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Serena Shim

Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (b. 1984)
Serena Shim (Arabic: سيرينا علي سحيم, Serena Ali Suhaim; 10 October 1985 – 19 October 2014) was a Lebanese-American journalist for Press TV. While covering the Siege of Kobanê as a war correspondent, she was killed in a car crash in Suruç two days after she reported that Turkish intelligence had accused her of spying.

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    The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.
  • 21Apr

    Flint water crisis

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  • 9Aug

    Shooting of Michael Brown

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  • 18Sep

    Scottish independence referendum, 2014

    Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 30Oct

    International recognition of the State of Palestine

    Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.