[Jesinoski v. Countrywide|9&ndash;0]] in favor of homeowners in a much-watched dispute over the interpretation of the law on [[Truth in Lending Act| Truth in Lending]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/13/us-usa-court-mortgages-idUSKBN0KM1N620150113 (Reuters)]
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