Template:In the news
- Archaeologists discover the tombs of Sobekhotep I and the previously unknown Abydos Dynasty pharaoh, Seneb Kay.
- During heavy fighting over Malakal, South Sudan, a Nile ferry carrying refugees sinks, drowning more than 200 people.
- In association football, Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or and Nadine Angerer wins the Women's World Player of the Year award.
- Israeli politician and general Ariel Sharon dies after being in a permanent vegetative state for eight years.
- Amid civil conflict, Michel Djotodia resigns as President of the Central African Republic.
- The United States Senate confirms Janet Yellen as the Federal Reserve System's first female chairman.
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