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Business and economy The combined economy of the 17 eurozone nations narrowly avoids a recession, largely due to relatively high economic growth in Germany. However, overall growth in the eurozone was zero in the first quarter of 2012. (The Daily Telegraph) A customer of American multinational retail corporation Wal-Mart is bitten by a rattlesnake on the premises of the Clarkston, Washington ...
2012 Burgas bus bombing: A suicide bomber on board a bus killed 5 Israeli tourists and the bus driver. [33] Hezbollah [34] 18 July Bombing 4 2 Damascus, Syria: 18 July 2012 Damascus bombing: A remotely operated bomb exploded in the National Security Building on Rawda Square during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior security officials.
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 ...
In honor of AOL's 35th birthday on May 24, we're taking a look back at some of the company's definitive moments, like history-breaking mergers and record-breaking numbers, and how it shaped the ...
August 15, 2012 Shooting 0 1 Washington, D.C. On August 15, 2012, Floyd Lee Corkins II, wielding a 9mm pistol along with two magazines and 50 rounds of ammunition, entered the lobby of Family Research Council's Washington, D.C. headquarters. [109] Corkins shot an employee, 46-year-old Leonardo Johnson, in the left arm.
Over the past 40 years, memorials to America's 20th century wars have sprung up across Washington, D.C., with one conspicuous omission: There was no national memorial to veterans of World War I in ...
Kennedy's 25-foot Wianno Senior sailboat Victura is on display on the grounds of the Library from May to October. Acquired by the family when Kennedy was 15, it played an important role in forging sibling bonds and, after the president's death, continued being sailed by other members of the family, especially race-enthusiast brother Ted. [47] [48]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes above 13,000 points for the first time since May 2008. [41] The U.S. Supreme Court makes a 6–3 decision that law enforcement officials do not need to issue Miranda warnings to prison inmates under questioning if these inmates are warned that they may end the interrogation at any time. The ruling involves ...