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Intense Tropical Cyclone Funso stalls offshore central Mozambique, killing 15 at sea and at least 14 from inland flooding.
The European Union imposes an embargo on future oil contracts with Iran.
British novelist Salman Rushdie (pictured) cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from The Satanic Verses, which is banned in the country.
In a binding referendum, Croatian voters approve the country's proposed accession to the European Union.
Boko Haram claims responsibility for a series of attacks in northern Nigeria that killed 185 people, two weeks after a similar set of assaults.

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January 28, 2012 (Saturday)

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January 27, 2012 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Chinese security forces shoot dead a young Tibetan man in Sichuan province, at least the third such killing this week. (BBC News)
Arab Spring:
- 2011–2012 Syrian uprising:
  - Activists say the Syrian Army has launched new attacks against Homs and Hama, as the United Nations Security Council prepares to discuss the conflict. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
  - Syrian security forces kill over 100 civilians across Syria, primarily in the cities of Homs and Daraa. (Al Arabiya)
- 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising:
  - Amnesty International calls for an investigation into the fatal tear gassing of residential areas by Bahraini security forces. (BBC News)
Insurgency in the North Caucasus: 13 people are killed in three separate clashes between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Russian republics of Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkariya. (AFP via Google News)

Arts and culture

170 international writers, including the Nobel laureates J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Toni Morrison, Orhan Pamuk, Wole Soyinka, Mario Vargas Llosa and Derek Walcott, take out a full page advert in Mexican newspaper El Universal to defend the freedom of journalists from fear and censorship. (BBC News)

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, denounced the Tobin tax under consideration in the European Union. (City AM)

Law and crime

Two sacks of cocaine are accidently delivered to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. (CNN) (The Telegraph)
Willem Holleeder, a notorious convicted Dutch felon, is released from jail after serving six years of a nine-year sentence for extortion and blackmail. (DutchNews)

Politics and elections

Kader Arif, the European Parliament's rapporteur for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), resigns amid protests against the treaty. (BBC)
Russia's Central Election Commission refuses to register opposition politician Grigory Yavlinsky of the Yabloko party, citing invalid signatures. (Russia Today)
A media advisor to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard resigns after leaked information that led to a confrontation between Australian Aborigines and Gillard yesterday. (Wall Street Journal)

Science and technology

Twitter alters technology to enable country-specific censorship of messages. (Al Jazeera) (USA Today)

Politics and elections

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's main opposition leader condemns parliamentary elections as rigged and calls for a general strike on Monday in protest at his house arrest. (BBC News)
In the Netherlands, the Council of Ministers vote in favor of a ban on the Burqa, an outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions. (DutchNews)

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January 26, 2012 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Tuareg Rebellion (2011–present): Tuareg rebels capture the fourth Malian town in a week. (Al Jazeera)
Papua New Guinea constitutional crisis: Soldiers supporting former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare stage a mutiny in Port Moresby. PNG Brigadier General Francis Agwi is said to be under house arrest. (ABC News)
The United Nations says detainees from Libya's civil war are being tortured. (Al Jazeera)
2011–2012 Syrian uprising: The Arab League calls on the United Nations Security Council to back its plan to end the violence in Syria. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and 16 missing after three office buildings collapse in Cinelândia square in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (IOL)(Washington Post)(USA Today)(BBC)(Wall Street Journal)

Politics and elections

Security escort Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott from a restaurant in Canberra after indigenous protesters surrounded the building on Australia Day in response to comments made by Abbott. (CNN) (Sydney Morning Herald)

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January 25, 2012 (Wednesday)

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2011–2012 Syrian uprising: 18 protesters are shot dead by Syrian security forces. (Naharnet)
A Tibetan monk is shot dead in Sichuan, China, in the second violent clash this week as unrest spreads. (Times of Oman) (BBC)
Protesters in Egypt commemorate the first anniversary of the revolution. (Al Jazeera)
Riots break out in a prison in central Colombo, Sri Lanka, injuring 31 inmates and guards. (UPI)
10 people are injured in a grenade attack in southern Rwanda. (Reuters)
A United States rescue operation in Somalia frees two foreign hostages and kills nine pirates. (Times of India)
A truck bomb detonates at an Ethiopian military base in Somalia. (IOL)

Disasters and accidents

A landslide in central Papua New Guinea leaves four people dead and 60 missing. (AP)

International relations

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that Iran is willing to talk about Iran's nuclear program with other leaders. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

The United Nations says a new foreign judge at the Khmer Rouge trial can continue cases without the support of Cambodia. (AFP)
Israeli police capture Aziz Dweik, Speaker of the Palestinian Parliament, sentencing him to 6 months detention for what the police call "involvement in terrorist activities". (The Guardian)

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January 24, 2012 (Tuesday)

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2011–2012 Syrian uprising: 52 civilians are killed by Syrian security forces, 39 of which were killed in the city of Hama alone. (Naharnet)
2011–2012 Egyptian revolution: Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, lifts Egypt's state of emergency a day before the anniversary of the revolution. (Al Arabiya)
In Libya, the town of Bani Walid, a former stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi, revolts against the National Transitional Council government. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards are announced (The Telegraph) (Academy Awards website).
Andrew Miller's novel Pure wins the 2011 Costa Book of the Year Award. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

Apple Inc. announces that the technology generated over $127 billion in revenue during 2011. Apple sold over 37 million iPhones and over 15 million iPads during the fourth quarter of 2011. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

Floods in Mozambique cut off the country's main north-south motorway. (IOL)

Law and crime

Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, who indicted the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998, is put on trial for supposedly overstepping his powers after he tried to investigate the disappearance of 114,000 people between 1936 and 1975 during the reign of Francisco Franco. (BBC)

Politics

United States President Barack Obama presents his 2012 State of the Union Address to the United States Congress. (CNN)

Sports and Recreation

New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada retires from baseball after 17 seasons with the Yankees. Many consider him a possibility for the Hall of Fame. (MLB.com)

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January 23, 2012 (Monday)

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2011–2012 Syrian uprising: At least 22 civilians are shot dead across Syria by security forces under the Syrian government. (Washington Post)
A group of Gaddafi loyalists take control of part of the town of Bani Walid and fly the green flag after a battle with NTC forces left 5 dead and 20 injured. (Reuters)

Culture

Jaipur Literature Festival:
- Ruchir Joshi, Jeet Thayil, Hari Kunzru and Amitava Kumar flee Jaipur on the advice of officials at the Jaipur Literature Festival after reading excerpts from Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which is banned in India. Rushdie, himself banned from the event, is told that police are searching for the four fugitive writers. (The Times of India)
- A proposed video link session with Rushdie tomorrow is outlawed by the government. (The Times of India)

Disasters

The death toll of the Costa Concordia disaster rises to 15 as divers find two more bodies in the capsized ship. (Al-Jazeera)

International relations

The European Union imposes more sanctions on Iran's banking and oil industries in response to Iran's nuclear program. (CNN)
- The Iranian Foreign Ministry calls the sanctions "unfair". (BBC)
Ghana recognizes Kosovo (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo) (Albanian)

Politics

The French Senate passes a bill that makes it illegal for citizens to deny the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire. (BBC)

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January 22, 2012 (Sunday)

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2011–2012 Syrian uprising: Arab League ministers meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss the extension of its monitoring mission in Syria. (BBC)
War in Somalia (2009–): A senior foreign commander is killed in a drone strike south of the Somali capital Mogadishu. (New York Times)
Egyptian police shoot two African migrants dead as they attempt to cross the border into Israel. (UPI)

Arts and culture

Sri Lanka orders 161 foreign clerics from the Tablighi Jamaat movement to leave the country for breaking the terms of their tourist visas. (Times of India)

Disasters and accidents

China reports the death of a second person this month to Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 or bird flu. (AFP)
At least 16 people drown after a passenger boat sinks off Iran's southern coast. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina recapture Bosnian Serb fugitive Radovan Stanković after he escaped from prison five years ago. (RIA Novosti)

Politics and elections

The party of former Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana suspends its role in the unity government after the plane carrying him home from exile was turned away. (Voice of America)
A referendum on EU accession takes place in Croatia, with 66% voting to join the EU, and 33% against. (BBC)
Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announces her resignation from office to focus on her recovery after surviving an attempted assassination in 2011. (Washington Post)
The first round of the Presidential election takes place in Finland. (CNN)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announces that he is to leave for treatment in the United States. (Reuters)

Sports

The New York Giants and New England Patriots advance to Super Bowl XLVI. (New York Daily News)
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno dies from complications associated with lung cancer. (ESPN)
End and Closing ceremony of the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, showing Germany receiving the most medals at the Medal table, followed by China and Austria.

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