Portal:Current events/2012 January 26

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tuareg Rebellion (2011–present): Tuareg rebels capture the fourth Malian town in a week. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/01/201212614823523986.html (Al Jazeera)]
• Papua New Guinea constitutional crisis: Soldiers supporting former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare stage a mutiny in Port Moresby. PNG Brigadier General Francis Agwi is said to be under house arrest. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-26/military-mutiny-underway-in-png/3794314 (ABC News)]
• The United Nations says detainees from Libya's civil war are being tortured. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/01/2012126601863986.html (Al Jazeera)]
• 2011–2012 Syrian uprising: The Arab League calls on the United Nations Security Council to back its plan to end the violence in Syria. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16748615 (BBC)]

;Business and economy

• Illumina a U.S. based gene sequencing company, adopts a poison pill strategy to defend its independence against a hostile bid by Roche Holding. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/26/us-illumina-pill-idUSTRE80P1S620120126 (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents

• Three people are killed and 16 missing after three office buildings collapse in Cinelândia square in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/3-dead-as-rio-buildings-collapse-1.1221247 (IOL)][https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/several-bodies-found-in-rio-building-collapses-101/2012/01/26/gIQAZ4rfTQ_video.html (Washington Post)][https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-26/brazil-building-collapse/52799876/1 (USA Today)][https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16735556 (BBC)][http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204573704577184644206969890.html (Wall Street Journal)]

;Politics and elections

• Security escort Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott from a restaurant in Canberra after indigenous protesters surrounded the building on Australia Day in response to comments made by Abbott. [http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/26/world/australia-protests/?hpt=ias_c2 (CNN)] [http://www.smh.com.au/national/pm---dragged-away-after-being-trapped-by--protesters-20120126-1qj1c.html (Sydney Morning Herald)]

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