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Current events of
January 19, 2012
(
2012-01-19
)
(Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2011–2012 Syrian uprising
: The
Arab League
observer mission ends, with its report to be reviewed at the weekend.
(CBC)
Business and economy
Kodak
files for
bankruptcy
protection.
(Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed and thousands of others are affected following the first
tropical storm
to hit
Mozambique
since 1984.
(AFP via Google News)
Law and crime
The
FBI
shuts down
Megaupload
. In response, hacker group
Anonymous
shuts down the
United States Department of Justice
website and many websites of the government and entertainment industry.
(
Washington Post
)
(CNET)
News International
pays out compensation to 37 people, including the actor
Jude Law
and politician
John Prescott
. over
phone hacking by the
News of the World
.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Ugandan
opposition leader
Kizza Besigye
and several others are arrested.
(Al Jazeera)
The
army
of
Bangladesh
says it has foiled a
military coup
.
(BBC)
Rick Perry
drops out of the
2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
and endorses rival candidate
Newt Gingrich
.
(CBS News)
Science
A decision by the
International Telecommunication Union
on whether to abolish the
leap second
is postponed until 2015 pending the results of further studies.
(
TIME
)
Sports
Canadian
freestyle skier
Sarah Burke
dies from complications of injuries she received in a skiing accident nine days earlier.
(BBC)
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