## [2011-12-24](/feed/2011/12/24/index.md)

##### Libya
### [Libya celebrates its independence for the first time in 42 years; independence celebrations were banned under the regime of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi. ](/feed/2011/12/24/libya-celebrates-its-independence-for-the-first-time-in-42-years-independence-celebrations-were-banned-under-the-regime.md)
##### Cuba
### [Cuba announces that it will release 2,900 prisoners – including some political prisoners – in the next few days. ](/feed/2011/12/24/cuba-announces-that-it-will-release-2900-prisoners-ndash-including-some-political-prisoners-ndash-in-the-next-few-d.md)
##### 2011 protests
### [Tens of thousands of people protest across Russia against parliamentary elections that they allege were rigged in favour of the ruling United Russia party. ](/feed/2011/12/24/tens-of-thousands-of-people-protest-across-russia-against-parliamentary-elections-that-they-allege-were-rigged-in-favour.md)
##### China
### [A former official of the central bank of the People's Republic of China states that the People's Bank of China could lower the country's reserve requirements in 2012. ](/feed/2011/12/24/a-former-official-of-the-central-bank-of-the-people-s-republic-of-china-states-that-the-people-s-bank-of-china-could-low.md)
##### Dutch
### [Dutch actor and singer Johannes Heesters, the world's oldest performer, dies at the age of 108. ](/feed/2011/12/24/dutch-actor-and-singer-johannes-heesters-the-world-s-oldest-performer-dies-at-the-age-of-108.md)
##### Fo Guang Shan
### [The Buddha Memorial Center of Fo Guang Shan in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, housing a tooth relic of Gautama Buddha, is consecrated. ](/feed/2011/12/24/the-buddha-memorial-center-of-fo-guang-shan-in-kaohsiung-taiwan-housing-a-tooth-relic-of-gautama-buddha-is-consecrate.md)
##### Nigeria
### [Gun battles in Nigeria between government troops and Islamist Boko Haram militants kill 68 people. ](/feed/2011/12/24/gun-battles-in-nigeria-between-government-troops-and-islamist-boko-haram-militants-kill-68-people.md)
##### Yemen
### [Government troops in Yemen fire on anti-government protesters demanding the trial of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killing at least nine people. ](/feed/2011/12/24/government-troops-in-yemen-fire-on-anti-government-protesters-demanding-the-trial-of-president-ali-abdullah-saleh-killi.md)
##### Arab League
### [Arab League monitors meet Syria's foreign minister, a day after deadly bombings occurred in the capital Damascus. ](/feed/2011/12/24/arab-league-monitors-meet-syria-s-foreign-minister-a-day-after-deadly-bombings-occurred-in-the-capital-damascus.md)
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