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Their claims were presented at that press conference, and at a second press conference held on March 31, 2012. [ 178 ] [ 179 ] The allegations regarding the birth certificate were repeated at a July 17, 2012, news conference, where Arpaio stated that his investigators are certain that Obama's long-form birth certificate is fraudulent. [ 180 ]
2012 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
Business and economy Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong ban poultry imports from the Australian state of Victoria while Japan bans imports from the whole of Australia following an outbreak of a low pathogenic form of the avian influenza (separate from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain). (ABC News Australia) (VoA) The social network Facebook files for an initial public offering. (Wall ...
Business and economy Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation launches the The Sun on Sunday to replace the News of the World, which closed due to a phone hacking controversy. (PA via Sydney Morning Herald) Disasters A bus plunges off a cliff in Shanxi, China, killing 15 tourists. (AFP) A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. (CBC) Law and crime A ...
Business and economy The German Bundestag votes overwhelmingly in support for a Greek bailout. (AP via Washington Post) (ABC News) Internet portal company Yahoo warns social network company Facebook that it believes Facebook has infringed on several Yahoo patents, between 10 and 20. (Dealbook) Disasters A section of a nine-story apartment building in the city of Astrakhan, Russia, collapses in ...
Disasters Australian floods: Heavy rains in the Australian state of New South Wales leads to evacuations or warnings in the towns of Cooma, Goulburn, Queanbeyan and near the town of Kiama. (The Australian) (ABC News Australia) (Daily Telegraph) The Warragamba Dam, the primary water source for the city of Sydney, is expected to overflow within 24 hours causing nearby areas to flood as well as ...
Disasters and accidents A severe cold spell kills at least 83 people in Ukraine. Across Russia, the deep freeze killed at least 45 people over the last week. (BBC) (NBC News) Five people are killed and one injured in Zeebrugge, Belgium, when a bus rolled off into the water. (Deredactie.be) International relations A British court rejects an attempt by the son of a man killed in U.S. drone ...
Business and economy Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve announces explicit ties between Fed policy on interest rates and economic goals, especially unemployment. (Reuters) International relations North Korea successfully launches a long-range Unha rocket to put its first satellite into space, the aim of what critics say is a disguised ballistic missile test. The United Nations ...