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July 21, 2012
(
2012-07-21
)
(Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian uprising (2011–present)
:
Heavy fighting continues in the
Syrian
capital
Damascus
and the largest city of
Aleppo
.
(CBC)
Three more Syrian generals defect to
Turkey
.
(Now Lebanon)
[
permanent dead link
]
Rebels take control of a second border crossing with
Iraq
.
(AFP via Google News)
A suicide bomb attack kills at least nine people at the entrance to an anti-Taliban commander's compound in Kurram in northwestern
Pakistan
.
(BBC)
South Sudan
accuses
Sudan
of bombing its territory along a disputed border.
(Reuters)
Two
Russian
soldiers and several militants are killed in clashes in
Ingushetia
in the
North Caucasus
; several militants are also killed in
Dagestan
.
(Kuwait News Agency)
Arts and culture
Rights campaigners criticise the authoritative
Contemporary Chinese Dictionary
for excluding the definition of colloquial
Chinese characters
for "
gay
."
(BBC)
Illegally excavated
Buddhist
relics are stolen from a police station in
Karachi
,
Pakistan
.
(
Bangkok Post
)
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permanent dead link
]
Business and economy
Russian President
Vladimir Putin
signs a
federal law
"On ratification of the Protocol on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the
Marrakesh Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization on April 15, 1994" that authorizes Russia's accession to the
World Trade Organization
(WTO) after almost 18 years of negotiations.
(RIA Novosti)
(
The Washington Post
)
(Kremlin.ru)
Rupert Murdoch
resigns from a number of directorships, including that of
News International
.
(BBC)
Disasters and accidents
A helicopter carrying military personnel crashes killing 12 people in
Brunei
.
(Reuters)
One hundred and forty six people are presumed dead in the
Tanzania ferry disaster
.
(
USA Today
)
(AP)
A subcontractor at
Japan
's crippled
Fukushima nuclear plant
reportedly told workers to lie about possible high
radiation
exposure in an apparent effort to keep its contract.
(
Asahi Shimbun
)
(
Oman Daily Observer
)
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permanent dead link
]
Law and crime
Sixty-one schools in
Chile
's capital
Santiago
are to be investigated for possible child sex abuse.
(Al Jazeera)
Pope Benedict XVI
's butler, Paolo Gabriele, is placed under
house arrest
while awaiting trial for allegedly leaking confidential papers revealing fraud and disputes within the
Vatican
.
(AFP via Google News)
Politics
President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs the bill branding
non-governmental organizations
, which receive funding from abroad, as "
foreign agents
" into law, criticized by opponents as part of a campaign to suppress dissent.
(Reuters)
(
Gulf News
)
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