Template:In the news
- American astronaut Neil Armstrong (pictured), the first person to walk on the Moon, dies at the age of 82.
- A blast at the Paraguaná Refinery Complex in Falcón, Venezuela, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 80 others.
- A jury in California rules that Samsung Electronics owes Apple Inc. more than US$1 billion for patent infringement.
- Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years in prison, subject to extension.
- Cyclist Lance Armstrong decides to stop contesting doping charges from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
- Sectarian clashes linked to the Syrian civil war continue in Lebanon's second largest city, Tripoli.
- Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 50 deaths.
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