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Current events of
December 19, 2011
(
2011-12-19
)
(Monday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Fighting continues in
Cairo
's
Tahrir Square
for a fourth successive day.
(Al-Jazeera)
Syria
agrees to an
Arab League
plan to allow monitors into the country amid the
uprising
.
(Bloomberg)
Business and economy
Saab Automobile
officially files for
bankruptcy
.
(AFP via News Limited)
Samsung Electronics
announces it has filed new claims of
patent infringement
against
Apple
in
Germany
, raising the stakes in an ongoing worldwide patent war.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
Brandon McInerney
is sentenced to 21 years in jail in the US state of
California
for the
E.O. Green School shooting
of gay classmate Larry King.
(AP via Fox News)
Politics
Death of Kim Jong-il
The death of
North Korean
supreme leader
Kim Jong-il
on December 17 is announced by
Korean Central Television
.
(CNN)
(Al Jazeera)
Military forces of neighboring
South Korea
are placed on high alert following the death of Kim Jong-il, fearing possible retaliation from North Korea.
(CNN)
Kim Jong-un
is proclaimed the expected successor to his father.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
A short-range missile test is conducted off North Korea's east coast.
(Channel News Asia)
Congolese
opposition leader
Etienne Tshisekedi
calls on the army to stop following orders from President
Joseph Kabila
.
(BBC)
Pakistani
President
Asif Ali Zardari
returns to Pakistan after undergoing treatment in
Dubai
.
(
Times of India
)
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