## [2010-11-12](/feed/2010/11/12/index.md)

##### Prime Minister
### [The Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed names a new Cabinet with doubts that the parliament will approve his choices. ](/feed/2010/11/12/the-prime-minister-of-somalia-mohamed-abdullahi-mohamed-names-a-new-cabinet-with-doubts-that-the-parliament-will-approve.md)
##### Mary Harney
### [Irish Health Minister Mary Harney is targeted with eggs and cheese by protestors shouting "Bloody Mary" in response to her healthcare funding cuts. It follows a similar incident involving red paint last week. ](/feed/2010/11/12/irish-health-minister-mary-harney-is-targeted-with-eggs-and-cheese-by-protestors-shouting-bloody-mary-in-response-to-h.md)
##### Israeli prime ministers
### [Former Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon is taken home from hospital still in a comatose state. ](/feed/2010/11/12/former-prime-minister-of-israel-ariel-sharon-is-taken-home-from-hospital-still-in-a-comatose-state.md)
##### José Alencar
### [José Alencar, Vice-President and current Acting President of Brazil in the absence of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is taken to the Sirio Libanes hospital in São Paulo following a heart attack. ](/feed/2010/11/12/jose-alencar-vice-president-and-current-acting-president-of-brazil-in-the-absence-of-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-is-take.md)
##### Burmese
### [Crowds gather at the headquarters of the National League for Democracy headquarters in Rangoon, Burma, in anticipation of the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. ](/feed/2010/11/12/crowds-gather-at-the-headquarters-of-the-national-league-for-democracy-headquarters-in-rangoon-burma-in-anticipation-o.md)
### [Two ethnic Karen rebel armies in eastern Burma join forces in advance of a possible crackdown by the military government. ](/feed/2010/11/12/two-ethnic-karen-rebel-armies-in-eastern-burma-join-forces-in-advance-of-a-possible-crackdown-by-the-military-government.md)
##### Australia
### [The corpse of missing 10-year-old Australian girl Zahra Baker is found in Caldwell County in the U.S. state of North Carolina; her father and stepmother, Adam and Elisa Baker, are the main suspects in her disappearance and homicide. ](/feed/2010/11/12/the-corpse-of-missing-10-year-old-australian-girl-zahra-baker-is-found-in-caldwell-county-in-the-us-state-of-north-car.md)
##### Twitter
### [One day after the failure of his appeal, Twitterers combine to support Paul Chambers, a Briton convicted and fined for a threatening Twitter message. ](/feed/2010/11/12/one-day-after-the-failure-of-his-appeal-twitterers-combine-to-support-paul-chambers-a-briton-convicted-and-fined-for-a.md)
##### Governor
### [A student who guessed the answers to former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin's security questions in 2008 is convicted of hacking and sentenced to one year in state custody. ](/feed/2010/11/12/a-student-who-guessed-the-answers-to-former-governor-of-alaska-sarah-palin-s-security-questions-in-2008-is-convicted-of.md)
##### Transparency International
### [Transparency International names Poddala Jayantha, Sergei Magnitsky and Gregory Ngbwa Minsta as joint winners of a global award for integrity. ](/feed/2010/11/12/transparency-international-names-poddala-jayantha-sergei-magnitsky-and-gregory-ngbwa-minsta-as-joint-winners-of-a-globa.md)
##### Omar Bakri Muhammad
### [Omar Bakri Muhammad is sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court in Lebanon. ](/feed/2010/11/12/omar-bakri-muhammad-is-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-by-a-military-court-in-lebanon.md)
##### Hassan Bamoum
### [Hassan Bamoum is arrested in Yemen prompting thousands of people to march through cities in the south. ](/feed/2010/11/12/hassan-bamoum-is-arrested-in-yemen-prompting-thousands-of-people-to-march-through-cities-in-the-south.md)
##### Human rights
### [The trial of eight police officers charged with the murder of human rights activist Floribert Chebeya begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ](/feed/2010/11/12/the-trial-of-eight-police-officers-charged-with-the-murder-of-human-rights-activist-floribert-chebeya-begins-in-the-demo.md)
##### Supreme Court
### [The Supreme Court of the United States refuses to rescind the country's ban on openly gay soldiers. ](/feed/2010/11/12/the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states-refuses-to-rescind-the-country-s-ban-on-openly-gay-soldiers.md)
##### European Union
### [The European Union agrees to meet with Iran to discuss its nuclear program. ](/feed/2010/11/12/the-european-union-agrees-to-meet-with-iran-to-discuss-its-nuclear-program.md)
##### Russia
### [The leaders of Russia and Japan are to meet to discuss the disputed Kuril Islands. ](/feed/2010/11/12/the-leaders-of-russia-and-japan-are-to-meet-to-discuss-the-disputed-kuril-islands.md)
##### Nigeria
### [Nigeria is to question an Iranian citizen over a shipment of arms seized in Lagos, warning that it could report Iran to the United Nations Security Council if sanctions had been breached. ](/feed/2010/11/12/nigeria-is-to-question-an-iranian-citizen-over-a-shipment-of-arms-seized-in-lagos-warning-that-it-could-report-iran-to.md)
##### Russian Prime Minister
### [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has arrived in Sofia for talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov. ](/feed/2010/11/12/russian-prime-minister-vladimir-putin-has-arrived-in-sofia-for-talks-with-his-bulgarian-counterpart-boyko-borisov.md)
##### European windstorm
### [An intense European windstorm in the British Isles kills an elderly woman and brings gusts exceeding 160 km-h. ](/feed/2010/11/12/an-intense-european-windstorm-in-the-british-isles-kills-an-elderly-woman-and-brings-gusts-exceeding-160-km-h.md)
##### Mount Bulusan
### [Mount Bulusan, a volcano in the Philippines, erupts again. ](/feed/2010/11/12/mount-bulusan-a-volcano-in-the-philippines-erupts-again.md)
##### Nursing home
### [Ten elderly people die and seventeen are injured following a fire in a nursing home in Pohang, South Korea. ](/feed/2010/11/12/ten-elderly-people-die-and-seventeen-are-injured-following-a-fire-in-a-nursing-home-in-pohang-south-korea.md)
##### Worst epidemic of cholera
### [Haitians demonstrate, saying their government, the United Nations and aid workers have all failed to protect them. ](/feed/2010/11/12/haitians-demonstrate-saying-their-government-the-united-nations-and-aid-workers-have-all-failed-to-protect-them.md)
##### United Nations
### [The United Nations appeals for nearly $164 million to fund the battle against Haiti's outbreak of cholera as hospitals overflow and space and time run out. ](/feed/2010/11/12/the-united-nations-appeals-for-nearly-164-million-to-fund-the-battle-against-haiti-s-outbreak-of-cholera-as-hospitals-o.md)
##### Bing Search
### [Bing Search for Android now available in market. ](/feed/2010/11/12/bing-search-for-android-now-available-in-market.md)
##### Barack Obama
### [U.S. President Barack Obama's administration announces plans to nominate Joseph Smith to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Smith has been the banks commissioner in North Carolina since 2002. ](/feed/2010/11/12/us-president-barack-obama-s-administration-announces-plans-to-nominate-joseph-smith-to-head-the-federal-housing-financ.md)
##### United Kingdom
### [United Kingdom holiday company Pontin's goes into administration. ](/feed/2010/11/12/united-kingdom-holiday-company-pontin-s-goes-into-administration.md)
##### Brazil
### [Brazil begins auctioning parts of the Amazon Rainforest to private companies for logging. ](/feed/2010/11/12/brazil-begins-auctioning-parts-of-the-amazon-rainforest-to-private-companies-for-logging.md)
##### Germany
### [Leaders from Germany, France and the United Kingdom hold an emergency meeting at the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit after panic selling of Irish debt spreads to Spain and Portugal. ](/feed/2010/11/12/leaders-from-germany-france-and-the-united-kingdom-hold-an-emergency-meeting-at-the-2010-g-20-seoul-summit-after-panic.md)
##### The Simpsons
### [The 23rd consecutive season of American cartoon "The Simpsons" is announced. ](/feed/2010/11/12/the-23rd-consecutive-season-of-american-cartoon-the-simpsons-is-announced.md)
##### Dublin Zoo
### [Dublin Zoo upsets some people with red hair by offering free entry to young redheads in honour of Orangutan Awareness Week. ](/feed/2010/11/12/dublin-zoo-upsets-some-people-with-red-hair-by-offering-free-entry-to-young-redheads-in-honour-of-orangutan-awareness-we.md)
##### Austerity
### [Major Italian cultural attractions are closed as the government plans to cut its culture budget as part of austerity measures. ](/feed/2010/11/12/major-italian-cultural-attractions-are-closed-as-the-government-plans-to-cut-its-culture-budget-as-part-of-austerity-mea.md)
##### China
### [A convoy carrying Chinese mine workers is attacked in Cabinda Province, Angola, killing two soldiers. ](/feed/2010/11/12/a-convoy-carrying-chinese-mine-workers-is-attacked-in-cabinda-province-angola-killing-two-soldiers.md)
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