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Current events of
December 14, 2011
(
2011-12-14
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Thirteen people are killed in
Hama
,
Syria
, during the latest violence in the ongoing
uprising
.
(Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
Time
names "The Protester" the magazine's 2011
Person of the Year
, as a result of the
Arab Spring
and
subsequent movements
.
(Forbes)
Business and economy
United Kingdom
unemployment rises to 2.64m.
(BBC)
Disasters
A
state of emergency
is declared in the
Nelson
region of
New Zealand
due to heavy
floods
.
(
New Zealand Herald
)
Toxic illegal
alcohol
kills 166 people in
West Bengal
,
India
.
(BBC)
(
The Hindu
)
International relations
The governments of the
United States
,
Australia
,
New Zealand
and the
Netherlands
protest the start of
Japan
's
whaling
season off the coast of
Antarctica
.
(AFP via News Limited)
Law and crime
Taiwan
is to reduce the length of
compulsory military service
from one year to four months.
(
Straits Times
)
Belgian police
find the body of a woman at the home of gunman Nordine Amrani responsible for the
2011 Liège attack
.
(
Global Post
)
Politics
The speaker of
Russia
's
lower house of parliament
and ally of
Vladimir Putin
,
Boris Gryzlov
, resigns.
(RIA Novosti)
(
The New York Times
)
The population of the village of
Wukan
in southern
China
revolt over the death of a local man who led protests against a land grab; local officials and police flee.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
(
Daily Telegraph
)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
opposition leader
Etienne Tshisekedi
's party calls for mass protests amid
disputed elections
.
(IOL)
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