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Current events of
January 12, 2011
(
2011-01-12
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Attacks by men armed with rifles and machetes kill 19 people in three villages, including Kuru Station and Fagawon in central
Nigeria
.
(IOL)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
:
At least four people are killed in a
suicide bombing
in the
Afghan
capital
Kabul
.
(BBC)
The
Jamaican
Coast Guard intercepts a
Honduran
vessel fishing near
Pedro Cays
, killing the captain and wounding two crewmen.
(AP via ABC)
Business and economy
Angela Merkel
,
Chancellor
of
Germany
, reaffirms that country's support for the
euro
in a joint press conference with the
Prime Minister
of
Italy
,
Silvio Berlusconi
.
(Bloomberg)
Disasters
Australian floods
The
floods
in
Queensland
,
Australia
, worsen further with 20,000 properties in the capital
Brisbane
expected to be flooded and 4,000 homes flooded in the nearby city of
Ipswich
.
(ABC News Australia)
The death toll from the floods reaches at least 12 with at least 67 people missing.
(News Limited)
At least 18 people are killed and one million are made homeless following flooding in
Sri Lanka
.
(Sify India)
Floods
in
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
, kill more than 250 people.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
Haitians
commemorate the first anniversary of the
2010 earthquake
.
(AP via Yahoo! News)
International relations
The
South Korean
Ministry for Reunification advises that it has reopened
Red Cross
communications with
North Korea
over the
Panmunjom
Border Area.
(CNN)
(Yonhap)
Palestinian
militants on the
Gaza Strip
tell
Hamas
that they will cease firing rockets at
Israel
in order to prevent an
Israel Defense Forces
offensive.
(Reuters)
Politics
2010–2011 Tunisian protests
:
Tunisia
's Interior Minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem is sacked by
President
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
, who also orders the release of most people detained during recent unrest.
(BBC)
Tunisian troops
are deployed for the first time in the capital
Tunis
.
(Al Jazeera)
The
Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
estimates that turnout in the
Southern Sudanese
independence referendum
has passed the 60% threshold for the result to be declared valid.
(AFP)
(Al Jazeera)
Lebanon
's
Government
led by
Prime Minister
Saad Hariri
collapses following the withdrawal of
Hezbollah
.
(Fox news)
(
The Australian
)
The
President of the United States
Barack Obama
addresses the nation about the
2011 Tucson shooting
following a visit to
Representative
Gabrielle Giffords
in hospital.
(Associated Press)
Burma
has passed a law enacting
conscription
for both males and females.
(AP via Google)
(Democratic Voice of Burma)
(Mizzima)
Science and medicine
The
World Health Organization
launches a plan to prevent the global spread of an
artemisinin
-resistant
malaria
.
(Reuters)
NASA
GISS
data shows that global temperatures in 2010 were tied with 2005 for the warmest year on
record
.
(GISS Research News)
(The Associated Press)
(
PR Newswire
)
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