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Current events of
February 4, 2012
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2012-02-04
)
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Armed conflict and attacks
Arab Spring
:
2011–2012 Syrian uprising
:
The
United Nations Security Council
votes on an
Arab League
proposal to resolve problems in
Syria
with reports of hundreds of people dead in the past couple of days as a result of shelling in
Homs
- the
People's Republic of China
and
Russia
veto the resolution.
(BBC)
(Al-Arabiya)
(Reuters via the
Hindustan Times
)
Twelve people are arrested at the Syrian Embassy in
London
as part of a worldwide protest against the shelling.
(BBC)
,
(
The Telegraph
)
Protesters are also reported to have stormed Syrian embassies in
Kuwait
,
Egypt
,
Australia
,
Germany
and
Greece
.
(AP via Google News)
(
The Telegraph
)
(ABC News Australia)
Tunisia
is to withdraw its recognition of the Syrian government.
(Reuters)
The
Arab Parliament
calls for Arab countries to sever relations with Syria.
(IOL)
2011–2012 Bahraini uprising
: An increasing number of anti-government protests take place in
Bahrain
in the build up to the first anniversary of the start of the protests.
(Al Jazeera)
The
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
estimates that civilian deaths in the
war in Afghanistan
rose to a record level in 2011 of 3021 with insurgents responsible for most of the deaths.
(AAP via
Merald-Sun
)
Iran
starts new military exercises as tensions rise over its
nuclear program
.
(
Washington Post
)
Egypt
's tax authority building in
Cairo
is set alight as protests against the continuation of military rule carry on.
(Al-Jazeera)
Florence Green
, the last known veteran from
World War I
, dies at the age of 110 in the
United Kingdom
.
(Atlantic Wire)
Disasters
Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the
Australian
states of
New South Wales
and
Queensland
.
(AFP via
The West Australian
)
Filmmakers
Mike deGruy
of
Santa Barbara, California
and
Andrew Wight
of
Victoria
die in a helicopter crash in the
Australian
town of
Berry
,
New South Wales
.
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
Law and crime
Charlie White
, the
Secretary of State
of the US state of
Indiana
, is convicted of multiple
voter fraud
related offences.
(AP via
Mercury News
)
Politics and elections
Three more
Tibetan
protesters set themselves on fire in
Sichuan
,
China
.
(
Straits Times
)
2011–2012 Russian protests
: Over 100,000 people protest for and against
Russian
Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
in
Moscow
.
(RIA Novosti)
Julius Malema
, formerly of the
African National Congress Youth League
, loses an appeal against a decision by
South Africa
's ruling
African National Congress
party to suspend him.
(IOL)
2012 United States presidential election
:
Republican Party
voters gather in
Nevada
for the
party caucuses
with
Mitt Romney
projected as the winner.
(
The Guardian
)
(NBC News)
Republicans in the state of
Maine
start
caucuses
which will go on for a week.
(WLBZ)
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