2012

The year started off on a rather stringent note for Iran as the European Union went ahead to impose the oil restriction to try to get Iran to stop its nuclear weapons efforts as well as to halt the uranium enrichment.

2012

Almost a month later, Iran took a stand to revenge and warned six European countries through their ambassadors including Italy, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, and Greece that they would be cut from the Iranian oil.

In other bizarre news, at least 73 people died at a soccer match when the fans of two rival teams playing in Port Said in Egypt got into a fight. On the other hand, in Russia, Vladimir Putin won the presidential elections with a landslide vote of 64% giving him his third term in office.

In more sad news, however, a U.S. soldier went wild and brutally killed 17 civilians comprising of 9 children in Afghanistan on a door to door rampage. Two weeks later, the Sgt. Robert Bales was found guilty and charged with 17 counts of intentional murder.

March 21 was a good day for Syria as Bashar al-Assad, Syrian President at the time agreed to a cease-fire after being in a civil war for several months. However, close to five months later on August 2, Kofi Annan resigned as UN’s special envoy to Syria. He cited that the Syrian government had refused to implement the peace plan that was backed by the UN. In turn, it resulted in more violence by the rebels, and it caused dissonance within the Security Council.

May 1st marked the first death anniversary of Osama bin Laden, and U.S President Barack Obama made a rather surprising visit to Afghanistan where he signed an agreement with Hamid Karzai, Afghan’s president citing that Afghanistan would receive development assistance from U.S for the next ten years from the withdrawal time of the troops. Five days later, Francois Hollande became the first Socialist president in France since 1995 when Francois Mitterrand left office.

The pop culture got a hard hit as Whitney Houston, one of the world’s greatest voices was found dead in a hotel’s bathtub at the age of 48. Other icons such as Phyllis Diller, Andy Williams, Andy Griffith, Dick Clark, just to mention but a few also died in 2012.

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All Academy Awards Prize winners of the 85th edition of the Oscar ceremony


Best picture

Argo

Argo

Argo

Directed by: Ben Affleck

Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin

Country: United States of America

Best director

Ang Lee

Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Best actor

Daniel Day-Lewis

Lincoln

Lincoln

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Country: United States of America

Best actress

Jennifer Lawrence

Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook

Directed by: David O. Russell

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver

Best supporting actor

Christoph Waltz

Django Unchained

Django Unchained

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington

Best supporting actress

Anne Hathaway

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried

Country: United States of America

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Time Person of the Year

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Barack Obama
In 2012, Obama was re-elected President of the United States, defeating Mitt Romney.

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Wild by Cheryl Strayed

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed believed she had lost all. Her family dispersed and her marriage was soon ended in the wake of her mother's passing.

Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

Killing Lincoln

By:

This riveting historical story of the events surrounding the assassination and murder of Abraham Lincoln is the first book of history by Bill O'Reilly. The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor tells the story

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

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Walter Isaacson's "enthralling", (The New Yorker), worldwide bestseller biography about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was the inspiration for the film Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen and Jeff Daniels.

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

A Dance With Dragons

By:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES SELLER * THE BOOK BEHIND FIFTH SEASON of THE ACCLAIMED HOBBY SERIES GAME OVER THRONES

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl

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The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER When Nick's intelligent and beautiful wife vanishes, presents are being wrapped and reservations made.

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Peace Prize

  • European Union

Literature

  • Mo Yan

Physics

  • Serge Haroche
  • David J. Wineland

Economic Sciences

  • Alvin E. Roth
  • Lloyd S. Shapley

Chemistry

  • Brian K. Kobilka
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Physiology or Medicine

  • John B. Gurdon
  • Shinya Yamanaka
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Top #1 songs in the USA

  • - Somebody That I Used To Know
  • - Call Me Maybe
  • - We Are Young
  • - Starships
  • - Some Nights
  • - Payphone
  • - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)youtube
  • - Glad You Came
  • - Wild Ones
  • - Lights

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Satyamev Jayate

Satyamev Jayate

Release year: 2012

Starring: Aamir Khan

Country: India

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Release year: 2012

Starring: Ashley Clements

Country: United States of America

Euphoria

Euphoria

Release year: 2012

Directed by: Lee Boot

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

Release year: 2012

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman

Country: United States of America

Django Unchained

Django Unchained

Release year: 2012

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington

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World Population

Demographic statistics of the year 2012


Population statistics

  • Total population: 7.1 billion (7,125,828,059 to be precise!)
  • Urban population: 3.8 billion, that is 53.0% of the total population of 2012 lives in cities
  • Yearly change: +84.5 million, corresponding to a percentage increase of +1.2%
  • Average density: 48.0 persons per km2
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Historical Events

Which were the important events of 2012?


Events

  • 01 Jan 2012 Arab Spring
  • 02 Jan 2012 Arab Spring
  • 03 Jan 2012 Followingmath of the 2011 Libyan civil War: Elements of ex-anti-Gaddafi forces of Tripoli and Misrata clashed in the middle of Tripoli with five people reported to have been killed.
  • 04 Jan 2012 Two bombs exploded in Maiduguri, northern Nigeria. The Boko Haram movement is believed to be behind them.
  • 05 Jan 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
  • 06 Jan 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. According to Syrian state media 26 people were killed and 63 injured when a suicide bomber attacked a Damascus police station. The Syrian opposition claims that the Syrian government orchestrated the attack and that security forces have given them information that Aleppo will be next.
  • 07 Jan 2012 After Boko Haram, a radical Islamic group, issues an ultimatum to all Christians for them to flee the north, at least 37 people were killed in attacks on northeastern Nigeria in just two days.
  • 08 Jan 2012 Georgia declares that 15 Georgian sailors who were held hostage for more than a year by pirates in Somalia are now free thanks to the government's efforts.
  • 09 Jan 2012 Insurgency in North Caucasus: There are clashes between Russian forces and Islamist militants at the Vedensky district, Chechnya. According to reports, 8 people were killed and 16 others were injured.
  • 10 Jan 2012 At least 29 people are killed and more than 50 injured in a bombing at Khyber Agency in Pakistan.
  • 11 Jan 2012 The United States denies any involvement with a bomb explosion that claimed the life of an Iranian scientist.
  • 12 Jan 2012 Shia insurgency in Yemen: At least 20 people are killed in Sunni Shia fighting in north Yemen.
  • 13 Jan 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. Security forces kill at most 13 protesters, including three kids, during ongoing demonstrations in Syria.
  • 14 Jan 2012 In Basra, an Iraqi city, a suicide bomber injures over 130 people and kills at most 53.
  • 15 Jan 2012 A bomb explodes near a Shia Muslim procession, killing at least 18 and injuring 30 others in Khanpur, Pakistan.
  • 16 Jan 2012 Romanian protests continue for fifth consecutive day: Protests continue against President Traian Basescu and Emil Boc in over 60 cities throughout the country.
  • 17 Jan 2012 2012 Afar Region Tourist Attack: Unknown assailants attack 2 Hungarians in northeastern Ethiopia, 2 Germans, and 1 Austrian.
  • 18 Jan 2012 Francesco Schettino, an Italian captain of a cruise ship, admits to making navigational mistakes that resulted in the capsize of the Costa Concordia in Italian waters on January 13th, killing at least 11 people.
  • 19 Jan 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. The Arab League observer mission has ended. Its report will be reviewed at the weekend.
  • 20 Jan 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. At least 10 people are murdered in violence following Friday prayers.
  • 21 Jan 2012 A series of coordinated bombing attacks on Kano, Nigeria, has resulted in more than 140 deaths. Boko Haram, an Islamist group, is responsible for the attacks that targeted police stations in Kano.
  • 22 Jan 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. Arab League ministers met in Cairo, Egypt to discuss the extension its monitoring mission in Syria.
  • 23 Jan 2012 Relations Iran-European Union: In protest at Iran's efforts to enrich uranium, the European Union adopts an embargo.
  • 24 Jan 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising: 52 civilians were killed by security forces in Syria, of which 39 were killed in Hama.
  • 25 Jan 2012 Syrian uprising of 2011-12: 18 protesters were killed by security forces.
  • 26 Jan 2012 Tuareg Rebellion (2011-present: Tuareg rebels seize the fourth Malian city in less than a week.
  • 27 Jan 2012 A young Tibetan man was shot to death by Chinese security forces in Sichuan province. This is at least the third such shooting this week.
  • 28 Jan 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. The Arab League suspends their observer mission, citing an increase in violence.
  • 29 Jan 2012 Oakland, California: More than 100 arrests made after police confront protesters using stun grenades and tear gas.
  • 30 Jan 2012 Two people were shot and killed by police in Podor as a result of protests against a Constitutional Council decision that President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade could run for reelection.
  • 31 Jan 2012 According to the People's Republic of China, 29 Chinese citizens who were abducted while working in a Sudan construction project are still missing.
  • 01 Feb 2012 After a football match in Port Said (Egypt), at least 79 people were reported to have been killed and over 1,000 injured.
  • 02 Feb 2012 The Philippines claims to have killed Abu Sayyaf leader Umbra Jumdail and Malaysian Zulkifli Bin Hir, both leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah and Singaporean Abdullah Ali.
  • 03 Feb 2012 Insurgency in North Caucasus: Doku Umarov, the Chechen rebel leader orders his subordinates not to attack the civilian population of Russia. However, he leaves military and security personnel as legitimate victims.
  • 04 Feb 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
  • 05 Feb 2012 An explosion occurs in the pipeline connecting Egypt, Israel, and Jordan in the North Sinai Governorate west to Arish.
  • 06 Feb 2012 The Diamond Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II marks the 60th Anniversary of her accession the the thrones in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, as well as the 60th Anniversary of her becoming Head the Commonwealth.
  • 07 Feb 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
  • 08 Feb 2012 Officials in Pakistan claim that US drone missiles killed ten people at Spalga village, North Waziristan.
  • 09 Feb 2012 Syria:
  • 10 Feb 2012 Arab Spring
  • 11 Feb 2012 Arab Spring
  • 12 Feb 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 13 Feb 2012 Syria:
  • 14 Feb 2012 As the Syrian army continues to bombard Homs with bombs, Arab officials confirmed that they would be willing to arm the opposition if necessary.
  • 15 Feb 2012 360 people were killed in a fire at a prison located in Comayagua (Honduras).
  • 16 Feb 2012 Five militants were killed in a drone attack by the United States in Spalga, Pakistan in north Waziristan.
  • 17 Feb 2012 Arab Spring
  • 18 Feb 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
  • 19 Feb 2012 Following the imposition of sanctions by the European Union in January, Iran has suspended oil exports from the United Kingdom and France.
  • 20 Feb 2012 South Korea proceeds with live-fire drills near the disputed Korean sea border despite threats from North Korea of ampquotmercilessampquot strikes in retaliation.
  • 21 Feb 2012 The Eurozone's finance ministers reached an agreement to bail out Greece, a second bailout worth EUR130 billion.
  • 22 Feb 2012 Afghanistan Quran protests:
  • 23 Feb 2012 At least 60 people are killed in an attack on Iraq, and over 200 others are injured.
  • 24 Feb 2012 Arab Spring
  • 25 Feb 2012 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests:
  • 26 Feb 2012 At least two people are killed by a mass suicide bomber in Jos, Nigeria.
  • 27 Feb 2012 Arab Spring: In response to ongoing protests, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was succeeded by Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi.
  • 28 Feb 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
  • 29 Feb 2012 Twenty people are killed in violence in the Xinjiang area of China.
  • 01 Mar 2012 Syria:
  • 02 Mar 2012 Despite having been granted permission to assist 4,000 people earlier, the Red Cross is now denied access to the Baba Amr District of Homs.
  • 03 Mar 2012 Syria:
  • 04 Mar 2012 2012 Brazzaville explosions at the arms dump: At least 250 people were killed in a series of explosions at the munitions dump at Brazzaville. (Reuters),
  • 05 Mar 2012 Syrian refugees fleeing Homs accuse security forces for atrocities.
  • 06 Mar 2012 A South Korean panel names the 95 Koreans who were killed in the bombing of Tokyo by the United States during World War II.
  • 07 Mar 2012 Five policemen die in an insurgency in North Caucasus. The widow of a deceased Islamic militant in Dagestan (Russia) commits suicide bombing.
  • 08 Mar 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
  • 09 Mar 2012 Arab Spring
  • 10 Mar 2012 Arab Spring
  • 11 Mar 2012 16 civilians are killed by a US soldier in Afghanistan's Panjwayi District, near Kandahar.
  • 12 Mar 2012 In South Sudan, around 100 people are killed in ethnic clashes or cattle raids.
  • 13 Mar 2012 The ''Encyclopaedia Britishnica'' has been discontinued after 244 years.
  • 14 Mar 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
  • 15 Mar 2012 Three militant camps in Eritrea are attacked by Ethiopian forces
  • 16 Mar 2012 2011-2012 Syrian Uprising: Protests known by activists as ampquotThe Friday For International Military Interventionampquot spread across the northern city Aleppo, to the central areas of Hama and Homs and to the southern province of Daraa.
  • 17 Mar 2012 Syria:
  • 18 Mar 2012 Three people are shot to death in Don Benito (Spain), in an incident that occurred during a shooting.
  • 19 Mar 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 20 Mar 2012 Human Rights Watch claims that there were serious violations of human rights in the clash between Myanmar Armed Forces (MYF) and the Kachin Independence Army. This conflict has resulted in approximately 75,000 people being displaced.
  • 21 Mar 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 22 Mar 2012 After mutinous soldiers attacked government offices, Amadou Toumani Toure is elected President of Mali.
  • 23 Mar 2012 The Financial Services Committee of Congress receives a memo quoting Edith O'Brien (treasurer of defunct broker MF Global), stating that Jon S. Corzine personally ordered the transfer of customers' funds to a brokerage account at JP Morgan Chase last Oct.
  • 24 Mar 2012 Turkish security forces kill 15 Kurdish militants all women in the south-eastern Bitlis Province. These women were all members of the PKK.
  • 25 Mar 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 26 Mar 2012 A police officer in Afghanistan shoots and kills two British soldiers before being shot to death.
  • 27 Mar 2012 An explosion of landmines in Maharashtra (India) kills 15 police officers and injures thirteen others.
  • 28 Mar 2012 2012 Sabha conflict:
  • 29 Mar 2012 Adrienne Rich, an essayist, poet and public intellectual, has died. She is credited with helping to bring the oppression against women and lesbians into the forefront of poetic discourse.
  • 30 Mar 2012 Pakistan:
  • 31 Mar 2012 2012 rebellion in northern Mali: Tuareg rebels attack Gao in northern Malian, just a day after they took the provincial capital Kidal.
  • 01 Apr 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. Dozens of people are killed when the Syrian army bombards Homs with artillery fire.
  • 02 Apr 2012 FARC, a leftist Colombian group, releases its last police and military prisoners.
  • 03 Apr 2012 2011-2012 Bahraini Uprising: There are fears for Abdulhadi Khawaja's life, one of many opposition leaders who were sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • 04 Apr 2012 2012 South Sudan-Sudan border dispute: The Sudan People's Liberation Army claims it has shot down a Sudanese MiG-29 fighter jet fighter in South Sudan's Unity State.
  • 05 Apr 2012 The Israeli city of Eilat was hit by a rocket from Egypt's Sinai Desert, but it did not cause any injuries or property damage.
  • 06 Apr 2012 The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad declares unilaterally Azawad's independence from Mali
  • 07 Apr 2012 After General Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar (the former Chief of Air Force and half-brother to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh) threatened to attack aircraft, Sana'a's airport has been closed.
  • 08 Apr 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 09 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
  • 10 Apr 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 11 Apr 2012 Conflict at the border of South Sudan and Sudan 2012: Sudan claims that South Sudan has taken control of Heglig, its largest oilfield after a battle.
  • 12 Apr 2012 Mutinous soldiers from Guinea-Bissau stage an attempted coup d'etat to take over Bissau, the capital. In the middle of a presidential election campaign, they arrest interim President Raimundo Pereira as well as Carlos Gomes Junior, a leading presidential candidate.
  • 13 Apr 2012 Kwangmyongsong-3 is a North Korean satellite for Earth observation. It explodes soon after launch. The United States and other countries had called the impending launch a violation of United Nations Security Council demands.ref name =quotNK_satellitequot/ The launch was planned to mark the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the republic.ref name =quotNK_satellitequot
  • 14 Apr 2012 Protesters against austerity gather at the centenary conference of the Labour Party, with demonstrators using a coffin covered in the Irish tricolour.
  • 15 Apr 2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising
  • 16 Apr 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 17 Apr 2012 Conflict at the border of South Sudan and Sudan:
  • 18 Apr 2012 2011-2012 Bahraini uprising:
  • 19 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
  • 20 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
  • 21 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
  • 22 Apr 2012 Bahraini uprising:
  • 23 Apr 2012 Two people have been killed and many more injured by clashes between police officers and protestors in a nationwide strike in Bangladesh. This was triggered in part by the mysterious disappearance of Ilyas Ali, an opposition politician.
  • 24 Apr 2012 Arab Spring
  • 25 Apr 2012 Pakistan successfully tested the Shaheen-1A, a nuclear-capable missile ballistic missile capable of reaching targets in India.
  • 26 Apr 2012 Charles Taylor, former Liberian president, is found guilty of 11 counts of aiding in abetting war crime and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone Civil War.
  • 27 Apr 2012 At least four explosions were heard in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. There were at least 27 victims.
  • 28 Apr 2012 2011 Syrian uprising
  • 29 Apr 2012 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia killed four members of the Colombian Army in a mission to destroy Cocaine Labs in Caqueta Department. Four more soldiers, a French journalist and a police officer were also killed.
  • 30 Apr 2012 At least eight people were killed when two bombs explode in Idlib, a northern Syrian city.
  • 01 May 2012 Syrian uprising: Both government and opposition forces are accused of violating the ceasefire, according to the United Nations.
  • 02 May 2012 New York City auction sells a pastel version of "The Scream" by Edvard Munch. This is a world record for an art auction.
  • 03 May 2012 Threety-four people are killed by gunmen who oppose the burning of a colleague at a northern Nigeria cattle market.
  • 04 May 2012 When armed forces open fire on protestors near Egypt's defense ministry in Cairo, at least one person is killed and at most 373 are injured, water cannons, tear gas and rocks are used to shoot at them.
  • 05 May 2012 At least nine militants are killed in a drone attack by the United States in Pakistan's North Waziristan.
  • 06 May 2012 Unknown circumstances have caused the deaths of hundreds of dolphins off the coast of Peru.
  • 07 May 2012 A NATO air strike in Badghis Province results in at least 14 civilians being killed and 6 more civilians being injured.
  • 08 May 2012 Arab Spring
  • 09 May 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 10 May 2012 Syrian uprising: Two explosions in rapid succession in Damascus' embattled capital, Syria. Several people were reportedly killed or seriously injured.
  • 11 May 2012 Syrian uprising: The death toll from the Damascus double-bombing on May 10, 2011, has reached 55. As many as 370 people have been reported injured. The attacks involved the use of over 1,000 kilograms (2.200 lb) explosives according to Syrian authorities.
  • 12 May 2012 August 12 and 28: The 2012 World Expo will be held in Yeosu (South Korea).ref name=quotExpo_2012quot Retrieved January 23 2012.
  • 13 May 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 14 May 2012 Syrian uprising: At most 30 people are killed in a clash between rebel fighters and the government forces in Rastan. According to reports, 23 of those who died are government soldiers.
  • 15 May 2012 Syrian uprising: Twenty civilians were killed in Idlib, a province in Syria. Security forces opened fire on a funeral procession.
  • 16 May 2012 After trying to expel the villagers from their land where a Russian plantation project was to be located, Cambodian police and soldiers clashed with the villagers. According to reports, a teenage girl was killed.
  • 17 May 2012 Conflict in 2012 East DR Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo's military has been bombarding positions that it believes are being held by rebels, who have been fighting the army in the country's eastern for several weeks.
  • 18 May 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 19 May 2012 9 people were killed when a car bomb explodes in front of a military base in Deir ez-Zor.
  • 20 May 2012 Syrian uprising: Near a United Nations convoy in Damascus' capital, Damascus in the district Douma, a roadside bomb explodes.
  • 21 May 2012 At least 120 people were killed and more than 350 injured when a suicide bomber attacked soldiers practicing for the Unity Day parade in Sana'a in Yemen. Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility.
  • 22 May 2012 Tokyo Skytree is now open to the public. It stands at 634m high and is self-supporting.
  • 23 May 2012 Five people are killed in a drone attack by the United States in North Waziristan.
  • 24 May 2012 Ten people are killed in a drone attack by the United States in Pakistan's North Waziristan area.
  • 25 May 2012 Ten police officers were injured in an explosion of a car bomb in Nuevo Laredo in Mexico's border city. Los Zetas, Mexico's largest drug trafficking organization, was suspected to be behind the attack.
  • 26 May 2012 Afghanistan War:
  • 27 May 2012 War in Afghanistan: An NATO air strike kills eight families, including six children.
  • 28 May 2012 Arab Spring
  • 29 May 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 30 May 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 31 May 2012 14 people are killed in a series of bombings that took place in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
  • 01 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising: The United Nations Human Rights Council votes against the resolution that condemned the massacre perpetrated by Syrian forces in Houla, May 25, despite Russia and China voting against it.
  • 02 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 03 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 04 Jun 2012 Mexican Drug War: 11 gunmen shoot victims at a rehabilitation center in Torreon (Coahuila).
  • 05 Jun 2012 6 amdash This is the century's second and final solar transit of Venus. The 2117 and 2125 pairs are expected to be the next.
  • 06 Jun 2012 NATO planes strike Afghanistan with an air attack, killing civilians.
  • 07 Jun 2012 U.S. drone strikes on Pakistan by the CIA raise serious legal issues, declares Navi Pillay, United Nations human rights chief at the conclusion of a fact-finding trip to Pakistan.
  • 08 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 09 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 10 Jun 2012 Syrian activists claim that 35 people died in the Syrian Army's offensive in Homs in the last day.
  • 11 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 12 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 13 Jun 2012 At least 93 people are killed and more than 300 injured in a series of bombings that took place across Iraq including Baghdad and Hillah.
  • 14 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 15 Jun 2012 Shuqra is captured by the Yemeni army, which was the third stronghold of militants to fall within the last week.
  • 16 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 17 Jun 2012 Multiple bombings have killed at least 12 people in Kaduna, northern Nigeria.
  • 18 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 19 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 20 Jun 2012 After seizing four hostages from the Credit Industriel et Commercial bank, in Toulouse in southern France, a gunman was arrested. This is the same bank where Mohammed Merah killed five people in March.
  • 21 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 22 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 23 Jun 2012 An elder was severely injured when Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel from Gaza Strip. Israel launches a missile attack in return, killing two Palestinians.
  • 24 Jun 2012 In clashes in Aleppo with rebels, at least 16 Syrian soldiers were killed.
  • 25 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 26 Jun 2012 Arab Spring
  • 27 Jun 2012 Uprising in Syria:
  • 28 Jun 2012 Mexican Drug War: Mexican Mayor kidnapped is tortured and murdered in Oaxaca.
  • 29 Jun 2012 Mexican Drug War: 7 people are injured when a car bomb explodes in front of the Nuevo Laredo city hall. This is the third car explosion in Nuevo Laredo this season. Most of the violence can be attributed to the country's most powerful cartels, Los Zetas Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel.
  • 30 Jun 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 01 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 02 Jul 2012 After being kidnapped at a Kenyan refugee camp, four foreign aid workers were held hostage in Somalia.
  • 03 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 04 Jul 2012 CERN announces that a new particle has been discovered by experiments at Large Hadron Collider.
  • 05 Jul 2012 Uprising in Syria
  • 06 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present). Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister, states that Manaf Tlass, a commander in Syria's National Guard, fled to Turkey a few days ago and is now on his way to Paris.
  • 07 Jul 2012 After two deaths by rockets fired from Syria, the alert has been placed on Wadi Khaled's Lebanese Army.
  • 08 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 09 Jul 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 10 Jul 2012 A gunman takes a parent hostage at Vitry-surSeine school, France, near Paris.
  • 11 Jul 2012 Mexican Drug War: El Manana, a Mexican newspaper from Nuevo Laredo, will cease reporting on Mexico's drug violence after another grenade attack on its facilities.
  • 12 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 13 Jul 2012 Delta Air Lines Flight 126, en route to Madrid, turns around and lands back in JFK after a security issue with some cut wires discovered in the plane’s bathroom.
  • 14 Jul 2012 Arab Spring
  • 15 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 16 Jul 2012 Mexican Drug War: One of the three Mexican Federal Police ringleaders in the fatal shootout at Mexico City International Airport's busy Food Court last month was arrested by the Mexican Federal Police. Police were able to track him down after an anonymous tip.
  • 17 Jul 2012 Marissa Mayer, a former top executive at Google, was appointed Yahoo! Inc.'s CEO.
  • 18 Jul 2012 2012 Burgas bus bombing
  • 19 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 20 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 21 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 22 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 23 Jul 2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present).
  • 24 Jul 2012 The Category 4 Typhoon Vicente strikes Hong Kong and China's Guangdong Province, causing scores of injuries, cancellations of flights, and the closure of many businesses.
  • 25 Jul 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 26 Jul 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 27 Jul 2012 August 12 and 13 ampndash 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London, United Kingdom.
  • 28 Jul 2012 The Syrian Army launches an attack on Aleppo, a rebel-held city.
  • 29 Jul 2012 Syrian Civil War (2011-present).
  • 30 Jul 2012 31 Ampndash The 2012 India blackouts left 620 million people without electricity, making it the worst power cut in history.
  • 31 Jul 2012 The Syrian military continues to bombard Aleppo with artillery. Opposition forces claim they have driven out the Syrian army from the city.
  • 01 Aug 2012 According to a poll conducted by British Film Institute's magazine 'Sight and sound', Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller suspense thriller "Vertigo" was named the greatest film of all times.
  • 02 Aug 2012 Syrian Civil War
  • 03 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War: Another member of Los Zetas, a Mexican drug cartel, is arrested by the Mexican Army. He was responsible for the decapitation of 49 bodies and their dumping on a roadside in May 2012. The suspect is also one of 37 escapees from the Apodaca prison riot earlier in the year.
  • 04 Aug 2012 Arab Spring
  • 05 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 06 Aug 2012 ''Curiosity'', the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.ref name=MarsScienceLaboratory
  • 07 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War: The United States has frozen the assets of three Belize-based associates belonging to Mexico's top drug lord Joaquin ampquotEl Chapoampquot Guzman.
  • 08 Aug 2012 Armed men open fire on a checkpoint at the Egyptian city Arish, Sinai Peninsula.
  • 09 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 10 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 11 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 12 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 13 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 14 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 15 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 16 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 17 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 18 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 19 Aug 2012 Mexican Drug War
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  • 23 Aug 2012 Tropical Storm Isaac (2012): In its 23.00 PM bulletin, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reduces its hurricane warning level for Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean Sea to a hurricane watch and storm warning.
  • 24 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
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  • 26 Aug 2012 Unknown organised people have taken the lives of seventeen villagers, including two women, in Afghanistan's southern Kajaki region.
  • 27 Aug 2012 Blockade of Gaza Strip: According to a United Nations report, the Gaza Strip won't be ampquota living placeampquot by 2020 because its infrastructure in water, sanitation, and health is not up to the task of a growing population.
  • 28 Aug 2012 Civil war in Syria:
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  • 31 Aug 2012 At least three people are killed in a shooting at the Pathmark grocery store, Old Bridge, New Jersey.
  • 01 Sep 2012 Civil war in Syria:
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  • 04 Sep 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 05 Sep 2012 At least five militants are killed in a drone strike by the United States in Hadhramaut, eastern Yemen.
  • 06 Sep 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 07 Sep 2012 Canada has officially cut diplomatic ties to Iran and closed its Tehran embassy. It also ordered the expulsion from Ottawa of Iranian diplomats. This was due to support for Syria and allegations of rights abuses.
  • 08 Sep 2012 Bahraini uprising (2011-present):
  • 09 Sep 2012 Civil war in Syria:
  • 10 Sep 2012 Mexican Drug War
  • 11 Sep 2012 18 amndash After the screening of the Youtube trailer for the film "Innocence of Muslims", a series of protests are launched against United States diplomatic missions around the world. The attacks in Libya result in the deaths J. Christopher Stevens (the United States Ambassador to Libya), and three other Americans.
  • 12 Sep 2012 Civil war in Syria
  • 13 Sep 2012 Lakhdar Brahimi is the U.N.-Arab League special envoy to the Syrian civil War. Fighting continues in the east of Damascus.
  • 14 Sep 2012 Protests against Islam 2012:
  • 15 Sep 2012 Afghanistan War:
  • 16 Sep 2012 Syrian Civil War: Violence continues between rebels and government forces in many Syrian provinces.
  • 17 Sep 2012 Syrian Civil War: UN Human Rights Investigators expand the secret list of Syrians suspected of war crimes by expanding it. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Diplomat, urges the U.N. Security Council bring the situation before the International Criminal Court.
  • 18 Sep 2012 Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's faction Hezb-e-Islami claims responsibility for the suicide bomber who attacked Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, killing twelve people.
  • 19 Sep 2012 Civil war in Syria:
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  • 21 Sep 2012 Australia temporarily shuts down its High Commission in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. As a result, it is afraid of violent protests against Western countries.
  • 22 Sep 2012 2012 diplomatic missions attack
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  • 24 Sep 2012 Syrian civil war: At least 24 people have been killed in violence across Syria.
  • 25 Sep 2012 Syrian civil war: Save the Children reports on the dire situation of children in Syria.
  • 26 Sep 2012 Syrian civil war: At least four military guards are killed in twin explosions close to the headquarters of the Syrian Armed Forces, central Damascus. (Al Jazeera). Press TV correspondent Maya Nasser was killed in sniper fire as she reported from Damascus after reporting on twin bomb blasts. (The Guardian).Qatar calls on the Arab world to intervene in Syria. (Al Jazeera). Local activists have reported that the Syrian army killed more than 40 civilians in Thiabieh, a suburb of Damascus.
  • 27 Sep 2012 Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health expressed concern that the novel coronavirus similar to SARS, which is reported to have originated in the country, could affect the Hajj, a religious pilgrimage scheduled to take place next month. It is recommended that travelers take all precautions.
  • 28 Sep 2012 Somalia and the African Union launch a coordinated attack on Kismayo, Somalia's port city. This is to retake the city from al Shabaab militants.
  • 29 Sep 2012 Somali Civil War: Al-Shabaab militants leave the Somali port of Kismayo, after Somalia and African Union forces launched an coordinated attack on Kismayo Friday.
  • 30 Sep 2012 Hunderts of Muslims in Bangladesh are angry at a Facebook photo that a Buddhist man posted, and which allegedly insulted Islam. They have set fire to at least four Buddhist temples as well as fifteen homes.
  • 01 Oct 2012 After the Battle of Kismayo, Al-Shabaab Islamist militants were evacuated by the African Union, troops from the African Union enter Kismayo, a Somali port.
  • 02 Oct 2012 At least 20 students were killed by gunmen at a hostel located far from the Federal Polytechnic campus of Mubi in northeastern Nigeria.
  • 03 Oct 2012 The Turkish police in Hatay Province confronts Syrian refugees living in rented homes with the decision to join a refugee camp, or return to Syria.
  • 04 Oct 2012 After Syrian forces attacked the Turkish border town Akcakale, five people were killed by them, the Turkish parliament approved a motion authorizing crossborder military operations against Syria.
  • 05 Oct 2012 A sustained bombing campaign is being launched against Homs, a Syrian city. This is the worst that it has seen in five years.
  • 06 Oct 2012 According to the South Korean Ministry of National Defense, a North Korean soldier defected to South Korea after killing his superiors.
  • 07 Oct 2012 At 15:25 BST, a Mark Rothko Seagram mural is displayed at the Tate Modern.
  • 08 Oct 2012 Mexican Drug War: Initial reports by the Mexican Navy suggest that Heriberto Lazo Lazcano Lazcano (the top leader of Los Zetas' most dangerous Mexican criminal group) may have been shot and killed during a shootout. His identity is currently being confirmed by forensic tests.
  • 09 Oct 2012 Syrian civil war: A suicide bomber attacks an intelligence agency building in Damascus. Several people are reported to have been killed. Al-Nusra Front rebels claim responsibility.
  • 10 Oct 2012 Civil war in Syria: Rebels seize control of Maarrat al-Nu'man, a strategic town on the main road connecting Damascus and Aleppo.
  • 11 Oct 2012 Qassem M.Aqlan, the Yemeni chief security officer at the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a, is shot to death by a gunman.
  • 12 Oct 2012 Arab Spring:: Syrian civil War: Rebels seize an airbase east of Aleppo. (Al Jazeera). The Bahraini Uprising (2011-present). Police use tear gas and stun guns to attack anti-government protestors in Manama. (Reuters)Egypt - Supporters and enemies of President Mohamed Morsi clash at Tahrir Square. More than 100 people were injured.
  • 13 Oct 2012 President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was shot.
  • 14 Oct 2012 Gunmen opened fire on a mosque in Dogo Dawa, Nigeria's state of Kaduna. At least 20 people were killed.
  • 15 Oct 2012 Syrian civil war: Turkish authorities search an Armenian plane bound for Aleppo, after it was grounded in the east.
  • 16 Oct 2012 Senkaku Islands dispute: Seven People's Liberation Army Navy warships were spotted by Japanese helicopters in Japanese territorial waters close to Yonaguni.
  • 17 Oct 2012 During an ambush in Hashaba (Sudan), one UNAMID peacekeeper was killed and three others were wounded.
  • 18 Oct 2012 Civil war in Syria: At least 40 civilians were killed in military airstrikes by the Syrian government in Maaret al Numan, Idlib governorate.
  • 19 Oct 2012 At least 8 people are killed and 78 injured when a car bomb explodes in Beirut's Sassine Square.
  • 20 Oct 2012 Syrian civil war: UN special envoy Lakhdar brahimi (Arab League) meets with Walid Muallem, Syrian Foreign Minister, Damascus to try to negotiate a temporary ceasefire for next week's Eid al-Adha holiday.
  • 21 Oct 2012 2012 Beirut bombing: Lebanese security force fire tear gas and shots at crowds as protesters try to break into prime minister Mikati's government offices. This was in response to a car bomb which killed Wissam al Hassan, intelligence chief.
  • 22 Oct 2012 After rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel and mortar attacks on an IDF patrol close to the border, the Israeli air force struck a rocket-launching squad in northern Gaza Strip. Three people were reported to have been killed.
  • 23 Oct 2012 An Israeli artillery strike in the northern Gaza Strip has resulted in at least one death and two more injuries.
  • 24 Oct 2012 Siege of Bani Walid (2012): Militias loyal the Libyan government capture Bani Walid, with locals claiming 130 civilians were killed by artillery shelling from militia forces.
  • 25 Oct 2012 Syrian civil war: The Syrian government announced via state media that they will suspend military operations from Friday through Monday during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday. This is part of a ceasefire proposal made by U.N. special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.
  • 26 Oct 2012 The latest round of sectarian clashes between Buddhists, Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists has killed at least 64 people in western Burma. 3,200 Rohingya were also displaced.
  • 27 Oct 2012 Iraqi insurgency: 46 people were killed and 123 more were injured by a series of attacks.
  • 28 Oct 2012 Syrian civil war: Opposition activists have reported at least 128 deaths in the country as the UN-brokered ceasefire seems to be crumbling. At least 22 people were killed when the Syrian Army bombed three districts of Damascus and the city Bara near Idlib. (CNN/Reuters) Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri promises support to the rebels in a new video posted to a jihadist site.
  • 29 Oct 2012 According to Syrian state media, two car bombings killed civilians in Syria's civil war.
  • 30 Oct 2012 Syrian civil war: Qatar claims that the government of Syria is conducting a "war against extermination" of its citizens. An activist group claims that at least 50 people have been killed in the country.
  • 31 Oct 2012 Syrian civil war: An opposition force in Damascus assails a commander of the Syrian Air Force. (The New York Times). Leaders of the rebel Free Syrian Army begin negotiations with Kurdish representatives to end clashes between Kurds, the Free Syrian Army, and Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Hundreds of hostages were taken and over 40 fighters killed in the conflict.
  • 01 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: 28 soldiers killed by rebels in an attack on military checkpoints in the northern Idlib province. This happened hours after a wave bombings struck Damascus. Five rebels were also killed in gun battles that followed the attacks.
  • 02 Nov 2012 According to local residents, dozens of young men were shot by the military in Maiduguri (Nigeria), according to reports.
  • 03 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: Major assault on Taftanaz Airbase by rebel forces in Syria.
  • 04 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: Syrian opposition groups meet in Doha (Qatar) to discuss reforming their group's structure, just days after an UN War Crime investigation began. (BBC).Rebels seize a strategic oilfield located in eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
  • 05 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: There is heavy fighting between rebels, government forces and civilians in southern Damascus. (The New York Times). 50 military personnel in Syria were killed when a suicide bomber attacks a car. This is the most serious attack against Bashar al-Assad's forces during the civil war.
  • 06 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: Gunmen kill the brother of the speaker of the Syrian parliament in Damascus. (Daily Star Lebanon). Seven generals defect to Turkey.
  • 07 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: A car bomb in Damascus kills one judge.
  • 08 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad rejects a safe exit from Syria offer and vows to "live, and die" in Syria.
  • 09 Nov 2012 Syrian civil War: 4 Million people could need humanitarian assistance by 2013, according to the United Nations.
  • 10 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: At least 20 troops were killed in Daraa suicide bombings.
  • 11 Nov 2012 Syrian opposition groups sign an agreement in Qatar to form coalition against President Bashar al-Assad.
  • 12 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: After a similar incident on the previous day, a second mortar shell from Syria was fired at an Israeli military post in the Golan Heights. Israel Defence Forces responded by firing tanks at the source of the bombardment and scoring several hits on artillery units of the Syrian Army.
  • 13 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: Three Syrian tanks entered the Golan Heights demilitarized zone. Israel has filed a formal complaint with the United Nations. (Haaretz).France and six other countries recognize the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces to be the legitimate representative for the Syrian people.
  • 14 Nov 2012 Operation Pillar of Defense: Hamas' military chief Ahmed Jabari was killed in an air strike by the Shin Bet and the Israel Defense Forces.
  • 15 Nov 2012 According to the Local Coordination Committees (46 in Damascus or its suburbs), at least 95 people have been killed in Syria.
  • 16 Nov 2012 Hostess Brands announced it would file for bankruptcy and liquidate all its assets. The company stated that a strike by workers at a bakery union over contract disputes had "crippled" the operations of its business. Expect to lose 18,500 workers.
  • 17 Nov 2012 One person is killed and 20 others are injured when insurgents set off a motorcycle bomb in Mueangyla District, south Thailand. This attack happened one day before President Barack Obama's visit.
  • 18 Nov 2012 Officials say that at least 10 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a Gaza home. This is the most deadly day Israel has launched since its operation against Hamas militants last Wednesday. IDF bombs hit more than 80 Israeli terrorist targets today, including weapon smuggling tunnels and rocket firing sites. IDF releases video of rocket launch sites near a Mosque. Hamas is accused of using human shields.
  • 19 Nov 2012 Operation Pillar of Defense: Israeli air strikes kill at most 20 Palestinians in Gaza Strip, including Islamic Jihad members. Over 130 rockets are fired toward Israel, injuring many, amid ceasefire negotiations in Egypt. (BBC) (The Jerusalem Post)Rockets originating from the Egyptian-administrated Sinai Peninsula strike parts of southern Israel.
  • 20 Nov 2012 HonestReporting, a pro-Israeli non-governmental organization, brings to your attention footage taken by the BBC and broadcast by CNN. It shows a Palestinian man being taken away by a bomb blast but then reappearing moments later uninjured. Anderson Cooper, CNN's Anderson Cooper, was reporting on the original story and issued a retraction during his television program.
  • 21 Nov 2012 At 7:00 PM local time, the ceasefire between Israel & Hamas was announced by Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian Foreign Minister, and Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State.
  • 22 Nov 2012 At least 37 people were killed in six terrorist attacks and sectarian attacks on Pakistani soil over the last 24 hours, while 92 more were injured.
  • 23 Nov 2012 American actor Larry Hagman, who is best known for his roles in Dallas, I Dream of Jeannie and the 2012 revival of Dallas, has died from complications of throat cancer.
  • 24 Nov 2012 Royal Thai Police used tear gas on thousands of protesters who wanted to overthrow the Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok, Thailand. At least 61 people are hurt.
  • 25 Nov 2012 Twin car bombs explode in Jaji, Kaduna State in north central Nigeria, killing at least 11 and wounding around 30 others.
  • 26 Nov 2012 Syrian civil war: An aircraft of the Syrian government dropped a cluster bomb on a village playground in Deir al-Asafir. It left 10 children dead and fifteen others injured, activists claim.
  • 27 Nov 2012 Eight car bombings in Iraq have resulted in the deaths of at least 29 and injuries to 126 others.
  • 28 Nov 2012 Two car bomb explosions in Damascus' south-eastern area killed at least 54 people and left more than 120 others injured in the civil war in Syria.
  • 29 Nov 2012 Civil war in Syria: Syrian opposition fighters fight the Syrian Army outside Damascus. This forced the closing of the main runway and suspension of certain flights. In an unprecedented move, the internet and phone networks in Syria have been cut off.
  • 30 Nov 2012 A leaked list from Mexico's Attorney General's Office shows that more than 250,000 people were killed in the drug war. This puts the death toll for the six-year conflict at approximately 100,000.
  • 01 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: Syrian jets bomb rebel positions in Damascus, as the country's third-day Internet and phone blackout begins. Officials from the government announce that the road to the capital's airport has been secured. Rebels however insist that clashes continue.
  • 02 Dec 2012 Seven Taliban are killed and at least five Afghans are injured when the Taliban launch an attack against the NATO airstrip in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.
  • 03 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: As the civil war in Syria worsens, the United Nations suspends operations and withdraws non-essential personnel. (AAP via News Limited). Jihad Makdissi, the spokesperson for the Syrian foreign ministry, has been fired or is in poor health.
  • 04 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Army and rebels near Damascus clash. (AAP via News Limited). A mortar attack damages a school in Bteha, a small town north of the capital. SANA, the state news agency, reports that at least 29 people have been killed and activists claim 9 more. (New York Times).NATO sends Patriot missiles in Turkey to protect its citizens from civil war.
  • 05 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: Hungary closes Damascus embassy and removes all personnel.
  • 06 Dec 2012 2012 Egyptian protests: At least 7 people were killed and over 770 injured in clashes between supporters of President Mohamed Morsi and those opposing him in front of Cairo's Presidential Palace. To secure the building, the Egyptian Army deploys several tanks as well as armoured troop carriers.
  • 07 Dec 2012 US Airways presents a formal merger proposal for American Airlines' parent company. The proposed merger values the combined entity at $8.5Billion.
  • 08 Dec 2012 (WND)Syrian civil war: Russia arm Syria with Iskander rockets as a response to NATO's installation of Patriot missile defense system in Turkey. (WND) Fighting takes place in Damascus as rebels claim that Damascus International Airport has been declared a "legitimate" target.
  • 09 Dec 2012 Violent clashes are occurring in Bangladesh after protesters block roads across the country to demand an independent body to supervise the next general elections. After police used tear gas and rubber bullets, at least two people were injured and another 100 were killed.
  • 10 Dec 2012 Civil war in Syria: Rebel forces take control of parts of Sheikh Suleiman's army base near Aleppo, after several weeks of intense fighting. Ground fighting continues in Damascus' suburbs, as the government launches more air strikes against opposition forces. (Al Jazeera). The U.S. State Department has declared Jabhat al-Nusra, a rebel group in Syria, a terrorist organization.
  • 11 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: At least 125 people have been killed and 200 others injured by bombings in Aqrab (Alawite village), Syria. (AAP), (Reuters) (BBC). President Barack Obama recognizes Syria's rebel opposition to be the "legitimate representatives of the Syrian people."
  • 12 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: Two explosions and a car bomb explode outside the Palace of Justice and Interior Ministry in Damascus. (Al Jazeera). The government forces fired Scud-type missiles at the rebels in northern Syria.
  • 13 Dec 2012 Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia's Deputy Foreign Ministry, confirms that his country is working to mobilize plans to evacuate its citizens out of Syria. The statement acknowledges that the rebels may win, as the Syrian government loses more and more territory.
  • 14 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war:: American Admiral James G. Stavridis is NATO's Supreme Allies Commander Europe. He claims that Scud missiles launched by Syria at rebel forces have "fairly close to" the border with Turkey.
  • 15 Dec 2012 Cyclone Evan is expected in northern Tonga, before moving south towards Fiji.
  • 16 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: Reports say that Syrian war planes attacked a Palestinian refugee camp located in Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that at least eight people were killed. (BBC)Islamist rebels claim they have taken a Syrian Army infantry unit in Aleppo.
  • 17 Dec 2012 Rebel forces seize control of the Yarmouk Palestine refugee camp in Damascus from the dozens of people who were killed in airstrikes that day. Outside the northern border of the area, tanks and Syrian troops, along with a few PFLP-GC fighters, are gathered.
  • 18 Dec 2012 After five days in captivity in northern Syria, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel was released with his production crew. Engel claims they were taken by members of the Shabiha, a plainclothes militia that is loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad. After a firefight in which 2 of the captors were killed, rebel forces at the checkpoint released the men.
  • 19 Dec 2012 Terrorist attacks in Kenya 2012: Two people were injured in blasts that occurred outside Al-Amin mosque, Nairobi's Somali-dominated Eastleigh District. These explosions took place during the evening rush hour.
  • 20 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, says that there is no chance for an end to the conflict in Syria.
  • 21 Dec 2012 The Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, which was used notably by the pre-Columbian Mayan civilisation, has completed a quotgreat circlequot of thirteen "'b'ak’tuns" (periods of 144,000 day each), since the mythical creation date of its current era.
  • 22 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: A car bomb kills six people in Damascus and a gunman assassinates an official television journalist.
  • 23 Dec 2012 Civil war in Syria:: Up to 200 civilians are killed during the conflict by Syrian government warplanes over Helfaya in Hama province.
  • 24 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: Seven rebel fighters in Syria are killed and many others are injured in a toxic gas inhalation incident at their base in Homs.
  • 25 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: Rebels seize Harem, a city in Idlib Governorate at the border with Turkey. It is 55kms west of Aleppo. (Al Jazeera). Pope Benedict XVI called for a political solution in the conflict in Syria in his Christmas message to thousands of pilgrims in Vatican City.
  • 26 Dec 2012 Afghanistan War (2001-present).: A suicide bomber kills his self and three Afghans (a guard, and two civilians) just outside the Forward Operating Base Chapman, Afghanistan. This is the same area that was the subject of an attack in December 2009.
  • 27 Dec 2012 2012 Central African Republic Rebellion: Francois Bozize, president of the Central African Republic asks for international help as rebels advance on Bangui, the capital. (Al Jazeera). The United States Embassy in Bangui has been forced to suspend operations because of rising rebel attacks.
  • 28 Dec 2012 Rebellion in 2012 Central African Republic: After weeks of unrest, the government of Central African Republic (government) and a rebel coalition agree on talks.
  • 29 Dec 2012 Syrian civil war: LCC reports that 400 people were killed in Syria's civil war on Saturday. This includes about 200 executions by the Syrian Army at Deir Ballba, Homs.
  • 30 Dec 2012 War in North-West Pakistan -: 19 killed in suicide bomber attack on Shiites in Balochistan Province.
  • 31 Dec 2012 The Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period has ended. {{cite journal