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Current events of
January 10, 2012
(
2012-01-10
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A
bombing
in
Khyber Agency
, Pakistan, kills at least 29 people and leaves over 50 others injured.
(
Vancouver Sun
)
Law and crime
Amir Mirza Hekmati
is sentenced to death by
Iran
's
Islamic Revolutionary Court
.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
Politics
The
Scottish Government
announces that it plans to hold the
referendum on Scottish independence
in the autumn of 2014, but
Secretary of State for Scotland
Michael Moore
tells the
House of Commons
that the power to hold a referendum is "reserved" to
Westminster
.
(BBC)
Secretary of State for Transport
Justine Greening
gives the go-ahead for
HS2
, a £33bn high-speed rail line that will eventually link several major cities in the
United Kingdom
to
London
and enabling quicker journey times.
(BBC)
Early reports show that
Mitt Romney
wins the
New Hampshire Republican primary
with
Ron Paul
in second and
Jon Huntsman
in third.
(CNN)
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