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01-13 Cruise ship runs aground in Italy Giglio island, Italy
C. 03-19 4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school Toulouse, Southern France
D. 05-06 Sarkozy concedes to Hollande Paris
E. 06-03 Pomp, pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee London
F. 06-17 Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed Greece
6. 07-01 Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final
7. 07-27 Huge ceremony launches 2012 Games Stratford, London
8. 08-02 Phelps beats Lochte to 20th medal London

Summary.     Click for More > Amid clashes Parliament approves austerity Two Western journalists killed in Syria 4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school Map of Toulouse France  A teacher and three children were gunned down at Ozar Hatorah. It's the third time in the 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on minorities Charles Taylor aided S Leone war crimes   Sarkozy concedes to Hollande   Francois Hollande defeated President Nicolas Sarkozy in a runoff, signaling a shift to the left as the country and Europe fight to dig out of... Deadly earthquake hits northern Italy Pomp, pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final   Huge ceremony launches 2012 Games   The Queen has declared the London Olympics open following a spectacular ceremony, featuring Beckham, Wiggins and James Bond Phelps beats Lochte to 20th medal Olympic flag handed over to Rio Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange French gun victims 'UK tourists' Magazine publishes topless photos of UK's Catherine Skydiver breaks sound barrier Italy's quake scientists jailed Berlusconi handed 4-year prison term for tax fraud Greece MPs approve new austerity budget William and Kate expecting royal child Hospital nurse found dead after taking prank call
9 eurozone nations downgraded by S&P  Standard & Poor's said Friday that it has downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro area governments, including AAA-rated France and Austri...   Cruise ship runs aground in Italy Map of Giglio island Italy
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January 2012 ... more > Top ^
Jan.4  Europe moves to ban Iran crude oil
Jan.9  Messi best world footballer 3rd time in a row
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Jan.13  
  Standard & Poor's said Friday that it has downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro area governments, including AAA-rated France and Austria
    Cruise ship runs aground in Italy Map of Giglio island Italy
  At least six people are reported dead after the Costa Concordia carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy
 The ship hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island and listed about 20 degrees, after which people tried to reach land in lifeboats or by swimming
Jan.14  Italy divers scour capsized liner  S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship Jan.15  Bodies recovered from inside ill-fated ship Jan.16  Cruise ship captain 'off course' Jan.17  Five bodies found in cruise wreck Cruise captain under house arrest Jan.18  Hope fades as search is suspended Jan.20  Attack killed four French soldiers  Rescuers halt search as cruise ship moves Jan.21  12th body found in cruise ship search Jan.22  Croatia voters back EU membership Jan.23  EU approves new sanctions against Iran  2 more bodies found in Italy cruise crash Senate passes Armenian genocide bill Jan.26  PIP breast implant boss charged

February 2012 ... more > Top ^
Feb.3  FBI and UK police call 'hacked' Feb.7  Argentina to file UN Falklands complaint Feb.9  Greece leaders agree bailout cuts Feb.12     Amid clashes Parliament approves austerity   Lawmakers voted to approve another round of austerity measures, sought in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country Feb.17 German president resigns amid scandal
Feb.19  Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France Feb.20  Fresh bailout for Greece 'agreed' Feb.21  Strauss-Kahn held over 'sex ring' Feb.22     Two Western journalists killed in Syria   Marie Colvin, a American foreign correspondent for London's The Sunday Times, and war photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed in shelling in... Feb.26  G20 chiefs: Europe needs bigger firewall Feb.29  Stricken vessel nears dock in Seychelles

March 2012 ... more > Top ^
Mar.1  2 French journalists safely out of Syria Mar.2  BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal Mar.3  Poland suffers deadly train crash Mar.8 Briton, Italian killed amid rescue
Greece confirms debt deal success Mar.19   4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school Map of Toulouse France
  A teacher and three children were gunned down at Ozar Hatorah. It's the third time in the 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on minorities
 French police are linking the shootings of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse to the killings of three soldiers of North African descent in two separate incidents
Mar.22  Suspect in French terror attacks dead Mar.29  Workers commence a general strike Mar.30  19 arrested in French police raids

April 2012 ... more > Top ^
Apr.4  Greek clashes over man's suicide Apr.22 Exit polls show Sarkozy 2nd in French vote
Apr.26     Charles Taylor aided S Leone war crimes   International judges have found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil... Apr.27  Spanish unemployment hits record

May 2012 ... more > Top ^
May.6     Sarkozy concedes to Hollande
  Francois Hollande defeated President Nicolas Sarkozy in a runoff, signaling a shift to the left as the country and Europe fight to dig out of a weak economy.    Hollande - who polled just under 52% of votes in Sund...
May.8  Greek leftist leader lays out radical agenda May.12  Greece faces final coalition push May.15  Murdoch editor charged over hacking  Greece to hold new elections after stalemate  Hollande at swearing in: Discourage 'exorbitant' incomes  Hollande and Merkel hold euro talks May.16  Long-awaited Mladic war crimes trial begins May.17  Moody's downgrades Spanish banks May.19  Chelsea seize Champions League win over Bayern Deadly earthquake hits heritage sites
May.23  Europe 'wants Greece in the eurozone' May.24  President Hollande in Afghanistan on troop visit May.25  Spain's Bankia seeks 19bn euros May.27  Lagarde tax jibe angers Greeks May.29   Deadly earthquake hits northern Italy   At least 12 people were killed in a 5.8-magnitude earthquake, nine days after a 6.0-magnitude quake in the same region killed seven people May.30  Death toll from Italy earthquake rises

June 2012 ... more > Top ^
Jun.3     Pomp, pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee
  The Thames became a sea of red, white and blue Sunday, as tens of thousands celebrated the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II Jun.4 Canadian 'killer' held in Berlin
 Illness forces Prince Philip to miss concert Jun.5  Flypast ends Jubilee celebrations Jun.9 Spanish bank bailout request welcomed Jun.10  Spain PM: 'Credibility of euro' is saved  French Socialists 'set for win' Jun.14  Spain crisis costs enter 'danger zone' Jun.17  Hollande's party wins majority     Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed
  The narrow election victory of Greece's New Democracy party has been welcomed by world leaders, who urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly Jun.19 WikiLeakers founder seeks asylum in Ecuador Jun.27 Queen makes history with ex-IRA leader handshake Jun.28 Balotelli double sends Italy through to Euro final Jun.29 European leaders reach key deal on banks

July 2012 ... more > Top ^
Jul.1     Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final
Map of Olympic Stadium Kiev Ukraine  Spain become the first country to win three successive major international tournaments. Silva, Alba, Torres and Mata score in Olympic Stadium Jul.3  Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns Jul.5 Pilots blamed for Air France disaster Jul.11  Spain unveils sweeping budget cuts Jul.18 Blast on Israeli bus in Bulgaria Jul.27     Huge ceremony launches 2012 Games Map of Stratford United Kingdom
  The Queen has declared the London Olympics open following a spectacular ceremony, featuring Beckham, Wiggins and James Bond.    The three-hour spectacle, a quirky take on UK life, is set to be viewed by a TV audience of one billion people. The show...


August 2012 ... more > Top ^
Aug.1 Olympic badminton players disqualified
Aug.2     Phelps beats Lochte to 20th medal  Michael Phelps won his first individual gold at London 2012 - and his 20th Olympic medal - by beating Ryan Lochte in the men's 200m individual medley Aug.5  Bolt wins Olympic 100m gold medal Aug.9 Bolt makes history with 200m gold Aug.12  Mexico deny defenseless Brazil Olympic soccer gold  'Dream Team' retains title     Olympic flag handed over to Rio   The ceremonial handover of the Olympic Games flag from London to Rio has been completed, as part of a spectacular closing ceremony Aug.16     Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange   Ecuador granted Julian Assange asylum over fears of political persecution. Britain vowed to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden Aug.19  Julian Assange demands U.S. back off leakers  British director Tony Scott dead Aug.22 Prince Harry naked in Las Vegas

September 2012 ... more > Top ^
Sep.3  Moody's lowers EU rating outlook Sep.5   French gun victims 'UK tourists'
Map of Lake Annecy France  Three of the four victims of a shooting in a quiet area near Lake Annecy in the French Alps appear to have been British tourists Sep.9  'Slaughter at Chevaline' probe expands Sep.10 Murray wins historic first major Sep.14     Magazine publishes topless photos of UK's Catherine   The duchess of Cambridge is 'upset' with the magazine -- a French publication called Closer Sep.15  Irish newspaper prints Kate pics Sep.26 Athens clashes as Greek police fire tear gas

October 2012 ... more > Top ^
Oct.5 Terror suspects extradited to US
Oct.9  Quantum pioneers win Nobel prize Oct.11  Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel Oct.12 Peace Prize is a slap on the back for European Union Oct.14   Skydiver breaks sound barrier Map of New Mexico   Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h) Oct.15 Karadzic denies Bosnia war crimes  Nobel Prize in economics awarded Oct.18  EU in deal on bank supervision Oct.22   Italy's quake scientists jailed   6 Italian scientists and an ex-government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over the 2009 deadly earthquake in L'Aquila Oct.23  BBC chief testifies in TV presenter abuse scandal Oct.26     Berlusconi handed 4-year prison term for tax fraud  Flamboyant former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for tax evasion, but is very likely to...

November 2012 ... more > Top ^
Nov.10 BBC boss George Entwistle resigns
Nov.11     Greece MPs approve new austerity budget  Greek lawmakers have approved a 2013 budget involving fresh spending cuts, despite mass public street protests Nov.13  France, U.S. stand behind new opposition alliance  EU workers in austerity protests Nov.23 EU budget talks end without deal Nov.25  Vettel takes third F1 world title  Poll win for Catalan nationalists

December 2012 ... more > Top ^
Dec.3   William and Kate expecting royal child  Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage Dec.7   Hospital nurse found dead after taking prank call  A nurse that was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William's pregnant wife, has apparently committed sui... Dec.10 HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal



Senate passes Armenian genocide bill   Two Western journalists killed in Syria   Marie Colvin, a American foreign correspondent for London's The Sunday Times, and war photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed in shelling in...   Charles Taylor aided S Leone war crimes   International judges have found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil... Peace Prize is a slap on the back for European Union Karadzic denies Bosnia war crimes   Cruise ship runs aground in Italy Map of Giglio island Italy




European Union, 2012 War & Army Timeline ... See World War & Army timeline Top ^
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Jan.20  Attack killed four French soldiers
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May.16  Long-awaited Mladic war crimes trial begins
May.24  President Hollande in Afghanistan on troop visit
Jun.5  Flypast ends Jubilee celebrations
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European Union, 2012 Disasters Timeline ... See World Disasters timeline Top ^
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Jan.13
  At least six people are reported dead after the Costa Concordia carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy
 The ship hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island and listed about 20 degrees, after which people tried to reach land in lifeboats or by swimming
Jan.14  Italy divers scour capsized liner Jan.14  S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship Jan.15  Bodies recovered from inside ill-fated ship Jan.16  Cruise ship captain 'off course' Jan.17  Five bodies found in cruise wreck Jan.17 Cruise captain under house arrest Jan.18  Hope fades as search is suspended Jan.20  Rescuers halt search as cruise ship moves Jan.21  12th body found in cruise ship search Jan.23  2 more bodies found in Italy cruise crash Feb.29  Stricken vessel nears dock in Seychelles Mar.2  BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal Mar.3  Poland suffers deadly train crash May.19 Deadly earthquake hits heritage sites May.29 Deadly earthquake hits northern Italy   At least 12 people were killed in a 5.8-magnitude earthquake, nine days after a 6.0-magnitude quake in the same region killed seven people May.30  Death toll from Italy earthquake rises Jul.5 Pilots blamed for Air France disaster Aug.19  British director Tony Scott dead Oct.22 Italy's quake scientists jailed   6 Italian scientists and an ex-government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over the 2009 deadly earthquake in L'Aquila Dec.7 Hospital nurse found dead after taking prank call  A nurse that was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William's pregnant wife, has apparently committed sui...



European Union, 2012 Sports Timeline ... See World Sports timeline Top ^
2012 Jan.9  Messi best world footballer 3rd time in a row May.19  Chelsea seize Champions League win over Bayern Jun.28 Balotelli double sends Italy through to Euro final
Jul.1   Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final
Map of Olympic Stadium Kiev Ukraine  Spain become the first country to win three successive major international tournaments. Silva, Alba, Torres and Mata score in Olympic Stadium Jul.27   Huge ceremony launches 2012 Games Map of Stratford United Kingdom
  The Queen has declared the London Olympics open following a spectacular ceremony, featuring Beckham, Wiggins and James Bond.    The three-hour spectacle, a quirky take on UK life, is set to be viewed by a TV audience of one billion people. The show...
Aug.1 Olympic badminton players disqualified Aug.2   Phelps beats Lochte to 20th medal
  Michael Phelps won his first individual gold at London 2012 - and his 20th Olympic medal - by beating Ryan Lochte in the men's 200m individual medley Aug.5  Bolt wins Olympic 100m gold medal Aug.9 Bolt makes history with 200m gold Aug.12  Mexico deny defenseless Brazil Olympic soccer gold Aug.12  'Dream Team' retains title Aug.12   Olympic flag handed over to Rio   The ceremonial handover of the Olympic Games flag from London to Rio has been completed, as part of a spectacular closing ceremony Sep.10 Murray wins historic first major Oct.14 Skydiver breaks sound barrier
Map of New Mexico   Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h) Nov.25  Vettel takes third F1 world title



European Union, 2012 Business Timeline ... See World Business timeline Top ^
2012 Jan.4  Europe moves to ban Iran crude oil Jan.13 9 eurozone nations downgraded by S&P
  Standard & Poor's said Friday that it has downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro area governments, including AAA-rated France and Austria
Jan.16  Cruise ship captain 'off course' Jan.17 Cruise captain under house arrest
Jan.26  PIP breast implant boss charged Feb.19  Iran suspends oil exports to Britain and France Feb.20  Fresh bailout for Greece 'agreed' Feb.26  G20 chiefs: Europe needs bigger firewall Mar.2  BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal Mar.8 Greece confirms debt deal success Mar.29  Workers commence a general strike Apr.27  Spanish unemployment hits record May.17  Moody's downgrades Spanish banks May.23  Europe 'wants Greece in the eurozone' May.25  Spain's Bankia seeks 19bn euros May.27  Lagarde tax jibe angers Greeks Jun.4  Illness forces Prince Philip to miss concert Jun.9 Spanish bank bailout request welcomed Jun.10  Spain PM: 'Credibility of euro' is saved Jun.14  Spain crisis costs enter 'danger zone' Jun.29 European leaders reach key deal on banks Jul.3  Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns Aug.19  British director Tony Scott dead Sep.3  Moody's lowers EU rating outlook Oct.11  Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel Oct.15  Nobel Prize in economics awarded Oct.18  EU in deal on bank supervision Dec.10 HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal



European Union, 2012 Crime Timeline ... See World Crime timeline Top ^
2012 Jan.11 French journalist killed in Syria
Jan.17 Cruise captain under house arrest Jan.26  PIP breast implant boss charged Feb.3  FBI and UK police call 'hacked' Feb.21  Strauss-Kahn held over 'sex ring' Mar.8 Briton, Italian killed amid rescue Mar.19 4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school Map of Toulouse France
  A teacher and three children were gunned down at Ozar Hatorah. It's the third time in the 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on minorities
 French police are linking the shootings of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse to the killings of three soldiers of North African descent in two separate incidents
Mar.22  Suspect in French terror attacks dead Mar.30  19 arrested in French police raids Apr.4  Greek clashes over man's suicide Apr.26   Charles Taylor aided S Leone war crimes   International judges have found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil... May.15  Murdoch editor charged over hacking May.16  Long-awaited Mladic war crimes trial begins Jun.4 Canadian 'killer' held in Berlin Jul.18 Blast on Israeli bus in Bulgaria Sep.5 French gun victims 'UK tourists' Map of Lake Annecy France  Three of the four victims of a shooting in a quiet area near Lake Annecy in the French Alps appear to have been British tourists Sep.9  'Slaughter at Chevaline' probe expands Oct.5 Terror suspects extradited to US Oct.15 Karadzic denies Bosnia war crimes Oct.22 Italy's quake scientists jailed   6 Italian scientists and an ex-government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over the 2009 deadly earthquake in L'Aquila Oct.23  BBC chief testifies in TV presenter abuse scandal Oct.26   Berlusconi handed 4-year prison term for tax fraud  Flamboyant former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for tax evasion, but is very likely to...



European Union, 2012 Politics Timeline ... See World Politics timeline Top ^
2012 Jan.11 French journalist killed in Syria
Jan.22  Croatia voters back EU membership Jan.23  EU approves new sanctions against Iran Jan.23 Senate passes Armenian genocide bill Feb.7  Argentina to file UN Falklands complaint Feb.9  Greece leaders agree bailout cuts Feb.12   Amid clashes Parliament approves austerity   Lawmakers voted to approve another round of austerity measures, sought in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country Feb.17 German president resigns amid scandal Feb.20  Fresh bailout for Greece 'agreed' Feb.21  Strauss-Kahn held over 'sex ring' Feb.22   Two Western journalists killed in Syria   Marie Colvin, a American foreign correspondent for London's The Sunday Times, and war photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were killed in shelling in... Mar.1  2 French journalists safely out of Syria Mar.8 Greece confirms debt deal success Mar.19 4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school Map of Toulouse France
  A teacher and three children were gunned down at Ozar Hatorah. It's the third time in the 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on minorities
 French police are linking the shootings of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse to the killings of three soldiers of North African descent in two separate incidents
Apr.4  Greek clashes over man's suicide Apr.22 Exit polls show Sarkozy 2nd in French vote May.6   Sarkozy concedes to Hollande
  Francois Hollande defeated President Nicolas Sarkozy in a runoff, signaling a shift to the left as the country and Europe fight to dig out of a weak economy.    Hollande - who polled just under 52% of votes in Sund...
May.8  Greek leftist leader lays out radical agenda May.12  Greece faces final coalition push May.15  Murdoch editor charged over hacking May.15  Greece to hold new elections after stalemate May.15  Hollande at swearing in: Discourage 'exorbitant' incomes May.15  Hollande and Merkel hold euro talks May.24  President Hollande in Afghanistan on troop visit May.27  Lagarde tax jibe angers Greeks Jun.3   Pomp, pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee   The Thames became a sea of red, white and blue Sunday, as tens of thousands celebrated the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II Jun.4  Illness forces Prince Philip to miss concert Jun.5  Flypast ends Jubilee celebrations Jun.9 Spanish bank bailout request welcomed
Jun.10  Spain PM: 'Credibility of euro' is saved Jun.10  French Socialists 'set for win' Jun.17  Hollande's party wins majority Jun.17   Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed   The narrow election victory of Greece's New Democracy party has been welcomed by world leaders, who urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly Jun.19 WikiLeakers founder seeks asylum in Ecuador Jun.27 Queen makes history with ex-IRA leader handshake Jun.29 European leaders reach key deal on banks Jul.11  Spain unveils sweeping budget cuts Aug.16   Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange   Ecuador granted Julian Assange asylum over fears of political persecution. Britain vowed to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden Aug.19  Julian Assange demands U.S. back off leakers Aug.22 Prince Harry naked in Las Vegas Sep.14   Magazine publishes topless photos of UK's Catherine   The duchess of Cambridge is 'upset' with the magazine -- a French publication called Closer Sep.15  Irish newspaper prints Kate pics Sep.26 Athens clashes as Greek police fire tear gas Oct.9  Quantum pioneers win Nobel prize Oct.12 Peace Prize is a slap on the back for European Union Oct.18  EU in deal on bank supervision Oct.23  BBC chief testifies in TV presenter abuse scandal Oct.26   Berlusconi handed 4-year prison term for tax fraud  Flamboyant former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for tax evasion, but is very likely to... Nov.10 BBC boss George Entwistle resigns Nov.11   Greece MPs approve new austerity budget  Greek lawmakers have approved a 2013 budget involving fresh spending cuts, despite mass public street protests Nov.13  France, U.S. stand behind new opposition alliance Nov.13  EU workers in austerity protests Nov.23 EU budget talks end without deal Nov.25  Poll win for Catalan nationalists Dec.3 William and Kate expecting royal child  Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage