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International relations Médecins Sans Frontières state that Sudanese refugees are in 'humanitarian disaster' in South Sudan. (BBC) Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, meets Chinese leader Hu Jintao. (AFP via Google News) Law and crime Russia: A Moscow court convicts three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and ...
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 ...
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310 – Pope Eusebius dies, possibly from a hunger strike, shortly after being banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily.; 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. [1]986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
July 23 – The Solar storm of 2012 is an unusually large coronal mass ejection emitted by the Sun which barely misses the Earth by nine days. If it had hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide. [41] July 27–August 12 – The 2012 Summer Olympics are held in London, England, United Kingdom. [42]
January 1 - President Hamid Karzai said police will arrest members of a family accused of torturing and illegally detaining their son's teenage wife Sahar Gul for the past six months while trying to force her into a life of crime, and that whoever used violence against the 15-year-old in northeastern Baghlan Province must be punished.
Environment Tropical Storm Helene approaches Mexico. (CNN) The Reserve Bank of India acknowledges poor data for the current monsoon season. (Indian Express) International relations Egypt's state news agency says President Mohammed Morsi is to attend the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement meeting in Iran at the end of August. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime A U.S. District Court judge declines Facebook's ...
Set a world record time of 1:25.02. 11 August 2012: Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay: Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Jamaica: Set a world record time of 36.84 in the final. [17] 11 August 2012: Modern Pentathlon – Men's: Nicola Benedetti Italy: Set a world record time of 9:23.63 in the running element. [18] 12 ...