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Armed conflict and attacks
The
People's Republic of China
announces plans to increase defence spending by 11.2 per cent in 2012.
(Reuters via Yahoo News)
Disasters
The cleanup continues in the US after
tornadoes
that claimed at least 37 lives.
(BBC)
A man dies in floodwaters near the
Australian
town of
Araluen, New South Wales
with the hospital in the town of
Numurkah, Victoria
being evacuated.
(
Herald Sun
)
A report finds that 160 children from the
Chinese
town of
Dongtang
in
Guangdong Province
's
Renhua County
are suffering from
lead poisoning
.
(Reuters)
The death toll from the
train crash
in
Poland
rises to 15.
(AP via (WSJ)
2012 Brazzaville arms dump blasts
: A series of explosions is reported in
Brazzaville
, the capital of the
Republic of the Congo
apparently due to an accident at a munitions dump.
(Reuters)
,
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Voters in
Russia
go to the polls for a
presidential election
with
Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
favored to return to the
presidency
.
(Radio Free Europe)