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Portal:Current events/2011 December 31

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;Armed conflict and attacks

  • 2011 Syrian uprising: An Arab League observer witnesses snipers in the Syrian city of Deraa and calls for their immediate removal. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/2011123164911825320.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • Two members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party die in a battle with Turkish police in the city of Diyarbakir. [http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/12476347/two-kurdish-rebels-killed-in-southeastern-turkey/ (AFP via West Australian)]
  • Ethiopian forces capture the central Somali town of Beledweyne from al-Shabaab Islamist militants. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16372453 (BBC)]
  • The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir urges members of the Darfur based Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to seek peace following the recent death of rebel leader Ibrahim Khalil. [http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7BU0FF20111231 (Reuters)]
  • Nigerian unrest
  • The President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the states of Borno, Yobe, Niger and Plateau due to violence by the Islamist sect Boko Haram. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-01/nigeria-declares-state-of-emergency/3753958 (AFP via ABC News Australia)]
  • Clashes in Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria kill at least fifty people. [http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111231/wl_nm/us_nigeria_clashes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Nigeria shuts borders with the countries Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. [http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/31740-jonathan-declares-state-of-emergency-in-borno-yobe-plateau-and-niger-states.html (The Nation)][https://web.archive.org/web/20120107132718/http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/jan/01/national-01-01-2012-001.html (The Sun)]
  • Six thousand people from the Lou Nuer tribe in South Sudan attack the town of Pibor as a result of a dispute over cattle rustling. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16375646 (BBC)]

;Disasters

  • Authorities in Chile close the Torres del Paine National Park, amid an ongoing forest fire in Patagonia. [http://www.euronews.net/2011/12/30/wild-fires-devastate-chilean-patagonia/ (euronews)]
  • More than 200 people are injured by illegally huge firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines. [http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/philippine-fireworks-injure-200-1.1206549 (IOL)]
  • The death toll from Cyclone Thane in southern India rises to at least 33 with 21 people dead in Cuddalore. [http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/12476109/at-least-33-dead-in-south-india-cyclone-officials/ (AFP via Yahoo News)]
  • A Chinese bus driver dies of bird flu in the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/31/c_131337589.htm (Xinhua)]

  • A 4.0-magnitude earthquake hits Ohio, with no immediate reports of damage. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45835151/ns/us_news-life/ (MSNBC)]
  • In Hollywood, a string of 35 fires burned within 5 hours that caused at least $350,000 in damage. [http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/justice/california-arson/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 (CNN)]

;International relations

;Politics

;Science

;Sport

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