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July 14, 2012
(
2012-07-14
)
(Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Arab Spring
:
Syrian uprising (2011-present)
:
A suicide bomber blows up his car in a central Syrian town,
Mhardeh
, killing three civilians and one security officer.
(AP via ABC)
Hundreds of Syrian soldiers, along with helicopter gunships, attack Khirbet Ghazaleh in the
Daraa province
.
(AFP via
Arab News
)
United Nations
observers say the
assault
on the village of
Tremseh
targeted army defectors and opposition activists.
(Al Jazeera)
Bahraini uprising (2011–present)
:
Fresh anti-government protests take place in
Bahrain
, sparking confrontations with riot police.
(
Washington Post
)
A
suicide bomber
kills 22 people and injures 22 at a wedding reception in northern
Afghanistan
, including prominent lawmaker
Ahmad Khan Samangani
who was the father of the bride.
(Reuters)
Ten Turkish policemen are injured by a roadside bomb explosion in
Van
.
(AP via The Sacramento Bee)
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North Caucasus insurgency
: The
Russian
military kill 8 militants, including two regional commanders, in
Dagestan
and
Kabardino-Balkaria
.
(Reuters)
Arts and culture
The
musical
Chicago
is to close after a run of 15 years on
London
's
West End
, the longest run for a revival in
British theatre
.
(
The Scotsman
)
Accidents and disasters
Italian
and
French
rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on
Mont Blanc
in
the Alps
, two days following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers.
(AP via
USA Today
)
About a quarter of a million people are asked to leave the southern
Japanese
island of
Kyushu
after flooding caused by days of heavy rain leaves 20 people dead.
(Al Jazeera)
A surfer is killed by a shark off near
Wedge Island
, about 160km (100 miles) north of
Perth
in
Australia
.
(BBC)
A fire onboard the German
container ship
MSC Flaminia
forces the crew to abandon ship in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean
.
(TradeWinds)
International relations
Shipper International Port Corp, with permission from the
United States
, delivers the first shipment of
humanitarian aid
to
Cuba
, the first time in 50 years.
(Al Jazeera)
The Philippines
states that a
Chinese warship
entered its territory in the
South China Sea
.
(AP via ABC)
Law and crime
The US'
15th most wanted fugitive
,
Vincent Walters
, is apprehended in
Cancún
,
Mexico
.
(NBC San Diego)
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