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*<!--Dec 24-->'''[[Alan Turing]]''', |
*<!--Dec 24-->Pioneering British [[computer science|computer scientist]] and [[Cryptanalysis|code breaker]] '''[[Alan Turing]]''', convicted of [[Labouchere Amendment|gross indecency]] for homosexual activity in 1952, is granted a posthumous [[royal prerogative of mercy|royal pardon]]. |
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*<!--Dec 23-->After the pardoning of businessman '''[[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]]''' ''(pictured)'', |
*<!--Dec 23-->After the pardoning of businessman '''[[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]]''' ''(pictured)'', an amnesty law in Russia leads to the release of thousands of prisoners, including two members of '''[[Pussy Riot]]''', and the dropping of charges against participants in a [[Greenpeace]] protest. |
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*<!--Dec 22-->In [[handball]], the '''[[2013 World Women's Handball Championship|World Women's Championship]]''' concludes with [[Brazil women's national handball team|Brazil]] defeating [[Serbia women's national handball team|Serbia]] in the [[2013 World Women's Handball Championship#Final|final]]. |
*<!--Dec 22-->In [[handball]], the '''[[2013 World Women's Handball Championship|World Women's Championship]]''' concludes with [[Brazil women's national handball team|Brazil]] defeating [[Serbia women's national handball team|Serbia]] in the [[2013 World Women's Handball Championship#Final|final]]. |
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*<!--Dec 20--> Amidst fears of [[civil war]], the [[South Sudan Liberation Movement|South Sudan Liberation Army]] '''[[2013 South Sudanese political crisis|captures]]''' [[Bor, South Sudan|Bor]]. |
*<!--Dec 20--> Amidst fears of [[civil war]], the [[South Sudan Liberation Movement|South Sudan Liberation Army]] '''[[2013 South Sudanese political crisis|captures]]''' [[Bor, South Sudan|Bor]]. |
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Revision as of 23:56, 24 December 2013
- Pioneering British computer scientist and code breaker Alan Turing, convicted of gross indecency for homosexual activity in 1952, is granted a posthumous royal pardon.
- After the pardoning of businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky (pictured), an amnesty law in Russia leads to the release of thousands of prisoners, including two members of Pussy Riot, and the dropping of charges against participants in a Greenpeace protest.
- In handball, the World Women's Championship concludes with Brazil defeating Serbia in the final.
- Amidst fears of civil war, the South Sudan Liberation Army captures Bor.
- ESA's Gaia space observatory is launched to compile a catalogue of astronomical objects.
- A new species of tapir, Tapirus kabomani, is identified in the Amazon.
Recent deaths: Mikhail Kalashnikov – David Coleman – Ronnie Biggs
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