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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Business and economy Finance Ministers from the European Union agree to giving the European Central Bank new powers to supervise euro zone banks. (Reuters) Ireland's Labour Party chairman Colm Keaveney votes against the Social Welfare Bill, part of Ireland's latest austerity budget. As a result he is expelled from the parliamentary party, which is part of the governing coalition. (RTÉ) (Irish ...
Politics and elections Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2012: Voters in Egypt go to the polls for a highly charged referendum on a new constitution with violent clashes reported in Alexandria the evening before. (BBC) (Sky News) The polls close four hours later than planned due to heavy turnout. (RIA Novosti) A census of population and housing begins today in Turkmenistan. (Trend ...
Disasters and accidents The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Bopha rises to 647 with 780 people still missing. (Al-Jazeera) A New Zealand Royal Commission finds that the CTV Building that collapsed during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake killing 115 people was poorly designed and built and should not have received a building permit. (AP via Washington Post) Eleven people are killed ...
Law and crime A 23-year-old Indian woman who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi on December 16 dies of her injuries at a hospital in Singapore. (BBC) Politics and elections Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher leaves hospital after undergoing surgery to remove a tumour. (BBC) US Senate passes H.R. 5949, FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act, which extends the Foreign ...