Portal:Current events/2011 July 12
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 7 people are killed and 3 others are injured by a South Waziristan region. (Dawn)
- Miners clash with police in Chile. (Euronews)
- Thousands of people flee Maiduguri in Borno State after recent deadly attacks there. (BBC)
- whistleblower website. (BBC) (United Nations Human Rights Council)
- It is reported that the U.S. government's
- Arab Spring
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- A large protest with as many as a million people participating is planned for the Egyptian capital Cairo over perceived lack of progress since the 2011 Egyptian revolution. (Gulf News)
- An evening rally is held in Tahrir Square. (BBC)
- Egypt's deputy prime minister Yehia El-Gamal resigns on the fifth day of the sit-in at Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Al Jazeera)
- 3 former Egyptian ministers - former interior minister Habib el-Adly, former finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali (in absentia) and former prime minister Ahmed Nazif - from the Mubarak regime are given jail sentences. (News 24)
- Armed gunmen El-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula. (AP via MSNBC)
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- Tsipi Livni.(The Jerusalem Post)
- The National Assembly of France votes to approve continued participation in NATO operations in Libya. (AFP via France 24)
- 2011 Egyptian revolution:
- Suspected
- War in Afghanistan:
- President of France Nicolas Sarkozy visits Afghanistan to meet with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and commander of the International Security Assistance Force David Petraeus before visiting French troops stationed in Surobi. (Reuters via Alertnet)
- Nicolas Sarkozy announces the withdrawal of 1000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012. (Reuters)
- The Ahmad Wali Karzai, the brother of Hamid Karzai, and one of the most powerful people in Afghanistan. (Dawn) (BBC)
Arts and culture
- A British ticket scoops the largest ever lottery prize in Europe, the £161,653,000 EuroMillions jackpot, by securing all five numbers and both Lucky Stars. (BBC)
- American television producer Los Angeles, California. (Herald Sun)
Business and economics
- Apple's chief patent lawyer is leaving the company, Reuters reports, amidst a slew of patent-related conflicts with Google, Samsung, Nokia, others. (Reuters)
- Japanese officials announce their intention to send the country's whaling fleet back to Antarctica later in the year; the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is also to return. (BBC)
Disasters
- Evangelos Florakis Navy Base explosion: Thousands of people march on the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus; police fire tear gas at the demonstrators who tie a banner to the palace gates stating "Christofias [their ruler] is a murderer and must go to jail". (BBC)
- Four earthquakes ranging from 5 to 6.2 in magnitude hit the Philippines. (AFP via ABC News) (The Times of India)
- Sinking of Bulgaria:
- The Sea of Cortez off Mexico on July 3. (AP via MSNBC)
International relations
- New Zealand refuses entry to Sri Lankan asylum seekers detained in Indonesia who claimed to be heading there. (SBS)
Law and crime
- Julian Assange appears in London's High Court to begin his appeal against extradition to Sweden as his UK house arrest enters its 216th day. (ABC News) (The Guardian)
- The Knesset approves a new boycott law which would allow Israeli courts to impose heavy sanctions on Israeli individuals or organizations whom would initiate or promote a boycott against Israeli companies and entities.(The Guardian)
- Argentine singer Facundo Cabral as fans across the continent mourn his shooting and a tribute concert is held in his memory. (BBC) (BBC) (BBC)
- A three judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in the 2011 Tucson shooting, has the right to refuse antipsychotic medication while he appeals the treatment prescribed by prison mental health authorities. (Los Angeles Times)
- U.S. actress Halle Berry is granted a restraining order against a convicted felon arrested on her Hollywood Hills property on Monday. (Los Angeles Times)
- Mexican drug cartels. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Voters in special election to replace former Rep. Jane Harman with Democrat Janice Hahn defeating Republican Craig Huey. (Politico) (AP via Houston Chronicle)
- The BSkyB. (BBC)
- The funeral of former U.S. First Lady Betty Ford, wife of Gerald Ford, occurs. (BBC)
- In Northern Ireland, riots mark the culmination of the Belfast marching season. (Euronews)
- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul announces that he will not stand again for his Texas district in 2012. (The Wall Street Journal) (Christian Science Monitor)
- The Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona calls a recall election for state Senate President Russell Pearce known for his immigration legislation. (AP via The Arizona Republic)
Science
- spacewalk of the Space Shuttle era, recouping an ammonia pump on the International Space Station (ISS). (BBC)
Sports
- Former Explorers Grand Slam — climbing all of the Seven Summits and reaching both the North and South Poles — in a single calendar year. (ESPN Scrum)