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Teenager Thomas Lane kills three students at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio. [51] 2012 Daytona 500: In a first ever delay, the race is postponed to Monday due to heavy rain in Daytona. [52] Matt Kenseth wins on Tuesday morning. [53] WikiLeaks begins disclosing 5 million e-mails from the private intelligence company Stratfor. [54] [55 ...
Disasters and accidents A tour bus hits a bridge at Miami International Airport, United States, killing at least two people and injuring many more. (NBC News) (BBC) (The Miami Herald) [permanent dead link ] At least 8 people are killed and 36 injured when a passenger bus overturns on the highway between the cities of Sucre and Potosí in southern Bolivia. (RIA Novosti) International ...
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 The midwestern United States is hit by a massive storm causing major disruption to traffic. (AP via Time) The UN refugee agency reports at least 55 people have drowned after an overcrowded boat capsizes off the coast of Somalia on 18 December. (Reuters) (BBC) (CNN) (Al Jazeera) International relations Julian Assange issues a statement to supporters from a balcony of ...
Disasters Heading toward Taiwan, slow-moving Typhoon Saola's torrential rains lead to the deaths of at least 12 people and displacement of 154,000 in the Philippines. (The Washington Post) Law and crime The Tal Law, which granted a sweeping exemption from military service to a majority of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox population in Israel, expires. As a result Defense Minister Ehud Barak orders ...
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International relations U.S. President Barack Obama visits Afghanistan on an unannounced visit coinciding with the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's assassination by the U.S. Special Forces in Pakistan, signing an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai outlining a continuing U.S. role in Afghanistan after 2014. (BBC) Five European presidents and the President of the European ...
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