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Period: Jan 1, 2012 to Jun 15, 2013

2012 Important Events
Jan 13, 2012

Cruise ship, Costa Concordia, runs aground at Isola de Giglio, Italy, with at least 15 deaths

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Jan 14, 2012

Suicide bomber kills 53 and injures 130 in Basra, Iraq

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Feb 6, 2012

6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philipines with 43 confirmed deaths

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Feb 17, 2012

Approximately 70 ancient Olympic artifacts are stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Greece

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Mar 10, 2012

At least 130 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza

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Mar 12, 2012

45 people, including children, are massacred by the Syrian Army in Homs

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Apr 20, 2012

Plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan, kills 127 people

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Apr 26, 2012

70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama

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May 9, 2012

A Russian passenger jet disappears with 45 people on board

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May 10, 2012

Two bombings in Damascus, Syria, kill 55 people and injure 370

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Jun 3, 2012

Suicide car bombing kills 15 and inures 42 people in Bauchi, Nigeria

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Jun 18, 2012

15 people are killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack in Baquba, Iraq

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Jul 17, 2012

17 people are wounded in a bar shooting in Jasper, Alabama

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Jul 25, 2012

The 2012 Summer Olympics begin

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Aug 8, 2012

16 people are killed from flooding from heavy rain in Manilla, Philippines

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Aug 26, 2012

36 people are killed in a bus crash in Yan'an,China

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Sep 4, 2012

25 people are killed at a funeral suicide bombing in Nangarhar, Pakistan

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Sep 27, 2012

The Mars Curiosity rover discovers what evidence of a fast-moving streambed-in Mars

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Oct 2, 2012

20 students are gunned down in Mubi, Nigeria

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Oct 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close

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Nov 10, 2012

The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obama wins Florida to defeate Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes

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Dec 14, 2012

28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

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