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July 17, 2012
(
2012-07-17
)
(Tuesday)
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Business and economy
Marissa Mayer
, who was a top executive at
Google
for the past 13 years, is appointed
Yahoo! Inc.
's CEO.
(AP)
Law and crime
The
Syrian
consulate in
Almaty
,
Kazakhstan
, is seriously damaged by a fire which its staff blame on an arson attack.
(AFP via Radio Free Europe)
An Afghan soldier, Abdul Saboor, who killed five French soldiers in a remote part of
Kapisa province
in January 2012, is sentenced to death by an Afghan military court.
(BBC)
Several 1-inch needles are found in sandwiches on multiple
Delta Air Lines
flights from
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
to the
United States
. The
FBI
and
Dutch
authorities launch a criminal investigation.
(CNN)
A pilot for
SkyWest Airlines
on
administrative leave
attempts to steal a
Bombardier CRJ200
at
St. George Municipal Airport
in the U.S. state of
Utah
, killing himself after.
(CNN)
Seventeen people are wounded after being shot in a bar in
Alabama
,
United States
.
(SMH)
Disasters
A train derails south of Egypt's capital
Cairo
, injuring at least 15 people.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
The National Forces Alliance
, led by interim Prime Minister
Mahmoud Jibril
, wins 39 out of 80 seats reserved for political parties in the
Libya
's first elections.
(BBC)
North Korea
announces the appointment of
Hyon Yong-chol
as the new head of the
Korean People's Army
, replacing
Ri Yong-ho
.
(BBC)
Kadima party
leaves
Netanyahu
's government due to a dispute concerning
military conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel
.
(BBC)
Science
Three
astronauts
,
Sunita Williams
of the
United States
,
Yuri Malenchenko
of
Russia
and
Aki Hoshide
of
Japan
, arrive at the
International Space Station
for a three month visit.
(Space.com)
Sport
The
International Cycling Union
(UCI) announces that
Fränk Schleck
failed a drugs test at the
Tour de France
; he withdraws from the event.
(BBC)
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