2012-01-1 3804398422c4c02ab3006bba64c2abee176edd81 18 GRAIL 13 /wiki/gravity%20recovery%20and%20interior%20laboratory NASA 1 /wiki/nasa GRAIL NASA NASA /feed/2012/01/1/the-second-of-nasa-s-gravity-recovery-and-interior-laboratory-spacecraft-is-in-orbit-around-the-moon AP 1 6bc0aa32ec1398bdea8623757c06adc9a099f49e 1 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_NASA_MOONSHOT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-01-18-14-43 2012 The second of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft is in orbit around the moon. 2012-01-1 b0305f915f278f7fc1665098258a1e84fb370eb6 17 Egypt 1 /wiki/egypt Shura Council 13 /wiki/shura%20council parliamentary 36 /wiki/parliament%20of%20egypt Egypt Shura Council parliamentary Egypt /feed/2012/01/1/egypt-s-military-rulers-bring-forward-elections-for-the-shura-council-the-upper-house-of-the-parliament-to-expedite-pro AFP via France 24 1 349745257525e8ba4fbbf1e56e34d4f6f19fc225 1 http://www.france24.com/en/20120101-egypt-elections-cairo-muslim-brotherhood-hosni-mubarak 2012 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. 2012-01-1 178289270bb119e91b462905bfa01085ff387371 16 Nigeria 1 /wiki/nigeria Nigeria Labour Congress 13 /wiki/nigeria%20labour%20congress Nigeria Nigeria Labour Congress Nigeria /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 Reuters 1 79eeb9ad53d2dbd05305642da0044f37677edd6b 1 https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/01/us-nigeria-subsidy-idUSTRE8000AD20120101 2012 Nigeria announces an end to its fuel subsidy scheme leading the Nigeria Labour Congress to call for strikes and street protests. 2012-01-1 aa9f98bddc1d1ed5f9c01aa4f86f83e78c0e4c70 15 Kim Jong-un 70 /wiki/kim%20jong-un North Korea 1 /wiki/north%20korea North Korean media 13 /wiki/media%20of%20north%20korea human shield 36 /wiki/human%20shield Kim Jong-un North Korea North Korean media human shield North Korea /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 The Telegraph 1 22cc87ac19851b5b02092eadd8205d40f705211e 1 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8986939/North-Korea-tells-its-people-to-protect-Kim-Jong-un-as-human-shields-in-New-Year-message.html 2012 A joint New Year editorial by North Korean media calls for "human shields" to protect new Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. 2012-01-1 fa73ce9e0f989a7a21fb365c3d7dea3e8c27af5c 14 India 13 /wiki/india Pakistan 1 /wiki/pakistan India Pakistan Pakistan /feed/2012/01/1/pakistan-and-india-give-each-other-a-list-of-their-nuclear-sites CNN 1 f543972137e1044703cf247720fd618bffd24293 1 http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/01/world/asia/pakistan-india-nuclear/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 2012 Pakistan and India give each other a list of their nuclear sites. 2012-01-1 02767eb1b01dcb79dbe986c163dfb8675e8cc54d 13 Iranian Navy 1 /wiki/iranian%20navy surface-to-air missile 13 /wiki/surface-to-air%20missile Iranian Navy surface-to-air missile Iranian Navy /feed/2012/01/1/the-iranian-navy-test-fires-a-surface-to-air-missile MSNBC 1 3b7bb51fbd8d2dc12b8f05377efc3704ef36d26a 1 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45839276/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/ 2012 The Iranian Navy test-fires a surface-to-air missile. 2012-01-1 0bff8e592b9f3dd5e9be0fb3e3060f493f0488c3 12 Kenya 13 /wiki/kenya Lamu Island 1 /wiki/lamu%20island Kenya Lamu Island Lamu Island /feed/2012/01/1/a-boat-capsizes-near-lamu-island-off-the-kenyan-coast-with-at-least-seven-people-dead Reuters 1 54e9bfe16a80b23bb0d3c4227dc072307a52a7f6 1 http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6E8C10B220120101 2012 A boat capsizes near Lamu Island off the Kenyan coast with at least seven people dead. 2012-01-1 9acd9a2c28787dc4841864111c248895267917f6 11 Japan 13 /wiki/japan earthquake 1 /wiki/earthquake Japan earthquake Earthquake /feed/2012/01/1/a-70-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-south-of-japan-no-damage-is-caused Newsday 1 a3662b2a41069b2e62e8ffeb683fc81dfde48ba8 1 http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/magnitude-7-0-quake-strikes-off-coast-of-japan-1.3421609 2012 Reuters 1 b510e72ed4303d59d830918b3179a9ce508ecfaf 1 https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/01/us-japan-earthquake-idUSTRE80003020120101 2012 Wall Street Journal 1 ac7e39ed152f56e2bf63015dc179f318ce3e41e3 1 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203462304577134451283011774.html 2012 A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes south of Japan; no damage is caused. 2012-01-1 5407df1feda981bf2317d8091211515a60503677 10 Alma 115 /wiki/alma,%20quebec Canadian 70 /wiki/canadian%20people Quebec 171 /wiki/quebec Rio Tinto Alcan 1 /wiki/rio%20tinto%20alcan lockout 13 /wiki/lockout%20(industry) smelter 36 /wiki/smelter Alma Canadian Quebec Rio Tinto Alcan lockout smelter Rio Tinto Alcan /feed/2012/01/1/rio-tinto-alcan-locks-out-hundreds-of-workers-from-a-smelter-in-the-canadian-town-of-alma-quebec CBC 1 02aae70b88700ed00d40d60d8c3d4a1c12bbb4d5 1 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/01/01/rio-tinto-alcan-lockout-alma-quebec.html 2012 Rio Tinto Alcan locks out hundreds of workers from a smelter in the Canadian town of Alma, Quebec. 2012-01-1 3f5d48595a4a186599140928782e33c4cff24c3c 9 British 70 /wiki/british%20people David Hockney 115 /wiki/david%20hockney Elizabeth II 1 /wiki/elizabeth%20ii John Howard 36 /wiki/john%20howard order of merit 171 /wiki/order%20of%20merit prime minister 13 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20australia British David Hockney Elizabeth II John Howard order of merit prime minister Elizabeth II /feed/2012/01/1/queen-elizabeth-ii-appoints-former-prime-minister-of-australia-john-howard-and-british-painter-david-hockney-to-the-orde Sydney Morning Herald 1 0f0d70f89059b04ecb52190392d1c716d5ee34cc 1 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/john-howard-appointed-to-order-of-merit-20120101-1pgxl.html 2012 Queen Elizabeth II appoints former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and British painter David Hockney to the Order of Merit. 2012-01-1 84c1df89033ce139689d8a0fd167582689b51b3a 8 Ethnic violence 36 /wiki/ethnic%20violence Pibor 13 /wiki/pibor South Sudan 1 /wiki/south%20sudan Ethnic violence Pibor South Sudan South Sudan /feed/2012/01/1/south-sudan-is-to-send-more-troops-and-police-to-pibor-the-scene-of-ethnic-violence BBC 1 ca795b2f3f963c744e29f8c4ffaf00ebebcc8317 1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16377824 2012 South Sudan is to send more troops and police to Pibor, the scene of ethnic violence. 2012-01-1 eebee7d2a9d77a5a22a0cc02335e9078eeb393c1 7 Boko Haram 115 /wiki/boko%20haram Goodluck Jonathan 13 /wiki/goodluck%20jonathan Islamist 70 /wiki/islamist Nigerian 1 /wiki/nigerian state of emergency 36 /wiki/state%20of%20emergency Boko Haram Goodluck Jonathan Islamist Nigerian state of emergency Nigerian /feed/2012/01/1/nigerian-president-goodluck-jonathan-declares-a-state-of-emergency-in-parts-of-the-country-hit-by-violence-by-islamist-m Al Jazeera 1 2ca912b23c48db8b3395d9796db08b362f2d55c5 1 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/12/20111231172010984263.html 2012 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in parts of the country hit by violence by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. 2012-01-1 626b3cdd19e487dd4ffa58eadf24e38b1de6388f 6 Islamist 36 /wiki/islamist Kenya 1 /wiki/kenya Somali 13 /wiki/somalia al-Shabaab 70 /wiki/al-shabaab%20(militant%20group) Islamist Kenya Somali al-Shabaab Kenya /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 Reuters 1 ea2acf1940f3578eda8bffcb0ac56dd39f31ca0d 1 https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/31/us-kenya-violence-idUSTRE7BU0JW20111231?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews 2012 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. 2012-01-1 22b31147b27950e9a0b6a1bbc341edfd16d9c75b 5 Arab Spring 1 /wiki/arab%20spring Bahrain 2 /wiki/bahrain tear gas 14 /wiki/tear%20gas Arab Spring Bahrain tear gas Arab Spring /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 Reuters 1 3f3b177f72d9e5f815bdad241de6f4d22502eaea 1 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/01/uk-bahrain-protest-idUKTRE8000AV20120101 2012 A funeral of a Bahraini youth killed yesterday in a protest turns into another protest with police forced to use tear gas. 2012-01-1 b79c01ea808a7d4e7a24e69c642aee7e76fb72c8 3 Arab Spring 1 /wiki/arab%20spring Syrian opposition groups 2 /wiki/2011-2012%20syrian%20uprising#local%20coordination%20committees Arab Spring Syrian opposition groups Arab Spring /feed/2012/01/1/syrian-opposition-groups-say-that-over-5800-people-were-killed-in-violence-in-2011 CNN 1 40a37062116f74c6c20b500e5e1c5c45369489d2 1 http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 2012 Syrian opposition groups say that over 5,800 people were killed in violence in 2011. 2012-01-1 fa33cbcd7186bb45350cf139dca0c48df410dc7f 2 Arab Inter-parliamentary Union 2 /wiki/arab%20inter-parliamentary%20union Arab League 14 /wiki/arab%20league Arab Spring 1 /wiki/arab%20spring Syria 37 /wiki/syria Arab Inter-parliamentary Union Arab League Arab Spring Syria Arab Spring /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 Al Jazeera 1 80ea7b02df8fdd648b53808aeb0f30325de1dcce 1 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/01/201211125540595255.html 2012 BBC 1 715e1c5707817aef211e6d59679efb5bac8df61f 1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16379727 2012 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.