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January 5, 2012
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2012-01-05
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2011–2012 Syrian uprising
:
552 political detainees are released by the government.
(Reuters)
A senior official from the
Defence Ministry
defects while in
Cairo
.
(Al Bawaba)
Qatar
's prime minister
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
says the
Arab League
monitors have made "mistakes" in Syria.
(CNN)
Nigeria
:
Bombs explode in two northern
Nigerian
cities.
(VOA)
Gunmen attack a church in
Gombe
in northeastern
Nigeria
killing at least six people.
(BBC)
Iraqi insurgency
: A
series of explosions
occur in mainly
Shia Muslim
neighbourhoods of
Baghdad
and in the city of
Nasiriyah
, with at least 73 killed and 149 wounded.
(Al Jazeera)
Kidnapped
Australian
man
Warren Rodwell
states that his
Filipino
captors have asked $2 million in
ransom
.
(
Sydney Morning Herald
)
The
Pakistan Taliban
claims to have killed 15 security force members it kidnapped last month.
(
AP
)
Disasters
At least 25 people die with dozens missing as a result of a
landslide
at a
gold mining
site in the
Philippines
Compostela Valley Province
.
(CNN)
(AP via MSNBC)
At least six firefighters die fighting
wildfires
in southern
Chile
with two badly burnt and one missing.
(AP via
Washington Post
)
International relations
An alleged
North Korean
spy is indicted in
South Korea
.
(Yonhap)
William Hague
, the
United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
, commences a two day tour of
Myanmar
.
(BBC)
(Xinhua)
Law and crime
The former
Israeli prime minister
Ehud Olmert
is charged with taking bribes in a property
scandal
.
(BBC)
(Reuters)
Politics and elections
The
President of the United States
Barack Obama
announces a new defense strategy,
cutting spending
dramatically.
(AFP via
Sydney Morning Herald
)
Portia Simpson Miller
is sworn in for the second time as the
Prime Minister of Jamaica
.
(AP via Google News)
Pope Benedict XVI
appoints a new head of the
Apostolic Penitentiary
, one of the
Vatican
’s three top tribunals. Archbishop
Manuel Monteiro de Castro
, who is serving as secretary for the
Congregation for Bishops
, becomes the new Penitentiary Major. He succeeds Cardinal
Fortunato Baldelli
, who is retiring at the age of 76.
(Catholic World News)
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(Vatican Information Service)
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