Portal:Current events/2011 December 11
December 11, 2011 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- A general strike is observed in several regions of Syria. (The Telegraph)
- 2011 Yemeni uprising: Hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrate in Yemen calling for the trial of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Voice of Russia)
- Two people are injured during a gun battle at Tripoli International Airport between militia and the Libyan army.(IOL)
International relations
- North Korea warns of "unexpected consequences" if South Korea lights a Christmas tree near their mutual border. (BBC) (Yonhap)
- The 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference finishes in Durban in South Africa with an agreement to begin negotiations on a new treaty. (USA Today)
Law and crime
- Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega is extradited home from France and the United States where he has been serving jail sentences for the past 22 years to serve more time for his role in the murder of political opponents. (Reuters via the Guardian)(The Australian)(LA Times)
- A 16-year-old teenager in the U.S. state of Ohio is charged with murder in a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme.(ABC)[permanent dead link]
Politics
- International monitors say that elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lacked credibility. (AP via Google News)
- In a protest in London about the elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 139 people are arrested.(The Guardian)
- Parliamentary elections take place in Côte d'Ivoire. (BBC)
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev orders an inquiry into the disputed results of the parliamentary elections. (Reuters)
- Around 1,000 people protest in Taipei, demanding that the government make a weekly day off a legal right for Taiwan's 200,000 foreign live-in caregivers. (Straits Times)
- Dominique de Villepin announces his candidacy for President of France. (BBC)