Portal:Current events/2012 December 9

December 9, 2012 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Violent clashes occur in Bangladesh as protesters stage a nationwide blockade of roads to press for an independent body to oversee the next general election. At least two people were killed and about 100 injured after police fire rubber bullets and tear gas. (Reuters) (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Former Typhoon Bopha is again forecast to make landfall in the Philippines this time on the northern island of Luzon as a tropical storm bringing the possibility of more floods and landslides. (Bangkok Post) (ABC/AFP)
The wreckage of a plane carrying Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera with two pilots and four other passengers is found in northern Mexico with no apparent survivors. (CNN) (AP via WVEC) (NY Daily News)
Thirteen people are killed and 10 are injured in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, when a bus with 23 people on board rolled off a cliff and tumbled over 100 meters. (Bangkok Post) (Focus Taiwan)
Six people are killed and 41 others injured on the spot when a bus skids off the road and plunges into a 30-meter deep gorge in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. (PrensaLibre) (EFE via El Tiempo)

International relations

Police in Vietnam break up anti-China protests over gas and oil claims in the South China Sea. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

A Tibetan monk is arrested by Chinese authorities, accused of inciting self-immolation protests against Chinese rule. (Hong Kong Standard)
Detectives from Scotland Yard contact police in Australia over the apparent suicide of Jacintha Saldanha. (BBC)
Hector Celaya, the suspect in the mass shooting at the Tule River Indian Reservation that resulted in four deaths and two people being wounded, dies. (Reuters) (Fox News)

Politics and elections

Ghana's main opposition party alleges fraud in the recent general election as incumbent President John Mahama is declared the winner. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
Voters in Romania go to the polls for parliamentary elections with the governing Social Liberal Union led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta winning by a landslide majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. (BBC) (Reuters)

Science and technology

British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore, presenter of The Sky at Night for over 55 years, dies aged 89. (BBC)
Khrunichev Center and International Launch Services report an anomaly during the launch of the Yamal-402 satellite on 8 December. Briz-M stage failure 4 minutes before scheduled shut down on its fourth burn. (ILS) (NASA Spaceflight)

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