Portal:Current events/2012 January 11
January 11, 2012 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- The United States denies any involvement in a bomb blast that killed an Iranian scientist. (BBC)
- A French journalist is killed, along with eight others, by a mortar in the Syrian city of Homs. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Joran van der Sloot pleads guilty to killing a Peruvian woman. (msnbc)
Politics
- Israel is bracing for an increase of Syrian refugees into Golan Heights, according to Israel's military chief. (Sydney Morning Herald)[permanent dead link]
- Republican candidates for United States President are campaigning in South Carolina for the upcoming South Carolina primaries. (ABC News)