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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 ...
Disasters and accidents A band of rain sweeping the United Kingdom brings fresh flooding and disrupted rail services to south-west England and Scotland. (BBC) A minivan carrying 15 children to kindergarten plunges into a roadside pond in a rural area of eastern China, killing 11 children. (AP) International relations The Government of Pakistan decides to accord recognition to the Republic of ...
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 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 ...
Disasters and accidents A bus has veers off a mountain road and plunges into a river near Dasarathpur village in western Nepal, killing at least 13 people and leaving 19 others critically injured. (AP via The Washington Post) International relations Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the Dima Yakovlev Law banning US citizens from adopting Russian children. (The Voice of Russia) (CNN) (RIA ...
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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 ...