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July 30, 2012
(
2012-07-30
)
(Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian civil war
:
200,000 people flee intense fighting in Syria's largest city
Aleppo
.
(BBC)
Syria
's chargé d'affaires in
London
,
Khaled al-Ayoubi
, resigns in protest over "oppressive acts" by the Syrian regime.
(
USA Today
)
Arts and culture
Three women from
Russian
feminist
punk rock
band
Pussy Riot
go on trial in
Moscow
for holding an "unsanctioned performance" which called for the ouster of
Vladimir Putin
at Moscow's
Christ the Saviour Cathedral
in February.
(BBC)
The sudden death of writer
Maeve Binchy
, who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, is announced on Irish television by
Vincent Browne
.
(
The Journal
)
(RTE)
Disasters and accidents
A
train fire
kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the
Tamil Nadu Express
in
Andhra Pradesh
,
India
.
(BBC)
(
Times of India
)
A
power grid failure
in
Delhi
leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern
India
. Minister for Power
Sushilkumar Shinde
announces that all those affected should have power restored within "hours".
(Reuters)
Nine people are killed after a train crash in
Bratoszewice
in
Poland
.
(BBC)
A fire ignites at the
U.S. Bank Arena
in
Cincinnati
during pyrotechnic testing before
WWE Raw
. No one was injured.
(WWE)
Law and crime
Four people are sentenced to death for their involvement in a
bank fraud
scandal in
Iran
.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Brazilian
President
Dilma Rousseff
convenes a truth commission to investigate
Brazil's military dictatorship
.
(
Tagesschau
)
Romanian
President
Traian Băsescu
could survive the
referendum on his impeachment
that shows a massive vote against him but under 50% turnout.The
Constitutional Court of Romania
will give the final word on whether to validate the referendum later this week.
(BBC)
Sport
2012 Summer Olympics
:
15-year-old
Rūta Meilutytė
wins Lithuania's first ever Olympic gold in the pool.
(BBC)
In
weightlifting
,
Kim Un-Guk
of
North Korea
sets a new world record in winning a gold medal in the 52 kg class.
(Reuters)
In
swimming
,
Dana Vollmer
of the
United States
sets a new world record in the 100 meter butterfly.
(CBS News)
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