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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Ivorian president announces national mourning for stampede victims - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Ivorian president announces national mourning for stampede victims - Xinhua | English.news.cn: "ABIDJAN Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced Tuesday that a period of national mourning will be held for the victims of the New Year's Eve stampede in Abidjan that claimed 60 lives and caused more than 200 others injured.

President Ouattara, who visited the injured in a hospital, called the accident a "national tragedy."

"What has happened is a tragedy that afflicts us," he said at the scene.

More than 200 casualties including at least 60 deaths were caused in the stampede in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, public television RTI reported on Tuesday, citing a provisional report by local firefighters.

The stampede occurred while thousands of people were gathering in the central administrative district of Plateau to watch a fireworks show.

The city for the second consecutive year launched an operation dubbed "Abidjan, illuminated city" to bring light to the main streets in yearend celebrations."

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Apple store in Paris robbed on New Year's Eve | World news | guardian.co.uk

Apple store in Paris robbed on New Year's Eve | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Armed robbers targeted an Apple store in central Paris on New Year's Eve, taking thousands of euros worth of goods, a police official said on Tuesday.

The robbery took place at about 9pm on Monday, three hours after closing time at one of Apple's flagship stores behind the Paris Opera which sells products ranging from iPhones and iPads to iMac computers.

The police official declined to comment on reports that the thieves walked away with about €1m (£800,000) of goods, saying the company was still evaluating the loss.

Christophe Crépin from the police union Unsa told reporters four masked and armed individuals forced their way into the shop and afterwards escaped in a van."