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In golf, Ernie Els wins the Open Championship. In cycling, Bradley Wiggins (pictured) becomes the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Pranab Mukherjee is elected President of India. A gunman kills 12 people and injures 58 others during a midnight film screening in the U.S. state of Colorado. Bollywood actor and film producer Rajesh Khanna dies at the age of 69. Syrian defense minister Dawoud Rajiha and deputy defense minister Assef Shawkat are killed in a bomb attack on the Military Intelligence Directorate headquarters in Damascus.

Current events of July 23, 2012 (2012-07-23) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syria uprising (2011-present) The Arab League calls on president Bashar al-Assad to resign, offering him safe passage if he does so. (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) Syria Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi declares that Syria has stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and that it plans to use them in case of a foreign attack and never against its own citizens. (AP via ABC News) 103 people are killed in attacks across Iraq. (AP via Los Angeles Times) Fighting between indigenous tribes and Muslim settlers kills at least 19 people and 50,000 people flee Assam, northeastern India. (Reuters) (Times of India) Disasters and accidents Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing, as 9 million microblog users criticise the government for the lack of warning and poor infrastructure. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) Forest fires in northeast Spain kill four people, fires also in France, Portugal and Romania. (EuroNews) Law and crime James Eagan Holmes, the suspect of the 2012 Aurora shooting, makes his first court appearance. (The New York Times) July 23, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): Turkey dispatches reinforcements at its border with Syria as another border crossing is captured by rebels. (Kuwait News Agency) Clashes take place between Syrian troops and armed Kurdish fighters in Qamishli. (Rudaw) Fighting continues in Damascus and Aleppo. (The Guardian) After four day siege by the opposition forces, the 4th Armoured Division, commanded by Maher Assad swept through three rebel-held districts of Damascus. (Daily Telegraph) Four Turkish security forces and four refugees are injured in a riot at a Syrian refugee camp in southern Turkey. (Reuters) The Arab League calls on President of Syria Bashar al-Assad to resign quickly to end the bloodshed. (Al-Jazeera) The Madagascan Army clashes with mutinous soldiers near the airport in the capital Antananarivo. (Al Jazeera) Car bombs kill 20 people and wound 80 in Mahmudiye, Madaen and Najaf in Iraq. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents At least 37 people are killed in torrential rains in the Chinese capital Beijing. (Xinhua) A moderately strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 hits Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. (The Republic) A military helicopter crashes in Hakkari province, Turkey, killing three soldiers and injuring four others. (AP via The Republic) 13 are killed and another 10 are injured when a pickup truck crashes in Texas. (CNN) Law and crime The Libyan Olympic committee chief kidnapped a week ago, Ahmad Nabil al-Alam, is released unharmed. (BBC) Politics and elections Pranab Mukherjee is elected as the new President of India. (Hindustan Times) Barack Obama, the President of the United States, visits the town of Aurora, Colorado, to console the families of victims of the recent shooting that left 12 dead and dozens injured. (AP via Fox News)] Sports Pennsylvania State University said that the on-campus statue of former Nittany Lions football coach Joe Paterno will be taken down as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. (CNN) Bradley Wiggins becomes the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France after coming first in this year's race. (BBC) In golf, Ernie Els wins the 2012 Open Championship. (ESPN) July 22, 2012 Wikinews articles Australia Rollers victorious against Great Britain men's national wheelchair basketball team Wikinews interviews Australian Gliders Leanne del Toso, Sarah Vinci, Amber Merritt, Clare Nott Current events of July 21, 2012 (2012-07-21) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): Heavy fighting continues in the Syrian capital Damascus and the largest city of Aleppo. (CBC) Three more Syrian generals defect to Turkey. (Now Lebanon) Rebels take control of a second border crossing with Iraq. (AFP via Google News) A suicide bomb attack kills at least nine people at the entrance to an anti-Taliban commander's compound in Kurram in north-western Pakistan. (BBC) South Sudan accuses Sudan of bombing its territory along a disputed border. (Reuters) Two Russian soldiers and several militants are killed in clashes in Ingushetia in the North Caucasus; several militants are also killed in Dagestan. (Kuwait News Agency) Arts and culture Rights campaigners criticise the authoritative Contemporary Chinese Dictionary for excluding the definition of a colloquial Chinese characters for "gay". (BBC) Illegally excavated Buddhist relics are stolen from a police station in Karachi, Pakistan. (Bangkok Post) Business and economy Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law "On ratification of the Protocol on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization on April 15, 1994" that authorizes Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) after almost 18 years of negotiations. (RIA Novosti) (The Washington Post) Rupert Murdoch resigns from a number of directorships, including that of News International. (BBC) Disasters and accidents A helicopter carrying military personnel crashes killing 12 people in Brunei. (Reuters) 146 people are presumed dead in the Tanzania ferry disaster. (USA Today) (AP) A subcontractor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant reportedly told workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure in an apparent effort to keep its contract. (Asahi Shimbun), (Oman Daily Observer) Law and crime 61 schools in Chile's capital Santiago are to be investigated for possible child sex abuse. (Al Jazeera) Pope Benedict XVI's butler, Paolo Gabriele, is placed under house arrest while awaiting trial for allegedly leaking confidential papers revealing fraud and disputes within the Vatican. (AFP via Google News) Politics President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs the bill branding non-governmental organizations, which receive funding from abroad, as "foreign agents" into law, criticized by opponents as part of a campaign to suppress dissent. (Reuters) (Gulf News) July 21, 2012 Wikinews articles Australian Gliders squeak out first place victory over Germany women's national wheelchair team China women's national wheelchair basketball team tops Japan for third place at Rollers & Gliders World Challenge Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team beat Japan 80-49 in final game of pool play Current events of July 20, 2012 (2012-07-20) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): Major General Hisham Ikhtiyar, the head of Syrian national security, dies of wounds he received from a bombing in the capital Damascus on July 18. (BBC) Thousands of people flee the country. (Financial Times) Fighting continues in Damascus and other cities. (Al Jazeera) The United Nations Security Council extends the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria for 30 days. (Al Jazeera) A gunman opens fire at a movie premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, killing at least 12 people and injuring 59 others. (BBC) (CNN) Bomb and shooting attacks kill two people and wound four in southern Thailand. (Naharnet) At least 13 people are killed in clashes in Duékoué and a camp for displaced people in Ivory Coast. (IOL) Amnesty International says Muslim Rohingyas in western Burma have been subject to attacks and arbitary arrests. (BBC) Arts and culture The Olympic Torch arrives in London for the final stages of the UK-wide relay ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics. (BBC) Business and economy DirecTV and Viacom agree to a long-term deal for DirecTV to carry Viacom channels. (CNN) Disasters and accidents 21 people were killed and 29 others were injured in bus accident in the Mexican state of Nayarit. (Fox News) Law and crime The custody of three anti-Putin protesters from the Pussy Riot group is extended for another six months before their trial begins. (RIA Novosti) (AP via Google News) David Burgess, already serving life imprisonment on two counts of murder, is given a fresh life sentence after being convicted of the 1966 murder of Yolande Waddington, a nanny from Berkshire, England. (BBC) July 20, 2012 Wikinews articles UK border officers go on Olympic strike Australian Gliders glide past China women's national wheelchair basketball team Current events of July 19, 2012 (2012-07-19) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian uprising (2011–present): Clashes intensify in the Syrian capital Damascus. (Newstrack India) Rebels seize crossings on the border with Turkey and Iraq. (Al Arabiya) Russia and China veto a United Nations Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against Syria. 11 nations vote in favour while Pakistan and South Africa abstain. (UN News Centre) (Al Jazeera) Russian Muslim leader Valiulla Yakupov is shot dead and the Mufti of Tatarstan, Ildus Fayzov, is wounded in two separate attacks in Kazan in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan. (BBC) Business and economy Economy of the United Kingdom: In an interview published by The Daily Telegraph, British Prime Minister David Cameron suggests that government spending cuts will need to continue until the end of the decade. (The Independent) The International Monetary Fund urges the UK government to slow the pace of its budget cuts in 2013 if economic growth does not recover. (BBC) Arts and culture Bangladeshi writer and film director Humayun Ahmed dies at 63 in New York while undergoing a treatment for colorectal cancer. (Bangladesh News 24) (BBC Bangla) International relations China summons a Russian diplomat after the latter country opened fire on a fishing boat and detained the Chinese crew. (Xinhua) Omar Suleiman, the former police and intelligence chief under ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, dies suddenly during medical tests in the United States. (BBC) Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, condemns yesterday's bombing that killed the Syrian defence minister and other senior officials. (Reuters) Syrian leaders' assets with the worth of £100m are located and frozen in the United Kingdom. (BBC) Disasters and accidents Six people are killed and one is injured in Antwerp, New York when a tractor trailer carrying yogurt rear-ends a vehicle that had slowed for construction work. (MSNBC) Law and crime Eight men are found not guilty of the murder of three friends in Birmingham during last year's riots in England. (BBC) PC Simon Harwood is cleared of the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson during protests at the 2009 G20 London summit. (BBC) One person is killed and 40 injured in clashes at a car plant in New Delhi, India, after workers attacked managers at the site. (Bangkok Post) Politics O le Ao o le Malo Tufuga Efi is re-elected unopposed by the Parliament of Samoa. (RNZI) Burma's state television airs the first memorial ceremony in over 20 years for Aung San – the father of Aung San Suu Kyi – who led the country to its independence. (The Hindu) Several thousand UK Home Office workers belonging to the Public and Commercial Services Union are to stage industrial action throughout the 2012 Summer Olympics over wages and employment issues. (BBC) Bandar bin Sultan is appointed Director General of the Saudi Intelligence Agency. (Wall Street Journal) July 19, 2012 Wikinews articles Australian Rollers roll over Great Britain men's wheelchair basketball team The Lancet study suggests inactivity now as deadly as smoking Australian Gliders beat Germany women's national wheelchair basketball team on day two of Rollers & Gliders World Challenge Current events of July 18, 2012 (2012-07-18) (Wednesday) Armed conflict and attacks 2012 Burgas bus bombing: At least 6 Israeli tourists are killed and more than 30 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tourism bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria. (Times of Israel) Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu blames Iran for the explosion. (CNN) President of the United States Barack Obama condemns the bombing calling it "a barbaric terrorist attack and Israel has tragically once more been a target of terrorism." "The United States reaffirms our unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security, and our deep friendship and solidarity with the Israeli people." (Washington Post) A bomb explodes in Pakistan's Orakzai Agency, killing at least 14 people. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Syrian uprising (2011–present): 97 people are reportedly killed across Syria by the Syrian army. (The Daily Star) A bomb explodes in the National Security Building in Damascus during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior security officials. (The Daily Telegraph) Syrian media report that Minister of Defense Dawoud Rajiha is killed along with deputy vice president General Hasan Turkmani, interior minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar and Assef Shawkat, Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law and deputy defense minister. Several other senior officials are also seriously injured, including the country's intelligence chief Hisham Bekhtyar. (AP via Washington Post) (BBC) Fahd Jassem al-Freij is appointed as Minister of Defense by President Bashar al-Assad. (BBC) Business and economy The US city of San Bernardino, California, declares that it has an "immediate and severe" fiscal emergency allowing it to declare bankruptcy without negotiating with creditors. (Bloomberg) Arts and culture Indian actor Rajesh Khanna dies at 69 in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. (The Times of India) (rediff.com) (BBC) Disasters and accidents At least 24 people are killed after a ferry carrying 280 people sinks off the coast of Zanzibar on its way from Tanzania. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Italian police arrest buffalo mozzarella maker Giuseppe Mandara over alleged links to organized crime groups in Naples, Italy. (Sydney Morning Herald) Pressure is raised in Hungary for authorities to arrest alleged former Nazi war criminal László Csatáry, 97, who was discovered living in Hungary. Csatáry is wanted in connection with his role in the deportation of Jews to death camps during the Second World War. (Sydney Morning Herald) The monumental municipal building in Waalre, a town in the southern Netherlands, is destroyed in an attack after two cars purposefully rammed the building. (DutchNews) International relations The Indonesian Air Force will for the first time send 4 Sukhoi Su-27 jet fighters to participate in war games alongside Australian F/A-18 Hornets and U.S Fighter jets from the 27 July 2012 to 17 August 2012.(Sydney Morning Herald) Politics and elections In Mexico, the PRD candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, accuses the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of using illicit funds and laundering money to finance the campaign of Enrique Peña Nieto, the president-elect in the recent presidential elections. The PRI denies the claims and retorts that López Obrador is acting out of desperation and irrationality. (The Guardian) Kim Jong-un is officially announced as the Supreme Leader of North Korea, a position that he occupied de facto since his father's death. He also gains the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army. (News Limited) (BBC) July 18, 2012 Wikinews articles Current events of July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17) (Tuesday) Business and economy Marissa Mayer, who was a top executive at Google for the past 13 years, is appointed Yahoo! Inc.'s CEO. (AP) Law and crime The Syrian consulate in Almaty, Kazakhstan, is seriously damaged by a fire which its staff blame on an arson attack. (AFP via Radio Free Europe) An Afghan soldier, Abdul Saboor, who killed five French soldiers in a remote part of Kapisa province in January 2012, is sentenced to death by an Afghan military court. (BBC) Several 1-inch needles are found in sandwiches on multiple Delta Airlines flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to the United States. The FBI and Dutch authorities launch a criminal investigation. (CNN) A pilot for SkyWest Airlines on administrative leave attempts to steal a Bombardier CRJ200 at St. George Municipal Airport in the U.S. state of Utah, killing himself after. (CNN) Seventeen people are wounded after being shot in a bar in Alabama, United States. (SMH) Disasters A train derails south of Egypt's capital Cairo, injuring at least 15 people. (BBC) Politics and elections The National Forces Alliance, led by interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, wins 39 out of 80 seats reserved for political parties in the Libya's first elections. (BBC) North Korea announces the appointment of Hyon Yong-chol as the new head of the Korean People's Army, replacing Ri Yong-ho. (BBC) Kadima party leaves Netanyahu's government due to a dispute concerning military conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel. (BBC) Science Three astronauts, Sunita Williams of the United States, Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Aki Hoshide of Japan, arrive at the International Space Station for a three month visit. (Space.com) Sport The International Cycling Union (UCI) announces that Fränk Schleck failed a drugs test at the Tour de France; he withdraws from the event. (BBC) July 17, 2012 Wikinews articles More July 2012 events...

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