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Disasters A state of emergency is declared in Fiji as nearly 7000 people are displaced and two people have been killed during floods with conditions set to worsen with heavy storms expected following Tropical Depression 17F. (AAP via Herald Sun) (AFP via Perth Now) Politics and elections Voters in Burma go to the polls for by-elections for 45 seats, with Aung San Suu Kyi claiming victory in ...
President of France Nicolas Sarkozy has the first big rally of his re-election campaign in Marseille. (BBC) The Premier of the Australian state of Queensland visits the Governor Penelope Wensley to have writs issued for a state election on March 24. ( Brisbane Times) February 20, 2012. ( 2012-02-20) (Monday) edit.
Business and economics The Walt Disney Company purchases Lucasfilm Ltd. from George Lucas for US$4.05 billion. Included in the deal are the rights to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. (Associated Press) Disasters Aid workers and the United Nations raise concerns about rising food prices and increased cholera in Haiti, where Hurricane Sandy has killed at least 52 people. (Al Jazeera ...
16 – Police open fire on a group of striking Marikana miners, killing 34 and injuring approximately 78. September. 18 – Eight South African citizens are killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, when a suicide bomber blows herself up. [2] October. 1 – The South African Government commissions an inquiry into the shooting at Marikana.
Business and economy The Economic Commission for Africa says Africa's economy faces "serious" threats because of the Eurozone crisis and the Arab Spring. (BusinessWeek) At the World Economic Forum in Davos, British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose economy would be severely affected, denounces the Tobin tax under consideration in the European Union. (City AM) Spain's unemployment figure ...
Sport. In football, the final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations played at Libreville, Gabon, between Zambia and Ivory Coast, with Zambia winning 8-7 on penalties in a shock result. (Bleacher Report) ( Irish Examiner) Month. February 2012.
Disasters and accidents Four people are killed and seven injured after an apartment block collapses in the center of Palermo in Italy. (Reuters) [permanent dead link] A large, 33.5- ton aquarium bursts in a busy shopping center on the Nanjing Road pedestrian mall in Shanghai, China, injuring 15 people, including customers and shop staff. (East Day) (The Inquisitr) (RT) Law and crime Following ...
News International phone hacking scandal: Singer Charlotte Church and her parents agree damages and costs of £600,000 (US$950,000) with Rupert Murdoch 's News Group, publishers of the defunct News of the World. (BBC) Three students are killed and two injured in a shooting at Chardon High School in the US state of Ohio. ( Los Angeles Times) (BBC)