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Current events of
December 16, 2011
(
2011-12-16
)
(Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 10 die as the protesters in
Zhanaozen
,
Kazakhstan
,
clash
with police on the country's Independence Day.
(
The Telegraph
)
Syrian
troops reportedly open fire on
anti-government protesters
following Friday prayers.
(AP via Google)
Clashes take place between pro-
democracy
protesters and security forces in
Cairo
,
Egypt
.
(Al Jazeera)
Human Rights Watch
calls on
Bahrain
to release political prisoners from the
2011 Bahraini uprising
.
(UPI)
Four people are injured in two grenade attacks in
Garissa
, northern
Kenya
.
(IOL)
At least two people die in clashes between demonstrators and
Egyptian Army
soldiers in
Cairo
.
(Reuters)
Business and economy
Russia
joins the
World Trade Organization
.
(BBC)
European credit ratings:
Fitch Ratings
lowers
France
's rating outlook while maintaining a AAA rating and puts the grades of six nations including
Spain
and
Italy
on review due to
Europe
's failure to find a solution to the debt problem.
(Bloomberg via
Business Week
)
Moody's Investors Service
downgrades
Belgium
's credit rating two notches to Aa3.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
The stock price of
Research in Motion
, the maker of
BlackBerry
smart phones, falls after the release of disappointing quarterly numbers and news of the delay of expected product upgrades.
(
Christian Science Monitor
)
Disasters
Japan
declares the stricken
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
in
cold shutdown
.
(Kyodo)
The death toll from an outbreak of
hand, foot and mouth disease
in
Vietnam
reaches 156 with 96,000 people having been sick with the disease as at the end of November 2011.
(AP via
Washington Post
)
International relations
The
United States
and
North Korea
are expected to hold diplomatic talks regarding
North Korea's nuclear program
. The talks are the first meeting after the
six-party talks
stalled in 2008.
(Yonhap News)
Law and crime
The
International Criminal Court
dismisses charges against
Callixte Mbarushimana
, a
Rwandan
rebel accused of the torture, rape and murder of
Congolese
villagers by
Hutu
militia in 2009.
(AP via Google)
Russian
customs seize
radioactive
material bound for
Iran
.
(AFP via Google)
Hollywood
actor
Christian Bale
is prevented from visiting
Chinese
dissident
Chen Guangcheng
by police.
(CNN)
(Reuters)
Chinese dissident
Gao Zhisheng
is sent back to jail, in the first confirmation he is still alive in 20 months.
(AP via Google)
Colton Harris-Moore
, the so-called "Barefoot Bandit", pleads guilty to dozens of charges in the US state of
Washington
and is sentenced to seven years in jail.
(AP via ABC News)
(
People
)
Star
baseball
player
Barry Bonds
is sentenced to 30 days of
home detention
on
obstruction of justice
charges following misleading evidence about steroid use.
(ESPN)
Politics
Thailand
reissues a passport for
Thaksin Shinawatra
, saying he is no longer a "threat".
(Channel NewsAsia)
Labour
's
Seema Malhotra
wins the
Feltham and Heston by-election
.
(BBC)
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands
Piet Hein Donner
resigns after being named the new
Vice President of the Council of State
, succeeding
Herman Tjeenk Willink
.
(NOS)
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