globalization:2014 e-commerce and continuous high level lead Ukraine and Russia/cold war in us and Russia/tornado in turkey/earthquake in china/Ebola break/3 AIRPLANES CRASHED(MALAYSIA/TAIWAN AND ALGERIA)Philippine global competitiveness-MARY GRACE ALVAREZ CRUZ CNN/BBC LEAD MANILA /BAGUIO PHILIPPINES A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Yunnan, China, kills at least 367 people and injures more than 1,700 others. Gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, kill at least 28 people and injure more than 300. Heavy rains trigger a landslide in the Pune district of India, killing at least 82 people. The 45th Pacific Islands Forum opens in Koror, Palau, with climate change as the main topic. An international arbitral tribunal orders Russia to repay US$50 billion to shareholders of the Yukos Oil Company for breaching the Energy Charter Treaty. The Séléka and anti-balaka militias agree to a ceasefire in the Central African Republic civil war. Ongoing: Gaza conflict – Ebola outbreak – Ukrainian unrest Recent deaths: Dick Rachel Smith MARY GRACE ALVAREZ CRUZ CNN/BBC LEAD MANILA /BAGUIO PHILIPPINES
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