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    December 21 – 2012 phenomenon: End of 13th b'ak'tun in the Mayan calendar, supposed end of the world according to new age beliefs. Festivities took place to commemorate the event in the countries that were part of the Maya civilization (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), with main events at Chichén Itzá in Mexico and Tikal in ...

  3. Portal:Current events/December 2012 - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. 2012 phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    On 21 December 2012, major events took place at Chichén Itzá in Mexico and Tikal in Guatemala. [5] [6] [7] In El Salvador, the largest event was held at Tazumal, and in Honduras, at Copán. In all of these archaeological sites, Maya rituals were held at dawn led by shamans and Maya priests. [168] [169] [170]

  5. Portal:Current events/2012 June 21 - Wikipedia

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    Business and economics Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. (RTE) Air France announces its decision to cut just under 10% of the total workforce (more than 5,000 jobs) by the end of next year in an attempt to restore profitability. (BBC) Moody's downgrades the credit rating of 15 major world banks: UK (The Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and ...

  6. Portal:Current events/August 2012 - Wikipedia

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    Disasters Heading toward Taiwan, slow-moving Typhoon Saola's torrential rains lead to the deaths of at least 12 people and displacement of 154,000 in the Philippines. (The Washington Post) Law and crime The Tal Law, which granted a sweeping exemption from military service to a majority of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox population in Israel, expires. As a result Defense Minister Ehud Barak orders ...

  7. Portal:Current events/June 2012 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Portal:Current events/October 2012 - Wikipedia

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    Disasters and accidents At least 36 people are killed in a ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong. (RTHK) (CNN) Law and crime A court in Bahrain upholds the jail sentences of nine medics convicted for their role in the country's uprising. (Reuters) The appeal hearing in the Russian band Pussy Riot's case is delayed after one member of the group fired their lawyer. (RIA Novosti) Chinese ...

  9. Portal:Current events/2012 May 12 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...