Portal:Current events/2012 December 30

Current events of December 30, 2012 (2012-12-30) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks War in North-West Pakistan: A suicide bomber kills 19 in an attack on Shiites in Balochistan province. (AP via USA Today) (BBC) (Reuters) 2012 Central African Republic rebellion: Central African Republic leader François Bozizé promises a national unity government, as rebels advance to within 75 km of the capital Bangui. (BBC) (Reuters) Disasters and accidents Guatemalan Congresswoman Catarina Castor dies in the crash of a private plane in the northwestern Guatemalan province of Quiché, which also killed the pilot and injured the Governor Quiché Department, Heber Cabrera. (Fox News) A tour bus crashes off Interstate 84 in northeastern Oregon in the United States, leaving 9 of its passengers dead and 26 injured. (AP via ABC News) Law and crime Mexican marines kill 4 gunmen who tried to steal the body of Angel Enrique Uscanga, a drug boss, in Gulf coast state of Veracruz. (Fox News) (AP via The Guardian) Politics and election U.S. President Barack Obama puts pressure on Republicans to accept a deal aimed at avoiding a tax and spending "fiscal cliff", as the end-of-year deadline looms. (BBC) (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hospitalized after doctors discover a blood clot related to the concussion she suffered earlier this month. (CNN) Science and technology The confirmation of the existence of a subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson is named as 2012 Breakthrough of the Year by the Science magazine. (Science) (Voice of America) (CNN) Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, the 1986 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, dies at the age of 103. (ANSA.it) (BBC) (Bloomberg) The Beijing Subway expands to 442 km with the opening of Line 6, making it the longest metro network in the world. (Railway Gazette) (Businessweek) Sport The Egyptian Football Association says the launch 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League is postponed for a third time, this time until 1 February. The first round of matches will be played behind closed doors following the Port Said Stadium disaster. (Reuters via Yahoo!) Bayern Munich's striker Mario Mandžukić is named as 2012 Croatian Footballer of the Year. (HRSport.net) (Goal.com) Deportivo de La Coruña announces that manager José Luis Oltra has been sacked due to a poor start to the 2012–13 La Liga season. (ESPN) (FIFA) (Fox News)