Mark David Chapman The 7th parole request of Mark David Chapman, murderer of former Beatle John Lennon, is denied.
Polly Peck Former Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir is jailed for 10 years for stealing £29m ($46m) from the company.
Pakistan Pakistan again officially protests against the U.S. drone strikes, calling them unlawful, against international law and a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. Pakistan states emphatically that the attacks are "unacceptable".
Russia Russia says that it is working closely with the Syrian government to establish guarantees that Assad won't move or use Syria's chemical weapons.
Shimon Peres Israel's President Shimon Peres stresses that circumcision is "at the core of Jewish identity", in a letter on a controversy in Germany over circumcision.
Waddenvereniging The "Waddenvereniging" in the Netherlands expects the human-friendly starry smooth-hound shark to return to the Wadden Sea in a few years, after specimina were marked in the Oosterschelde and in another Zeeland part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
New A new, seemingly chronic but non-contagious, immunodeficiency disease is diagnosed since 2004, affecting mainly people of Asian genotype aged around 50. Most patients create interferon-gamma-blocking autoantibodies more frequently. Genetic factors are suspected but it would not "run in families". Also, something in the environment may trigger the disease.
Monsoon At least 30 people are killed as a result of heavy monsoon rain in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.
Typhoon Tembin Typhoon Tembin (2012): Taiwanese authorities evacuate almost 5,000 people ahead of the typhoon.
Tropical Storm Isaac Tropical Storm Isaac (2012): The U.S. National Hurricane Center lowers its previous hurricane warning threat level for Hispaniola island in the Caribbean Sea to a storm warning and hurricane watch in its 23.00 PM bulletin.