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July 7, 2012
(
2012-07-07
)
(Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The
Lebanese
army
in
Wadi Khaled
is placed on alert after rockets from
Syria
kill two people in its territory.
(Now Lebanon)
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(Lebanese News Agency)
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permanent dead link
]
Arts and culture
Jaime García Márquez tells his students that his brother
Gabriel García Márquez
, the Colombian writer and recipient of the
1982 Nobel Prize for Literature
, suffers from
dementia
that has ended his writing career.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
The 2012
World Karl Popper Debate Championships
are held in
León, Mexico
from 2 to 6 July. The results, announced on the WKPDC official website on 7 July, declare
Pakistan
the winner of the championship and
Zainab Hameed
best speaker and debater.
Disasters
More than 140 people are killed after torrential rains leading to heavy
floods
sweep through parts of the south Russian
Krasnodar region
.
(BBC)
A bus crash in northeastern
Ukraine
kills at least 14
Russian
pilgrims.
(BBC)
Up to 13 million in
West Africa
are at risk in a food crisis caused by a prolonged drought.
(
The Journal
)
The UK's
Environment Agency
issues a severe flood warning for part of south-west England following torrential rain.
(BBC)
International relations
The United States declares
Afghanistan
one of its
major non-NATO allies
, a designation that permits it to buy advanced U.S. weaponry.
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
(
The New York Times
)
Cuban leader
Raúl Castro
makes his first visit to
Beijing
since succeeding
Fidel Castro
in 2008; trade deals are signed between China and Cuba.
(Al Jazeera)
Jhollywood Industry
Nagpuri Album "Bubblegum Guiya" was released.
Law and crime
A 22-year-old woman is arrested in east
London
in connection with an ongoing counter-terrorism operation.
(BBC)
More than twenty student leaders are arrested across
Burma
.
(BBC)
The
Los Angeles County Coroner's Office
re-categorizes
Natalie Wood
's 1981 drowning as "undetermined" on her death certificate, replacing the previous finding of an "accident".
(CBS)
Princess Sara bint Talal bin Abdulaziz
, daughter of
Prince Talal
, claims political asylum in the UK over fears for her safety in
Saudi Arabia
.
(
The Telegraph
)
Hong Kong police
seize 649 kilograms of
cocaine
, with a street value of US$98 million, in an anti-drug operation that began in April.
(CNN)
Politics and elections
The
lower house of
parliament in
Russia
gives initial backing to a bill forcing internationally-funded
non-governmental organisations
to carry a "foreign agent" tag.
(Al Jazeera)
Voters in
Libya
go to the polls for a
General National Congress election
with those elected responsible for appointing a
Prime Minister
, cabinet and establishing a new constitution.
(Reuters)
Voters in
East Timor
go to the polls for a
parliamentary election
.
(ABC News)
American politician
Barney Frank
marries his long-time partner James Ready, becoming the first member of the
United States House of Representatives
to enter into a
same-sex marriage
.
(Reuters via MSNBC)
Sport
2012 Wimbledon Championships
in
England
:
Serena Williams
of the
United States
beats
Agnieszka Radwańska
of
Poland
in the final of the
Women's Singles
.
(BBC)
Britain's
Jonathan Marray
and Denmark's
Frederik Nielsen
win Wimbledon's men's doubles final by three sets to two. Marray becomes the first Briton to win such a match since 1936.
(BBC)
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