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Current events of
December 28, 2011
(
2011-12-28
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2011 Syrian uprising
:
The Washington-based organisation
Human Rights Watch
accuses
Syria
of hiding hundreds of political detainees during a visit by
Arab League
monitors.
(Angola Press)
Syrian
state television
reports the release of 755 people detained during ongoing civil unrest.
(BBC)
A bomb is thrown into an
Arabic
school in southern
Nigeria
's
Delta State
, injuring seven people.
(Reuters)
Arts and culture
Greek Orthodox
and
Armenian Apostolic
priests fight in the
Church of the Nativity
in
Bethlehem
over a cleaning dispute;
Palestinian
police break up the fighting.
(BBC)
A
Russian
court rejects an
attempt to ban
Bhagavad Gita As It Is
, a Russian translation of the
Hindu
holy book
Bhagavad Gita
.
(BBC)
Stones reportedly fall from the
Colisseum
, one of
Rome
's most famous landmarks.
(MSNBC)
The Silence of the Lambs
, a 1991 thriller film starring
Jodie Foster
and
Anthony Hopkins
, is to be preserved by the
United States Library of Congress
as part of its
National Film Registry
.
(BBC)
Disasters
31 people are injured following the
crash-landing
of a passenger jet at
Osh Airport
in southern
Kyrgyzstan
.
(
Straits Times
)
Four people are killed and 1,000 others flee their homes amid
lahars
from the
Mount Gamalama
volcano in
Indonesia
.
(AP via Google)
International relations
Strait of Hormuz
dispute:
Iran
threatens to close down the key oil route of the
Strait of Hormuz
if more
sanctions
are imposed on it by Western nations.
(CNN)
The
United States Navy
responds that it will not tolerate a disruption to the Strait.
(BBC)
(Al Jazeera)
The head of the
African Union
,
Jean Ping
, arrives in
Guinea-Bissau
after the country's army chief claims to have foiled a
military coup
.
(IOL)
Law and crime
In
China
, 54 government officials and the
Ministry of Railways
are punished over a
fatal high-speed rail crash
in July.
(Bloomberg)
An
Egyptian
court bans forced
virginity
tests on female detainees in military prisons.
(Al Jazeera)
The corruption trial of the former
President of Egypt
,
Hosni Mubarak
, resumes in
Cairo
.
(BBC)
A
Venezuelan
campaign group says murder rates in the country are at their highest level ever.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
North Korea
begins two days of funeral services for former leader
Kim Jong-Il
, who
died on December 17 of a heart attack
, aged 69.
(BBC)
(
Tripoli Post
)
2011 Yemeni uprising
: Labour strikes take place in
Yemen
as protesters demand reforms and the dismissal of managers over alleged corruption under the regime of outgoing
President
Ali Abdullah Saleh
.
(ABC News)
Leading
Republican Party presidential candidates
, including
Mitt Romney
and
Rick Perry
, criticize rival candidate
Ron Paul
for his view that the United States should not act against
Iran
's
suspected nuclear weapons program
.
(BBC)
Science
China
's
Compass satellite navigation system
, a rival to the American
Global Positioning System
(GPS), becomes operational, offering navigation services on the
Chinese mainland
. The system is expected to become available worldwide by 2020.
(BBC)
Sport
In
yachting
,
Investec LOYAL
wins line honours in the
2011
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
, subject to a protest by
Wild Oats XI
.
(
Sydney Morning Herald
)
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