Portal:Current events/2012 December 30

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

War in North-West Pakistan:
A suicide bomber kills 19 in an attack on Shiites in Balochistan province. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/12/30/pakistan-bomb-bus-shiites/1798653/ (AP via USA Today)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20869409 (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/30/us-pakistan-taliban-idUSBRE8BT00T20121230 (Reuters)]
2012 Central African Republic rebellion:
Central African Republic leader François Bozizé promises a national unity government, as rebels advance to within 75 km of the capital Bangui. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20869064 (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/30/us-car-rebels-idUSBRE8BT03M20121230 (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents

Guatemalan Congresswoman Catarina Castor dies in the crash of a private plane in the northwestern Guatemalan province of Quiché, which also killed the pilot and injured the Governor Quiché Department, Heber Cabrera. [http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/12/30/congresswoman-dies-in-plane-crash-in-guatemala/ (Fox News)]
A tour bus crashes off Interstate 84 in northeastern Oregon in the United States, leaving 9 of its passengers dead and 26 injured. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/killed-oregon-tour-bus-crash-84-18096026 (AP via ABC News)]

;Law and crime

Mexican marines kill 4 gunmen who tried to steal the body of Angel Enrique Uscanga, a drug boss, in Gulf coast state of Veracruz. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/12/29/mexican-marines-kill-4-who-tried-to-steal-body-drug-boss-in-gulf-coast-region/ (Fox News)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10590497 (AP via The Guardian)]

;Politics and election

U.S. President Barack Obama puts pressure on Republicans to accept a deal aimed at avoiding a tax and spending "fiscal cliff", as the end-of-year deadline looms. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20869725 (BBC)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/30/usa-fiscal-obama-idUSL1E8NU11420121230 (Reuters)]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hospitalized after doctors discover a blood clot related to the concussion she suffered earlier this month. [http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/politics/hillary-clinton-hospitalized/index.html (CNN)]

;Science and technology

The confirmation of the existence of a subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson is named as 2012 Breakthrough of the Year by the Science magazine. [http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/btoy2012/ (Science)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20121231124102/http://www.voanews.com/content/higgs-boson-named-top-science-find-of-2012/1573789.html (Voice of America)] [http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/28/tech/innovation/top-science-stories-2012/ (CNN)]
Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, the 1986 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, dies at the age of 103. [http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/scienza/2012/12/30/morta-Rita-Levi-Montalcini_8011133.html (ANSA.it)] [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20871120 (BBC)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-30/rita-levi-montalcini-nobel-prizewinner-in-medicine-dies-at-103.html (Bloomberg)]
The Beijing Subway expands to 442 km with the opening of Line 6, making it the longest metro network in the world. [http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/beijing-adds-a-further-70-km-of-metro/archiv/2012/dezember.html (Railway Gazette)] [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-30/beijing-opens-subways-to-ease-congestion-amid-urbanization-drive (Businessweek)]

;Sport

The Egyptian Football Association says the launch 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League is postponed for a third time, this time until 1 February. The first round of matches will be played behind closed doors following the Port Said Stadium disaster. [https://news.yahoo.com/league-season-start-egypt-delayed-again-130325292--sow.html (Reuters via Yahoo!)]
Bayern Munich's striker Mario Mandžukić is named as 2012 Croatian Footballer of the Year. [http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/453302/nogomet-reprezentacija/mariju-mandzukicu-naslov-najboljeg-hrvatskog-nogometasa-u-2012-godini/ (HRSport.net)] [http://www.goal.com/de/news/827/bundesliga/2012/12/30/3638485/mario-mandzukic-ist-kroatiens-fu%C3%9Fballer-des-jahres (Goal.com)]
Deportivo de La Coruña announces that manager José Luis Oltra has been sacked due to a poor start to the 2012–13 La Liga season. [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1283012/bottom-of-the-table-deportivo-fire-oltra (ESPN)] [https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1978325.html (FIFA)] [http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/12/30/oltra-sacked-as-deportivo-boss/ (Fox News)]

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