Review of 2012

Binod 31 december 2012

1 US election

The United States presidential election of 2012 was the 57th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The Democratic nominee, incumbent President Barack Obama,was elected to a second term. His major challenger was the Republican nominee, former Mitt Romney, was held during the last weeks of the campaign. Issues debated included the economy and jobs, the national deficit, taxation and spending, the future of Social Security and Medicare, healthcare reform, education, social issues, immigration, and foreign policy. President Barack Obama beat Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term, winning 332 electoral votes to Romney's 206.

2 N. Korea Launches Long-Range Missile

North Korea has successfully lunched a long range rocket and appears to have put "an object" into orbit. North American Aerospace Defense Command officials said U.S. missile warning systems detected and tracked the launch of a North Korean missile. The first stage appeared to fall into the Yellow Sea and the second stage was assessed to fall into the Philippine Sea, the officials said.Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit, NORAD said. At no time was the missile or the resultant debris a threat to North America. North Korea insists the launch of the long-range Unha-3 rocket is simply part of a peaceful space program, but the U.S. and key Asian allies believe it is a disguised attempt to test a long range ballistic missile that could deliver a nuclear warhead and one day, with development, reach the United States. 

3 London Olympic

London had opened the 2012 Olympic Games with a glittering opening ceremony watched by over one billion people worldwide with extravaganza featured over 10,000 performers and took place in front of a crowd of 80,000 spectators at the Olympic Stadium.The flame was used to light dozens of torches which rose up to form one, the flame of unity, and thus the Olympic cauldron. After traveling 20,600 kilometers, the Olympic torch was carried into the stadium by Sir Steve Redgrave, who brought it through an honour guard of 500 men and women who built the Olympic Park. 204 countries sent more than 10,000 athletes to compete in 300 events. USA won highest gold medal 46 standing at first stage with total 104 medals where China won 38 gold medal standing at second position with total 87 medals.

 4 CNN hero of the year-2012 Nepalese women Pushpa Basnet

Nepal won two times CNN hero of the year. In 2010, Anuradha Koirala won 1st time CNN hero of the year. She is a social activist and the founder and director of Maiti Nepal and Pushpa Basnet in 2012. Pushpa Basnet, a Nepalese woman who supports children so they don't have to live behind bars with their incarcerated parents, was named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night.Nepal is one of the poorest countries, and space is very limited in the few group homes affiliated with the government. So when a parent is incarcerated and no other guardian can be found, children have little choice but to live in prison as well. She started a home in kathmandu where children can receive education, food, medical care and a chance to live a more normal life. She also runs a day care program for children who are too young to be separated from their parent. 

"These children have done nothing wrong. They are simply caught in something they do not understand," Basnet said during "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," which took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and honored her and the other top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012. "We want to work with the government to bring them all out from of prison. And they deserve a better future."

5 Euro Cup

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for national football teams organized by UEFA. The final tournament was hosted for the first time by Poland and Ukraine, between 8 June and 1 July 2012, after their bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in 2007. Euro 2012 set the record for both the highest aggregate attendance (1,440,896) and the highest average attendance per game (46,481) under the 16-team format. The final tournament featured 16 nations, the last European Championship to do so; from Euro 2016 onward, there will be 24 finalists. Qualification was contested by 51 nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to determine the remaining 14 finalists. The tournament was played across eight venues, four in each host country, five of which were newly built for the tournament. Aside from venues, the host nations have also invested heavily in improving infrastructure, such as railways and roads, at UEFA's request. Spain won the title of Euro Cup 2012.

 6 The end of the world (Dec. 21)

Its just a rumor that the myth that the world will end in December 2012 started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is heading toward Earth. Zecharia Sitchin, who writes fiction about the ancient Mesopotamian civilization of Sumer, claimed in several books (e.g., The Twelfth Planet, The Stairway to Heaven, The End of Days) that he has found and translated Sumerian documents that identify a planet — Nibiru — orbiting the Sun every 3,600 years. Sitchin's Sumerian fables include stories of astronauts visiting Earth from an alien civilization called the Anunnaki. However,Scientists said rumors on social media and the Internet of Earth's premature demise had been prompted by a misunderstanding of the ancient Mayan calendar, which runs through Dec. 21, 2012. "It's just the end of the cycle and the beginning of the new one. It's just like on Dec. 31, our calendar comes to an end, but a new calendar for the next year begins on Jan. 1