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Current events of
February 22, 2012
(
2012-02-22
)
(Wednesday)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Afghanistan Quran protests:
Hundreds of
Afghans
hold violent protests against the alleged burning of
Qurans
at the
Bagram Airbase
north of
Kabul
.
(Reuters)
The
United States
Embassy in Kabul goes into lockdown as a result of the protests.
(Reuters)
2011–2012 Syrian uprising
:
Two Western journalists are killed in the
Syrian
city of
Homs
,
American
Marie Colvin
working for the
Sunday Times
and
French
photographer
Remi Ochlik
.
(Reuters)
Activists report that at least 92 people have been killed across Syria after security force shelling intensified in the rebel-held Baba Amr district in the city of
Homs
.
(Al Arabiya)
Explosions are reported in the northern
Nigerian
city of
Kano
.
(AFP via Google News)
Somalian Civil War
:
Operation Linda Nchi
: The
al-Shabaab
militant base of
Baidoa
is captured by Ethiopian and Somali forces.
(BBC)
The
United Nations Security Council
votes to increase the size of the
African Union
peacekeeping force to 18,000.
(
The Guardian
)
Disasters
Thousands of people in the
New Zealand
city of
Christchurch
commemorate the first anniversary of the
earthquake
that killed 185 people last year.
(TV New Zealand)
A
train crash in Buenos Aires
, Argentina, kills at least 50 people and injures hundreds.
(BBC)
Seven
US Marines
die in a
helicopter
crash on the border of the states of
California
and
Arizona
.
(CNN)
International relations
Azerbaijan
's National Security Ministry says it has uncovered a terrorist plot aimed at Jewish targets organized by a non-state group linked to
Iran
's
Revolutionary Guard
and
Lebanon
's
Hezbollah
.
(RIA Novosti)
The
International Atomic Energy Agency
states that
Iran
has denied inspectors access to the
Parchin
military site where it believes that suspicious nuclear activities may be taking place.
(Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
Indonesian police
storm
Kerobokan Prison
on the island of
Bali
to end a riot with two prisoners injured.
(AAP via News Limited)
(Reuters)
In
Charlottesville, Virginia
, U.S., former
University of Virginia
men's lacrosse
player George Huguely is found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of former UVA women's lacrosse player
Yeardley Love
. The jury recommends a 26-year prison sentence, with formal sentencing scheduled for April.
(ABC News)
Politics
Yoaz Hendel
, the top spokesman for
Prime Minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
, resigns following a disagreement over handling an issue involving another aide.
(AP via
Washington Post
)
Kevin Rudd
resigns as
Foreign Minister of Australia
after alleged "attacks on credibility" by supporters of
Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
.
(
Herald-Sun
)
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