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Business and economics German deputy finance minister Steffen Kampeter rejects calls to pool European debt, saying "debt is a national responsibility." (BBC) Nokia announces it will cut 10,000 jobs. (BBC) Coca-Cola says that it will start doing business in Burma after sixty years as soon as the U.S. government issues a license allowing American companies to make such investments. (The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Business and economics World stock markets [which?] hit their lowest level in 2012. (The Guardian) Health Gonorrhoea soars in England. (BBC) International relations China arrests a security ministry official on suspicion of spying for the United States; the official is reported to have been blackmailed by the CIA. (BBC) The Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan begin direct trading. (Yomiuri ...
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It appears to be a new trend for taking criticism or praise. Teachers from a California high school read aloud tweets about themselves, purportedly written by students. "Good Morning America ...
Business and economy Qatar is to deposit US$2bn at the Egyptian Central Bank in an effort to help support an economy battered by a year and a half of political turmoil, an Egyptian presidency statement reports. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi fires Mohamad Hussein Tantawi, head of the country's armed forces. (Al Jazeera) Sports 2012 Summer Olympics: The ...