## [2012-01-1](/feed/2012/01/1/index.md)

##### NASA
### [The second of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft is in orbit around the moon. ](/feed/2012/01/1/the-second-of-nasa-s-gravity-recovery-and-interior-laboratory-spacecraft-is-in-orbit-around-the-moon.md)
##### Egypt
### [Egypt's military rulers bring forward elections for the Shura Council, the upper house of the Parliament to expedite progress in developing a new constitution. ](/feed/2012/01/1/egypt-s-military-rulers-bring-forward-elections-for-the-shura-council-the-upper-house-of-the-parliament-to-expedite-pro.md)
##### Nigeria
### [Nigeria announces an end to its fuel subsidy scheme leading the Nigeria Labour Congress to call for strikes and street protests. ](/feed/2012/01/1/nigeria-announces-an-end-to-its-fuel-subsidy-scheme-leading-the-nigeria-labour-congress-to-call-for-strikes-and-street-p.md)
##### North Korea
### [A joint New Year editorial by North Korean media calls for "human shields" to protect new Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. ](/feed/2012/01/1/a-joint-new-year-editorial-by-north-korean-media-calls-for-human-shields-to-protect-new-supreme-leader-kim-jong-un.md)
##### Pakistan
### [Pakistan and India give each other a list of their nuclear sites. ](/feed/2012/01/1/pakistan-and-india-give-each-other-a-list-of-their-nuclear-sites.md)
##### Iranian Navy
### [The Iranian Navy test-fires a surface-to-air missile. ](/feed/2012/01/1/the-iranian-navy-test-fires-a-surface-to-air-missile.md)
##### Lamu Island
### [A boat capsizes near Lamu Island off the Kenyan coast with at least seven people dead. ](/feed/2012/01/1/a-boat-capsizes-near-lamu-island-off-the-kenyan-coast-with-at-least-seven-people-dead.md)
##### Earthquake
### [A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes south of Japan; no damage is caused. ](/feed/2012/01/1/a-70-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-south-of-japan-no-damage-is-caused.md)
##### Rio Tinto Alcan
### [Rio Tinto Alcan locks out hundreds of workers from a smelter in the Canadian town of Alma, Quebec. ](/feed/2012/01/1/rio-tinto-alcan-locks-out-hundreds-of-workers-from-a-smelter-in-the-canadian-town-of-alma-quebec.md)
##### Elizabeth II
### [Queen Elizabeth II appoints former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and British painter David Hockney to the Order of Merit. ](/feed/2012/01/1/queen-elizabeth-ii-appoints-former-prime-minister-of-australia-john-howard-and-british-painter-david-hockney-to-the-orde.md)
##### South Sudan
### [South Sudan is to send more troops and police to Pibor, the scene of ethnic violence. ](/feed/2012/01/1/south-sudan-is-to-send-more-troops-and-police-to-pibor-the-scene-of-ethnic-violence.md)
##### Nigerian
### [Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in parts of the country hit by violence by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. ](/feed/2012/01/1/nigerian-president-goodluck-jonathan-declares-a-state-of-emergency-in-parts-of-the-country-hit-by-violence-by-islamist-m.md)
##### Kenya
### [At least two people are killed in attacks on bars in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia, with Islamist al-Shabaab militants possibly responsible. ](/feed/2012/01/1/at-least-two-people-are-killed-in-attacks-on-bars-in-northern-kenya-near-the-border-with-somalia-with-islamist-al-shaba.md)
##### Arab Spring
### [A funeral of a Bahraini youth killed yesterday in a protest turns into another protest with police forced to use tear gas. ](/feed/2012/01/1/a-funeral-of-a-bahraini-youth-killed-yesterday-in-a-protest-turns-into-another-protest-with-police-forced-to-use-tear-ga.md)
### [Syrian opposition groups say that over 5,800 people were killed in violence in 2011. ](/feed/2012/01/1/syrian-opposition-groups-say-that-over-5800-people-were-killed-in-violence-in-2011.md)
### [The Arab Inter-parliamentary Union, an advisory body to the Arab League, calls for the removal of its monitors in Syria, saying that they are inadvertently helping the government cover up ongoing violence. ](/feed/2012/01/1/the-arab-inter-parliamentary-union-an-advisory-body-to-the-arab-league-calls-for-the-removal-of-its-monitors-in-syria.md)
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