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Current events of
November 17, 2012
(
2012-11-17
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Suspected insurgents detonate a motorcycle bomb in
Mueang Yala District
, southern
Thailand
, killing one person and wounding 20, one day ahead of the
USA
President
Barack Obama
’s visit to the country.
(Washington Post)
(
Bangkok Post
)
Operation Pillar of Defense
:
Two unguided rockets from
Gaza
land outside
Jerusalem
and two more land outside
Tel-Aviv
. Out of the 350 rockets fired since the start of
Operation Pillar of Defense
, the
Iron Dome
missile system has shot down over 200 rockets.
(
The Jerusalem Post
)
Disasters and accidents
A
school bus
carrying about 60 schoolchildren
is hit by a train
near
Manfalut
, 350 km (230 miles) south of
Egyptian
capital
Cairo
. At least 50 children and the driver are killed in the crash. The
Egyptian minister of transport
, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigns.
(BBC)
(Xinhuanet)
Politics
Thackeray
, the founder and chief of
shivsena
died on 17 November as a consequence of a cardiac arrest.
Bal Thackeray
Law and crime
Authorities in
Bolivar, Missouri
, arrest Blaec Lammers, 20, after he is accused of stockpiling weapons in an attempt to commit a
copycat crime
mirroring the
2012 Aurora shooting
, this time targeting the premiere of
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
.
(FoxNews.com)
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