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July 22, 2012
(
2012-07-22
)
(Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian uprising (2011–present)
:
Turkey
dispatches reinforcements at its border with
Syria
as another border crossing is captured by rebels.
(Kuwait News Agency)
Clashes take place between Syrian troops and armed
Kurdish
fighters in
Qamishli
.
(Rudaw)
Fighting continues in
Damascus
and
Aleppo
.
(
The Guardian
)
After a four day siege by the opposition forces, the 4th Armoured Division, commanded by
Maher Assad
sweeps through three rebel-held districts of
Damascus
.
(
The Daily Telegraph
via
The Vancouver Sun
)
Four Turkish security forces and four refugees are injured in a riot at a Syrian refugee camp in southern Turkey.
(Reuters)
The
Arab League
calls on
President of Syria
Bashar al-Assad
to resign quickly to end the bloodshed.
(Al-Jazeera)
The
Madagascan Army
clashes with
mutinous soldiers
near the airport in the capital
Antananarivo
.
(Al Jazeera)
Car bombs kill 20 people and wound 80 in Mahmudiye, Madaen and
Najaf
in
Iraq
.
(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
At least 37 people are killed in torrential rains in the
Chinese
capital
Beijing
.
(Xinhua)
A moderately strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 hits
Kahramanmaraş
,
Turkey
.
(
The Republic
)
[
permanent dead link
]
A military helicopter crashes in
Hakkari province
, Turkey, killing three soldiers and injuring four others.
(AP via
The Republic
)
[
permanent dead link
]
Thirteen are killed and another 10 are injured when a
pickup truck
crashes in
Texas
.
(CNN)
Law and crime
The
Libyan
Olympic committee chief kidnapped a week ago,
Ahmad Nabil al-Alam
, is released unharmed.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Pranab Mukherjee
is
elected
as the new
President of India
.
(
Hindustan Times
)
U.S. President
Barack Obama
visits the town of
Aurora, Colorado
, to console the families of victims of the
recent shooting
that left 12 dead and dozens injured.
(AP via Fox News)
Sports
Pennsylvania State University
says that the on-campus statue of former
Nittany Lions
football
coach
Joe Paterno
will be taken down as a result of the
Penn State child sex abuse scandal
.
(CNN)
Bradley Wiggins
becomes the first British cyclist to win the
Tour de France
after coming first in
this year's race
.
(BBC)
In
golf
,
Ernie Els
wins the
2012 Open Championship
.
(ESPN)
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