TIMELINE OF 2012

By Kobeknight

  • Armed Commandos

    armed commandos armed commandos in India will be ordered to protect endangered Tigers from poachers.The 54 strong Special Tiger Protection Force will patrol the two main tiger reserves of Bandipur and Nagarhole national parks on the Karnataka Tamil Nadu state border, the Karnataka government in Bangalore said.

  • EU Adopts An Embargo Against Iran

    EU Adopts An Embargo Against IranEuropean Union foreign ministers have formally adopted an unprecedented oil embargo against Iran over its nuclear programme, banning all new oil contracts with the country.

  • Boko Haram In Nigeria

    Boko Haram In NigeriaA series of co-ordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, which has been going on since 20 January, results in 185 deaths. The attacks are blamed on the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, 11 members of which are killed in a shoot-out in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, on 28 January, 2012.

  • Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

    Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II To mark her diamond jubilee. On 6 February 1952 the King, George the 6th died in his sleep at Sandringham. His daughter Princess Elizabeth was declared Queen Elizabeth II. hes 60th Anniversary of her being crowned as the Queen of England and as well as the Commonwealth.

  • Honduras Prison Fire

    Honduras Prison FireA fire at a prison in Comayagua, Honduras kills 360 people.Jails are stuffed full of convicts in Honduras, which is ravaged by violent street gangs, brutal drug traffickers and rampant poverty. According to the United Nations, the country has the highest murder rate in the world

  • Iran Oil Exports

    Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France, following sanctions put into place by the European Union and the United States.Iran has halted oil sales to British and French companies, the nation's oil ministry has said.

  • Second Greek Bail-out

    GREEK BAILOUTEurozone finance ministers reach an agreement on a second 130billion Euro Greek Bailout. After months of tortuous and tense negotiations a second bailout for Greece finally became a reality on Wednesday when euro zone nations formally approved the plan and authorized the release of the first multibillion euro loan installment

  • Brazzaville Explosions

    At least 200 people are reported to have been killed following huge explosions at an arms dump in Congo's capital Brazzaville.A series of explosions are reported. the force was several miles away that you could feel the explsion from

  • Pope Shenouda III Dies

  • Pope Shenouda III Dies

    Pope lllPope Shenouda III the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church has died aged 88 after 40 years spent leading Egypt's Christian minority during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims. many people honored his leadership.