Portal:Current events/2012 November 28

November 28, 2012 (Wednesday)

Armed attacks and conflicts

Syrian civil war:
- At least 54 people are killed and more than 120 injured by two car bomb explosions in a south-eastern district of Damascus, Syria's capital. (BBC) (AFP via MSN News)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2012 East D.R. Congo conflict:
- M23 rebels announce their withdrawal from territory captured from government troops after a pullout deal was reached in Uganda. (Al Jazeera)

More than 200 people are wounded in a second day of clashes between Tunisian security forces and thousands of protesters in Siliana, Tunisia. (BBC) (Al Arabiya)

Business and economy

The UK's Home Office launches a ten week consultation on whether to introduce a minimum price for the sale of alcohol of 45p a unit. The plans are aimed at tackling binge drinking and other alcohol related problems. (BBC)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces that BP has been suspended from bidding on future US government contracts as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Bloomberg)
The European Commission approves a Spanish government plan to shrink and restructure three major Spanish banks (Bankia, NCG Banco and Catalunya Banc) and sell a fourth (Banco de Valencia). (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Seven students and a teacher are injured as the result of a small explosion in an eighth-grade science classroom in Wilson Middle School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Two of the students were flown by helicopter to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. One was released that evening, the other is in fair condition. (AP via MSN)

Law and crime

British student Richard O'Dwyer reaches an agreement with authorities in the United States to avoid being extradited from the United Kingdom to stand trial over infringement of U.S. copyright laws over his TVShack website which hosted links to pirated films and television shows. (BBC)
Zachary Holly, 28, of Bentonville, Arkansas, is charged with the rape and capital murder of his nextdoor neighbor, 6-year-old Jersey Bridgeman, whom he was babysitting. (NBC News)
No violent crime is reported in New York City for an entire day, 26 November, the first time in recent memory. (BBC) (Reuters)

Media

CNN publish a list of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012. Pushpa Basnet, a social worker from Nepal, is listed among others. (CNN)

Politics and elections

President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi will address the nation about a decree greatly increasing his powers. (CBS News)

Sport