2012

Events Of 2012

By aeddy58
  • Iran Is Placed Under An Oil Embargo

    Iran Is Placed Under An Oil Embargo
    Iran Oil Ban
    An embargo on Iranian oil will be set in place until Iran agrees to stop its uranium enrichment and to end its nuclear weapons efforts.
  • Russia And China Say No To Help Syria

    Russia And China Say No To Help Syria
    Syria Gets No Help From U.N
    Russia and China say no to helping Syria because they feel it is a violation of Syria's sovereignty.
  • U.S Soldier Kills 16 Afghanans

    U.S Soldier Kills 16 Afghanans
    16 Afghanans Killed
    A U.S soldier goes on a killing rampage and his actions cause anti-U.S involvement in Afghanistan and U.S officials are fearful it will bring back support of th Taliban.
  • North Korea Prepares To Launch Missile

    North Korea Prepares To Launch Missile
    North Korean Missile
    North Korea prepares to launch a missle even though they had recently signed an agreement with the U.S stating they will limit their nuclear activity.
  • Dozens Of Children Killed In Syria

    Dozens Of Children Killed In Syria
    More News In Syria
    32 children are killed when the Syrian government attacks a town. the President of Syria claims it was terrorists who attacked.
  • Greece Gets A New Form Of Government

    Greece Gets A New Form Of Government
    New Government For Greece
    Greece has a new goverment called New Democracy. Antonis Samaras is the new Prime Minister and he has some good ideas for Greece.
  • Summer Games Open In London

    Summer Games Open In London
    O;ympic Games
    Over 80,000 people watched the opening of the summer games in London and billions watched over the TV. The ceremony was talked about quite a bit because it was so diferent than what had been done before.
  • 2,000 U.S MIlitary Deaths In Afghanistan

    2,000 U.S MIlitary Deaths In Afghanistan
    U.S Military Deaths
    The U.S's military deaths in Afghanistan has reached a sad milestone of 2,000 American deaths.
  • U.S Ambassador Killed In Libya On September 11th Anniversary

    U.S Ambassador Killed In Libya On September 11th Anniversary
    Ambassador Killed
    Christopher Stevens, the U.S ambassador to Libya was killed along with 3 other officials in a raid on the embassy located in Libya.
  • Taliban Kills A 14 Year Old Girl Who Defies Them

    Taliban Kills A 14 Year Old Girl Who Defies Them
    14 Year Old Killed By Taliban
    the Taliban shot a young girl on her way home from school because she had made it clear of her intentions to get an education.
  • Palestine Becomes A Non-Member State In The U.N

    Palestine Becomes A Non-Member State In The U.N
    Non-Member State Status
    Palistine becomes a non-member observer state by recieving 138 out of the 193 votes in the U.N.
  • Gunman Kills 27 In An Elementary School In Conneticut

    Gunman Kills 27 In An Elementary School In Conneticut
    Sandy Hook Elementary
    A 20 year old man forces his way into an elementary school killing 20 children under the age of 10 and killing 7 adults.