Portal:Current events/2012 January 25

January 25, 2012 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

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 Hamas-dominated Palestinian Parliament, and place him under detention for 6 months. (The Guardian)(Jerusalem Post)

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