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**[[Syrian uprising (2011–present)|Syrian uprising]]: At least eight more people are killed in the ongoing violence in [[Syria]], despite the presence of 145 [[United Nations]] [[Kofi Annan peace plan for Syria|ceasefire monitors]]. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201251216373162138.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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**The [[United States]] resumes shipping armaments to [[Bahrain]], after a pause that coincided with [[Bahraini uprising (2011–present)|the ongoing popular uprising]] against the Bahraini regime. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/20125120655116284.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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⚫ | *The United States conducts two [[Combat drone|drone]] strikes in southeastern [[Yemen]], killing 11 suspected [[Al-Qaeda]] militants. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/yemen-military-says-us-drone-kills-6-al-qaida-fighters-in-countrys-lawless-south/2012/05/12/gIQAjEXlKU_story.html (''Washington Post'')] [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/12/yemen-us-drone-strikes_n_1511986.html (''Huffington Post'')] |
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*[[Nigeria]]n police claim to have captured a senior commander of the [[radical Islam]]ist militant group [[Boko Haram]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18048617 (BBC)] |
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*[[Eurozone debt crisis]]: |
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**The [[European Commission]] states that the combined [[eurozone]] economy is likely to [[economic recession|contract]] by 0.3% in 2012, as [[Eurozone debt crisis|an ongoing debt crisis]] and high unemployment continue to wrack the 17 [[euro]]-using nations. [http://www.skynews.com.au/businessnews/article.aspx?id=749422&vId= (Sky News Australia)] |
**The [[European Commission]] states that the combined [[eurozone]] economy is likely to [[economic recession|contract]] by 0.3% in 2012, as [[Eurozone debt crisis|an ongoing debt crisis]] and high unemployment continue to wrack the 17 [[euro]]-using nations. [http://www.skynews.com.au/businessnews/article.aspx?id=749422&vId= (Sky News Australia)] |
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**The [[Spain|Spanish]] "[[Indignants]]" protest movement celebrates its first anniversary, with at least 100,000 people gathering in Spanish cities to protest against the politicians and bankers widely blamed for the country's economic downturn. [[Occupy movement|Similar protests]] take place in other world cities, including [[London]], [[Lisbon]], [[Frankfurt]] and [[Tel Aviv]], as part of a global day of action. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18047618 (BBC)] [https://news.yahoo.com/thousands-march-against-economic-gloom-spain-uk-201911721--business.html (Reuters via Yahoo News)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/201251216214686477.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304070304577400872115209702.html (''Wall Street Journal'')] |
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**Leading [[European Central Bank]] policymakers state that [[Greek debt crisis|crisis-hit]] [[Greece]] may be able to abandon the euro without compromising the wider eurozone. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/12/uk-greece-ecb-idUKBRE84B08S20120512 (Reuters)] |
**Leading [[European Central Bank]] policymakers state that [[Greek debt crisis|crisis-hit]] [[Greece]] may be able to abandon the euro without compromising the wider eurozone. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/12/uk-greece-ecb-idUKBRE84B08S20120512 (Reuters)] |
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*Three [[Boston University]] students are killed and another five are injured in a [[minivan]] crash during a trip to [[New Zealand]]. [http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061131108 |
*Three [[Boston University]] students are killed and another five are injured in a [[minivan]] crash during a trip to [[New Zealand]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215156/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061131108 (''Boston Herald'')] |
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*[[China]] denies that its military has been placed on a [[Mobilization|war footing]] amid an ongoing dispute with the [[ |
*[[China]] denies that its military has been placed on a [[Mobilization|war footing]] amid an ongoing dispute with the [[Philippines]] over territorial claims in the [[South China Sea]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18045383 (BBC)] |
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*Two [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] held in [[Israel]]i prisons are reportedly close to death, having refused to eat for 74 days. A further 1,600 prisoners have been on [[hunger strike]] since 17 April. [ |
*Two [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] held in [[Israel]]i prisons are reportedly close to death, having refused to eat for 74 days. A further 1,600 prisoners have been on [[hunger strike]] since 17 April. Leaders of the strikers wait for a response from the [[Israel Prison Service|Israeli Prison Service]] to calls for negotiation on issues such as the allowing of family visits for prisoners from [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] and the ending of the use of extended [[solitary confinement]]. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9259455/Palestinian-prisoners-enter-day-74-of-hunger-strike.html (''Daily Telegraph'')] [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-prisoners-to-continue-hunger-strike-1.429838 (''Ha'aretz'')] |
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*[[President of Iran]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] calls [[Israel]] "nothing more than a [[mosquito]]" and downplays the idea of war between the two countries, ahead of talks regarding [[Nuclear program of Iran|Iran's nuclear program]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/12/world/meast/iran-ahmadinejad-israel/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 (CNN)] |
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*[[President of Venezuela]] [[Hugo Chávez]] returns home after successfully completing of a course of [[radiotherapy]] for cancer in [[Cuba]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18044258 (BBC)] |
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*The [[President of Greece]], [[Karolos Papoulias]], begins efforts at forming a [[coalition government]], after three failed attempts by major political parties to reach a coalition agreement. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18044253 (BBC)] |
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*Thousands of people march in [[Spain]] against [[austerity]] measures to mark the first anniversary of the [[Indignados]] movement. [http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-march-against-economic-gloom-spain-uk-201911721--business.html (Reuters via Yahoo News)] |
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*In the [[United States]], prospective [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]] condemns [[same-sex marriage]] as illegitimate. At the evangelical Christian [[Liberty University]] in [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], [[Virginia]], he describes marriage as exclusively "a relationship between one man and one woman." [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/18046282 (BBC)] |
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*The discovery of a missing piece of the [[Mayan calendar]] appears to render the [[2012 phenomenon]] obsolete, by proving that the [[Maya]] did not believe 2012 to be the end of the world. [http:// |
*The discovery of a missing piece of the [[Mayan calendar]] appears to render the [[2012 phenomenon]] obsolete, by proving that the [[Maya peoples|Maya]] did not believe 2012 to be the end of the world. [http://www.myfoxal.com/story/18311865/apocalypse-never-newly-discovered-mayan-calendar-disproves-2012-doomsday-myth (WBRC)] |
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*Fans clash in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]], as [[Galatasaray]] draw with [[Fenerbahçe S.K.]] to secure their 18th Turkish [[ |
*Fans clash in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]], as [[Galatasaray]] draw with [[Fenerbahçe S.K.]] to secure their 18th Turkish [[association football|football]] title. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hV-jIgjLFtMgaQY4YxUeLeYSUSfw?docId=CNG.e86fdbe7fd5dea73c249619586b70b18.b91 (AFP via Google)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/05/2012512193825438936.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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Revision as of 21:31, 10 March 2022
May 12, 2012
(Saturday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- Arab Spring:
- Syrian uprising: At least eight more people are killed in the ongoing violence in Syria, despite the presence of 145 United Nations ceasefire monitors. (Al Jazeera)
- The United States resumes shipping armaments to Bahrain, after a pause that coincided with the ongoing popular uprising against the Bahraini regime. (Al Jazeera)
- The United States conducts two drone strikes in southeastern Yemen, killing 11 suspected Al-Qaeda militants. (Washington Post) (Huffington Post)
- Nigerian police claim to have captured a senior commander of the radical Islamist militant group Boko Haram. (BBC)
- Four NATO soldiers die in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan – two in a gun attack by insurgents, one in a roadside bombing, and one of non-combat injuries. (CNN)
Business and economy
- Eurozone debt crisis:
- The European Commission states that the combined eurozone economy is likely to contract by 0.3% in 2012, as an ongoing debt crisis and high unemployment continue to wrack the 17 euro-using nations. (Sky News Australia)
- The Spanish "Indignants" protest movement celebrates its first anniversary, with at least 100,000 people gathering in Spanish cities to protest against the politicians and bankers widely blamed for the country's economic downturn. Similar protests take place in other world cities, including London, Lisbon, Frankfurt and Tel Aviv, as part of a global day of action. (BBC) (Reuters via Yahoo News) (Al Jazeera) (Wall Street Journal)
- Leading European Central Bank policymakers state that crisis-hit Greece may be able to abandon the euro without compromising the wider eurozone. (Reuters)
Disasters
- Three Boston University students are killed and another five are injured in a minivan crash during a trip to New Zealand. (Boston Herald)
International relations
- China denies that its military has been placed on a war footing amid an ongoing dispute with the Philippines over territorial claims in the South China Sea. (BBC)
- Two Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are reportedly close to death, having refused to eat for 74 days. A further 1,600 prisoners have been on hunger strike since 17 April. Leaders of the strikers wait for a response from the Israeli Prison Service to calls for negotiation on issues such as the allowing of family visits for prisoners from Gaza and the ending of the use of extended solitary confinement. (Daily Telegraph) (Ha'aretz)
- President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls Israel "nothing more than a mosquito" and downplays the idea of war between the two countries, ahead of talks regarding Iran's nuclear program. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez returns home after successfully completing of a course of radiotherapy for cancer in Cuba. (BBC)
- The President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, begins efforts at forming a coalition government, after three failed attempts by major political parties to reach a coalition agreement. (BBC)
- In the United States, prospective Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney condemns same-sex marriage as illegitimate. At the evangelical Christian Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, he describes marriage as exclusively "a relationship between one man and one woman." (BBC)
Science
- The discovery of a missing piece of the Mayan calendar appears to render the 2012 phenomenon obsolete, by proving that the Maya did not believe 2012 to be the end of the world. (WBRC)
Sport
- Fans clash in Istanbul, Turkey, as Galatasaray draw with Fenerbahçe S.K. to secure their 18th Turkish football title. (AFP via Google) (Al Jazeera)