Portal:Current events/2011 December 3

Current events of December 3, 2011 (2011-12-03) (Saturday)

Armed conflict and attacks At least 23 people are killed in Syria. (BBC) Arts and culture Indian cinema actor, director and producer Dev Anand dies of a heart attack in London. (BBC) Disasters At least 33 people die and 13 are injured in a crash between a truck and a bus near the Bahia city of Milagro in northeastern Brazil. (CNN) At least eight children have died in the past few weeks in Ecuador's Amazon basin after being bitten by rabid bats. (AFP via HeraldSun) Politics Students protesting against the Irish financial crisis occupy the office of Fine Gael lawmaker Anthony Lawlor ahead of the forthcoming Budget Day. (The Journal) (Irish Central) RTE The governing Australian Labor Party changes its platform in support of gay marriage at its conference in Sydney, paving the way for legislation. (The Australian) Herman Cain announces that he will suspend his campaign for Republican nomination in the United States presidential election following a series of sexual harassment and other misconduct allegations. (CBS)