Portal:Current events/2012 October 30
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Qatar says the government of Syria is waging a "war of extermination" against their own citizens. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 50 are killed throughout the country, according to an activist group. (CNN)
- The Bahraini regime makes all opposition to its rule illegal. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- Police attack Anglo American Platinum mine workers with rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Al Jazeera)
- Bolivian journalist Fernando Vidal is set on fire live on radio. (BBC)
Arts and culture
- Somali poet, playwright and songwriter Warsame Shire Awale is killed in Mogadishu. (BBC)
- Major Dutch writer J. Bernlef dies at home in Amsterdam. (Dutch News)
- Groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch urge Qatar to release Mohammed al-Ajami, the poet held since last year on charges of "inciting to overthrow the ruling system" and "insulting the emir". (BBC)
- Ahead of the first preview of his new play, National Trust and laments a nation turned into a "captive market" where public life exhibits a "diminution of magnanimity." (The Guardian)
- Oxford University's Bodleian Library. (The Guardian)
- The Stone Roses announce a series of performances in 2013, including their first London show since their reunion. (The Guardian)
Business and economics
- Indiana Jones franchises. (Associated Press)
Disasters
- Aid workers and the United Nations raise concerns about rising food prices and increased cholera in Haiti, where Hurricane Sandy has killed at least 52 people. (Al Jazeera)
- Hurricane Sandy makes landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, with widespread flooding and at least 29 deaths in the Northeastern United States. (CNN) (WNN)[permanent dead link]
Law and crime
- Rwanda’s 1994 genocide in Rwanda. (The New York Times)
- Organisers of a proposed free public event on Homo floresiensis are forced to change the event's title after use of the word "hobbit", the creature's nickname, is forbidden by the representatives of the Tolkien Estate. (The Guardian)
- A suburban State's Attorney Robert Berlin. (Peoria Journal Star)
Sport
- Afghanistan hosts its first professional men's boxing match—Hamid Rahimi versus Said Mbelwa—in Kabul. (BBC)
- In the fourth round of the 2012–13 Football League Cup, Arsenal and Reading participate in a twelve-goal thriller (7-5) at the Mad Stad—with Arsenal 4-1 down by the end of the first half. (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph) (Irish Independent) (ESPN) (GOAL)