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2012 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
2012 Leap Day tornado outbreak: Tornados hit the midwestern United States with 14 people killed, six in Harrisburg, Illinois. [ 56 ] Egypt lifts a travel ban on seven Americans employed by pro-democracy U.S. groups, including the son of U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood , who is among 16 Americans on trial in Egypt for trying to foment ...
Business and economics Bankrupt car maker Saab is sold to a Chinese-Swedish investment group, aiming at transforming the company into a maker of electric vehicles. (BBC) Greeks withdraw their cash from banks and stock up on non-perishable food ahead of Sunday's election. (Al Jazeera) Syrian uprising: The Syrian government begins printing money for the first time in a sign that the Syrian ...
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 Rio Tinto Alcan locks out hundreds of workers from a smelter in the Canadian town of Alma, Quebec. (CBC) Disasters A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes south of Japan ; no damage is caused. (Wall Street Journal) (Reuters) (Newsday) A boat capsizes near Lamu Island off the Kenyan coast with at least seven people dead. (Reuters) International relations The Iranian Navy test ...
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 ...
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 ...
Disasters Heavy rain causes flash floods in Taiwan and the death of four people in landslides leading to the evacuation of 3,000 people. (AP via ABC News America) Six flood warnings and 42 flood alerts remain in place in London and South East England. (ITV) International relations Israeli lawmakers dedicate a session of parliament to possible commemorations of the Armenian genocide, now that ...