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December 9, 2011 (Friday)

Business and economy

Credit rating agency Moody's downgrades the ratings of France's three biggest banks, Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Société Générale. (BBC)
Stock prices rise at stock exchanges around the world, and some analysts see this as a reaction to a fiscal agreement among the leaders of the eurozone. (Reuters)

Disasters

AMRI Hospital fire tragedy
- 40 confirmed people die in a fire in the AMRI Hospital in the Indian city of Kolkata. (AP via Google News) (IBN Live)
- The Government of West Bengal cancels the hospital's license following the fire. (Times of India)

International relations

David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, refuses to join a European Union financial crisis accord after negotiations in Brussels. (BBC)
Croatia's President Ivo Josipović and Prime minister Jadranka Kosor sign the accession treaty of Croatia to the European Union, to become the 28th member state on July 1, 2013. (AP via Google News)

Law and crime

Joshua Komisarjevsky, found guilty of the Cheshire, Connecticut home invasion murders, is sentenced to death by lethal injection. (ABC News)
Camorra's Michele Zagaria caught in underground bunker (ANSAmed)(Time)(EuroNews)

Politics and elections

Incumbent President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila is declared the winner of the Congolese general election but lead opposition candidate Étienne Tshisekedi disputes the outcome. (Bigpond) (AP via Google News)

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+;Business and economy
+*[[Credit rating]] agency [[Moody's]] downgrades the ratings of [[France]]'s three biggest banks, [[Crédit Agricole]], [[BNP Paribas]] and [[Société Générale]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16105237 (BBC)]
+*Stock prices rise at [[stock exchange]]s around the world, and some analysts see this as a reaction to a fiscal agreement among the leaders of the eurozone. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/09/us-markets-global-idUSTRE7B702H20111209 (Reuters)]
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 ;Disasters
+*[[AMRI Hospital fire tragedy]]
-*Dozens of people die in a fire in the [[AMRI Hospital]] in the [[India]]n city of [[Kolkata]]. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBpwwbP26RXX4O-iv_ydLdmjnnyQ?docId=9e0668e2e3b24ccfb47350bbce175249 (AP via Google News)], [http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kolkata-fire-40-dead-hospital-authorities-flee/210199-3.html (IBN Live)]
+**40 confirmed people die in a fire in the [[AMRI Hospital]] in the [[India]]n city of [[Kolkata]]. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBpwwbP26RXX4O-iv_ydLdmjnnyQ?docId=9e0668e2e3b24ccfb47350bbce175249 (AP via Google News)] [http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kolkata-fire-40-dead-hospital-authorities-flee/210199-3.html (IBN Live)]
+**The Government of [[West Bengal]] cancels the hospital's license following the fire. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Fire-in-Kolkatas-AMRI-hospital-Government-takes-action-orders-to-cancel-hospital-licence/articleshow/11044479.cms (''Times of India'')]
 ;International relations
-*[[David Cameron]], the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] refuses to join a [[European Union]] financial crisis accord after negotiations in [[Brussels]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16104275#TWEET41911 (BBC)]
+*[[David Cameron]], the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], refuses to join a [[European Union]] financial crisis accord after negotiations in [[Brussels]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16104275#TWEET41911 (BBC)]
+*[[Croatia]]'s President [[Ivo Josipović]] and Prime minister [[Jadranka Kosor]] sign the [[Treaty of Accession 2011|accession treaty]] of Croatia to the [[European Union]], to become the [[Accession of Croatia to the European Union|28th member state]] on July 1, 2013. [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giqv7YlB-BYuVf-JM2zmRUNyiK3w?docId=c2caeea189fd4bcd8f7e1942b8a8166e (AP via Google News)]
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+;Law and crime
+*Joshua Komisarjevsky, found guilty of the [[Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders|Cheshire, Connecticut home invasion murders]], is sentenced to [[Capital punishment in Connecticut|death]] by [[lethal injection]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/petit-home-invasion-sentenc-death/story?id=15097270#.TuJzjTs9gZM (ABC News)]
+*[[Camorra]]'s [[Michele Zagaria]] caught in underground bunker [http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/regions/campania/2011/12/07/visualizza_new.html_8500484.html (ANSAmed)][http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/08/top-italian-mob-boss-nabbed-in-rural-bunker-after-16-year-hunt/ (Time)][http://www.euronews.net/2011/12/07/italian-premier-monti-hails-big-mafia-arrest/ (EuroNews)]
+;Politics and elections
+*Incumbent [[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] [[Joseph Kabila]] is declared the winner of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2011|Congolese general election]] but lead opposition candidate [[Étienne Tshisekedi]] disputes the outcome. [http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2011/12/10/Kabila_declared_winner_of_Congo_election_694993.html (Bigpond)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hVHC6FSACpbqFhKIBpFZnJehW0Iw?docId=b20f94910c434104b3ad694a733d9744 (AP via Google News)]
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