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August 2012
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This year's coverage included these topics:
- News:
e.g. presidential elections (France, Russia, USA), EU Austerity Protests, civil war in Syria, Trials (Pussy Riot, Julian Assange, Anders Breivik, Rupert Murdoch, Hosni Mubarak), Aurora Shooting, Hurricane Sandy, Costa Concordia, rover Curiosity on Mars
- Sports:
e.g. London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, UEFA EURO 2012, Dakar Rally, Formula One, Giro d’Italia, Golf Majors, Ice Hockey World Championships, MLB Baseball, MotoGP, NBA basketball, NFL Super Bowl XLVI, Skateboarding World Championships, Tennis Grand Slam Tournaments, Tour de France, UEFA Champions League, Winter Sport World Cups
- Arts, Culture and Entertainment:
e.g. Queen Elizabeth’s II Diamond Jubilee, dOCUMENTA (13), Second Mona Lisa, David Hockney and Edward Hopper exhibitions, Ai Weiwei, Premieres (James Bond, Batman), Whitney Houston, Madonna MDNA tour, Adele, fashion weeks, award ceremonies, royal wedding in Luxembourg

















YEARENDER 2012 AUGUST A supporter of the Russian band Pussy Riot holds a placard against Vladimir Putin at Prague's Wenceslas Square, Czech Republic, 17 August 2012. The Moscow Khamovnichesky court on 17 August handed down prison sentences of two years for Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. The three young women had staged a protest against then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in February 2012. Their jailing and trial on hooliganism charges have generated worldwide criticism of constraints on political speech in Russia. EPA/FILIP SINGER




























