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2012 Important Events
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Cruise ship, Costa Concordia, runs aground at Isola de Giglio, Italy, with at least 15 deaths
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6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philipines with 43 confirmed deaths
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Approximately 70 ancient Olympic artifacts are stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Greece
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At least 130 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza
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45 people, including children, are massacred by the Syrian Army in Homs
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70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama
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Suicide car bombing kills 15 and inures 42 people in Bauchi, Nigeria
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15 people are killed and 40 injured in a suicide attack in Baquba, Iraq
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16 people are killed from flooding from heavy rain in Manilla, Philippines
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36 people are killed in a bus crash in Yan'an,China
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25 people are killed at a funeral suicide bombing in Nangarhar, Pakistan
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The Mars Curiosity rover discovers what evidence of a fast-moving streambed-in Mars
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20 students are gunned down in Mubi, Nigeria
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Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close
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The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obama wins Florida to defeate Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes
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28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut
