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The live televised France versus Ireland match in the 2012 Six Nations Championship is cancelled minutes prior to kick-off, prompting boos to ring out among disgruntled spectators inside a packed Stade de France. It is the first time such an event has happened since 1985. (The Guardian
Disasters The death toll after the Astrakhan apartment gas explosion rises at 6 with another 11 people missing. (Reuters) International relations European Union Foreign Ministers support Serbia's candidacy to join the European Union despite opposition from Romania. (The Guardian) Belarus expels the ambassadors from the European Union and Poland and recalls its ambassadors in Brussels and ...
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 ...
Business and economy James Murdoch resigns from News International to focus on running News Limited's television business with the News International phone hacking scandal as a factor in the decision. (The Telegraph) (Sydney Morning Herald) Disasters Tornadoes hit the midwestern United States with twelve people killed, six in Harrisburg, Illinois. (AP via Google News) (BBC) International ...
Law and crime Charlie White, the Secretary of State of the US state of Indiana, is convicted of multiple voter fraud related offences. (AP via Mercury News) Politics and elections Three more Tibetan protesters set themselves on fire in Sichuan, China. (Straits Times) 2011–2012 Russian protests: Over 100,000 people protest for and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow. (RIA ...
International relations The People's Republic of China asks for assistance from South Sudan to obtain the release of 29 Chinese workers held captive in Sudan for five days. (Reuters) Law and crime Corruption charges against former Premier of Western Australia Brian Burke are dropped. (ABC News Australia) The Supreme Court of India cancels 122 telecom licences granted in the 2008 sale at the ...
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 Australian airline Qantas announces plans to cut 500 jobs. (AAP via The Australian) Budget airline Air Australia is placed in administration leaving passengers stranded. (News Limited) Disasters and accidents Senior prison officials are suspended and an investigation is opened into the cause of a deadly prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, in which over 350 inmates died ...