Kids Draw the News: Peacock on the Loose
Date: 11 September 2012
The September 10, 2012 was a Monday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 253 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 13 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 268 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, September 10, 2026, in 96 days. You have lived for 5,016 days, or about 120,391 hours, or about 7,223,471 minutes, or about 433,408,260 seconds.
Date: 11 September 2012
By RANDY LEONARD
Air Force environmental scientist David Robau is promoting a waste disposal method known as plasma arc gasification, which he claims can dispose of garbage with neither the harmful byproducts of conventional incineration nor the environmental impact of transporting and burying waste; some environmentalists express skepticism that the process is harmless.
Date: 10 September 2012
By ALBERT R. HUNT | BLOOMBERG NEWS
Date: 11 September 2012
By JOHN F. BURNS
Date: 11 September 2012
By SAM BORDEN
Wall formation traditionally used by soccer teams when an opposing player gets a free kick near the goal is not a foolproof defense, but after experimenting with variations, teams have found that it is usually the best option.
Date: 11 September 2012
By PETER BAKER
Bill Clinton, fresh from his dramatic speech at the Democratic convention, is hitting the campaign trail as a role model that both the Romney and Obama camps wish to emulate; Clinton has agreed to barnstorm battleground states such as Florida for Pres Obama, who has embraced the former president despite their past differences.
Date: 11 September 2012
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Demonstrations in West Bank against rising prices and economic hardship erupt into rioting against the Palestinian Authority, posing new challenge to the Western-backed government that has worked to promote stability; public anger has mostly been directed at Prime Min Salam Fayyad.
Date: 11 September 2012
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Date: 11 September 2012
By MOHAMMED IBRAHIM
Members of Somalia's newly created Parliament elect moderate political activist and academic Hassan Sheik Mohamud as the country's next president; Mohamud's election is heralded as a significant step forward for a country that has endured more than two decades of war and political instability.